Faculty Profile for James R Canales

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James R Canales
Assoc Professor of Instruction — School of Art and Design
JCM 4103
phone: (512) 245-8140

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Sleep of Reason: The Fragmented Figure. SITE Gallery, Sawyer Yards. October 7, 2023 - December 2, 2023 Artists: Group (State)
  • Exit the Foot. Great Jones Gallery. April 14, 2023 - May 27, 2023 Artists: Solo (National)
  • The Line Layer. Blue Star Contemporary. March 4, 2022 - May 29, 2022 Artists: Solo (State)
  • Topographies of Truth. McNay Art Museum. February 13, 2020 - May 17, 2020 Artists: Group (State)
  • Remember Where You Are. DePaul University Art Museum. September 12, 2019 - February 23, 2020 Artists: 4 (National)

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Department Achievement Award for Excellence, Texas State University. February 27, 2021 - January 1, 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Tanne Foundation Award, The Tanne Foundation, Boston, MA. June 22, 2016 - December 31, 2016
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Arch and Anne Giles Kimbrough Fund Award for Artists, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX. March 30, 2015 - May 7, 2015
  • Award / Honor Recipient: International Education Fund, University of Texas at San Antonio. 2013
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Art Guys Endowed Scholarship in Art, University of Texas at San Antonio. 2012

Selected Grants

  • Canales, James R. 2024 Individual Artist Grant, Department of Arts & Culture, Municipal, $5000. (Funded: October 28, 2023 - Present). Grant.
  • Canales, James R. Vermont Studio Center Artist Grant, Vermont Studio Center Residency, Johnson, VT, Private / Foundation / Corporate. (Funded: August 31, 2015 - September 25, 2015). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Foundation Facilities Manager
November 7, 2022-Present
Board Member
San Anto Cultural Arts
2011-2014