James G. Jenkins

Jenkins is a graduate of The University of Iowa with a BFA in sculpture. He has been actively engaged in the process of making art for most of his life. For the last twelve years he has had the opportunity to work at it full time.

His work typically combines found objects, fabricated material and typically a carefully researched background narrative. One of Jenkins’ favorite intangible materials is a carefully applied modicum of humor.

The work can be as varied as 12’ tall stainless steel human figures standing side by side at the St. Charles Public Library to a performance art project combining a fabricated drawing machine attached to a bicycle and the artist riding the art making machine to “draw rings around” the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago.

Jenkins is forever “stitching” seemingly disparate objects and fabrications together to form not only an interesting visual and cerebral experience but also something to do with his hands.