More about Jim Zwadlo

Education

University of Wisconsin, 1967-70

SUNY-Potsdam, NY, Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), 1989

Bio

Milwaukee artist, Jim Zwadlo, likes to imagine, while walking in the street, what it would be like to be in the air, to float along, instead of always marching in step with the other pedestrians. From this vantage point, everyone looks different, yet they are no further away than before; their shadows form a complex pattern with the crosswalk stripes and the people themselves form into constantly changing patterns.

Jim chooses to depict only ordinary people, not trained performers. Yet, he discovers a “found choreography” within the randomness of their movements, which from his point of view, looks like a dance.

Jim’s large-scale oils paintings have been exhibited extensively and are in corporate and private collections across the country.

In Our Words

Perched above humanity, Jim Zwadlo captures pieces of our fast paced, frenetic world and cleverly distills them into a poetic dance of shadow and light, pattern and perspective. Monumental in their approach, Jim’s canvases produce a certain amount of wonder; taking what could be considered mundane and elevating it to the extraordinary.

Selected Exhibition History

• Jim Zwadlo Urban Ecology Center, Milwaukee, WI 2010
• Annual Members Show Walkers Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI 2010
• 8 Counties Kohler Art Center, Sheboyban, WI 2010
• Art From The Heartland Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN 2010
• Vertigo In Flatland Wisconsin Union Galleries, Madison, WI 2010
• Forward! Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI 2010
• Group Show Jules Place, Boston, MA 2010
• Wisconsin Artists Biennial Rahr-West Art Museum, Manitowoc, WI 2009
• Group Show Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2009

Selected Sales History

• Crosswalkers 213 – Acrylic On Paper – 40'' h x 26'' w – $1,200 – January, 2008
• Crosswalkers 216 – Acrylic On Paper – 40'' h x 26'' w – $1,200 – January, 2008
• Crosswalkers 137 – Acrylic On Paper – 30'' h x 13'' w – $600 – March, 2008
• Pedestrians 113 – Oil On Canvas – 30'' h x 72'' w – $6,000 – July, 2008
• Pedestrians 168 – Oil On Canvas – 40'' h x 60'' w – $6,000 – August, 2008
• Pedestrians 162 – Oil On Canvas – 60'' h x 42'' w – $6,000 – August, 2008
• Crosswalkers 201 – Acrylic On Paper – 40'' h x 26'' w – $1,200 – September, 2008
• Crosswalkers 48 – Acrylic On Paper – 40'' h x 26'' w – $1,200 – September, 2008
• Pedestrians 206 – Oil On Canvas – 42'' h x 60'' w – $6,000 – September, 2008
• Crosswalkers 202 – Acrylic On Paper – 40'' h x 26'' w – $1,200 – September, 2008
• Crosswalkers 205 – Acrylic On Paper – 40'' h x 26'' w – $1,200 – September, 2008
• Pedestrians 181 – Oil On Canvas – 64'' h x 42'' w – $6,000 – October, 2008
• Crosswalkers 206 – Acrylic On Paper – 40'' h x 26'' w – $1,200 – December, 2008
• Pedestrians 211 – Oil On Canvas – 48'' h x 48'' w – $6,000 – March, 2009
• Pedestrians 205 – Oil on Canvas – 50'' h x 80'' w – $7,000 – August, 2009
• Pedestrians 207 – Oil on Canvas – 54'' h x 54'' w – $6,000 – October, 2009
• Crosswalkers 303 – Acrylic on Paper – 40'' h x 26'' w – $1,500 – November, 2009