About the artist:

James Meyer was born of Mexican heritage and adopted in Lynwood, California, in 1962. By the time his family moved to the East Coast in 1967, he was already drawing and painting. In the early 80s he attented the School of Visual Arts in New York City, and became the studio assistant for Jasper Johns in 1985. While the inaugural showing of his work was in Port Jefferson, New York, when he was in high school, he exhibited in New York Ciy since the early 80s. Meyer has lived and worked in the Northwest Corner of Connecticut since the mid 90s with is wife, Amy Jenkins, and their two children, Scarlet and Forrest. James Meyer, along with his wife and other artists in the area, has helped develop the artgarage, an after school open art studio at the local high school where students can work on long-term projects under the supervision of local artists. Selected Solo Exhibitions 2004 Dorfman Projects, NY, NY Weber Fine Art, Chatham, NY 2003 Cora Ginsburg, NY, NY R@F Encaustics, Kingston, NY 2002 Show Without Borders (renegade) Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, NY 2000 Lee Weber, NY, NY 1996 Malathion (The Safe Poison); Sandra Gering, NY, NY 1995 North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND 1994 Witness; Sandra Gering, NY 1992 James Meyer; Sandra Gering, NY, NY 1991 James Meyer; U.L.A.E Gallery, NY, NY 1989 James Meyer; 626 Gallery, NY, NY 1988 James Meyer; 626 Gallery, NY, NY 1987 James Meyer; Northport Gallery, Northport, NY 1986 James Meyer; Northport Gallery, Northport, NY James Meyer; Food Stamp Gallery, NY, NY 1985 New Math Gallery, NY, NY Pharmacy, NY, NY 1984 New Math Gallery, NY, NY 1983 EL Bohio, NY, NY Lucky Strike, NY, NY Fashion Moda Gallery, NY, NY 1982 Adams Morgan Gallery, Washington DC 1980 Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY Selected Group Exhibitions 2005 Sandra Gehring, NY, NY (forthcoming) 2004 Strangely Familiar, Morgan Lehman Gallery, Lakeville, CT 2003 Weber Fine Art, Chatham, NY Margarette Roder, NY, NY Parrish Art Museum, South Hampton, NY 2002 Lee Weber, NY, NY 2001 Mathew Marks Gallery, NY, NY Margarete Roder, NY, NY Adam Baumgold, NY, NY 2000 Margarete Roder, NY, NY Adam Baumgold, NY, NY Lee Weber, NY, NY 1999 Sandra Gering, NY Margarete Roder, NY Adam Baumgold, NY Lee Weber, NY, NY 1998 Sandra Gering, NY, NY Margarete Roder, NY Adam Baumgold, NY Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland Chicago Art Fair, IL 1997 Sandra Gering Gallery, NY Margarete Roder, NY Documanta, Germany Pat Hern, NY 1996 Sandra Gering, NY White Columns, NY New Museum, NY 1995 Sandra Gering, NY New Museum, NY Brooke Alexander, NY 1994 Deutsche Bank, NY Sandra Gering, NY New Musuem, NY 1993 Leo Castilli, NY Sandra Gering, NY 1990 U.L.A.E. Gallery, NY Chase Manhattan, NY Food Stamp Gallery, NY Selected Collections Whitney Museum of American Art, NY North Dakota Museum of Art, ND National Gallery, Washington, DC Deutsche Bank, NY Chase Manhattan Bank, NY The Journal of Art, NY Anders Tornberg, Sweden Jasper Johns, CT. Larry Gagosian, NY Agnes Gund, NY William Katz, NY Elizabeth Murray, NY Jeffrey Dietch, NY Barbara Rose, NY Rosenthal Art Equities, NY