| 1957 | Born Phoenix, Arizona |
| 1957-1975 | Raised in Arizona, father a surgeon, mother a woman's rights advocate,
the third oldest of eight children, showed interest in painting and drawing
at early age |
| 1975 | Graduated high school worked in copper mines earning money for travel |
| 1975 | Traveled in Europe for eight months |
| 1976 | Returned to the US began study at San Francisco Art Institute |
| 1980 | BFA, Sculpture, San Francisco Art Institute Graduation Exhibition,
San Francisco Art Institute Annual Spring Show, First Prize in Drawing |
| 1980-1983 | Lived and worked in San Francisco |
| 1983 | Attend University Of New Mexico
Graduate School in Painting |
| 1985 | MA, Painting, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. Met and studied
under Paul Wonner, Bay Area Figurative Artist |
| 1986 | MFA, Painting, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque |
| 1986 | Exhibited University Art Museum, Awarded Jonson Prize Moved to New
York City |
| 1988 | Married Artist/Photographer Ellen Garvens in Madrid, Spain |
| 1987-1992 | Taught at The College of New Rochelle and Westchester CC. |
| 1992 | Exhibited at Darby/Cardonsky Gallery, CT, Reviewed in New York Times |
| 1993 | Lectured at Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH |
| 1994 | Son Cole born New York Exhibition, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY |
| 1995 | Moved to Seattle, WA |
| 1995-1996 | Visiting Professor, Bowdoin College, Maine Certain Uncertainties, Bowdoin College Art Museum |
| 1997 | Jim Phalen, Paintings 1990-97 University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA Visiting Professor, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA Faculty Work Exhibition, Cornish College of the Arts Artist Trust Grant, Seattle, WA Visiting Professor, University of Puget Sound |
| 1998 | New American Painting, Boston, MA |
| 1998-1999 | Visiting Professor, University of Puget Sound Jim Phalen, Paintings Humbolt State University, Arcata, CA |
| 1999 | Son Mason born |
| 2000 | Jim Phalen / Robert Arneson John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA Jim Phalen, Still Lifes, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, SF, CA Washington State / Artist Trust Grant, $5500 Pollock / Krasner Foundation Grant, $15,000 |
| 2001 | Visiting Professor, University of Washington, Rome Program, Italy Lectured
at University of Washington Realism Invitational, Van De Griff/Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM Figure Eight, Diane Nelson Fine Art, Long Beach, CA |
| 2002-2003 | Jim Phalen, Undercurrents of the Commonplace, Paintings,Sculpture and
Drawings, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA |
| 2003 | New American Painting, Boston, MA |
| 2000- present |
Adjunct Professor, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA |
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