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Born in 1960 in Memphis, TN, USA



Dallas Art Institute

"My art is not really about anything but art. Boundaries and position play a role also. The act of painting is important versus the talk of painting.

Reaction to the action from the factions. My art is about everything.

When in doubt paint flowers.

Sometimes when I paint I get into a semi-trance state of creativity and when its all over I don’t really think I did anything. I look at the work and its not real to me. Its real and all but its kind of amazing that it was created by me. Its like, where did this come from?"

Being a painter is kind of like living in a dream

Jim Sasso, 1999


  • Solo Exhibitions
  • Exhibited in his own Gallery in Dallas since 1992
  • Group Exhibitions
  • 2000: PaintingsDIRECT.com, "Coming Home"

    • Selection of paintings from James Sasso

    Read the guestbook of James Sasso

    Sign the guestbook of James Sasso

  • “Uptight in Uptown”, Dallas Business Journal, February 5, 1999
  • “Wall to Wall”, Dallas Morning News, September 26, 1998
  • “Introducing Sasso”, Dallas Morning News, April 29, 1998
  • “Sasso”, Metroplex Sundown, December 12, 1997
  • “Virtual Virtuoso”, Impressions Magazine, January 1996
  • “Rock The Vote”, The Met, May 8, 1996
  • “Sasso”, Where Magazine, August 1996
  • “Tunnelvision”, Tempo, October 16, 1995
  • “Cats In His Hats”, The Met, April 1, 1995
  • “Interview with the Artist”, Beyond Magazine, 1993
  • “Wild at Art”, Dallas Morning News, March 26, 1993
  • “Working Life of an Artist”, The Student Voice: Southern Methodist University Newspaper, September 13, 1993
  • “Artist Steps Back into His Own Shop”, Dallas Morning News, November 23, 1992
  • ”Artists Business Suit Them to a T”, 1991, Dallas Morning News
  • “Painter Sinks to New Depths for Art’s Sake”, Dallas Time Herald, May 23, 1990
  • “Sasso-Artist”, Document Magazine, June 1990
  • “Artist Profile”, Exposure Magazine, March 1989