James Hajicek

Artist on VibrantCast

James Hajicek is a native of Indiana who has lived and worked in Chicago for over 35 years. He studied painting, drawing, and sculpture at School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Columbia College Chicago; the American Academy of Art; and the School of Representation Art in Chicago, where he completed the four-year French Academic atelier program. James has exhibited in galleries around the midwest and along the eastern seaboard, and his work is in many private collections. He’s participated in regional plein air painting competitions across the country, most notably Plein Air Easton in Easton, Maryland, and Los Gatos Plein Air in California. Recent projects include children’s book illlustrations, the artists’ book Quick Sketch, and creation of the projected artwork in the multi-media performance Rose of Damascus at the Vittum Theater in Chicago. Jim teaches classes in Portrait and Figure Drawing; “Anatomy for Artists” ; and Figure Sculpture at the Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Arts in Chicago.