Curriculum Vitae

James Alan Edwards / Artist-Educator

Education

Master of Fine Arts

College of Visual and Performing Arts, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Bachelor of Fine Arts  

Massachusetts College of Art & Design

Academic Appointments / Teaching Experience

2020-Present: Professor: Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA; Department of Art & Art History

2001-2019: Professor: College of Visual and Performing Arts, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA; Department of Art & Design

1995-2001: Professor: Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA; Department of Design

Professional Expertise

Studio Fine Arts: Specializing in oils, acrylic polymer and watercolor techniques to include, various dry media, mixed-media collage, as well as a variety of digital applications. Illustrations published widely - paintings in numerous private collections worldwide.

Published Works & Commissions

• Wadsworth Athenaeum Museum of Art

• Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

• Heinle & Heinle / Thomson International Publishing

• Cengage Publishing

• Silver Burdett & Ginn Publishers

• G.K. Hall Publishers

• Houston Advertising

• Boston University; Center for Work & Family

• Simmons College

• Corey McPherson Nash

• U.S. Air

• Bose Corporation

• Chiron Diagnostics Corporation

• Marriott Corporation

• Strathmore Incorporated

• Carter Rice

• Lotus Development

• Rhode Island Department of Travel & Tourism

• Akira Yamashita Architects

• Goody Clancy Architects

• Prentice Hall Incorporated

• Cognex Corporation

• Pacific Review Magazine

• The Mayor’s Office of The City of Boston

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