About Jim

JIM KLINGER is a musician, visual artist, and teacher.  He has a Bachelor's degree in Art Education from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, and has studied music at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, and Sinclair College in Dayton.

Jim's ceramic sculpture and pottery are represented in private and corporate collections in North America, Europe and Asia.  He has exhibited his art in several states since 1991. Prior careers include over 20 years as Ceramics Coordinator at Rosewood Arts Center in Kettering, OH, eight years in architectural design, eight years in secondary art education, and thirty years as a professional musician. 

Jim has been known for his long-standing relationship with raku ceramics, an ancient, Japanese art form which combines Buddhist philosophies, raku ware, and the Zen tea ceremony. Initially pulling inspiration from the East, this Midwestern artist now weaves Andean and Celtic cosmologies into a global fusion.
 
A passionate Ecologist, Jim says his work remembers the time when the mineral, plant and animal kingdom were sacred. He believes we must strive to reconnect with nature to heal ourselves and our planet.

WORK EXPERIENCE
*Ceramic Studio Coordinator and Artist-in-Residence, Rosewood Arts Center, Kettering, OH: kiln firings for all clay classes, ordering of materials, glaze mixing, studio and equipment maintenance, 1990-2012
​* Architectural Designer/Draftsman: Paul J. Striebel and Associates, Dayton, OH, 1988 - 1991; Donnell Design Group, Dayton, OH, 1986-1988; Levin-Porter Associates, Dayton, OH, 1985-1986
* Art Department Chair, Carroll High School, Dayton, OH, 1977-1985 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Rosewood Arts Centre, Kettering, OH, 1990-2012
Carroll High School, Dayton, OH, 1977-1985 

EDUCATION
Sinclair College, Dayton, OH, coursework in Architectural Technology, 1983-1985
Central State University, Wilberforce, OH, coursework in Music Studies, 1983-1985
Wright State University, Dayton, OH, 1971-1976, Bachelor of Science, Art Education, 1976 

AWARDS AND GRANTS
Recipient of Individual Fellowship Grants from the Montgomery County Arts and Cultural District, 1999 and 2003 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
One-man exhibition, Edison College, Piqua, OH, 2008
* Rosewood Gallery’s 20th Anniversary Retrospective, invitational exhibition, 2007
* Earth in Balance, A Regional Clay Competition, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH, 2002-2006, (awards 2002 - 2005) 
* “Featured Artist,” Dayton Visual Arts Center’s Dayton Clay II exhibit, 2005
* University Hall, University of Cincinnati, OH, “Elements of Nature,” invitational, mixed media exhibition by Art Design Consultants of Cincinnati, 2004
* Concourse Gallery, Upper Arlington, OH, three-person exhibit, clay sculpture, 2004
* The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center, Covington, Kentucky, one-person exhibition, clay sculpture, 2002
* One Dayton Centre, Dayton, Ohio, one-person exhibit, clay sculpture, 2001
* Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, Ohio, one-person exhibit, mixed media clay sculpture, 2001
* Sinclair College, Dayton, Ohio, Hypotenuse Gallery, one-person exhibit, clay sculpture, 1999
* Colonel White Gallery, Dayton, Ohio, one-person exhibit, clay sculpture, 1999
* Stivers Gallery, Dayton, Ohio, two-person exhibit, clay sculpture, 1998
​* Edison Community College, Piqua, Ohio, one-person exhibit, clay sculpture, 1997

SELECTED JURIED ART FAIRS
​Coconut Grove, FL, 2007 and 2006; Naples National, Naples, FL, 2006; Bonita Springs (FL) National Art Fest, 2006, 2007; Las Olas Art Show, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 2006, 2007; Summerfair Cincinnati, OH, 2002-2014; Cain Park Art Festival, Cleveland, OH, 2002-2011; Art and Apples Art Festival, Rochester, MI, 2006 and 2007; Brookside Art Festival, Kansas City, MO, 2005; Winterfair Columbus, OH, 2002-2005; East Lansing (MI) Art Festival, 2002, 2014; Crosby Gardens, Toledo, OH, 2002-2003; Sugarloaf Novi (MI) and Gaithersburg (MD), 2002-2006
westerville 7/8 & 






PLEASE NOTE:
All artwork, designs, and photographic images on this site are originals by C. Klinger and subject to copyright laws. Copyright 2003 and beyond.  All Rights Reserved.  Thanks for respecting this.

Jim in the Pottery Studio

Removing glowing pieces from the raku kiln. 

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​Jim in the final phase of the Raku firing process.