Born 1940, Brooklyn, NY

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008 - J. Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville Beach, FL
2006 - Ober Gallery, Kent, CT
2005 - Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
- "New Work", Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
2004 - James Baird Gallery, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
2002 - James Baird Gallery, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
2001- Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
1998 - Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
- Jaffe-Friede and Strauss Galleries, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
1996 - "Works on Paper", Joan Prats Gallery, New York, NY
1994 - Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
1993 - Joan Prats Gallery, New York, NY
1991 - Joan Prats Gallery, New York, NY
1989 - Joan Prats Gallery, New York, NY
- Artgrafic Galeria d'Art, Barcelona, Spain
1987 - Joan Prats Gallery, New York, NY
- Artgrafic Galeria d'Art, Barcelona, Spain
- Galeria Altair, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
1986 - Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
- John Guggenheim Gallery, Miami, FL
1985 - Joan Prats Gallery, New York, NY
1985 - Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York, NY
1984 - Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
1980 - Landmark Gallery, New York, NY
1977 - Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
1976 - Hunter Museum, Chattanooga, TN


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2005 - "Abstract Painters", J. Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville Beach, FL
2004 - "contemporary Prints from the collection of the National Academy of Design Museum", New York, NY
- "Cosmos and Chaos - A Cultural Paradox", Roberson Museum, Binghamton, NY
2004 - "Paintings from the collection", National Academy of Design
2003 - "Alumni Exhibition", New York Studio School, New York, NY
- National Academy of Design Museum, New York, NY, 178th Annual exhibition
2002 - "2 + 2" (4-person show), J. Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville Beach, FL
- "Rainforest", Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung Taiwan, Taipei Gallery, New York, NY, Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, NV
2001 - "176th Annual Exhibition", National Academy of Design, New York, NY
2000 - "Intuitive Abstract Painting", curated by Nancy Einreinhofer, Ben Shahn Galleries, William Patterson University, Wayne, NJ
- "Faculty Exhibition 2000", University Art Museum, Binghamton
- "175th Annual Exhibition", National Academy of Design, New York, NY
1999 - "A Fine Line Between….New Drawings: Elegant Investigations by Nine Artists Fascinated with Abstraction", The Gallery on the Hudson, Irvington, NY
- "Old Friends Part IV", Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
- "Material Abstraction", Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
1998 - "Summer Gallery Group Show", Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
1997 - "Basically Black and White", The Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
- "Purely Painting", Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
1996 - "Award winners from the 171st Annual Exhibition", Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT, traveling to the
- Regina A.Quick Center for the Arts, St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure, NY
- "171st Annual Exhibition", National Academy of Design, New York, NY
1995 - "The $800 Show", GW Einstein Company, Inc., New York, NY
- "Works on Paper", Joan Prats Gallery, New York, NY
- "170th Annual Exhibition", National Academy of Design, New York, NY
- "January Exhibition", Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
1994 - "169th Annual Exhibition", National Academy of Design, New York, NY
1993 - "Works on Paper", Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
1993 - Miami Dade Public Library, Miami, FL.
- "168th Annual Exhibition", National Academy of Design, New York, NY
1992 - "Inaugural Exhibition", Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
- Joan Prats Gallery, New York, NY
- Brenda Kroos Gallery, Cleveland, OH
- Benton Gallery, Southhampton, NY
- Gallery 72, Omaha, NE
1991 - Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
- Benton Gallery, Southampton, NY
- New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
- Joan Prats Gallery, New York, NY
1990 - Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
- Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
- Germans Van Eck, New York, NY
- The Gallery at Hastings-On-Hudson, NY
1989 - Joan Prats Gallery, New York, NY
- Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
1988 - Philadelphia Museum Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- River Gallery, Westport, CT
- One Penn Plaza, New York, NY
1987 - "Eight New York Artists", Kenkeleba Gallery, New York, NY
- Bockley Gallery, New York, NY
- "James Bohary & James Bird", Galeria Joan Prats, Los Angeles, CA
- Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
- Goldman-Kraft Gallery, Chicago, IL
1986 - Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona, Spain
- American Academy & Institute of Arts & Letters, New York, NY
1984 - "Five Young Americans", Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona, Spain
- Oscarsson Hood Gallery, New York, NY
- Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY
1983 - American Academy & Institute of Arts & Letters, New York, NY
- Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
- Yale Summer School, Norwich, CT
- "Five Young Americans", Galeria Joan Prats, New York, NY
- College of Mount St. Vincent, New York, NY
- Bologna Landi Gallery, East Hampton, NY
1982 - American Academy & Institute of Arts & Letters, New York, NY
- "Gallery Artists Choice", Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
- Gruenebaum Gallery, New York, NY
1981 - The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
1980 - Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
1976 - Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY
- State University, Austin, TX
- State University of New York, Binghampton, NY
1974 - Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY
- Vick Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
1973 - Brata Gallery, New York, NY
1972 - Brata Gallery, New York, NY
- St. Peter's Gallery, New York, NY
1971 - New York Studio School, New York, NY

BIBLIOGRAHY

2005 - Goodrich, John, "Gallery Going", The New York Sun, May 12, p 15
1999 - Zimmer, William, "Precision Marks Show of Black and White Drawings, New York Times, (Westchester), November 14, p 18
- Braff, Phyllis, "Art Reviews: Old Friends", The New York Times, L.I. Sunday Sections, June 27, p 8
- Zandell, Joan, "Review: Old Friends Part IV", Dan's Papers, June 25, p 66
- Slivka, Rose C.S., "From the Studio", The East Hampton Star", June
42, p 111 & 115
- Amy, Michael, "Material Abstraction", announcement essay for
"Material Abstraction" exhibition at Elizabeth Harris Gallery
1998 - Scott, Sue, "Finding Images in Abstract Fields", Cover, October-
Vol. 12, #5, p 9
- Johnson, Ken, "Art in Review", The New York Times, October 2, p
E37
- Slivka, Rose C.S., "The Paintings of Jim Bohary," catalog essay for
Dartmouth College exhibition
1996 - Cotter, Holland, "Honing the Cutting Edge of Conservatism with Style", The New York Times, July 26, p C27
1994 - "James Bohary", Images-Art-New York Video Documentary, May
- Shaw, Leslie Ava, "Impasto with Gusto", Cover, May , p. 16
- Slivka, Rose C.S., "From the Studio" - James Bohary at Elizabeth Harrris, The East Hampton Star, April 21
- Smith, Roberta, "169th Annual Exhibition", The New York Times, March 25
1992 - Litt, Steven, "Kroos Brings in Powerful Images with Ties to Barcelona, Plain Dealer, April 5, Cleveland, OH
1991 - Slivka, Rose C.S., "From the Studio - New Bohary Show", The East Hampton Star, January 31
1990 - Zimmer, William, "Abstract Expressionism: Carrying the Torch", The New York Times, October 7
1987 - Raynor, Vivien, "Eight New York Artists", The New York Times, June 12
- Ramon, Tolo, "The Painter James Bohary Exhibits His Monotypes", Ultima Hora, May 29, Palma, Mallorca, Spain
- Beleares, (Illustration for Sunday Art Section), May 29, Palma, Mallorca, Spain
1986 - Lipton, E.C., "More Than Abstraction and Figuration", Art Speak, October 1
- Tully, Judd, "Vienna, Kiesler, Talbot, Bohary", Art World, October
1985 - Firestein, Cecily Bart, "Galleries in Galleries", Art Speak, June 1
- "30 Artists Exhibit at Academy and Institute Show", The Uptown Dispatch, March 14
1984 - Brenson, Michael, "James Bohary", The New York Times, May 25
- Stull, Richard, "James Bohary", Arts, May
- Friedman, Amy, "Emotion in Abstraction", Art Speak, May 16
- Tatransky, Valentin, "Five Young Americans", Arts, January
- Giamrruni, Helen, "Ordinary and Extraordinary Uses - Objects by Artists", Crafts International, October
1983 - Wolff, Theodore F., "New York from Downtown", The Christian Science Monitor, June 28
1982 - Glueck, Grace, "Gallery Artists Choice", The New York Times, September 24
1976 - Morris Jr., Roy, "Gruber, Bohary at Hunter Museum", Chattanooga News Free Press, June 13

AWARDS

1999 - Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
1998 - Appointed as a Member of Council, National Academy, New York, NY
1996 - Edwin Palmer Memorial Prize for a Marine Painting, National Academy of Design, New York, NY
1994 - Elected as Full Member of National Academy of Design, New York, NY
- Adolph and Clara Obrig Prize for a Painting by an American Artist, National Academy of Design, New York, NY
1993 - Certificate of Merit, National Academy of Design, New York, NY
1992 - Elected as Associate Member of National Academy of Design, New York, NY
1985 - American Academy & Institute of Arts & Letters Award, New York, NY
- Elected as Vice President of New York Artists Equity Association, Inc., New York, NY
1983 - Artist Fellowship Grant, National Endowment for the Arts,
Washington, D.C.
- Elected to the Board of Directors of New York Artists Equity Association Inc., New York, NY
1980 - CAPS Fellowship Grant
1973 - CAPS Fellowship Grant

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Best and Company, San Francisco, CA
Chemical Bank, New York, NY
Ciba-Geigy, New York, NY
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Greenville Art Center, Greenville, SC
Hood Museum, Hanover, NH
Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN
National Academy of Design, New York, NY
North Bay Art Center, North Bay, ON, Canada
Oppenheimer and Company, Seattle, WA
Redpath Mining Enterprises Ltd., North Bay, Ontario, Canada.
Snite Museum, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
State University, Austin, TX
Tyler Art Center, Oswego, NY
University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, KY
Valparaiso University Museum of Art, Valparaiso, IN
Weatherspoon Art Center, Greensboro, NC

EDUCATION

1969 - Painting and Drawing, Studied with Philip Guston, New York Studio New York, NY.
1968 - BS, Art Education, New York University, New York, NY
1962 - Graphic Design, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
1959-61 Graphic Design, Illustration and Drawing, Community College, New York, NY

TEACHING

1998 - Assistant Professor, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY
- Artist in Residence, Painting, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
- Visiting Artist, Painting, SUNY, Purchase, NY
- Visiting Artist, Painting, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
1991 - Visiting Artist, Painting, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
1990 - Adjunct Lecturer, Painting, Queens College, Flushing, NY, Spring Term
1983 - Visiting Artist, Parsons School of Fine Arts, Graduate School, New York, NY
1982 - Visiting Artist, Parsons School of Fine Arts, Graduate School, New York, NY
- Visiting Artist, New York Studio School, New York, NY
1980 - Visiting Artist, Parsons School of Fine Art, Graduate School, New York, NY
1977 - Artist in Residence, Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship, Piney Point, (Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts Grant and by St. Mary's County Creative Arts Forum)
1976 - Visiting Instructor of Painting (Spring Term), Parsons School of Fine Art, Undergraduate School, New York, NY