JAMI NIX RAHN
jaminixrahn@gmail.com | www.jaminixrahn.com
Lives and works in Edwards, Colorado
Born 1955, Corpus Christi, Texas
EDUCATION
2006 — BFA, Summa Cum Laude, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
1976–1977 — University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, Graphic Design
1974–1976 — Associate of Arts, Florida State College at Jacksonville, FL
RELEVANT TRAINING
Master Classes
1998–1999 — Art Students League of New York, Figure Drawing under Richard C. Pionk, Painting under John Hultberg
1998 — National Academy School, New York, Figure Drawing under Peter Paone
1996–1997 — Portrait Painting in Oil and Pastel, Daniel E. Greene, PSA, NA, AWS
Apprenticeships in Europe
1978–1980 — Porfírio Simões, Stone Carving, Monte Lavar, Portugal
1976–1980 — Fundição de Arte José de Castro Guedes LDA, José da Silva Abreu, Bronze Casting, Lisbon, Portugal
1976–1978 — Olympio Pedro Pires, Stone Carving, Loures, Portugal
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 — Shifting Terrain, Vail Public Library, Vail, CO
1982 — View Point Galleries, Monte Estoril, Portugal
1980 — View Point Galleries, Monte Estoril, Portugal
1979 — American Embassy, Lisbon, Portugal
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 — Vail Valley Fine Arts Show, Colorado Mountain College, Edwards, CO
2024 — Vail Valley Fine Arts Show, Colorado Mountain College, Edwards, CO
2022 — Faces of Freedom, Colorado Mountain College, Vail Valley/Edwards, CO
2021–2022 — Faces of Freedom, Colorado Mountain College, Breckenridge, CO
2019–2020 — 30th Anniversary Series Preview, ArtServe, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2016 — Annual Interest, Young At Art Museum, Davie, FL
2015 — Spectrum Miami, Miami, FL
2015 — RedEye, ArtServe, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2015 — DBA Retrospective, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2015 — Annual Interest, Young At Art Museum, Davie, FL
2014 — 63rd Annual All Florida Exhibition, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
2014 — Annual Interest, Young At Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2013 — Rough & Tumble, The Projects Exhibition Space, Fort Lauderdale, FL, curated by Lisa Rockford
2013 — 62nd Annual All Florida Exhibition, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
2013 — All Media Juried Biennial, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
2013 — Annual Interest, Young At Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2012 — Appropriated Gender, 1310 Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2012 — Abracadabra, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
2012 — Commitment to Excellence in the Art of Sport, National Art Museum of Sport, Indianapolis, IN
2011 — Florida Contemporary, Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL
2011 — BE INSPIRED, Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2011 — HUMORATORIUM, 1310 Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2011 — Art Fallout, Girls Club, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2010 — New*Art, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL, Juror Fredric Snitzer
2010 — National Art Encounter, Von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL
2010 — 59th All Florida Juried Competition and Exhibition, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
2010 — Myth of Power, 1310 Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2010 — D.B.A., Gallery Six II, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2009 — In the Flesh II, Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2009 — 58th Annual All Florida, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
2009 — ArtBravo!, ArtServe, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2009 — National Art Encounter, Von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL
2008 — a politic, Massachusetts State House, Boston, MA
2008 — a politic, Gallery XIV, Boston, MA
2008 — The Edge, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL, Juror Bonnie Clearwater
2008 — Art Encounter, Von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL
2008 — Bike Art III, Altered Esthetics, Minneapolis, MN
2007 — All-Media Juried Biennial, Art & Culture Center, Hollywood, FL, Juror Claire Breukel
2007 — Sculpture Key West, West Martello, Key West, FL
2007 — Art Encounter Florida, Von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL, Juror Frank Holt
2006 — Vital Voices, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
2006 — Combined Talents, Museum of Fine Arts / The Florida International, FSU, Tallahassee, FL
2006 — Sculpture Key West, Fort Zachary Taylor, Key West, FL
2005 — Art Encounter, Von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL, Juror Irvin Lippman
2005 — SHOWTEL, Hotel Biba, West Palm Beach, FL
AWARDS
2006 — David and Alfrede Myerson Achievement Award in Fine Arts
2005 — Arts and Letters Scholarship, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
TEACHING
2024–Present — Adjunct Faculty, Colorado Mountain College, Edwards, CO. Art Foundations: Portraiture
COMMUNITY
2010–Present — Arts Council of Greater Weston, FL, Board of Directors, Past President
WRITING
2010–2020 — Founder and Editor, Art South Florida Blog
PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS
Belle Ebner, "Jami Nix Rahn," Inside Singletree Magazine, December 2019
Stacey Bomser, "Weston Artists Featured in All Florida Exhibition," 62nd Annual All Florida Exhibition
Nancy Stetson, "Florida Contemporary," Florida Weekly, Fort Myers, June 2011
Jami Nix Rahn, "Florida Contemporary," Art South Florida Blog, June 2011
Scott Eyman, "At the Boca Museum: A Summer of Variety," Palm Beach Post, August 2009
Shauna Lee Lange, "In the Flesh II," shaunaleelange.com, August 2009
Lennox Campello, "In the Flesh II at the Target Gallery," Daily Campello Art News, August 2009
John Thomason, "Florida's Best," City Link Metromix, Boca Raton, June 2009
Katie Deits, "Juried Competition Shows Breadth of Florida Artistic Talent," Palm Beach Arts Paper, June 2009
Amy Sowder, "Art Encounter," The News-Press, Naples, June 2009
Amy Sowder, "Art Encounter," The News-Press, Naples, May 2008
Janice T. Paine, "Close Encounters of the Art Kind," Naples Daily News, October 2005
Mary Wozniak, "Art Scene," Gulf Coasting South, Naples, October 2005
CATALOGS
DBA Retrospective, 2015
Myth of Power
D.B.A., 2010
Sculpture Key West, Key West, FL, 2007
The Florida International, Florida State University Museum, Tallahassee, FL, 2006
Sculpture Key West, Key West, FL, 2006
ShowTel, Hotel Biba, 2005