Jim Weaver
Contemporary Tooled Leather and Printmaking
www.jimweaverart.work /// ig: @jimweaverart.work /// weaver.jim@gmail.com
Education
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Forest Engineering, BS.
The University of Texas at Austin, Water Resources Engineering (Civil Engineering), MS, Ph.D.
Employment
Santa Fe Railway (80s), U.S. EPA, Research Hydrologist (80s to 2010s), Fine Artist (2014 to present)
Galleries
Wildfire Gallery, The Paseo, Oklahoma City, 2021-present
The Vault Artspace and Gathering Place, Pauls Valley, OK, 2023-2024.
Solo Exhibitions
2024 (upcoming) An Ecosystem Under Climate Modification, Black Rock Art Gallery, Yucca Valley, CA. Oct-Jan.
2024 (upcoming) Prints from Tooled Leather, Corner Gallery, Edmond Fine Arts Institute, Jul-Sep.
2023 Trail Drive Commemoration, Mustang Public Library, April.
2023 Art of the West, Graceful Arts, Alva, OK.
2023 Unexpected Tradition, West Norman Public Library, Norman OK
2022 Leather + Ink + Paper + Pressure, Prints from Tooled leather, 28TH Floor Sandridge Building, Robinson Properties, OKC.
2021 Trail Drive Commemoration, 28TH Floor Sandridge Building, Robinson Properties, OKC.
2020 Trail Drive Commemoration, Chisholm Trail Heritage Center, Duncan, OK.
2019 Rocketeer—New Prints from Tooled Leather, Brayer and Brush, OKC.
2018 Printmaking from Tooled Leather, Wichita Falls Arts Association, TX.
2017 Printmaking and the Leather Matrix, Wingtip Press, Boise, ID.
Residencies/Grants
Joshua Tree National Park, artist-in-residence, November, 2023.
Homestead National Historical Park, artist-in-residence, May 2022.
Petrified Forest National Park, artist-in-residence, Oct 2021.
Yellowstone Forever, Landis Residency, Gardiner, Montana, Oct 2020 (cancelled by organizer).
Wingtip Press residency, Boise Idaho, August 2017.
Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Professional Basics Grant, Jan 2024.
Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Special Projects Grant, Oct 2019.
Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Education Grant, Summer 2017.
Selected Juried and Invited Group Exhibitions (2015-2024)
2024
Edmond VIBES, 1st Thursday, April-June, October, Edmond, OK.
Tulip Mania, Myriad Gardens, Oklahoma City, OK, Mar.
2023
Alexandre Hogue 125: Inspired, Oklahoma Landscapes, University of Tulsa, Jan-Mar. 2023.
Edmond VIBES, 1st Thursday, April-June, October, Edmond, OK.
Featured Artist, Wildfire Gallery, Paseo, OKC, May.
National Park Photography, Homestead National Historical Park, Beatrice, NB, April-May.
Miniprints for Peace and Justice, SOS Arts, Cincinnati, May.
New Interpretations of the West in Tooled Leather, The Vault, Pauls Valley (Sep-Dec).
Please Touch the Art, McKeon Center for Creativity, Tulsa County Community College, Aug-Sep.
Print on Paseo, OKC, July. Honorable Mention.
The One Event: Mash Up, Norman Arts Council, March.
The Sustainability Compass, Louisville, KY, October.
2022
24 Works on Paper, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Venues around Oklahoma through 2024.
Edmond VIBES, 1st Thursday April – Oct, Edmond, OK
Miniprints for Peace and Justice, SOS Arts, Cincinnati, May.
Print on Paseo, OKC, July.
Visionmakers 2022 Biennial, 108 Contemporary, Dec. Juror’s Regional Identity Award.
2021
State of Craft, 108 Contemporary, Tulsa, Dec.
Edmond VIBES, 1st Thursday April – Oct, Edmond, OK
Emergence, Tulsa County Community College, Tulsa, Aug.
Miniprints for Peace and Justice, SOS Arts, Cincinnati, May.
Print on Paseo, Paseo Arts Association, Oklahoma City, July.
Trail Drive Commemoration, Graceful Arts, Alva, OK, April
2020
Concept/Survey, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Tulsa, Feb-Mar.
Dark Arts Halloween, The Paseo Plunge, OKC, Oct.
Environmental Crisis, Eltham College, London, UK, Feb-Mar.
Guns in the USA, 8680 Gallery, Frisco, TX, Mar-Apr.
On Point: Illustration Open, Surface Gallery, Nottingham, UK, Aug-Sep.
Political Discourse 2020, Las Lagunas Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, Oct.
Regional Juried Show, Graceful Arts, Alva, OK, Nov.
2019
Please Touch the Art, Tulsa Community College, Tulsa, OK, July.
State of Craft, 108 Contemporary, Tulsa, Dec.
We Belong to the Land/Nous Appartenons à la Terre, Clermont-Ferrand, France, Dec.
2018
Ambiguity of Guns, New Orleans Art Center, Jan.
Art Elevated, Garment District Association, New York, NY, Oct.
Resolutions, DNA Galleries, OKC, Jan.
Steamroller Print Festival exhibiting artist, Artspace at Untitled, Oklahoma City, April-May.
Visionmakers Triennial, 108 Contemporary, Tulsa OK, Nov.
2017
3rd Biennial, National Weather Center, Norman, OK, April.
Great Plains Juried Exhibit, Southwestern State University, Duncan, OK, July.
Seven-States Biennial, University of Sciences and Arts Oklahoma, Chickasha, OK, Sep.
2016
3D and Functional Art, Graceful Arts, Alva OK, March.
24 Works on Paper, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, Oklahoma City, 2016-2018.
46th Goddard Center Juried Show, Ardmore, OK, May.
Gene Autrey Oklahoma Museum, Gene Autrey, OK, Nov, 2016 – Jan, 2017
2015
45th Goddard Center Juried Show, Ardmore, OK, May.
Seven-States Biennial, University of Sciences and Arts Oklahoma, Chickasha, OK.
Published Instruction
Relief Printing from Tooled Leather, The Leather Crafters and Saddlers Journal, Nov/Dec 2022, 32(6).
Demonstrations, and Workshops
Printmaking from Tooled Leather Workshop, The Vault Artspace and Gathering Place, Pauls Valley, OK, Jan 19, Jan 20, 2024
Printmaking Demo, Cap Rock Campground, Joshua Tree National Park, Nov 15, 2023
Printmaking from Tooled Leather, Homestead National Historical Park, May 7, 14, 2022;
The Vault Art Space and Gathering Place, Pauls Valley, OK, July 29-30, 2022: Cap Rock at Joshua Tree National Park, Nov 15, 2023.
Leather Tooling, Petrified Forest National Park, Oct 22, 24 and 27, 2021.
Leather Tooling in the Pandemic, via zoom, Sept 2020-May 2021.
Basic Leather Tooling and Artist Talk, Chisholm Trail Heritage Center, Duncan, OK, July, 2020.
Printmaking from tooled leather, Artspace at Untitled Steamroller print festival, 2017, 2018, 2019.
Leather Matrix Printmaking workshop, Wingtip Press, Boise, ID, 8/17, Brayer and Brush, OKC, 10/17.
Oklahoma Artists Guild, 3/2017.
Leather Tooling workshop, Brayer and Brush, 10/2016, 12/2016.
American Craft Week, Paseo Arts Association, 10/2016.
Artists of the Arbuckles, Sulphur, OK, 6/2015; Sulphur Historical Society 5/2016.
Community
Organizer of the Rescue Print Exchange to support animal welfare, ’18,’19.
Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, 12 x 12 fundraiser, 2017-2021. Org. committee ’20,’21, ‘22, ‘23.
Paseo Arts Association, 4x4 fundraiser, 2017, 2019, 2020.
Edmond Fine Arts Association 5x5 fundraiser, 2023.
Allied Arts Artini/Startini/Goldtini, fundraiser, 2017-2021.
The One Event: Mash Up, Norman Arts Council, March. 2023.
Collections
Amblin Entertainment, Los Angeles, CA.
Petrified Forest National Park, Holbrook, AZ.
Homestead National Historical Park, Beatrice, NE.
Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Center, Ada, OK. long-term loan.