James McGarrell

James McGarrell was born February 22, 1930 in Indianapolis, IN. He was an American painter and educator who lived and worked in Bloomington, IN; St. Louis, MO; and Newbury, VT. McGarrell passed away February 7, 2020.

Background

B.A. Indiana University; Bloomington, IN

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture; Skowhegan, ME

M.A. University of California; Los Angeles, CA (1955)

Fulbright grant to State Academy of Art; Stuttgart, Germany (1955)

Teaching: Reed College; Portland, Oregon (1956-59), Indiana University; Bloomington, IN (1959-81)

Professor of Art Emeritus, Washington University; St. Louis, MO (active 1981-1993)

Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts

National Endowment for the Arts

Rockefeller Institute Bellagio Residency

Normal Editions Projects

McGarrell participated in several collaborative print projects at Normal Editions Workshop during short term residencies at the School of Art at Illinois State University in 1976 and 1977.