Jim Dryden, a native of North Dakota, is a painter and printmaker. "Art is about connecting. It connects us to our past and future, to our families and community, and opens us up to possibility and opportunity." Jim's work frequently deals with themes of partnership, connectedness and intimacy.
Jim is a graduate of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, a founding member of Form+Content Gallery and a member artist of Traffic Zone Center for Visual Art.
His work is represented in the collections of the Carlton College Library, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the Minnesota History Center, the University of Minnesota - Tretter Collection, Walker Art Center, the Weisman Art Museum and numerous private collections.