Fine Art
Seattle based artist/fabricator Jim Mathias’s visual fine art vocabulary is informed by natural processes; landscape, metal, urban decay, mortality and forces of physics. Jim creates images that intend to compel personal contemplation of abstract metaphors and question rote perspectives. This work represents traditional oil painting and mixed media fiber constructions with natural pigments and ink.
Fabrication
Jim Mathias is a Special Assistant Builder at the 5th Avenue . The Builders do a variety of tasks for any given production. Builders repair sets for touring , manufacture stage mechanisms such as elevators, revolving stages, flying effects, custom functional properties, support structures and rigging. The Builders at the 5th Ave are also tasked with specialized prop tricks, co2 effects, fog effects and various infrastructure and maintenance projects.
Back Story
Jim grew up making art with his mother and went on to receive his BFA in Fine Art from the University of Kansas in 1993 where he also studied photography and metal arts. After college he moved to Austin TX where he worked at a custom neon shop doing metal fabrication and designing some of Austin's iconic signage while showing his painting in local spaces. 2006 found him in New York City renovating theatre spaces and taking photos. Jim has been working in Seattle's theatre community producing scenic art since 2012.
Jim Mathias