Born in Magnolia, AR
Lives and works in New York City and Dallas, TX

 
EDUCATION

1982 BFA, Kansas City Art Institute, MO
1981 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
1978 Memphis College of Art, TN


SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2013
Highlight, Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX
Art In Public Places, 55 Fifth Ave, New York, NY

2012
Jay Shinn: Illuminations, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Colorado Springs, CO

2011
Jay Shinn and Axel Anklam: Luxplus, Kunstverein Neukölln, Berlin, Germany
Jay Shinn and Jens Hanke: A Twisted Mind Was Left Alone, Stunden 48, Neukölln, Berlin, Germany
Centerfolds, Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX  

2010
Jay Shinn & Eileen Cubbage: Riff, Alice Gryphius Kunstraum, Berlin, Germany
Refuge, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, TX 

2009
Spatial Shifts: Rupert Deese and Jay Shinn, Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX

2008
With the Grain, Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX 

2006
Columns, Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX

2004
Erased Drawings, Torrefazione, Dallas, TX

1994
Yakofritz, Nacogdoches, TX 

1993
Brinson Gallery, Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, AR

1982
Student Gallery, Kansas City Art Institute, KS 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2013
Run With Us, Galeria Miejska Museum of Art, Bydgoszcz, Poland

2012
Post Op (July) Mixed Greens Gallery, New York, NY
Milemarker 30th Anniversary, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, TX
Silent Transmissions, featuring John Pomara, Frances Bagley, Vincent Falsetta, James Marshall, and Jay Shinn, Stephen F. Austin University, Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, TX

2011
Linear Thinking, Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX

2010   
Small Works: Art+Object -small sculpture invitational, Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX
Landmarks, Rule Gallery, Denver, CO
Marty Walker Gallery @ Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, TX
Manneken Press @ Next 2010 / GOFFO Art Fair, Chicago, IL

2009
Two x Two for aids and art, The Rachosfky House, Dallas, TX
Frontroom=Backroom, Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX
Group Exhibition, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY
Architectonic, CADD ARTLAB, Dallas, TX
Salmagundi: Works on Paper, Addison Ripley Gallery, Washington DC

2008
New Directions '08, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
Sculpture Center, SVA, New York, NY
Aqua Art Miami, Manneken Press, Miami, FL
Group Hug, Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX

2007
Marty Walker Gallery @ Aqua Wynwood, Miami, FL
Two x Two, Rachosfky House, Dallas, TX
Art in the Metroplex, Templeton Art Center, TCU, Fort Worth, TX
New Direction '07, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
Group Exhibition by Gallery Artists, Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX
Continuum, Art in Motion, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Elemental, Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX

2005
A Friend in Deed, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX
Studio Selection, Dallas Museum of Art, Beaux Arts Ball, Dallas, TX

2003
Studio Selection, Dallas Museum of Art, Beaux Arts Ball, Dallas, TX
New Texas Talent 2003, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
500X Juried Exhibition, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX

2002
No History to Speak of but Great Shopping and Terrific Food: New Art from Dallas,
Stephen F. Austin University, Nacogdoches, TX

1991
Once in a Blue Moon, Group Exhibit, Kansas City, KS

1990
Five Studio Artists, Midtown Arts Center, Tyler, TX

1989
Bit of the Beast, Group Exhibit, Kansas City, KS

1984
Longview Museum of Art Invitational, Longview, TX

1983
Shreveport Art Guild Summer Exhibition, Meadows Museum, Dallas, TX 26th Annual Delta Art Exhibition, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR

1981
Works in Wood, Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, KS
Autumnal Award, Kansas City Art Institute, MO KCRCHE Juried Exhibit, UMKC Gallery of Art, Kansas City, MO

1980
Southern Artist Exhibition, Best of Show, Purchase Award, Fine Arts Center, Hot Springs, AR

1979
12th Annual Print, Drawing Show, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
22nd Annual Delta Art Exhibit, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR


RESIDENCIES

2012 Art Omi, Ghent, NY
2010 Takt Residency, Berlin, Germany
2010 Virginia Center for Creative Arts
2009 School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2008 School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2005 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT


COLLECTIONS

DFW Airport, Corporate Aviation Terminal, TX
W Hotel, Dallas, TX
Neiman Marcus, Austin, TX; Los Angeles, CA
One Arts Plaza, Dallas, TX
Microsoft Corporation, WA
Fidelity Investments, TX
The State Department, Washington, DC
Hilton Hotels, TX
Armstrong Teasdale, LLP, St. Louis, MO


PUBLICATIONS

2012
Williamson, Caroline, "Jay Shinn", Design-Milk.com, March 8.

2011                 
Nicole Berry, "Studio Visit with Jay Shinn", Accessible Art New York, November 18.
Dr. Martin Steffens, "Ausstellung in Berlin 'luxplus'", Artipool, Berlin August 20.
"Luxplus | Axel Anklam und Jay Shinn", Presse Anzeiger, August 15.
Norbert Sterigerwald, "Luxplus | Axel Anklam & Jay Shinn", Kunst Ord August 15.
Simek, Peter, "A Geometric Trio: Shape-shifters at Marty Walker, Holly Johnson and Conduit," D Magazine: FrontRow, Dallas, April 15.
Wilson, Christen, "Dallas Art Fair. The Art Wave," PinkMemo, Dallas, April 12.
Anspon, Catherine D., "Art Notes: Dallas Art News for April," PaperCity, Dallas, March 30.
Carter, Steve, "Centerfold Attraction", Modern Luxury, Dallas, February.

2010
Klaasmeyer, Kelly, “Jay Shinn: Refuge,” Houston Press, August 12.
Douglas, Britt, “Shinn's Refuge seems simple at first glance, but the metal sculpture, painting and lighting combine to make it complex,” Houston Chronicle, August 11.
Anspon, Catherein D., “Space, Light, Architecture: Jay Shinn Shines at Barbara Davis Gallery,” Papercity Dallas, June 23.
Anspon, Catherine D., “Dallas Art Fair 2010: The Official Wrap-Up / Behind the Canvases, Inside the Booths, ” Papercity Dallas, March 31.
Anspon, Catherine D., “Dallas Art Fair, Volume 2,” Papercity blogs, February 5.

2009
Simblist, Noah, “Spatial Shifts,” Artlies, Fall.
2x2 for aids and art, catalogue, amfar/Dallas Museum of Art/The Rachofsky House

2008
Studio Visit Magazine, Fall 2008 juried by Carl Belz, Director Emeritus, The Rose Art Museum of Brandeis University.
New American Paintings 78, October/November 2008, juried by Andrea Karnes, Curator, The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.
Martin, Lisa, “The Radar Design”, Modern Luxury Dallas, March.
Robinson, Gaile, “Jay Shinn: With the Grain”, Fort Worth Star Telegram, Friday, January 4.
Durham, Anne, “Grain Elevator, See the Works of Shinn”, Dallas Observer, January 3.
DeLollis, Barbara, “For Hotels, Pampering is a Fine Art”, USA Today, January 11, 2008.

2007
O’Brien, Titus. “Five artists, and Mother Nature, pull together nicely”, Fort Worth Star Telegram, Sunday January 14.

2006
Daniel, Mike, “Jody Lee and Jay Shinn at Marty Walker Gallery”, Dallas Morning News, Friday June 23.


REPRESENTATION

Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX
Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, TX
Manneken Press, Bloomington, IL
Pierogi Gallery Flat Files, Brooklyn, NY
Drawing Center Registry, New York, NY