EDUCATION
   Vanderbilt University, B.A., Art History, 1974
     University  of Georgia, post-graduate work, studio art, 1975

PROFESSIONAL
     President, Jim Hinton Oil  Company of Georgia, Albany, GA, 1982-1997

AWARDS
     2002      Named Georgia Artist of the Year by Georgia Citizens for the Arts

EXHIBITIONS
2002	University of Mobile, Mobile, AL, Art with a Southern Drawl, group exhibition, April 7-30, 2001
2002	Georgia State Capitol, Lt. Governor’s office, Atlanta, GA, solo exhibition, February - July, 2002
2001	The Bottleworks, Athens, GA, BuyArt, group exhibition, October 12-21, 2001
2001	Lowndes/Valdosta Arts Center, Valdosta, GA Spring Into Art, group exhibition, April 9 - May 3, 2001
2001	Lowndes/Valdosta Arts Center, Valdosta, GA, Spring Into Art, group exhibition, April 9 - May 3, 2001
2001	University of Mobile, Mobile, AL, Art with a Southern Drawl, group exhibiton, April 1 - 30, 2001, winner of the Southern Humor Award
2001	Allen Ashton Gallery, Roswell, GA, North Fulton Regional 2001 Juried Art Exhibition, group exhibition, January 12 - February 7, 2001, co-sponsored by Fulton Arts North and the Fulton County Arts Council, awarded First Place
2000	Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta, GA, Georgia Agriculture,group exhibition, September 2000 through January 2001
2000	Colquitt County Arts Center, Moultrie, GA, Classical Illusions, solo exhibition, May
1998	Lowndes/Valdosta Arts Council, Valdosta, GA, Kind of Familiar, solo exhibition, November and December
1998	Madison Morgan Cultural Center, Madison, GA, Southern Dressing,group exhibition, September through January
1998	Auld Alliance Gallery, Nashville, TN, Red Dirt and Social Graces, solo exhibition, April and May
1997-99	Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA, Southwest Georgia Regional Coordinating Council Juried Exhibition, group  exhibition,  June 97-Feb. 99
1997	Spruill Center Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Southern Exposure: Personal Memories in Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture, group exhibition, June through August
1997	Sarratt Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, Dogs Women and Architecture, solo exhibition, April and May
1996	Lowndes/Valdosta Arts Council, Valdosta, GA, group exhibition,  November
1996	Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA, Fire on Baptist Hill, solo exhibition, June through August
1995	Goin Gallery, Charleston, SC, group exhibition
1981	Art Galaxy, New York City, NY, Paintings by Steve Hinton, solo