Jim Ayala
BIO
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I received my Bachelors of Arts from California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA. I am an active member of the A/NT (Art Not Terminal) Gallery located at the Seattle Center.

I have worked with a variety of media including stone, plaster, clay and wax. Several pieces have been cast in bronze and in bonded-marble. Sculptor heroes? To name a few: August Rodin, Camille Claudel, Ivan Mestrovic, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Gaston Lachaise and Augustus Saint-Gaudens.
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I returned to oil painting two and half years ago after more than a decade dedicated to sculpting. Each painting has been a unique and rewarding experience.
EDUCATION
1978 — BA - California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA Majoring in Education and Fine Arts
1994 - 97 — North West Stone Carver Symposia
2008 — Portraiture in Clay - Workshop with Phillippe Faraut, Tacoma College, Tacoma, WA
EXHIBITIONS and SHOWS
​2007 — Aug Magnolia Art Festival, Seattle, WA Isaiah 2nd Place Winner in the Sculpture Category
2007 — Oct ArtWorks Benefit “A Collective Vision” Event Photo shoot, Seattle
2007 — Nov Gottlieb Gallery - Portland, exhibited Isaiah
2008 — Aug Art in the Pearl Show Portland, OR Exhibited The Siren
2008 — Oct City Hall Exhibit Portland, OR Exhibited The Siren and Isaiah

2012 — Jun - Aug City of Gresham Juried Show - Paintings "Opera!" receives Honorable Mention

2012 — July Poster Garden, Portland, OR Exhibited paintings and sculpures

2012 — July Street of Dream Portland, Exhibited The Siren

2012 — Aug Bush Barn Gallery, Salem, OR Exhibited The Siren and The Dream
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2012 — Oct Geezer Gallery, Portland, OR Exhibited Isaiah and The Dream
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2012 — Oct Home and Garden Show, Portland, OR Exhibited paintings and sculpture
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2013 — Feb Home and Garden Show, Portland, OR Exhibited paintings

2013 — Feb Geezer Gallery, Portland, OR Exhibited and sold The Siren
2013 — Mar Concordia University, Portland, OR Exhibited three paintings
2013 — Mar Oregon Society of Artists, Portland, OR Active member group show Exhibited Kabuki Girl
2013 — Mar Walters Cultural Center, Hillsboro, OR Exhibited and sold the Dream —
2013 — Apr Artists Repertory Theater - Portland, OR Exhibited The Siren, The Dream, Isaiah
2013 — Jun - Sept Beaverton Woman's Imaging Center - Through Geezer Gallery Exhibited The Siren
2013 — July BirdSong, Portland, OR Exhibited paintings, sculpture and oil painting demo
2013 — Jun - Aug Cafe Jola - John's Landing, Portland, OR Exhibited 5 oil paintings
2013 — Jun - Dec Love Art! Gallery - Sellwood, Portland, OR Isaiah, The Dream, Queen of the Carpet
2013 — Sept Oregon Society of Artists, Portland, OR Active member juried show Exhibited Lilliana
2014 — Aug - Dec The Brandon Gallery, Portland, OR Exhibiting "Pict Warrior"
2014 -15 Dec - Feb Alberta Abbey, Portland, OR Exhibiting exhibiting four oil paintings
2016 — Jan Terwilliger Star Gallery. Exhibited Opera!, Evening at the Opera, Flirtation, Lilliana, Rebeca & Little Orphan Annie
2016 — Jan The Brandon Gallery, Porttlnd, OR Exhibiting "Pict Warrior"
2017 — Jan - 2019 Columbia Art Center Gallery, Hood River, OR Exhibiting sculptures: "The Dream", "Siren's Gaze”, "Queen of the Carpet"
2018 — Feb - 2019 Columbia Art Center Gallery, Hood River, OR Exhibiting sculpture: "Bouyancy 1"
2019 — May - June Rivermark Credit Union Gallery - Sculptures and paintings
2022 — Nov - present Four Corners Gallery & Frame Shop - Seattle, WA: "Hokusai PDX" (posters and postcards available)
2023 — Jan - present Four Corners Gallery & Frame Shop - Seattle, WA: "PICT Warrior - 400 AD) (posters and postcards available)
2023 — Jan - present Made in Oregon store outlets offer posters and postcards of Hokusai PDX
2023 — May - June A/NT Gallery, Seattle Center - Exhibited eight paintings for the May/Jun show
2024 — Jan A/NT Gallery, Seattle Center - Exhibited Meiko (portrait) oil painting
2024 — Feb A/NT Gallery, Seattle Center - Exhibited Meiko (portrait), Athena and Bouyancy bronze sculpture
2024 – Apr A/NT Gallery, Seattle Center - Exhibited Saraswati Veena oil painting
2024 — Sept - Oct A/NT Gallery, Seattle Center - Stella and Green Lake oil paintings
2024 – Nov A/NT Gallery, Seattle Center - Private Lunch Green Lake Pier
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