James Isaac Zamora
James Isaac Zamora, Hamburger, 2012, Acrylic on Canvas, 60"x72"
James Isaac Zamora is a contemporary realist painter.
When I have found the object I wish to paint, I use the technical, mathematical exactness of the camera to capture the nuances my human eyes have missed. The camera lens captures and provides information that only exists in photography. By incorporating the anomalies of complicated shapes and unexpected color created by the lens, my paintings give a surprising factor to me, and hopefully, the viewer. At the beginning of the painting process I’m aware of what the image looks like, but I do not know how the image will be created or even look like through the use of paint. Though my imagery maybe ordinary, at first glance, even unnoticed and at best a throwaway object, it is the essence of reflection, lights and darks, and unexpected color, that makes me want to paint the extraordinarily ordinary.
- James Isaac Zamora, 2013
James Isaac Zamora
curriculum vitae
EDUCATION
EXHIBITIONS, COLLECTIONS, AWARDS
- Group Show, Ro2 Downtown Gallery, Dallas, TX 2013
- Collections, Damico, Gustine, TX 2012
- Solo Exhibition, Cross Timbers Gallery, Stephenville, TX 2012
- Ro2 Gallery Group Shows, Dallas, TX 2012-Present
- Invitational Group Show, Rising Gallery, Dallas, TX 2012
- Big Red CEO Commission, Austin, TX 2011
- Group Show, Oxide Gallery, Denton, TX 2011
- First Place, The Traveler 20″x20″, Gustine, TX 2011
- Best of Show, The Traveler 20″x20″, Gustine, ,TX 2011
- Commissioned Painting, Owens, Granbury, TX 2011
- Group Show, Oxide Gallery, Denton, TX 2010
- Commissioned Painting, Litke, Stephenville, TX 2010
- Waymire Mural, 96”x120”, Argyle, TX 2010
- Group Show, Oxide Gallery at Banter, Denton, TX 2010
- First Place, Three Old Ladies, 24”x18”, Gustine, TX 2009
- Best of Show, Boy in Pokémon Shirt, 24”x18”, Gustine, TX 2009
- Mi Familia Mural, 72”x96” Graham, TX 2007, Graham, TX 2007
- Best of Show, Monet’s Sunflowers, 36”x48”, Graham, TX 2005
curriculum vitae
EDUCATION
- TEXAS WOMAN’S UNIVERSITY
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS
EXHIBITIONS, COLLECTIONS, AWARDS
- Group Show, Ro2 Downtown Gallery, Dallas, TX 2013
- Collections, Damico, Gustine, TX 2012
- Solo Exhibition, Cross Timbers Gallery, Stephenville, TX 2012
- Ro2 Gallery Group Shows, Dallas, TX 2012-Present
- Invitational Group Show, Rising Gallery, Dallas, TX 2012
- Big Red CEO Commission, Austin, TX 2011
- Group Show, Oxide Gallery, Denton, TX 2011
- First Place, The Traveler 20″x20″, Gustine, TX 2011
- Best of Show, The Traveler 20″x20″, Gustine, ,TX 2011
- Commissioned Painting, Owens, Granbury, TX 2011
- Group Show, Oxide Gallery, Denton, TX 2010
- Commissioned Painting, Litke, Stephenville, TX 2010
- Waymire Mural, 96”x120”, Argyle, TX 2010
- Group Show, Oxide Gallery at Banter, Denton, TX 2010
- First Place, Three Old Ladies, 24”x18”, Gustine, TX 2009
- Best of Show, Boy in Pokémon Shirt, 24”x18”, Gustine, TX 2009
- Mi Familia Mural, 72”x96” Graham, TX 2007, Graham, TX 2007
- Best of Show, Monet’s Sunflowers, 36”x48”, Graham, TX 2005