James Sicner was born July 9, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois (though most other sources date his birth in 1940). He studied at the National University of Mexico in Mexico City and the University of Colorado at Boulder. Sicner was a very successful artist, having exhibits of his work displayed in places such as New York, Paris, Rome, London, and Mexico City.

One of his largest projects was the America’s Bicentennial Collection, which was displayed in both Washington D.C. and the Denver State Capitol Rotunda in 1976.

(Above information via Trinity University Coates Library, source: Library Hour Program on KSYM 90.1 FM, Host Irma Dee Everts, Interviewees Katherine D. Pettit and James Sicner, January 30th, 1980).

EXHIBITIONS:

Galeria Copenhague, Mexico City, 1962
Denver Art Museum, 1962, 1967 (purchase prize)
Galeria Mendelhson, Mexico City, 1963
Graham Gallery, New York City, 1964, 1968
Galeria Von Bovenkamp, New York City, 1965
Galeria de Antonio Souza, Mexico City, 1966, 1968
Galeria Orlando, Los Angeles, 1966-67
Galeria de la Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City, 1966
Heritage Gallery, Los Angeles, 1966, 1969-70, 1972, 1975
The Gallery, Denver, 1967
The Contemporaries Gallery, New York City, 1967
Instituto Frances de America Latina, Mexico City, 1968
Square Frames Gallery, Denver, 1968, 1972
19th Olympiad, Mexico City, 1968
Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, 1968
La Palapa Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida, 1969
Spoleto Festival of Two Worlds, Spoleto, Italy, 1969
Iris Clert Gallery, Paris, France, 1969
Galeria 88, Rome, 1969, 1975
Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, 1969-72
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 1970
Galeria Avril, Mexico City, 1970-72, 1974-75
Norma Clark Gallery, London, England, 1970
David Gallery, Houston, 1970
Galerie Henriette Gomes, Paris, France, 1971, 1974
Tacoma Art Museum, 1972
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, California, 1973
Museo Nacional de Anthropologia e Historia, Mexico City, 1973; Edan Gallery, Acapulco, Mexico, 1974
Galerie Helliggejst, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1974-75;
Indianapolis Museum of Modern Art, 1975 (purchase prize)
American Bicentennial Collection, Law House, Washington, D.C., 1976
American Bicentennial Collection, State Capitol Rotunda, Denver, 1977
Central City Opera House Association, Central City, Colorado, 1978

Print for Colorado Centennial, Colorado Council on the Arts and Humanities, 1976, 1978

MURAL COMMISSIONS:
Industrial Club de Mexico, Camino Real Hotel, Mexico City, 1968
Israel Sports Club, Mexico City, 1970
Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, 1977-81


Exhibition and commission history: Jeff Jeremias Fine Arts, via Askart