James R Canales

  • Assoc Professor of Instruction at School of Art and Design, College of Fine Arts & Communication

Scholarly and Creative Works

2024

  • Fragmented Figure: Sculpture Month Houston. ArtHouston Magazine. 40 - 44. Houston, Texas: John Bernhard. State. 2024.
    • Reviewed by: John Bernhard.
  • Connector: A Survey. Rudolph Blume Gallery. September 14, 2024 - November 9, 2024 Artists: Group (State)
  • Mission Bots. Gallery 100, Palo Alto College. September 16, 2024 - October 17, 2024 Artists: Solo (State)
  • Heaps Infights. Project Space, Palo Alto College. September 16, 2024 - October 17, 2024 Artists: Solo (State)
  • Lacuna Vitae. Mothership Studios. September 28, 2024 - October 13, 2024 Artists: Group (State)
  • Starting on Opposite Ends: A Shared life and studio space help unify the work of artists Megan Harrison and Jimmy James Canales. San Antonio Current. San Antonio, TX: Chava Communications Group. State. April 2, 2024.
    • Reviewed by: Anjali Gupta.
  • Works from the UTSA Permeant Art Collection. UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures A Smithsonian Affiliate. March 30, 2023 - January 29, 2024 Artists: Group (State)

2023

  • Sleep of Reason: The Fragmented Figure. SITE Gallery, Sawyer Yards. October 7, 2023 - December 2, 2023 Artists: Group (State)
  • Top Five: November 2, 2023. Glasstire. Houston, TX: Galsstire. State. November 2, 2023.
    • Reviewed by: Glasstire Staff.
  • Across American Reality: Recent Exhibitions in Dallas and Houston. Glasstire. Houston, TX: Glasstire. State. October 27, 2023.
    • Reviewed by: William Sarradet.
  • Exit the Foot. Great Jones Gallery. April 14, 2023 - May 27, 2023 Artists: Solo (National)

2022

  • Enter / Return. The En. 2022 Artists: Solo (State)
  • The Line Layer. Blue Star Contemporary. March 4, 2022 - May 29, 2022 Artists: Solo (State)
  • 8 San Antonio art exhibits to entice, educate, and energize this month. Culture Map San Antonio. San Antonio, TX: Culture Map LLC. State. May 6, 2022.
    • Reviewed by: Kristen O'Brien.
  • Top Five: April 28, 2022. Glasstire. Houston, TX: Glasstire. State. April 28, 2022.
    • Reviewed by: Glasstire Staff.
  • Contemporary Art Month is Back. San Antonio Magazine. San Antonio, TX: Open Sky Media. State. March 4, 2022.
    • Reviewed by: Kathleen Petty.
  • Blue Star says March is the month when Contemporary Art Shines. Texas Public Radio. San Antonio, TX: National Public Radio. State. March 2, 2022.
    • Reviewed by: Jack Morgan.

2020

  • A Monstrous Joy. Be Magazine Künstlerhaus Bethanien. N°27. 81 - 91. Berlin, Germany: Künstlerhaus Bethanien. International. September 30, 2020.
    • Reviewed by: Frederica Bueti.
  • Topographies of Truth. McNay Art Museum. February 13, 2020 - May 17, 2020 Artists: Group (State)
  • Here’s a guide to San Antonio’s 2020 Contemporary Art Month. San Antonio Expresss News. San Antonio, TX: Hearst Newspaper. State. February 26, 2020.
    • Reviewed by: Deborah Martin.
  • Remember Where You Are. DePaul University Art Museum. September 12, 2019 - February 23, 2020 Artists: 4 (National)
  • Four fantastic art shows to catch before they’re gone. Chicago Tribune. Chicago, IL: Tribune Publishing. National. January 22, 2020.
    • Reviewed by: Lori Waxman.

2019

  • Unicorns, Aliens, and Futuristic Cities: Speculative Latinidades. Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana (MACLA). June 5, 2019 - August 19, 2019 Artists: 4 (National)
  • Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany. January 8, 2019 - July 15, 2019.
  • San Antonio Takes the Spotlight in One of Houston’s Coolest Art Parties. Paper City. Houston , TX: Urban Publishers. State. January 18, 2019.
    • Reviewed by: Emma Gilliam.

2018

  • Peak Shift. SITE Gallery. October 13, 2018 - December 1, 2018 Artists: Group (National)
  • Recieving Interrupt. Sala Diaz. October 6, 2018 - November 24, 2018 Artists: Solo (State)
  • Ten Texas Artworks About Bones. Glasstire. Houston, TX: Glasstire. State. October 31, 2018.
    • Reviewed by: Brandon Zech.
  • Gallery Round-Up: Two Venues in San Antonio. Glasstire. Houston, TX: Glasstire. State. October 19, 2018.
    • Reviewed by: Neil Fauerso.

2017

  • Lift. Artpace. September 21, 2017 - December 31, 2017 Artists: Group (State)
  • Glasstire's Best of 2017. Glasstire. Houston, TX: Glasstire. State. December 22, 2017.
    • Reviewed by: Neil Fauerso.
  • TX Studio: Jimmy James Canales and Megan Harrison. Arts + Culture Texas. Dallas, TX: Ken Villalovos. State. December 16, 2017.
    • Reviewed by: Casey Gregory.
  • Para Chrome. Presa House at Flight Gallery. October 6, 2017 - October 31, 2017 Artists: Solo (State)
  • Jimmy James Canales @ Fl!ght Gallery. Glasstire. Houston, TX: Glasstire. State. October 28, 2017.
    • Reviewed by: Neil Fauerso.
  • Jimmy James Canales' Para Chrome Exhibit Takes Fl!ght. San Antonio Current. San Antonio, TX: Chava Communications. State. October 26, 2017.
    • Reviewed by: Bryan Rindfuss.
  • Spring Faculty Exhibition. Texas State Galleries. February 20, 2017 - March 19, 2017 Artists: Group (State)

2016

  • Geomagic: Art, Science & the Zuhl Collection. University Art Gallery New Mexico State University. September 8, 2016 - December 21, 2016 Artists: Group (National)
  • Performance Artist Wins Big Award. Glasstire. Houston, TX: Glasstire. State. September 9, 2016.
    • Reviewed by: Paula Newton.
  • GEOMAGIC: Art, Science and the Zuhl Collection. Las Cruces Sun News. Las Cruces, NM: USA Today Network. National. September 8, 2016.
    • Reviewed by: Anayssa Vasquez.

2015

  • Five Artists One Piano. Box 13 ArtSpace. 2015 Artists: Group (State)
  • Move Me. Museo Guadalupe. 2015 Artists: Group (State)
  • Gently Fried. Sam Z. Coronado Gallery. 2015 Artists: Group (National)
  • Time Body Space Objects 4. Spectacle Island. 2015 Artists: Group (National)
  • Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont. August 30, 2015 - September 25, 2015.
  • Performance and Sculpture Creatively Collide in ‘Move Me'. San Antonio Current. San Antonio, TX: Chava Communications. State. April 15, 2015.
    • Reviewed by: Dan R Goddard.

2014

  • Pica Hat. Hobby International Airport Art Collect, Houston, TX. Public. 2014, Sculpture.
  • @rtpace. Window Works Artpace. 2014 Artists: Solo (State)
  • How to Activate a Storefront Window. Visual Art Source. Thousand Oaks, CA: Bill Lasarow. National. October 13, 2014.
    • Reviewed by: David Rubin.
  • Artpace blows up the traditional landscape show. San Antonio Expresss News. San Antonio, TX: Hearst Newspaper. State. September 18, 2014.
    • Reviewed by: Steve Bennett.

2013

  • CAM (X). Redbud Gallery. 2013 Artists: 2 (State)
  • Technomercado. X-Marks the Art Project, Public Art San Antonio. 2013 Artists: Group (State)
  • Fair Play. Nicole Longnecker Gallery. 2013 Artists: Group (State)
  • Vacancy 5: Go West. Parchman Gallery. 2013 Artists: 2 (State)
  • Popo Branco. University of Texas at San Antonio Art Collection, San Antonio, TX. Public. 2013, Painting.
  • Indestructible Piñata. Arturo Almeida, San Antonio, TX. Private. 2013, Sculpture.
  • IRL (In Real Life). UTSA Satellite Space. 2013 Artists: Solo (State)
  • Fair Play Gallery Longnecker. The Great God Pan is Dead. Houston, TX: Robert Boyd. State. November 19, 2013.
    • Reviewed by: Robert Boyd.
  • Jimmy James Canales UTSA Satellite Space. Glasstire. Houston, TX: Glasstire. State. April 17, 2013.
    • Reviewed by: Leslie Moody Castro.

2012

  • Charlie Mike. R Gallery. 2012 Artists: Group (State)
  • Vacancy 2: Beauty Salon. Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center. 2012 Artists: 4 (State)
  • Bloodlining, He Said She Said. McNay Art Museum. 2012 Artists: 2 (State)
  • Indestructible Piñata. LoneStar Studios. 2012 Artists: Solo (State)
  • Baila Esta Cactus: Chronicles. Cactus Bra Space. 2012 Artists: Solo (State)
  • In the Spotlight: Anything for love. San Antonio Expresss News. San Antonio, TX: Hearst Newspaper. State. January 31, 2012.
    • Reviewed by: Elda Silva.
  • The best of 2011 visual art: old masters, young upstarts made impressions. San Antonio Expresss News. San Antonio, TX: Hearst Newspaper. State. January 2, 2012.
    • Reviewed by: Elda Silva.
    • Reviewed by: Steve Bennett.

2011

  • Mapache Man. Luminaria - Hemisphere Park. 2011 Artists: Group (State)
  • Karate Zarape. Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center. 2011 Artists: Solo (State)
  • Mapache Man makes a point about our mythology. San Antonio Expresss News. San Antonio, TX: Hearst Newspaper. State. March 9, 2011.
    • Reviewed by: Elda Silva.

2010

  • New Arte Nuevo. UTSA Art Gallery. 2010 Artists: Group (State)
  • Techjano/a: Hybrid Logic. The Museo Alameda Smithsonian Institute. 2010 Artists: Group (State)
  • Better to Die on My Feet. Self Help Graphic Arts. 2010 Artists: Group (National)
  • The Best of 2010. San Antonio Expresss News. San Antonio, TX: Hearst Newspaper. State. December 25, 2010.
    • Reviewed by: Staff Writer.

2009

  • Soy Ilegal, No Criminal. Centro Cultural Aztlan. 2009 Artists: Group (State)
  • Pop Yo Trunk. Una Noche de la Gloria, Guadalupe Street. 2009 Artists: Group (State)
  • The Art of Personal Adornment. Dahl Fine Arts Center. 2009 Artists: Group (National)
  • Estilo San Anto. Five Seven Delle Project Space. 2009 Artists: Group (National)
  • Vicious Rosary. Arbor Art House Gallery. 2009 Artists: Solo (State)

2008

  • Simply the Best: Student Exhibition. Museum of Fine Arts Boston. 2008 Artists: 3 (National)

2007

  • Ready to Go. Gallista Gallery. 2007 Artists: Solo (State)
  • Papalote Dream. Artpace. April 25, 2024 - Present Artists: Solo (State)