Featured 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.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Video: Jimmy James Canales — “The Line Layer”. Glasstire. Houston, TX: Glasstire. State. October 8, 2025.
- Fan of a Fan. Space C7 (Contemoray Art Month Event). March 28, 2025 - June 20, 2025 Artists: Group (State)
- Personal Geographies. S.M.A.R.T. Project Space. April 12, 2025 - May 24, 2025 Artists: Group (State)
- Rasquachismo: 35 Years of a Chicano Sensibility. McNay Art Museum. December 19, 2024 - March 30, 2025 Artists: Group (National)
- Fragmented Figure: Sculpture Month Houston.
ArtHouston Magazine.
40 - 44.
Houston, Texas: John Bernhard.
State.
2024.
- Reviewed by: John Bernhard.
Featured 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
Featured service activities
- Other
- Judge
Contemporary at Blue Star / 2025-2026 Berlin Residency Juror
- Board Member
San Anto Cultural Arts