March 14th is the Opening Reception for: Jim Dryden and Adam Dykes

Adam is a Minnesota native.  Though he has lived a large part in Colorado and some in Germany, Minneapolis has always been a home base.  A Jack-of-all-trades, he has lived his life in commitment to many different endeavors.  Music, theatre, healthcare and photography, just to name a few.  He has two music degrees and has education and experience in several other fields.  He is very hands on, and likes to learn things as he goes. 

Jim lives in the Minneapolis / St. Paul area. Jim studied art and music at the University of Minnesota, and has a BFA in painting and printmaking from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. A love for travel and exotic places has been a primary influence in Jim’s work. He draws inspiration from many diverse cultural and ethnic traditions, and paints with a color palette that speaks of latitudes far south of Minnesota.

A partial list of Jim’s corporate clients includes: 3M, Anheuser Busch, Coca-Cola, Disney, Honda, General Mills, GMAC, GTE, John Deere, Marriot, NWA, Payne-Weber, Target, and Viacom. Concurrently, he provides artwork to a wide variety of fine arts organizations and non-profit causes: The American Red Cross, Chicago Jazz & Blues Festival, Children’s Crisis Nursery, the Guthrie Theater, Minnesota Arts Council, MacPhail Center for the Arts, and the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

Jim’s work has also been published in numerous trade journals and educational texts, and has been awarded recognition by the American Society of Illustrators.