ARTIST C.V.

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Education

• 2018: Master of Fine Arts, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

• 2012: Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL

 

Professional/Teaching Experience

• 2022-2024: Assistant Professor of Art, Lyon College, Batesville, AR

• 2023: Assistant to Dr. Scott Meyer, University of Montevallo, AL

• 2021-2024: Judge, Arkansas Young Artist Association, AR

• 2020-2023: Judge, Coosa Valley Academy, Harpersville, AL

• 2011-2024: Firing Leader, Anagama Wood Kiln, University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL

• 2022: Presenter, Lecturer, Demonstrator, Clay Slam, University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL

• 2020-2022: Visiting Artist in Residence, Lyon College, Batesville, AR

• 2020-2022: Visiting Professor of Art, Lyon College, Batesville, AR

• 2020-2022: Gallery Manager, Kresge Gallery, Lyon College, Batesville, AR

• 2019: Adjunct, Cedarville University, Cedarville, OH

• 2018-2019: Studio Manager/Coordinator, Cedarville University,, Cedarville, OH

• 2018: Instructor; Sculpture/3D Design, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

• 2017-2018: Assistant to Professor Chris Robinson, Southern Lights, Public Installation, Columbia, SC

• 2016-2018: Instructor: Ceramics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

• 2015-2018: Instructor: Southern Pottery, Columbia, SC

• 2016-2017: Instructor: Sculpture/3D Design, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

• 2016-2017: SAVVY Arts Venture Challenge, Design Consultant, Columbia, SC

• 2015-2016: Assistant Instructor Ceramics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

• 2015-2016: Assistant Instructor Sculpture, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

• 2011-2012: Assistant to Dr. Scott Meyer, University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL

• 2010-2012: Studio Technician, University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL

 

 

Committee Service

Lyon College, Batesville, AR

Hiring Committees
Member (2019-2024)
Duties Included:

• Participation in multiple hiring committees across disciplines, contributing to candidate evaluation and selection processes, ensuring a diverse and qualified pool of candidates for faculty and staff positions.
   

Academic Lab and Studio Safety Committee
Member (2022-2023)
Duties Included:

• Oversaw chemical safety protocols in studio and laboratory settings, ensuring compliance with institutional, state, and federal safety regulations.

• Developed and implemented risk management strategies for handling hazardous materials in art studios (Ceramics, Sculpture, Printmaking) and chemical labs.

• Assisted in conducting regular safety audits, inspections, and reviews of equipment and materials storage to minimize potential hazards.

• Provided training to faculty, staff, and students on the safe use and disposal of chemicals and art materials, fostering a culture of safety within the Fine Arts department.

• Collaborated with Environmental Health and Safety officers to update and maintain Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and ensure proper labeling and handling of substances.

• Advised on the procurement of safety equipment and ensured availability of personal protective equipment (PPE) for all studio users.

Curriculum Committee:
Chair (2023-2024)
Duties included:: 

• Facilitating cross-divisional discussions to ensure alignment with institutional goals and student learning outcomes.

• Reevaluating and ultimately producing a cohesive framework for Lyon’s general education classes that reflects contemporary educational standards and enhances student engagement.

• Leading the comprehensive review and overhaul of the Core Curriculum, collaborating with faculty from all divisions (Fine Arts, STEM, Language, History, etc.), the Provost, and the Core Curriculum Committee.

• Facilitating committee discussions and decision-making processes on curriculum revisions to ensure academic rigor and alignment with institutional goals.

• Organizing and leading regular meetings, developed agendas, and ensured productive discourse among faculty from diverse academic disciplines.

(Committee Service Continued; Curriculum Committee, Chair)

• Coordinating the assessment and revision of general education requirements to reflect contemporary academic standards and student needs.

• Managing the proposal, review, and approval process for new courses, degree programs, and modifications to existing programs.

• Working closely with department chairs and faculty members to balance departmental needs with institutional priorities in course offerings and program design.

• Providing detailed reports and recommendations to academic leadership, the faculty senate, and the administration on curriculum changes and their impacts on faculty and student experiences.

• Ensuring compliance with accreditation standards and prepared documentation for external reviews.

• Aiding in the creation of a digital file management system created to facilitate Divisional Chairs in submitting curriculum proposals and disseminating a copy to the Faculty Assembly President and Administrative Assistant as well as the members of the Curriculum Committee.

Curriculum Committee
Member (2024-Present):
Duties included:

• Collaboration with the Chair of the Curriculum Committee, Registrar, and Divisional Heads to assess and enhance the academic offerings, ensuring alignment with institutional goals and accreditation standards.
   

 

Exhibitions

• 2024: Signs and Symbols - The Book of Arts series, Exhibition and Publication

• 2024: Melancholy - The Book of Arts series, Exhibition and Publication

• 2024: Colorful Symphony - 2024, Exhibition and Promotion

• 2023: SoloS - 12th International Solo Exhibitions - Fall 2023

• 2023: MAGIX - 2023, 2nd Annual Exhibition and Promotion

• 2023: Artistonish Magazine - 39th Issue - October 2023

• 2023: Spirituality - The Book of Arts series, Exhibition and Publication

• 2023: Observica Magazine 25th Issue - Elite Edition 2023

• 2023: Improbus Utilitatem, Solo Exhibition, University of the Ozarks, Clarksville, AR

• 2023: Art Garden, Public Installation, Arkansas Museum of Fine Art, Little Rock, AR

• 2022: All Abstract 2022, Juried Show, Gallery 311, NC

• 2022: Bearette Street Installation, Solo Exhibition, Public Installation Bearette Street, Batesville, AR

• 2021: Faculty Group Show, Lyon College, Batesville, AR

• 2020: Preservation, Solo Exhibition, Kresge Gallery, Lyon College, Batesville, AR

(Exhibitions Continued)

• 2020: Attrition, Solo Exhibition, Sea Islands Center Gallery, Beaufort, SC

• 2019: Material Connections, Group Show, Kresge Gallery, Lyon College, Batesville, AR

• 2018: Questions of Destruction, Solo Exhibition, Walnut Gallery, Gadsden, AL

• 2018: Parasitic, Solo Exhibition, McMaster Gallery, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

• 2018: 63rd Annual Juried Exhibition, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

• 2018: The 43rd Annual Juried Show, Anderson, SC

• 2017: Chris Robinson and Friends, University of South Carolina, Beaufort, SC

• 2017: Annual Holiday Sale, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

• 2017: Prologue, Solo Exhibition, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

• 2017: Ways of Creation, Sumter County Gallery of Art, Sumter, SC

• 2016: Annual Holiday Sale, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

• 2016: Group Exhibition, McMaster Gallery, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

• 2016: Annual Art Auction, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

• 2016: Passage Gallery, Avant Grads Group Show, University of South Carolina, SC

• 2016: 62nd Annual Juried Exhibition, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

• 2016: Passage Gallery, Solo Exhibition, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

• 2015: 61st Annual Juried Exhibition, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

• 2012: The Gallery, Bloch Hall, The University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL

• 2011: Paint the Town Red, Juried Public Installation, Birmingham, AL

 

Workshops

• 2023: Glaze and Clay Mixing Demonstration, University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL

• 2023: Clay Slam, Lecture and Demonstration, University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL

• 2022-2024: Wheel Throwing Workshop, Lyon College, Batesville, AR

• 2022-2024: Hand-building Demonstration, Lyon College, Batesville, AR

• 2019-2020: Hand-building Demonstrations, Batesville Area Arts Council, Batesville, AR

• 2019-2024 Kiln Building and Repair, Batesville, AR

• 2019: Hand-building Demonstration, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Dallas, TX

• 2019: Raku Demonstration, Texas Tech, Lubbock, TX

• 2019  Raku Demonstration, Helen Devitt Jones Clay Studio, Lubbock, TX

• 2018: Glaze Mixing/Chemistry Demonstration, Cedarville University, Cedarville, OH

• 2018: Hand-building, Cedarville University, Cedarville, OH

• 2018: Alternative Methods; Mold-making, Cedarville University, Cedarville, OH

• 2018: Raku Demonstration, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

• 2018: Alternative Methods Molds, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

• 2018: Wheel Throwing Demonstration, Southern Pottery, Columbia, SC

• 2017: Alternative Methods; Mold-making, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

• 2016: Wheel Throwing Demonstration, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

(Workshops Continued)

• 2016: Pneumatic Extruder, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

• 2012: Raku Demonstration, University of Montevallo, AL

 

Awards/Accomplishments

• 2022: Alpha Chi Professor of the Year, Lyon College

• 2022: Phi Mu Professor of the Month

• 2018: The Graduate Studio Art Research Award, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

• 2018: 2nd Place, 63rd Juried Exhibition, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

• 2012 Service Award, University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL

Grants (Monetary)

• Windgate Grant, Windgate Foundation, [2021]

Grants (Material)

• Azemi 22nd LLC, Batesville, AR [2024]

• Selfie Scene, Batesville, AR [2024]

• AnyEvents LLC, Batesville, AR [2020-2024]

• Alligator Clay, [2021-2024]

• University of South Carolina: Beaufort [2018] 

• University of South Carolina: Columbia [2017]

• Indah Coffee, Columbia, SC [2015-2018]

• Southern Pottery, SC [2015-2018]

• Quikrete, Columbia, SC [2015]

• Charter Communications [2013-2015]

• University of Montevallo [2013]

• Dollar General, Montevallo, AL [2011]

• Vincent Public Library [2007-2008]

• Several Private Organizations in the Batesville, AR, Columbia, SC, Cedarville, OH, and Vincent, AL Areas

 

 

 

 

Bibliography

• Berry, James. "Digital Rune 17." The Book of Arts; Signs and Symbols, Gallerium Art (2024): pg 56

• Berry, James. "Digital Rune 21.” Melancholy (2023): pg 60

• Berry, James. "Digital Rune12." The Book of Arts: Spirituality (2023)

• Berry, James. "Digital Rune 19." Observica Magazine, no. 25, Elite Edition (2023): pg 47-48

• Berry, James. "Digital Rune 16." Artistonish Magazine, no. 39 (October 2023): pg 38

• Price, Kristi. "Trail Through the Woods." The Piper, Summer 2023, The Piper

• McDonald, Nicholas. "Interview with Professor James Berry." KILT, Lyon College, Batesville AR

• Evans, Margaret. "Jamie Berry: Attrition." LowCountry Weekly, October 28, 2019

• McElveen, Katie. "These Art Students Are Producing Their Own Solo Exhibitions. You Can Visit For Free." The State, April 02, 2018

• Keyserling, William. "USCB Fine Arts Department Chair Chris Robinson and Friends Exhibit Opens November 2." Live, Work, Stay Beaufort, October 23, 2017

• Mark, Tom. "SC Graduate Student Art Show Points to the Future." Free Times, June 7, 2017

Pending Work

• Visual Literacy: Intersections between Archaeology and the Visual Arts,  In preparation for a book on Experimental Archaeology, co-authored with Dr. Jason Kennedy.

• Collaboration with Dr. Joel Lamberg, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland

 

Collections

• University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

• Indah Coffee, Columbia, SC

• Riverside Community Church, Columbia, SC

• Southern Pottery, Columbia, SC

• Shelby County Courthouse, Columbiana, AL

• Ice and Coal Art Gallery, Helena, AL

• Blue Frog Art Gallery, Montevallo, AL

• Carmichael Library, University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL

• Vincent Public Library, Vincent, AL

• Works held in private collections: Alabama, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New York, New Zealand, North Carolina, South Carolina, Taiwan, Tennessee, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Washington

 

Technical Skills

• Ceramics:

  • Hand building, wheel throwing, mold making, screen printing

  • Kiln firing (electric, gas, sagger, soda, salt, wood, experimental)

  • Kiln building and repair, kiln conversion, pneumatic press

  • Studio building

  • Studio operation (inventory management, budgeting, maintaining OSHA standards, MSDS documentation, safety training)

  • Chemical knowledge (clay attributes, thermodynamics, glaze formulation, kiln maintenance)

• Sculpture:

  • Welding (oxy/acetylene, MIG), plasma cutting

  • Metal and concrete casting, plaster casting/carving

  • Masonry, carpentry, assemblages, modular installation, fine woodworking

  • Site-specific installations, ABS plastic

• Audio/Visual Production:

  • Setting up sound systems and PAs, DJ-ing, equalizers

  • Light production and theater scene production

  • Recording and editing video/photos

  • Microphone and instrument testing, in-ear and stage monitors

• Printmaking:

  • Intaglio, woodcuts, papermaking, bookbinding, monotypes, laser etching, aquatinting

• Miscellaneous:

  • HTML, typing training, 

  • Experience with Blackboard, Moodle, Schoology, Canvas

  • Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Flash), Strata 3D

  • Final Cut Pro, Audacity, Microsoft Office Suite

  • Crocheting, sewing, weaving

  • Several years of experience with a cable company, focusing on installation and troubleshooting of analog and digital interfaces for residential and commercial properties while abiding by, and enforcing, OSHA standards

  • Experience in construction, demolition, and restoration, including pools, plumbing, electricity, insulation, and drywall.

  • Experience in laser installation and troubleshooting on both tabletop and city-wide scale