Contact: jameshornerart@gmail.com
As a gay man (he/him) residing in Scarsdale, New York, James Horner is a queer chronicler who attempts to educate the public and divert discrimination from his tribe. Horner is an artist member of the Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, and New York Artists Equity, Association, Inc., New York, NY. And he also helped found scorchzine (a zine publishing group of artists) and he’s a member of Teleportal, an international artist collective.
His Illuminations include LGBTQ+ icons and everyday folk as paintings, but he also creates sculptures, drawings, and prints. In 2024 Horner exhibited at Amos Eno Gallery, Lichtundfire, Greenwich House Pottery, Art for Peace Gallery, b l i n k 2.0 (a Chicago public art project) and he’ll participate in the Atelier Residency at Chateau Bouthonvilleres, Dangeau, France. Recently he exhibited at Satchel Projects, Studio 9D and with Visual AIDS at Ortuzar Projects (2023) and with GMHC artists at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art (2019, 2017, 2015, 2013).
Horner received a B.A. In Communications with minors in Art and Business at S.U.N.Y. Albany, Albany, NY; an M.B.A. in Marketing at Pace University, White Plains, NY; an M.F.A. in Painting at Lehman College, Bronx, NY; and he regularly takes fine art continuing education courses.
Recent residencies include: the Uncool Artist (2023), DNA Artist Residency (2023 and 2024) and the School of Visual Arts (SVA) (2022). In 2023, he completed a program at the Bronx Museum (2023) where he focused on queer icons in a zine and a series of prints (silkscreen and linocut) that were added to the museums’ archive.
Gallery Affiliation and Artist Groups
Artist Member and Board Member - Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Artist Member - New York Artists Equity, Association, Inc., New York, NY
Founding Member - scorchzine, international zine publishing group
Artist Member - Teleportal, international artist collective
Artist Member - EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop
Education
Lehman College, Bronx, NY, M.F.A., Painting
Pace University, White Plains, NY, M.B.A., Marketing
SUNY Albany, Albany, NY, B.A., Communications, Minors: Business and Art
Group Exhibitions
2024 Dirty Little Drawings, Soho Project Space, New York, NY
Seeing Is Believing, Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Homeward, Tulsa Artists’ Coalition, Tulsa, OK
Close Encounters, Readymade Gallery, Orleans, MA
The Mother - The Father, New York Artist’s Equity, New York, NY
Earth, Wind, Fire, EFA/Robert Blackburn Printshop Exhibit, Art for Peace Gallery, New York, NY
b l i n k 2.0, Public Art Show, Window Projections in a Building, Chicago, IL
Made in Clay, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY
INTEGRAL — Parts That Together Constitute a Whole, Lichtundfire, New York, NY
2023 Magic Hour (December 2023 - January 2024), Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Sloom, Studio 9D, New York, NY
Volume Up: Artists Responding to Music and Sound, The Painting Center, New York, NY
b l i n k, Public Art Show, Window Projections in a Building, Chicago, IL
Postcards from the Edge, Visual AIDS, Ortuzar Projects, New York, NY
2022 Yonder Crush, Satchel Projects, New York, NY
Greenwich House Pottery Artists Exhibition, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY
2019 Art and AIDS: Allegria, GMHC, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, New York, NY
CRIMINALIZE THIS! The Social Policing of Gender and the Criminalization of Queerness, Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2018 The Same River Twice, Lehman College, Bronx, NY
2017 Art & AIDS: Soldiers of Survival, GMHC, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, New York, NY
2015 Art and AIDS: Amor y Pasion, GMHC, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, New York, NY
Nova Illa, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY
2014 Masquerade (Solo Show), Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
Lehman College Faculty/MFA Students Exhibition, Krasdale Foods Gallery, Bronx, NY
Housing Works Design on a Dime 2014, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY
2013 What They Were Thinking, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
Art and AIDS: Perceptions of Life, GMHC, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, New York, NY
Fall Open Studios and Community Conversations, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
Days of our Lives (Solo show), The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
2011 College Art Association NY Area MFA Exhibition, Hunter College/Times Square Gallery, New York, NY
Urban Situations, Ernest Rubenstien Gallery, New York, NY
2010 The Wicked Twins: Fame and Notoriety, Paul Robeson Galleries, Rutgers – The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ
Off the Wall Part 1: Thirty Performance Actions, John Baldessari’s I will never make boring art again, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Residencies
2024 Atelier Residency at Chateau Bouthonvilliers, Dangeau, France
2023 DNA Artist Residency, ReadyMade Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Uncool Artist Residency, Brooklyn, NY
Zine and Printmaking Program, Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY
2022 School of Visual Arts Summer Residency Program, Fine Arts: Painting and Mixed Media, New York, NY
2015 Dacia Gallery, Winter Study of the Figure Residency, New York, NY
2012 – 2013 Gallery Aferro Studio Residency, Newark, NJ
Artist Registries
Artist+ Registry, Visual AIDS, New York, NY
Art File Gallery, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Grants/Scholarships
2024 EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop LGBTQ+ Scholarship, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
2023 Visual AIDS, New York, NY
Publications
2024 “Making Room - Museum as Space for Self Expression,” Brochure, Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY
“Teleportal Zine - Issue 1: Homeward,” Teleportal Artist Collective
“Muse Zine,” Scorchzine: Zine Artist Collective
2023 “20th Anniversary Benefit Auction Catalog,” Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
2011 “The Beach Ball Art Auction Catalog,” The Boys and Girls Club of the Bellport Area, NY
“The Urban Situation,” Catalog, Educational Alliance, New York
2010 “The Wicked Twins: Fame and Notoriety,” Catalog, Paul Robeson Galleries, Rutgers – The State University of New Jersey
Press
2013 “In the Galleries: 'Art & AIDS: Perceptions of Life,” Advocate, December 17, 2013 “ART & AIDS: Perceptions of Life, An Exhibition of the Humanity, Dec. 19, 2013–Jan. 5, 2014 Leslie-Lohman Museum,” The Journal 48, The Journal of the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, Winter 2013
Leroux-Lindsey, Angela, “Perception as Muse In Anticipation of an Upcoming, Art & AIDS, Exhibit, Participants Share Their Perspectives About Creative Inspirations, A&U America’s AIDS Magazine, December 2013
2010 “Tylenol PM Sleepwear Design Winner - James Horner,” OUT Magazine, June 2010.
Curatorial
2015 Inspire, Collaborate, Create, Variety NYC, Worked with inner city youth to curate and exhibit a benefit art show, New York, New York, NY
2010 Psychological Interiors, Lehman College, Bronx, NY
Teaching
2022 Drink and Draw, Cafe Flor, New York, NY
2010 Graduate Painting, Fall Semester, Teacher Assistant for Dannielle Tegeder, Lehman College, Bronx, NY
Lecture
2012 Artist Talk for Residency, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
2010 Artist talk for “The Wicked Twins: Fame and Notoriety,” Paul Robeson Galleries, Rutgers – The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ
2008 Graduate Programs in Art Panel Discussion (In conjunction with Jeffery Way, Associate Professor), Speaker, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
Archives/Permanent Collections
Rutger’s University - Newark, Newark, NJ Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY Shah Alam Gallery, Malaysia