Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022 TheWireTrust.com Retrospective, The Korner Lounge, Shreveport LA
2017 Anatomical Anomalies, LSU Medical School Library, Shreveport, LA
2009 Art as Gift, Columbia Cafe, Shreveport, LA
2004 Person, Place, or Thing, Columbia Cafe, Shreveport, LA
2002 Salt of Your Tears, minicine? Shreveport, LA (Art Director David Nelson)
1998 Sculpture in the Reading Room, Karma Cup, Shreveport, LA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Critical Mass 12, artspace, Shreveport, LA
2023 Snow Glo, artspace, Shreveport, LA
Critical Mass 11, artspace, Shreveport, LA
2022 Critical Mass 10, artspace, Shreveport, LA
2021 Critical Mass 9, artspace, Shreveport, LA
2020 Materiality, artspace, Shreveport, LA
Critical Mass 8, artspace, Shreveport, LA
2019 Critical Mass 7, artspace, Shreveport, LA
2018 Artist Up, Central ARTSTATION, Shreveport, LA
Critical Mass 6, artspace, Shreveport, LA
2017 Et Tu, Art Brute? Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY (curator Jamie Sterns)
InGRAVED, artspace, Shreveport, LA
Meta*Moore*Phosis, minicine?, Shreveport, LA
Collectible Artists Exhibition, Central ARTSTATION, Shreveport, LA
Artspace Artist Studios, artspace, Shreveport, LA
Critical Mass 5, artspace, Shreveport, LA
2016 Uncensored Louisiana, minicine?, Shreveport, LA
Critical Mass 4, artspace, Shreveport, LA
2015 Critical Mass 3, artspace, Shreveport, LA
2014 Critical Mass 2, artspace, Shreveport, LA
2013 North Louisiana Artists’ Triennial, Meadows Museum, Shreveport, LA
Critical Mass, artspace, Shreveport, LA (Critics Curator Robert Pincus)
2011 BECA:Bridge for Emerging Artists, Albuquerque, NM
Impromptu, artspace, Shreveport, LA (Artistic Director William Joyce)
Dia de Los Muertos, minicine?, Shreveport, LA
2005 Coming Together, Alexander & Company, Shreveport, LA
2004 Xmas Under the Ground by Mail, minicine?, Shreveport, LA
2002 Illumination de LUMIERE, Lee Hardware Gallery, Shreveport, LA
Shreveport Homegrown, Arts in the Edge/artspace, Shreveport, LA
2001 Girly Girl and Manly Man Show, minicine?, Shreveport, LA
Covert/Arts, Bailey’s Manhattan, Shreveport, LA
Selected Projects
2023 Artist/Project Director, Oscar Joseph
Artist/Project Director, Art in Unexpected Places
2022 Artist/Project Director, You as a Wire Hero
Instructor/ Programmer, Light It Up, Texas Street Lighted Bridge, Shreveport, LA
2020 Artist, The Wire Trust, socially distanced, Shreveport, LA (Ongoing)
2018 Designer/Fabricator, Christmas in the Sky, Shreveport Regional Arts Council
Designer/Fabricator, Nick Cave Beaded Blanket Frames, Shreveport Common
2017 Artist/mural designer, Shreveport UNCommon Murals (Artistic Director Lesli Marshall)
2015 Artist, The Music Box: Calanthean Canyon, New Orleans Airlift, Shreveport, LA
2014 Artist-in-Residence, Wayne White Puppet Parade, Shreveport, LA
Featured artist and studio, Highland Open Studio Tour Sundays, Shreveport, LA (2014—2018)
2012 Artist-in-Residence La Belle Poubelle, Economy of Means in a Mean Economy with Doug & Chris Fitch, artspace, Shreveport, LA
Artist-in-Residence, Chicken Stock, The Farm at Cultural Crossroads, Minden, LA
2004 Artist-in-Residence, Arcadia with Patrick Dougherty, artspace, Shreveport, LA
Awards and Honors
2023 Louisiana Office of Cultural Development, Project grant, Tactical Urbanism Public Art
2022 National Endowment for the Arts, Project Grant, You as a Wire Hero
2021 Louisiana Division of the Arts, Artist’s Emergency Relief Grant
2020 New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants
Juried Roster Artist, Shreveport Regional Arts Council
2018 Artist Up Artist Entrepreneur, Shreveport Regional Arts Council
2017 Artist of the Month, SB Magazine
Best Artist Studio, Culture Crush
Collectible Artist, Culture Crush
2015 Collectible Artist Common Culture (Curator Robert Pincus)
Juried Roster Artist, Shreveport Regional Arts Council
2013 Artist as Entrepreneur, The Arts Council of New Orleans, SRAC
Juried Roster Artist, Shreveport Regional Arts Council
Selected Bibliography
2024 Rebekah Giambroni, “Little Renzi’s Big Impact,” Family Living Magazine, July 2, 2024
Henrietta Wildsmith, “Artists in Game of Shrooms,” Shreveport Times, June 7, 2024
Isabella Cheng, “Free Summer Camp,” KTAL, May 22, 2024
Liz Swaine, “Is Starbucks Taking Over,” March 25, 2024
2023 Makenzie Boucher, “Sno Glo at artspace,” Shreveport Times, November 13, 2023
Liz Swaine, “Five Things to Do in Downtown/Oscar Joseph,” Shreveport Times, July 7, 2023
Renzi Education and Art Center, “The Renzi Center: 25 Years of Renzi Magic,” Renzi YouTube, June 27, 2023
Jenna Vitamanti, “Revitalizing Downtown Shreveport,” KTAL, May 24, 2023
Meredith White, “Unexpected Art is Popping Up Downtown,” Shreveport Times, May 19, 2023
Michael Barnes, “Artist James Marks Promotes Shreveport’s Art Culture,” KSLA, May 18, 2023
Brittany Hazelton, “Hunt for Art,” KSLA, May 17, 2023
Meredith White, “Artbreak 2023,” Shreveport Times, April 29, 2023
Henrietta Wildsmith, “Photos from Artbreak,” Shreveport Times, April 22, 2023
Staff Report, “Sculpting Oscar Joseph,” 318 Forum, April 5, 2023
2022 Staff Report, “Let Your Light Shine,” 318 Forum, May 4, 2022
Meredith White, “Illuminating Lesson,” Shreveport Times, April 26, 2022
Staff Report, “Tour Downtown’s Newest,” Biz Magazine, March 3, 2022
Adam Bailey, “Bridge of Lights,” SB Magazine, February 24, 2022
2021 Staff Report, “Shedding New Light on the Texas Street Bridge,” Biz Magazine, December 16, 2021
Pat Viser, “The Bakowski Bridge of Lights,” 64 Parishes, May 27, 2021
2020 Tiana Kennell, “Pandemic Interpreted Through Art,” Shreveport Times, July 24, 2020
Tiana Kennell, “Multiple Eclectic Art Shows to Open,” Shreveport Times January 22
2019 Pat Viser, “Materiality: An on the Wall Experience,” 64 Parishes, December 1, 2019
2018 Tiana Kennell, “Eye-Catching, Bold Exhibits,” Shreveport Times, May 31, 2018
Staff Report, “Beaded Blanket Trail to be Unveiled,” Shreveport Times, January 16
2017 Pat Visor, “Weaving a Trail,” 64 Parishes, December 8, 2017
Devin White, “James Marks, Sculptor,” SB Magazine, May 2017
Staff Report, Makers Fair Big Scene, Shreveport Times, April, 2, 2017
Tiana Kennell, “25 NWLA Artists You Need to be Collecting!,” Shreveport Times, March 30, 2017
Liz Swaine, “Five Things to Do in Downtown Shreveport,” Shreveport Times, March 30, 2017
Staff Report, “Collector and Collectibles,” Shreveport Times, March 30, 2017
Staff Report, “See and Be Scene In Downtown’s Common,” Shreveport Times, March 30, 2017
Staff Report, “Unscene! Uncommon Murals,” Shreveport Times, March 30, 2017
Staff Report, “See Who’s in artspace’s Art Studios,” Shreveport Times, March 30, 2017
Bonnie Culverhouse, “April Culture Crush,” Forum News, March 29, 2017
2015 K.C. Kilpatrick Stone, “Artist James Marks Hard at Work,” KTBS, April 11, 2015
Jada Durden, “Five Things to do in Shreveport this Weekend,” Shreveport Times, April 2, 2015
2014 Staff Report, “UNDISPUTED! the UNSCENE! Finale,” Shreveport Times, August 7
Robert Trudeau, “James Marks’ Wire Wonders,” Heliopolis, February 12, 2014
2013 Charisse Gibson, “Free After School Program Promotes Art,” KSLA, December 20, 2013
Staff Report, “UNSCENE!,” Artplace America, August 24, 2013
2012 Maggie Martin, “Exhibit Shows Art Can be Economical,” Shreveport Times, September 5, 2012
Turner and McCoy, “Spring Arts Festival in Minden,” KISS, April 26, 2012
2011 Staff Report, “Artist’s Work on Display in New Mexico,” Shreveport Times, February 1
2006 Jennifer Flowers, “Karpeles to Display Local Art,” Shreveport Times, January 12, 2006
2005 Alexandyr Kent, “Gonzo Art,” Shreveport Times, December 16, 2005
Staff Report, “Reception Scheduled for Local Artists,” Shreveport Times, November 3, 2005
Editorial, Arts, “Neighborliness Make This a Good Place to Live,” Shreveport Times, July 4, 2005
Jennifer Flowers, “Artist Relocates to Shreveport,” Creative, Shreveport Times, March 1, 2005
2004 Lane Crockett, “Artspace Aims to be City Catalyst,” Shreveport Times, March 17, 2004
Lane Crockett, “Downtown Art, Shreveport Times,” March 11, 2004
2001 Maggie Martin, “Scene and Heard,” Shreveport Times, November 11, 2001
Betsy Pierce, “Sculptures, Murals, Downtown an Artsy Place,” Shreveport Times, March 2, 2001
Selected Lectures
2024 Artist talk, Meadows Museum, Shreveport, LA
2023 Petcha Kutcha, artspace, Shreveport, LA
2017 Art – Object or Plaything?, artist talk, artspace, Shreveport, LA,
Selected Teaching Experiences
2004—Present Sculpture, robotics, science, and ceramics, Renzi Education & Art Center,
2022—Present Instructor/ Programmer, Light It Up, Texas Street Lighted Bridge,
2011—2016 Sculpture, The Farm of Cultural Crossroads, Minden, LA
2011 Sculpture, visiting artist, Noel United Methodist Church
2012 Sculpture, visiting artist, Caddo Magnet High School
Selected Collections and Commissions
Peter Lyons, LA
Shreveport Regional Arts Council, LA
Judy Williams, LA
Pam and Bob Atchison, LA
Fran and Steve Shurtz, LA
The Farm of Cultural Crossroads, LA