New York Academy of Art, NYC
Bottega Boun Fresco, NYC
Atelier Lack, Minneapolis, MN
The R. H. Ives Gammell Studios, Boston & Williamstown, MA
Awarded BFA from Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Atelier 63 Haarlem, Holland

Teaching:

1993 - 1999
1987 - 1996
1975 - 1982
1970 - 1980
1974 - 1976

The Drawing Academy of the Atlantic, NYC
The National Academy of Design, NYC
Childs – Mairs Studio, St. Paul, MN
Minneapolis Vocational Institute
Minnesota Museum School, St. Paul, MN

Exhibitions:

2002
2001
1997
1996
1994 - 1995
1994
1993
1992
1988
1987
1986
1985
1985
1983
1983
1980
1980

Solo Show, Leighton House Museum, London
Solo Show, Wolffer Estate, Sagaponack, NY
Drawn From Life, Tatistcheff & Co., NYC
Solo Show, Leighton House Museum, London
20th Century American Drawing – The Figure in Context, International Exhibitions Foundations Tour (Paul Cummings, Curator)
Solo Show, Sundance Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
Arts & The Environment, National Arts Club
In The Tradition of Madame X, Portraits Inc., NYC
Opening Drawing Exhibition, Rutgers Barclay Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Silverpoint, Leslie Cecil Gallery, NYC
Six Painters From the R.H. Ives Gammell Studios, Hammer Galleries, NYC 1986
American Realism, San Francisco Museum of Modern of Art
Solo Show: James Childs: Drawings, A.J. Walker, Boston
Solo Show: James Childs: New Paintings, Tatistcheff & Co., NYC, 19 Reallegory, Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
West 83, High Museum, Atlanta, GA
Solo Show: James Childs: Drawings, Tatistcheff & Co., NYC
12 Young Americans, Tatistcheff & Co., NYC

Murals:

1989
1979
1978

Ceremonial Court, Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Washington, DC
Venus & Adonis United by Love, Adducci House
Chapel, Adducci House, Phoenix, AZ

Collections,
Portraits* :

Leonee Ormond*
Elizabeth Ross Johnson*
Claude Bernard, Paris
Frederick Koch, NYC
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Christopher Forbes, Far Hills, NJ*
Museo De Ponce, Puerto Rico
Ursula Corning, Civitella Ranieri, Umbria*
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Kravis, NYC*
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Trump, NYC*
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Tober*
Scott Bessent, London*