Jami Nix Rahn (She/Her/Hers)
Lives and works in Edwards, Colorado
Born: 1955 Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S.A.
Education:
2006 B.F.A. Painting, Summa Cum Laude, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL.
1976-1977. University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Fl. Courses toward BFA Graphic Design (no degree)
Masters Classes/Apprenticeships
Arts Students League New York, New York, John Hultberg, Richard C. Pionk
National Academy School, New York, New York, Peter Paone
Daniel Greene, Portrait Painting
Fundicao De Arte Jose de Castro Guedes LDA, Jose Da Silva Abreu, Bronze Casting, Lisbon, Portugal
Olympio Pedro Pires, Stone Carving, Loures, Portugal
Porfirio Simoes, Stone Carving, Monte Lavar, Portugal
Selected Exhibitions
2022
Colorado Mountain College Vail Valley/Edwards, Faces of Freedom.
2021-2022
Colorado Mountain College Breckenridge, Faces of Freedom.
2019-2020
ArtServe, 30th Anniversary Series Preview, Fort Lauderdale, Fl
2016
YAA Museum, Annual Interest, Davie, Fl,
2015
Spectrum Miami, Miami Florida
RedEye, ArtServe, Fort Lauderdale, FL
D.B.A. 2015 Retrospective, Fort Lauderdale, Fl
2014
Boca Raton Museum of Art, 63 Annual All Florida Exhibition, Boca Raton, Florida
2013
The Projects Exhibition Space, Fort Lauderdale, Fl. "Rough & Tumble" curated by Lisa Rockford.
Boca Raton Museum of Art, 62nd ANNUAL ALL FLORIDA Exhibition, Boca Raton, Florida
Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, 2013 All Media Juried Biennial, Hollywood, Florida
Young At Art Museum, "Annual Interest 2013", Fort Lauderdale, Fl
2012
1310 Gallery, "Appropriated Gender," Fort Lauderdale, FL
Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, "Abracadabra," Hollywood, Fl
National Art Museum of Sport, "Commitment to Excellence in the Art of Sport" Indianapolis, Indiana
2011
Naples Museum of Art, "Florida Contemporary 2011", Naples, Florida
Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, "BE INSPIRED," Fort Lauderdale Florida
1310 Gallery, "HUMORATORIUM," Fort Lauderdale, Florida
2010
Armory Art Center, "New*Art" West Palm Beach, Florida, Juror Fredric Snitzer
Von Liebig Art Center "National Art Encounter 2010" Naples, Florida
Boca Raton Museum of Art "59th All Florida Juried Competition and Exhibition" Boca Raton Florida
1310 Gallery "Myth of Power" Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Gallery Six "D.B.A. II" Fort Lauderdale, Florida
2009
Target Gallery, "In the flesh II" Alexandria, Virginia
Boca Raton Museum of Art, "58th Annual All Florida Juried Competition and Exhibition, Boca Raton, Florida.
ArtServe, "ArtBravo! 2009" Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Von Liebig Art Center, National Art Encounter 2009, Naples, Florida,
2008
Massachusetts State House "A - Politic" Boston, MA
Gallery XIV," A - Politic "Boston, MA
The Armory Art Center, "The Edge" West Palm Beach, Juror Bonnie Clearwater.
Von Liebig Art Center, "Art Encounter 2008" Naples, Florida,
Altered Esthetics, "Bike Art III," Minneapolis, MN
2007
Art & Culture Center, Hollywood, Fl "All-Media Juried Biennial" Juror, Claire Breukel.
West Martello, "Sculpture Key West" Key West, Florida
The Von Liebig Art Center, "Art Encounter," Florida, Juror Frank Holt
Altered Esthetics "America" online exhibition,
2006
Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts "Vital Voices" Juried by Raphaela Platow. 2006.
Museum of Fine Arts, "Combined Talents" The Florida International, F.S.U. Tallahassee, Florida
Fort Zachery Taylor, Key West, Florida "Sculpture Key West"
2005
The Von Liebig Art Center, Naples, Florida "Art Encounter" Juror Irvin Lippman
Hotel Biba, West Palm Beach, Florida "SHOWTEL"
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1982 | View Point Galleries, Monte Estoril, Portugal, Sculpture, Jami Nix
1980 | View Point Galleries, Monte Estoril, Portugal "Drawing, Painting by Jami Nix."
1979 | American Embassy, Lisbon, Portugal "Jami Nix."
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
2010 -Present - Arts Council of Greater Weston, FL - Board of Directors, Past President
Writing
2010-2020 - Founder and Editor of Art South Florida Art Blog
Honors/Awards
David and Alfrede Myerson Achievement Award in Fine Arts 2006
Arts and letters Scholarship, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida 2005
Bibliography/Articles
Allison Descente, Jami Nix Rahn, Creating Art For Social Change, Inside Singletree Magazine, May 2022
Brenda Himelfarb, Driven to Create, Vail Valley Magazine, summer 2021
Elisa Wouk Almino, ~ Hyperallergic, May 29, 2020, A View From the Easel During Times of Quarantine.
Belle Ebner ~ Jami Nix Rahn | Inside Singletree Magazine | December 2019
Stacey Bomser ~ Weston Artists Featured in All Florida Exhibition, 2014
62 Annual All Florida Exhibition
Nancy Stetson ~ "Florida Contemporary 2011" Florida Weekly, Fort Meyers, June 2011
Scott Eyman ~ At the Boca Museum: A summer of variety, Palm Beach Post, Palm Beach, Florida, August 13, 2009
Shauna Lee Lange, In-the-flesh-II-hands-eyes-upholstery, Shaunaleelange.com, Alexandria Virginia, August 14, 2009
Lennox Campello, "In the flesh II at the Target Gallery" Daily Campello Art News, Alexandria Virginia, August 11, 2009
John Thomason, "Florida's Best" City City Link Metromix, Boca Raton, Florida, June 24, 2009
Katie Deits, "Juried competition shows breadth of Florida artistic talent" Palm Beach Arts Pater, Palm Beach, Florida, June 17, 2009
Amy Sowder, "Art Encounter" The News Press, Naples, Florida June 2009
Amy Sowder, "Art Encounter" The News Press, Naples, Florida May 2008
Janice T. Paine, "Close Encounters of the art kind", Naples Daily News, Naples, Florida, October 14, 2005
Mary Wozniak, "Art Scene" Gulf Coasting South, Naples, Florida, October 12, 2005
Catalogs
D.B.A. 2015 RETROSPECTIVE
Myth of Power
D.B.A. 2010
SCULPTURE KEY WEST, Key West Florida, 2007
THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL 2006, Florida State University Museum, Tallahassee, Florida, 2006
SCULPTURE KEY WEST, Key West Florida, 2006
ShowTel, Hotel Bibba, 2005