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contact name: Jim Grafsgaard
phone: 612-423-0141
email: jimgrafsgaard@yahoo.com

location address:
Studio Location:
1620 Central Av NE, suite 155
Minneapolis MN 55413

open to public: yes
hours: open by appointment, please call 612-423-0141

mailing address:
1620 Central Av NE, suite 155
Minneapolis MN 55413

Pseudonym: James Grafsgaard

Related Organizations:
ArTrujillo Multicultural Studio Gallery (founding member)/ ArtStead Cooperative / Babylon Collective / St Paul Art Collective / Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association/ Taller de Investigacion Plastica, Morelia Mexico


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25 years as independent visual artist in California, Micronesia, Spain, Minnesota, Mexico

Education:
-- 1976-78 University of Minnesota, Morris and Minneapolis
-- 1979-81 University of California, Santa Cruz
( BA Studio Art, printmaking/painting/sculpture )
-- 1985 University of Guam ( Graduate studies in Art )

Self-Initiated Cultural Studies/Travel residencies
- 1988 Marianas Islands and Republic of Palau, Micronesia
- 2001-2004 European residency based in Sevilla, Spain
- 2006-07 Southern Mexico, Mexico City

- Selected for Permanent Collection, Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Naples Italy
-- Finalist; Utrera Spain XXth Annual Art Competition
-- Purchase Award; XIth Certamen de Arte Sevilla Spain
-- Intermedia Arts Open Studio web-site design fellowship
-- Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies residency fellowship
-- Expressing the Environment artist fellowship
-- Excellence Award Robbin Art Gallery
-- 3rd Prize for Prints MN State Fair Fine Arts Exhibit
-- 2nd Prize Bloomington Art Center Works on Paper exhibit
-- Guam Press Club Award Work of Special Cultural Significance

Selected Solo Exhibits
-- 2004 Capela das Artes, Alcantarilha Portugal
-- 2002 Habanilla Art, Sevilla Spain
-- 2001 Spirit Room Gallery, Fargo ND
-- 2001 Plains Art Museum, Fargo ND
-- 2000 ArTrujillo Gallery, Minneapolis MN
-- 1999 Normandale Community College, Bloomington MN

Recent Group Exhibits
- 2007 Visual Music - Northeastern Univ., Boston MA
- 2007 ArTrujillo Gallery, Minneapolis MN
- 2007 Centro Cultural, Oaxaca Mexico
- 2006 Magma Art - Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Naples Italy
- 2005 City Seen - Minneapolis Foundation

Work in Public and Corporate Collections
-- Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Red Wing MN
-- Anoka County MN Courthouse
-- Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Naples Italy
-- Central Lakes College, Brainerd MN, MN % for Arts Program
-- Family Health Plan Clinics, Guam
-- Government of Guam Artbank
-- Guesthouse Isabel, Sevilla Spain
-- Gruas Lozano, Sevilla Spain
-- Isla Center for the Arts, University of Guam
-- Massage Room Therapy Center, Minneapolis MN
-- Pepe Carrera Interior Design, Sevilla Spain
-- Sabathani Community Center, Minneapolis MN
-- Salsa a la Salsa Restaurants, Minneapolis MN
- Villa Gabriela, Gallipolli Italy

Selected List of other Gallery and Museum shows:
-- Offbeat Gallery, Minneapolis MN
-- Minneapolis Institute of Arts
-- Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis
-- Rourke Art Museum, Moorhead MN
-- Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Red Wing MN
-- Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson WI
-- CreArte Art Center and Museum, Minneapolis
-- Gallery 360, Minneapolis
-- Art Jones Gallery, Minneapolis
-- Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington MN
-- Innerspace Gallery, Minneapolis
-- Lutheran Brotherhood Gallery, Minneapolis
-- Rourke Art Gallery, Moorhead MN
-- Lowertown Art Gallery, St Paul MN
-- Bohlander Gallery, Minneapolis
-- Witmer Gallery, Grand Forks ND
-- Wilensky Arts, Minneapolis
-- Robbin Art Gallery, Robbinsdale MN
-- Bemidji Art Center, Bemidji MN
-- St Anthony Gallery, Minneapolis
-- Guam Council on Arts Gallery

Also I have been active as a community muralist for over 25 years, overseeing and participating in projects with many organizations including the following locations:
- Casa de Cultura, Tejupan Oaxaca Mexico
- Mural Arts Program, City of Philadelphia PA
- South High School, Minneapolis MN
- Fundacion Diego Rivera, Mexico City
- Instituto Michoacan de Sciencas y Educacion, Morelia Mexico
- Centro Cultural, Moorhead MN
- Como Zoo and Conservatory, St Paul MN
- Resource Center of the Americas, Minneapolis MN
- Sabathani Community Center, Minneapolis MN
- St Josephs Home for Children, Minneapolis Mn
- US Territory of Guam Public and Private Schools

Minnesota:
-- St Paul Pioneer Press
-- City Pages
-- Pulse of the Twin Cities
-- Fargo Forum
-- La Prensa de Minnesota
-- Insight News
-- Vida y Sabor
-- Shining Times
Other:
-- Guam Press
-- Cantos Cadre (Toronto, Canada)
-- La Giraldia (Seville, Spain)

Country of Citizenship:
United States

Birth Place:
Fargo ND

Birth Date:
November 19, 1966

Gender:
Male

Active Place:
Twin Cities, Mexico, Spain

Minnesota County:
Hennepin

Painter

http://www.mnartists.org/jim_grafsgaard_pj_tracy 

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