EDUCATION:

Museum of Fine Arts School, Boston, MA 1972-76
Tufts University, Medford, MA: B.FA. 1976
U.C. Berkeley, Berkeley, CA: M.A. 1983

EXPERIENCE:

1976-Present: James Vogel; Artist.
Owner: Westside Builders in Petaluma,CA. Combined building
practices and reclaimed materials to create artwork.

EXHIBITIONS AND SHOWS:

1970 Free-hand portraiture at carnivals and tourist sites

1973 Site specific works for Boston Arts Councils and private organizations

1981 Exhibitor - Triton Museum of Art - Santa Clara, CA

1982 Solo show -'Entropy' - Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1982 Instigator of "Picasso Billboard" project
picasso project in coordination with Gannett Outdoors and the
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

1982 Exhibitor - Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA

1982 Fellowship award - University of California, Berkeley, CA

1983 Exhibitor - " Sculpture Exhibition " - Lawson Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1983 Exhibitor - " Symbols and Surfaces " - Walnut Creek Civic Arts Center, Walnut Creek, CA

1991-2007 Various building projects specializing in the preservation and restoration of Victorian houses

2008 (September) Instigator "Holy Found"Project
The Holy Grate- Yuba River, CA

2008 (September) Exhibitor - "Portrait of America" - AZ Gallery, St. Paul, MN

2008 (October) Exhibitor - "Juried Exhibition" - California Modern Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2009 (March) Exhibitor - "Continuum Show" - George Segal Gallery, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ. Juror: Paterson Sims

2009 (September) Exhibitor - "Salvage Show" - HONORABLE MENTION, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA. Juror: Linda Cunningham

2009 (October) Exhibitor - "Dualities Show" - Sebastopol Center for the Arts Sebastopol, CA. Juror: Claudia Chapline

2009 (November) Exhibitor - "Naples Art Association Founders Awards" - Naples, FL. Juror: Daniel Stetson.

2009 (November) Exhibitor - "Juried Exhibition" - Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR.