Bio

James was born in Kitchener and grew up in Ajax, Ontario. After graduating from high school he found himself with no ambition in his life and no insight into where it would take him. He moved to Vancouver Island where a slow and steady process of awakening took place. This is when James discovered painting. Within two years he was studying art full-time at the Victoria College of Art and painting became a way of life. James graduated in 2002 and moved back to Ontario where he has become a prominent artist in Waterloo Region, continuously exhibiting thought-provoking works of the highest standard.

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Born

24 December 1976 at Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.

Education

Camosun College, Victoria, BC.

Victoria College of Art - Three-Year Diploma Program - 2002               

Solo Exhibitions

2015     Project Gallery, “Echoes”, Cate McGuire and James Nye, Toronto, ON.

2013     Rotunda Gallery, “Manifest Expression: Europe 2.0”, Kitchener City Hall, ON.

2008     O'Connor Gallery, "Manifest Expression: A New Meaning", Toronto, ON.

2008     Rotunda Gallery, "Manifest Expression", Kitchener City Hall, ON

2006     Glendon Gallery, "Tequila Shot", Glendon College, Toronto, ON.

2004     KOR Gallery, "Explosion", Kitchener, ON.

Group Exhibitions

2023     44 Gaukel, “REVISION”, Kitchener, ON.

2021     Mind’s Eye Studio, “Above and Beyond”, Kitchener, ON.

2017     DRKRM Gallery, “The Happy Show”, Orillia, ON. 

2014     Project Gallery, “Frontier”, Toronto, ON.

2013     Project Gallery, “Vertical Integrations”, Toronto, ON.

2010     Claire Oliver Gallery, "Six Degrees of Separation: A New Generation of Canadian Artists", New York, NY.

2008     AGO Art Rentals+Sales Gallery, "Greenhouse", Toronto, ON.

2007     AWOL Gallery, "Square Foot 2007", Toronto, ON.

2007     SOPA Fine Arts, "Code of Colour", Kelowna, BC.

2005     Zavits Gallery, "Double Barrel Blast", Guelph, ON.

2005     Elliott Louis Gallery, "Shift Control Landscape", Vancouver, BC.

2002     Community Arts Council of Victoria, "O NUS Multimedia", Victoria, BC. 

2001     Rogue Annex, "No Blame", Victoria, BC.

Juried Exhibitions

2025    Paint Ontario Art Exhibition, Grand Bend, ON.

2018     Beaux-Arts Brampton, “The New Normal”, Brampton, ON.

2017     Homer Watson House & Gallery, “Hidden Valley Revealed”, Kitchener, ON.

2017     THEMUSEUM, “Collective Identity’s #Exnovation”, Kitchener, ON.

2015     THEMUSEUM, “Collective Identity’s #FFWR”, Kitchener, ON.

2013     Double R Steel, “BOX 13”, Kitchener, ON.

2013     Elora Centre for the Arts, “Artcetera”, Elora, ON.

2011     Rumple Felt Factory, “BOX 11”, Kitchener, ON.

2011     Nathan Phillips Square, “Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition”, Toronto, ON.

2011     Elora Center for the Arts, “Artcetera”, Elora, ON.

2009     CAFKA 09, "David Atkinson and James Nye: Obstruction Fence", Kitchener, ON.

2009     Arta Gallery, "Crafting the Future: Canada 2067" Metal Arts Guild, Toronto, ON.

2009     Nathan Phillips Square, "Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition", Toronto, ON.

2008     Arts Etobicoke Gallery, "Made to Measure", Toronto, ON.

2008     Nathan Phillips Square, "Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition", Toronto, ON.

2005     Praxis Gallery, "Juried Landscape Exhibition", Toronto, ON.

2004     Ogilvy’s, "CSA 37th National Open Juried Exhibition", Montreal, QC.

2004     Praxis Gallery, "Juried Landscape Exhibition", Toronto, ON.

2003     Nathan Phillips Square, "Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition", Toronto, ON.

2003     CBC Television Studios, "Artropolis 2003", Vancouver, BC.

2002     Sooke Region Museum, "Sooke Fine Arts", Sooke, BC. 

2002     Nathan Phillips Square, "Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition", Toronto, ON. 

Awards and Recognition

2015 - Centre for International Governance Innovation - Special Juror’s Award

2004 - Honourable Mention, Praxis Gallery's Juried Landscape Exhibition.

2002 - The International Courier Co. Painting Award, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition.

Collections

Accelerator Centre, Waterloo, ON.

Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), Waterloo, ON.

City of Toronto, Toronto, ON.

Gowling WLG, Kitchener, ON.

Hy’s Steakhouse Head Office, Vancouver, BC.

Machteld Fass Xander, Kitchener, ON.

Manulife Financial, Waterloo, ON.

Ontario Teacher’s Pension Plan, Toronto, ON

Scribbler’s Club, Kitchener, ON.

QUARRY, St. Jacob’s, ON.