Bio

Jim Fuess
682 Plainfield Avenue, 
Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 
(908) 322-5940
Web Site: www.jimfuessart.com
www.newartgroup.com
E-Mail: jimfuess@comcast.net
(908) 322-5940

Greetings:

I work with liquid acrylic paint on canvas.  Most of my work is abstract, but there are recognizable forms and faces in a number of the paintings.  I am striving for grace and fluidity, movement and balance.  I like color and believe that beauty can be an artistic goal. There is whimsy, fear, energy, movement, fun and dread in my paintings.  A lot of my work is anthropomorphic. The shapes seem familiar. The faces are real. The gestures and movements recognizable. There is interaction between abstract forms and forms that represent animals and humans.

            The painting technique involves using squeeze bottles with different viscosities of liquid paint, two brands of paint, and a number of interchangeable nozzles of different apertures.

VITA

Jim Fuess was on the Executive Board of Directors and Vice President for Visual Arts at the Watchung Arts Center from 1993 through 1999.  He is the Chairperson and Founder of the New Art Group (NAG).

The New Art Group will be curating 9 or 10 art shows at the Watchung Arts Center during 2009-2011. Additionally, we will be running competitions along with various talks and other events. Please go to www.newartgroup.com for further information.
Curating:
As of January 1999, Jim Fuess had curated or been responsible for 94 art shows at the Watchung Arts Center and 39 shows for the New Art Group.  He was the curator for art shows, in his hometown, at the Berkeley Heights Library.

2009 “Narrative Art Show” at the Watchung Arts Center

2004 Co Chair “7 Deadly Sins” Studio Montclair

2002 Curator for “Black and White Paintings” at the Arts Guild of Rahway.

2001 & 2002 Curator for “Celebrating Excellence,” The Merck Union County Juried Art Show, at the Arts Guild of Rahway, for the Union County Division of Cultural & Heritage Affairs.
Bibliography:

  • 2010  
    Interview Mary Magazine

  • 2009   
    Interview  “New Art Group Returns to Watchung Arts Center” Courier News
    Interview   Kaleidoscope Magazine
    Interview   Interobang Magazine

  • 2007   
    Interview  The Princeton Packet

      
    Interview  International Essential Tremor Foundation

  • 2006   
    Interview  Channel 35, “The McMansion Show”

  • 2005
    Interview    Clockworks the Goddard College Alumni Magazine. Color cover and interview

  • 2000
    Interview     The New York Times – “Despite a Disorder, a Creator with Many Hats”
    Review The Times (Trenton) – “New Art Group Comes Alive”
    Star Ledger “New Art Group Finds a Common Thread and Develops a Theme”

  • 1999
    Interview Home News Tribune
    Review Cover Princeton Packet
    Review Courier News “Controlling Black & White”

  • 1998
    Interview “An Artist Who Expresses that “Joie de Vivre”
    Interview Star Ledger “Watchung Center Art Director Resigns”
    Review Courier News “Exhibit Shares Impressions of Aging”
    Review Star Ledger “Aging Seen Through Artists’ Eyes”
    Review Daily Record “Schering Exhibit Carries a Message for Planet Earth”
    Review Star Ledger “Class Acts” Echo Sentinel –

  • 1997
    Channel 36 TV– “The New Art Group”
    WTKR TV – “The Watchung Arts Center”
    Star Ledger – “Art Effects The Experimental Incubators that are NJ’s Visual Arts Centers”
    Independent Press “Business and the Arts Join to Inaugurate Series of Posters”

  • 1996
    Channel 36 TV – “The Watchung Arts Center”
    Review Star Ledger “An Artful August: Three Shows Unveil Some Surprising Works”
    Review Suburban News “Between a Thought and a Thing is Theme of New Art Group Exhibit”
  • 1995
    Interview Star Ledger “Saying When…Artist from Berkeley Heights Strives for Balance”
    Interview Echo-Sentinel “Arts Center Renews Lease with Borough”
    Review Courier News “Everhart Show Has Great Variety and Depth”
    Review: The New York Times “A Fringe Benefit for the Gallery’s Faithful”
    Review Star Ledger “Group Comes Out of the Woodwork to Heat Things Up in Watchung”

  • 1994
    Review The Star Ledger “Does It Match the Sofa”
    Review The Journal “Too Many Artists Can’t Spoil the Painting”

  • 1993
    Interview Star Ledger “Painter Places His Signature on Arts Center”
    Reviews Forbes Newspapers “Exhibition of Imagination”
    Review Star Ledger “Watchung Gallery Presents Show Designed by Committee”

  • 1992
    Interview The Independent Press “A Summer’s Play Made Jim Fuess an Artist at 30”

  • 1990
    Interview County Leader “James Fuess Became an Artist at Age 30”

Innumerable; quotes, interviews, statements, reviews and opinions to do with the shows at the Watchung Arts Center, The New Art Group, and personal shows.
Talks: 

  • 2002 "How to Start to Exhibit Your Art" and "The Internet as a Tool for Artists" At the Arts Guild of Rahway.

  • "How To Start to Exhibit Your Art" Twice a year at the Watchung Arts Center also for the Westfield Art Association, , and the Clark Art Association.

  • Dias: "Approaching Art Galleries" Union County Division of Cultural & Heritage Affairs.

  • Helped create Twill Printing’s New Jersey Artists Series. Certificate of Excellence from NJ Advertising Club and Art Directors Club of NJ.

Juror: 

  • 2010 Juror for awards, Somerset Art Association member’s show
  • 2000 Alternate juror "Celebrating Excellence" The Merck 2000 Union County Juried Art Show
  • 1997 The Metro Show, City Without Walls

Writing:

  • Art Calendar June 2001 "The New Art Group... Wanted: Artists to Hang Together"
Education:

  • B.A. English Goddard College

  • M.A. Comparative Religions Goddard College

  • Two years of PHD work in Comparative Literature at U. Mass Amherst

Jim Fuess has lived for two years each in New Zealand, Africa, and South America, and a total of seven years in Italy.

Literary Publications
2010
  • The Toucon print (2) images
  • Media Virus web (4) images
  • Imitation Fruit web (1)
  • Dotdotdash print (1)
  • Unheard of Magazine print back cover
  • Leaf Garden web (3)
  • The Taylor Trust print front and back covers
  • Emerson Review print (2)
  • Leaf Garden print (3)
  • Splash of Red web (8)
  • Black Lantern web (1)
  • Lowestoft Chronicle web (3)
  • Barrier Islands web cover
  • Blinking Cursor print cover
  • Verdad web (5)
  • Blue Lotus Review web (3)
  • DISINGENUOUS TWADDLE web (2)
  • Crash web (1)
  • Viral Cat web (2)
  • Stray Branch print cover plus (5)
  • Write Place at the Write Time web (1)
  • Ivory Tower web (1)
  • South Jersey Underground web (4)
  • Triggerfish web (2)
  • Future Earth web (2)
  • Adirondack Review web (4)
  • Cha web (5)
  • Skive web (1)
  • Ottawa Arts Review print cover (3)
  • Temenos web (2)
  • Ken*Again web (4)
2009
  • Houston Literary Review web (1)
  • Write Place at the Write Time web (1)
  • Tremor Talk print (1)
  • George Washington Review print (1)
  • Existere: Journal of Arts and Literature print (1)
  • Blinking Cursor print/web (1)
  • Liebamour web (1)
  • Interrobang web  (6)
  • Divine Dirt Quarterly  (1)
  • Write Place at the Write Time web (1)
  • OVS Magazine web (1)
  • A capella Zoo print  cover
  • MO On The River print back cover +2
  • Read This print (1)
  • Mississippi Crow print (2)
  • The Other Herald print (2)
  • Gloom Cupboard print cover
  • Unlikely Stories web (9)
  • Mad Swirl web (4)
  • Angelic Dynamo web (1)
  • South Jersey Underground web (3)
  • Stirring web (1)
  • CRIT Journal web (3)
  • Celebration web (1)
  • George Washington Review print (3)
  • The Penpoint View web (5)
  • The Write Place at the Write Time web (1)
  • Prick of the Spindle web (10)
  • Counterexample Poetics: web (1)
  • Sylvan Echo web (1)
  • Elipsis print (1)
  • Litterbox web (1)
  • Mobius web (1)
  • Smashed Ink web (4)
  • Spectrum print (2)
  • From East to West web (7)
  • Feelings of the Heart web (1)
  • Blinking Cursor print Cover
  • Kaleidoscope 2 back cover plus 4
2008
  • Decanto- print UK- cover
  • Main Street Rag – print – cover.
  • Third Wednesday – print – cover.
  • Cezannes Carrot–web- (4) images.
  • Ascent Aspirations–web-(7).
  • Raving Dove-web-(2).
  • Houston Literary Review-web-(8).
  • Stirring – web – (1).
  • Popular Ink –web – (1).
  • Flutter Magazine – web – (2).
  • Orange Alert – web blog – interview (4).
  • Battered Suitcase – web – (2x6).
  • Journal of Truth and Consequence –web- (1).
  • Blotter Magazine – web – (7).
  • LITnIMAGE –web- (3)
  • CEllA's Round Trip –web-(3)
  • Tusculum –print- (4)
  • Burst –web-(3)
  • Pocket Change –web- (4)
  • Tar Wolf Review print cover
  • Whiskey Island print (1)
  • Popular Ink web (1)
  • Faraway Journal web (2)
  • Audience Magazine print (3)
  • New Works Review web (6)
  • Side of Grits web (2)
  • Emerson Review  print – Front & Back covers plus (2)
  • Magnolia – web (1)
  • The Quarterly Conversation –web -  (10)
  • Chamtarelle’s Notebook –web- (1)
  • Flutter –web- (1)
  • Dark Horizons –Print cover UK
  • Hudson View Front & Back covers plus (2)
  • Clearfield Review web (1)
  • Angelic Dynamo web (1)
  • New Works Review –web- (5)
  • Mirrors –web- (5)
2007
  • Phoebe A Journal of Literature and Arts -print 4 images . 
  • Isotope:  A Journal of Literary Nature and Science Writing-print- (1)
  • Parameter Magazine UK web (5),
  • Foliate Oak print-(1).
  • The Exteralist web – (3).
  • Nanohedron- web – (2).
  • Sein und werden – web (1) UK.
  

Exhibitions and Reviews

2009   

  • Solo Show Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, NJ
  • (NAG) Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, NJ

2008   

  • Solo  Show Westfield Memorial Library, Westfield, NJ
  • Solo Show Citibank, Westfield, NJ
  • (NAG) Children’s Specialized Hospital, Mountainside, NJ

2007   

  • Solo Show Erdman Art Gallery Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton NJ
  • (NAG) Boraus Properties, Summit, NJ
  • (NAG)  The Community Theater Gallery, Morristown, NJ
  • (group) Barron Arts Center, Woodbridge, NJ
  • (group) Maloney Art Gallery, College of St. Elizabeth, Morristown, NJ

2006

  • Solo Show, Palmer Museum, Springfield, NJ
  • (NAG) Barron Arts Center Woodbridge, NJ

2005

  • (NAG) Ocean County Artist's Guild, Island Heights, NJ
  • (NAG) Palmer Museum, Palmer Museum, Springfield, NJ

2004

  • (NAG) Automatic Data Processing, Roseland, NJ

2003

  • (group) Eighth Floor Artists, New York City
  • Solo Show, Schering Plow, Kenilworth, NJ
  • NAG) NJN Television, Trenton, NJ

2002

  • Three Person Show,"Black & White Paintings and Drawings" Arts Guild of Rahway, Rahway, NJ
  • (invitation) "A New Take on Art for the Art's Sake" City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
  • (NAG) Automatic Data Processing, Roseland, NJ
  • (NAG) Borus Properties, Summit, NJ
  • (NAG) Schering Plow, Kenilworth, NJ

2001

  • (NAG) "Union County" Arts Guild of Rahway, Rahway,NJ

2000 {Juried and Group Shows}

  • Solo Show, Gallery Siano, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2 Months - 60 pieces)
  • Two Person Show, Brion Gallery, Lambertville, New Jersey
  • (NAG)" It’s Alive", Brion Gallery, Lambertville, New Jersey
  • (NAG)" The Toy Show", Artists For Art, Scranton, Pennsylvania

1999 

  • Solo Show, "Beat The Winter Blues" Brion Gallery, Lambertville, N.J.
  • Solo Show, Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, N.J. "Black & White"
  • (NAG)"Anthropomorphic" - Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, New Jersey
  • (NAG)"The Human Presence" - Arts Guild of Rahway, Rahway, New Jersey

1998 

  • Six Person Show, Polo Gallery, Edgewater, N.J.
  • (group)Two shows. Brion Gallery, Lambertville, N.J.
  • (juried) “Imaging Aging” Watchung Arts Center, Watchung (NAG) (NAG) “Environs” Two consecutive shows (4 months) at Schering-Plough, Madison, NJ
  • (NAG) "Environs" Two Consecutive shows (4 months) at Schering Plow, Madison, N.J. Review: Daily Record – "Schering Exhibit Carries a Message For Planet Earth"
  • (NAG) Montgomery Cultural Center, Princeton, N.J.
  • (NAG) "Environs" Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, N.J.
  • (NAG) Hawthorne Library, Hawthorne, N.J.
  • (invitation) "For The Sake of Beauty", City Without Walls, Newark, N.J.

1997 

  • Solo Show, Village Gallery, Hamlin, Pennsylvania
  • Three Person Show, Simon Gallery, Morristown, N.J.
  • Three Person Show, Tomasulo Art Gallery, Union County College, N.J.
  • (Solo-one week) Summerfun Theater, Little Falls, N.J.
  • (NAG) Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, N.J.
  • (NAG) "Opposites" Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, N.J.
  • (invitation) "Web" City Without Walls, Newark, N.J.
  • (juried) "Things That Go Bump in the Night", Watchung Arts Center

1996 

  • Solo Show, Vox Gallery, Summit, N.J.
  • Solo Show, Les Malamut Gallery, Union, N.J.
  • Solo Show, Corporate Headquarters, Automatic Data Processing, Roseland
  • Solo Show, Presbyterian Church, Franklin Lakes, N.J.
  • Solo Show, Union Camp Corporation, Wayne, N.J.
  • Solo Show, Nassau Presbyterian Church, Princeton, N.J.
  • Solo Show, American Cyanamid Corporate Headquarters, Princeton, N.J.
  • Three Person Show, Somerset County Building
  • (gallery) Summer Show, Robin Hutchins Gallery, Maplewood, NJ
  • (gallery) Holiday Show, Artists Showcase, Chester, NJ
  • (gallery) Holiday Show Everhart Gallery, Basking Ridge, N.J.
  • (NAG) Watchung Arts Center “Between a Thought and a Thing”
  • (NAG) Williams Center for the Arts, Rutherford, N.J.
  • (NAG) New Jersey Network, Trenton, N.J.
  • (group) First Unitarian Society, Plainfield, N.J.
  • (NAG) ADP Corporate Headquarters, Roseland, N.J.
  • (juried) Watchung Arts Center, "The End of the Millennium"

1995 

  • Solo Show, Ansu Gallery, Stirling, N.J.
  • Solo Show, Everhart Gallery, Basking Ridge, N.J. Review: Courier News- "Everhart Show Has Great Variety and Depth"
  • Solo Show, First Unitarian Society, Plainfield, N.J.
  • Solo Show, Monmouth County Library, Manalapan, N.J.
  • (NAG) "Red-Hot-Blue" Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, N.J. Reviews:
  • The New York Times – "A Fringe Benefit For The Gallery’s Faithful"
  • Star Ledger – "Group Comes Out Of The Woodwork To Heat Things Up in Watchung"
  • (gallery) Marino Galleries, Millburn, N.J.
  • (gallery) Summer Show, Robin Hutchins Gallery Maplewood, N.J.
  • (gallery) Artists Showcase, Chester, N.J.
  • (NAG) "Innocence and Experience" Old Church Cultural Center, Demarest, N.J.
  • (NAG) Barron Art Center, Woodbridge, N.J.
  • (juried) "Summerfest V", Art Center of Northern N.J. New Milford
  • (juried) "Joy" Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, N.J.
  • (juried) "Black & White", Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, N.J.

1994 

  • Solo Show, The Harvey Mansion, New Bern, North Carolina
  • Solo Show, Common Ground Cafe, Summit, N.J.
  • Solo Show, Automatic Data Processing Corporate Headquarters, Roseland
  • (NAG) "But Will It Match the Couch", Watchung Arts Center Reviews:
  • (representation) Everhart Gallery, Basking Ridge, N.J.
  • (gallery) Hartnett Art Gallery, Rahway, N.J.
  • (gallery) Summer Show, Robin Hutchins Gallery, Maplewood, N.J.
  • (NAG) American Cyanamid, Princeton, N.J.
  • (group) Union County Arts Center, Rahway, N.J.
  • (NAG) Millburn Library, Millburn, N.J.
  • (NAG) ADP Corporate Headquarters, Roseland, N.J.
  • (NAG) Palmer Museum, Springfield, N.J.
  • (group) Trenton City Museum, Trenton, N.J.
  • (group) Somerset County Building, Somerset, N.J.
  • (juried) "Personality", Williams Center for the Arts, Rutherford, N.J.

1993 

  • Solo Show, Pancho & Lefty, New York City
  • Solo Show, Eastern Branch Monmouth County Library
  • Solo Show, Burgdorff Realtors, Corporate Headquarters, Murray Hill, N.J.
  • Solo Show, Wall Library, Wall, N.J.
  • Solo Show, Madison Library, Madison, N.J.
  • Solo Show, Corporate Headquarters, Automatic Data Processing, Roseland
  • (NAG) "Daydreams and Nightmares" Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, N.J. Reviews: Forbes Newspapers – "Exhibition of Imagination"
  • (gallery) Gallery 39, Flemington, N.J.
  • (gallery) Hartnett Art Gallery, Rahway, N.J.
  • (group) Union County Arts Center, Rahway, N.J.
  • (NAG) Madison Library, Madison, N.J.
  • (NAG) Burgdorff Realtors, Corporate Headquarters, Murray Hill, N.J.
  • (NAG) Chatham Library, Chatham, N.J.
  • (juried) Trenton City Museum, Trenton, N.J.
  • (juried) "7 Deadly Sins", Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, N.J.
  • (juried) "12 1/2 X 12 ½" Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, N.J.
  • (juried) Carrier Foundation, Belle Mead, N.J.
  • (juried) Tawa at Ellarslie, "Spiritual Matters", Trenton, N.J.

1992 

  • Solo Shows at: The Watchung Arts Center, Chatham Library, Millburn Library, Montclair Community Hospital.

1990 

  • Solo Shows at: Perfect Tommy’s (NYC) Les Malamut Gallery, Roseland Library, Group Show St. Lifer Gallery.

1989 

  • Solo Show at the Trapp Gallery, Three Person Show St Lifer Gallery.

1980 

  • Solo Show at the Pacific Grove Art Center (California)

1979 

  • Solo Show at the Cherry Foundation (California)

Works also displayed at: d. Christian Gallery, Signatures Gallery, Tweed Gallery, St Johns Religious Art Show, Summit Art Center, Corporate Art Consultants, Nabisco Corporate Headquarters, Merck Corporate Headquarters, Nathan’s Gallery, City Without Walls, White Gallery, Straley’s Gallery, Magenta Gallery and in numerous other shows.