James Little

	Born in Memphis, TN Lives and works in New York City
Education
	1976	MFA, Syracuse University (Fellow) , Syracuse, NY
	1974	BFA, Memphis Academy of Art, Memphis, TN
Solo Exhibitions
	2018	Slants and White Paintings, June Kelly Gallery, New York
	2016	Informed by Rhythm: Recent Work by James Little, Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, CA
	2015	Color/Barriers: Recent Work, essay by James Harithas, June Kelly Gallery, New York
	2013	Never Say Never, essay by Karen Wilkin, June Kelly Gallery, New York
	2011	Ex Pluribus Unum: New Paintings, essay by Mario Naves, June Kelly Gallery, New York
	2009	De-Classified, Recent Paintings, essay by James Harithas, June Kelly Gallery, New York
	2007	James Little: Untold Stories, Station Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston, TX
	2005	Reaching for the Sky, essays by Robert Costas, James Harithas, Al Loving, G. R. N’Namdi Gallery, New York; catalogue
	2003	Beyond Geometry: New Paintings, essay by Robert C. Morgan, L.I.C.K. Ltd. Fine Art, Long Island City, NY
	1995	Recent Abstract Paintings, Kenkeleba Gallery, New York
	1992	James Little: Selected Works from the Past Decade, Lubin House Gallery, Syracuse University, New York James Little: Ovals and Arbitration Paintings, Sid Deutsch Gallery, New York
	1990	Tondos and Ovals, essay by April Kingsley, June Kelly Gallery, New York
	1989	James Little: Recent Paintings, The Christian Science Church, Boston, MA
	1988	James Little & Al Loving: New Work, June Kelly Gallery, New York New York to Memphis, Alice Bingham Gallery, Memphis, TN New Paintings, June Kelly Gallery, New York
	1987	New Paintings, Liz Harris Gallery, Boston, MA
	1985	James Little: Format Paintings, Harris Brown Gallery, Boston, MA
	1982	Recent Oil Paintings, essay by April Kingsley, Alternative Museum, New York
	1976	Paintings by James Little, curated by Ronald Kuchta, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
Group Exhibitions
	2017	Celebrating 30 Years, Gallery Artists: Drawings and Photographs, June Kelly Gallery, New York
	2016-2017	Circa 1970, curated by Lauren Haynes, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York Beyond Borders: Bill Hutson & Friends, University Museums, Mechanical Hall Gallery, University of Delaware
	2015	Decoding the Abstract Unlimited Potential, curated by James Austin Murray, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York Outside the Lines: Color Across the Collections, curated by Tricia Laughlin Bloom, organized by the Newark Museum, NJ Works on Paper: Selections from the Gallery, Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, CA.
	2014	Black in the Abstract, Part 2: Hard Edges, Soft Curves, organized by Valerie Cassel Oliver, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, TX, catalogue
	2012	Today’s Visual Language: Southern Abstraction, A Fresh Look, curated by Donan Klooz, curator of exhibitions, Mobile Museum of Art, AL; digital catalogue What Only Paint Can Do, curated by Karen Wilkin, Triangle Arts Association, Brooklyn, NY
	2011	ABSTRACTION (Abstraction to the Power of Infinity), curated by Janet Kurnatowski, organized by the American Abstract Artists, The Ice Box, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA
	2010	Abstract Relations, collaboration between the David C. Driskell Center, University of Maryland and the University of Delaware Museums, co-curators Dr. Julie L. McGee and Dr. Adrienne L. Childs, University of Delaware, Mechanical Hall Gallery, Mineralogical Museum, Newark, DE It’s A Wonderful 10th, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
	2008	Shape Shifters: New York Painters, The A.D. Gallery, University of North Carolina at Pembroke; catalogue
	2007	Three One-Man Exhibitions: James Little, Aimé Mpane, George Smith, Station Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston, TX; brochure
	2006	The 181st Annual Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, National Academy of Design, New York; catalogue Neo-Plastic Redux, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York
	2005	Different Ways of Seeing: The Expanding World of Abstraction, The Noyes Museum of Contemporary Art, Oceanville, NJ Optical Stimulations: American Abstract Artists, Yellow Bird Gallery, Newburgh, NY 50 Plus, Holland Tunnel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Raising the Bar: James Little and Thornton Willis, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
	2004	Seeds and Roots: Selections from the Permanent Collection, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York A Century of African American Art: The Paul R. Jones Collection, University of Delaware, Newark, DE Abstract Identity, Pelham Art Center, NY
	2003	Theories: Abstract New York, Roger Ramsay Gallery, Chicago, IL
	2002	No Greater Love, Abstraction, Jack Tilton/Anna Kustera Gallery, New York Ajita – Unconquerable, The Station, Houston, TX; catalogue 500 Works on Paper, Gary Snyder Fine Art, New York Amplified Abstraction, Chapel, Plantage, Doklaan 8-12, Amsterdam, Holland
	2001	Painted in New York City: Viewpoints of Recent Developments in Abstract Painting, Hofstra Museum, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY; catalogue Dialog and Discourse, Dolan Center Gallery, Friends Academy, Locust Valley, NY
	2000	Significant Pursuits: Paint and Geometry, Smack Mellon Studios, Brooklyn, NY Straight Painting, The Painting Center, New York
	1999	Straight No Chaser, The Puffin Room, The Puffin Foundation, New York The Art of Absolute Desire, 450 Broadway, New York The Power of Drawing, Westbeth Gallery, New York
	1998	New Directions ‘98’ 14th Annual National Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Duchess County Art Association, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY New York Eight, Luise Ross Gallery, New York Works On, With and Made Out of Paper, Sideshow 195, Brooklyn, NY The African-American Fine Arts Collection of the New Jersey State Museum, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ Postcards from Black America, curated by Rob Perrée, De Beyerd, Center for Contemporary Art in Breda, Netherlands, and the Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands; catalogue de leugenaars/the liars (I) Helder en Verzadigd Clear and Saturated, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, Holland Color, Matter, Energy, Galerie Maria Chailloux, Hogeschool van Amsterdam, Holland
Museum and Corporate Collections
	Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NJ Newark Museum, NJ New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ Saint Louis Art Museum, MO Studio Museum in Harlem, New York Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR State University of New York, Albany, NY Memphis Academy of Art, TN Maatschappij Arti Et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, Holland Menil Collection, Houston, TX Library of Congress, Washington, DC AT&T, New York and Florida Gucci Corporation, Boston, MA Mutual of New York Assurance Company, New York Occidental Petroleum Company, Aberdeen, Scotland Phillips/Schwab Inc., New York Sherbourne, Powers and Needham, Inc., Boston, MA Stephen Mallory Associates, New York Veryss Corporation, Boston, MA The Twentieth Century Fund, New York U.N.C. Ventures, Boston
Commissions/Special Projects
	2015-2017	James Little has won a commission from the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) for his design proposal for the new Brooklyn-bound platform at Jamaica Station. The platform will serve those traveling from Jamaica, Queens, to Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Little’s proposal consists of 33 vertical windows, each 17 feet tall and 5 feet wide, and each with a multi-colored geometric design that he will create. They will be fabricated in Paderborn, Germany.