Occupation: Painter, Instructor Media: Oil. Born Pittsburgh, PA, December 10, 1951.
Education Pennsylvania Acad Fine Arts, 69-71. Carnegie Mellon Univ, 71-72. Art Students League of New York with Frank Mason & Robert Beverlyhale, 74-79.
Teaching Positions Classical still life painting, Sweetwater Art Center, Sewickley, Pennsylvania, 87-94; portrait painting, Sulkowski Acad Fine Art, Houston, Pennsylvania, 94-2001; figure drawing, Sulkowski Acad Fine Art, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, 94-2001; and various national workshops.
Business and Professional Positions Artist in res, Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh, 81-83; owner & institute, Sulkowski Acad of Fine Art, Houston, Pennsylvania, 94-2001; owner, Sulkowski Fine Art Gallery, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, 2003-.
Commissioned Works Ikhwan Revolt of 1929, comn by King of Saudi Arabia, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 79-80; Court of Baghdad 9th Century, comn by King of Saudi Arabia, 79-80; 3 landscape murals, St Francis Health Sys, Pittsburgh, 86; Mural General Lafayette, Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, Pennsylvania, 2000; Portrait Richard White, Washington Federal Bank, Washington, Pennsylvania, 2006.
Public Works PNC Bank, Pittsburgh; Golden Eagle Resort, Stowe, Vermont; Mercy Hosp, Pittsburgh; Metrop Opera, New York; George H W Bush Presidential Libr, Texas.
Exhibitions Art in America, Denver Mus, 94-95; The Nude in Fine Art, Vanier & Roberts Fine Art, Scottsdale, Arizona, 94; Art in the Mountains, Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, Pittsburgh, 96; Art in the Garden, Washington Co Hist Soc, Washington, Pennsylvania, 2005.
Bibliography David Templeton (author), A Fine Day for the Fine Arts, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, 94; Stephen Doherty (author), Turning to Floral Still Lites, America Artist Mag, 96; Kathryn Kipp (author), The Best of Flower Painting, North Light Bks, 97; The Best of Flower Painting 2, North Light Bks, 97; M Stephen Doherty (author), James M Sulkowski: Simplifying comlex painting situations, Workshop Mag, America Artist, winter, 2006.
Publications Author, Featuring original oil paintings, Xlibris, 2007; Dynamic Action in Floral Painting, America Artist Mag, 1/2006.
Honors and Awards Helen de Cozen Award, America Artists Prof League; Best of Show, 30th Annual Exhibition of Printing Indus of Western Pennsylvania, 96; People's Choice Award, Art in the Mountains, United States Art Magazine, 97.
Memberships Nat Soc Mural Painters; National Arts Club New York; America Artist Prof League; Art Students League New York.
Gallery Speciality Original oil paintings and limited edition prints.
Areas of Interest Traveling, writing articles for art publications, painting & museums.
