Jim Meyer
I began making woodcuts in the early 1990s, while working as a commercial artist. I became interested in pursuing work to sell in galleries and soon made that transition, focusing on studies of the American landscape. Much of my subject matter is drawn from Minnesota’s North Shore, but I’ve also produced many editions of prints of the West’s mountain ranges and ocean shores.
Major inspirations have been Gustave Baumann, who specialized in color woodcuts of the American Southwest; Walter J. Philips, a Canadian woodcut artist, Hiroshi Yoshida and Shiko Munakata - both Japanese woodcut masters, and The Group of Seven - Canadian landscape painters. All of them active in the 20th century.
My aim is to make art that reflects the mysterious and sometimes haunting beauty of creation. Hand-printed woodblock prints are well suited for that purpose—they are high-touch and low-tech; tactile and earthy. Visually, they have a long history of authentic, bold, and strong expression. I'm based in Hopkins, Minnesota, just outside of Minneapolis.
GALLERIES
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Edgewood Orchard Galleries; Door County, Wisconsin
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Grand Hand Gallery; St Paul, Minnesota
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Gallatin River Gallery; Big Sky, Montana
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Sivertson Gallery; Grand Marais, Minnesota
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Waterworks Gallery; Friday Harbor, Washington
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Fine Impressions Gallery; Seattle, Washington
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Carter Avenue Frame Shop; St Paul, Minnesota
EXHIBITIONS
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Reedy Gallery; Minnesota Landscape Arboretum; December 7, 2021 - January 31, 2022
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Grand Hand Gallery; Beauty in Spirit Exhibition; St Paul, Minnesota; September–November 2021
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Minnesota Museum of American Art; Many Waters Exhibition; St Paul, Minnesota; July–October 2021
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Judd Street Exchange; Marine-on-St Croix, Minnesota; September 2018
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Reedy Gallery; Minnesota Landscape Arboretum; Chaska, Minnesota; June 2017
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Gallery 310; Stillwater, Minnesota; July 2014
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Grand Hand Gallery; St. Paul, Minnesota; February-March 2011
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Northern Printmakers Alliance; Bloomington Art Center, MN; July 2009
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Grand Hand Gallery; St. Paul, Minnesota; April 2008
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Roby King Galleries; Bainbridge Island, Washington; October 2007
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Gallatin River Gallery; Big Sky, Montana; January 2007
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Roby King Galleries; Bainbridge Island, Washington; October 2006
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Grand Hand Gallery; St. Paul, Minnesota; April 2006
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Flanders Gallery; Minneapolis, Minnesota; November - December 2005
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Sivertson Gallery; Duluth, Minnesota; August 2002
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Meadow Creek Gallery; Edina, Minnesota; October 2001
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Edgewood Orchard Galleries; Door County, Wisconsin; September 2001
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Phipps Center for the Arts; Hudson, Wisconsin; January 1999
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Flanders Contemporary Art; Minneapolis, Minnesota; September 1997
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Silverwood Gallery; Vashon Island, Washington; February 1997
EDUCATION
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University of Minnesota; Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Wheaton College; Wheaton, Illinois; B.S. Biology
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Minneapolis College of Art and Design; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Printmaking
AWARDS
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Merit Award, 1997 Hopkins Area Arts Association Show
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Merit Award, 1995 LA Society of Illustrators Show
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Honorable Mention, 1992 Minnesota State Fair Fine Art Show