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James R Canales

  • Assoc Professor of Instruction - School of Art and Design
  • Program Faculty - School of Art and Design
  • 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.
  • 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.
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  • 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
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  1. Other

  2. Judge

    Contemporary at Blue Star / 2025-2026 Berlin Residency Juror

  3. Board Member

    San Anto Cultural Arts