Jim Isermann

Jim Isermann (b. 1955, Kenosha, Wisconsin) is an American artist.He is based in Palm Springs and Guerneville, California. In 1977 he graduated from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and then received an MFA from CalArts in 1980. His artwork has focused on post-war industrial design and architecture.He has participated in numerous exhibitions in art galleries and museum, and has also created large scale commissioned projects utilizing industrial manufacturing processes. His work has been presented in solo exhibitions at Richard Telles, Los Angeles (2017, 2014, 2009, 2000, 1998, 1994), Praz-Delavallade, Paris (2010), Corvi-Mora, London (2011), Mary Boone Gallery, New York (2011 & 2012) and others. Recent commissioned projects include works for the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, CA, Yale University Art Museum in New Haven, CT, University of California, Riverside, Los Angeles Metro, and an installation for the Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, TX.

• “Petit Five”, 40 roto-molded polyethylene seating modules for the courtyard of Hagerty Hall at the Ohio State University. Columbus, Ohio. Installed 2012.

• “Untitled”, Vacuum formed wall commission. Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas. Installed 2010.

• “Untitled (SEAS/ORFE),” 30 foot long, chrome plated aluminum and illuminated acrylic sculpture for the Fisher and Partners designed Sherrerd Hall, Princeton University. completed August 2008.
• UCR Genomics Building, modular metal and light wall sculpture, Riverside, CA. Commissioned 2005, projected completion 2009.

• LA Metro Customer Service Center at Wilshire and La Brea, Los Angeles, CA. Monumental architectural screen. Commissioned 2005, projected completion 2006.

• Five Pendant Chandelier and Carpet, Commission for The University of California, San Francisco, Mission Bay Campus

• Los Angeles County Transportation Commission, Metro Blue Line, Fifth Street Station, Long Beach CA, completed 1995

• “T.V. Lounge,” American Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria NY

• Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
• Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
• Le FRAC Poitou-Charentes, Poitier, France
• Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, France
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles CA
• Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA.
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago IL
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles CA
• Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
• Museum of Modern Art, New York NY
• Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco CA
• The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
• Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands

• 2001 -Guggenheim Fellowship
• 1999 -California Community Foundation, J.P. Getty Fellowship for the Visual Arts
• 1987 -National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artist’s Fellowship, Painting
• 1986 - Art Matters, Inc., New York, NY, Fellowship
• 1984 -National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artist’s Fellowship, Sculpture