| BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS |
He won a Gold medal for his work at the Provincial Exhibition in 1919. Amess exhibited in the 1920 Annual Exhibition of the B.C. Society of Fine Arts, held at the Vancouver School Board offices on Hamilton Street.
He had a two-person exhibition with Fred Amess at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1941. He later had a solo exhibition there in 1945.
He exhibited work in numerous B.C. Artists exhibitions.
He also exhibited with the B.C. Society of Fine Arts in numerous annual exhibitions, including 1942, 1943, and 1949. He also had work in the National Exhibition, Toronto, 1939, and in the Traveling Loan Collection in 1940.
Amess died in 1955, aged 79. His occupation was noted as "janitor - retired" with the last year worked noted as 1950 on his death certificate.
| DATE | EXHIBITION | LOCATION |
| 1941 June 3 - 15 | J.H.O. Amess & Fred Amess | Vancouver Art Gallery |
| 1945 July 10 - Aug. 29 | Solo show | Vancouver Art Gallery |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| DATE | EXHIBITION | ARTWORK |
| 1920 September 18 - 25 | BCSFA Annual Exhibition | Portrait of Mrs. J. Duff Stuart |
| Portrait of David Blair, Esq. | ||
| 1921 Sept. 19 - 24 | BCSFA 13th Annual | A Quiet Place |
| Portrait | ||
| 1922 Sept. 16 - 23 | BCSFA 14th Annual | Mrs. J.G. Todhunter |
| Looking East from Fraser Street Bridge | ||
| Portrait Sketch | ||
| 1923 May 12 - 19 | BCSFA 15th Annual | Cloudy Evening, Fraser River |
| Portrait Sketch | ||
| Near Argyle, Fraser River | ||
| Good Friday at Lynn Valley | ||
| Portrait | ||
| 1924 May 3 - 17 | BCSFA 16th Annual | Sketch |
| Bohemian Waxwings | ||
| "Tom" | ||
| Jean | ||
| Armed Ornithologist | ||
| 1925 May 9 - 16 | BCSFA 17th Annual | Dusk, Twigg Island |
| Sunset, Twigg Island | ||
| Eagle Harbour | ||
| Eagle Harbour (East) | ||
| 1926 May 8 - 15 | BCSFA 18th Annual | A Student |
| Hazel | ||
| The Connoisseurs | ||
| 1927 June 10 - 25 | BCSFA 19th Annual | Barbara |
| Mary | ||
| 1929 May 18 - June 8 | BCSFA 21st Annual | Portrait |
| 1929 Nov. 16 - 30 | BCSFA Winter Exhibition | Moments of Leisure |
| A Brown Study | ||
| A Neighbouring Draughtman | ||
| 1930 May 31 - June 14 | BCSFA Spring Exhibition | Hilda |
| Portrait | ||
| Merriment (Averil) | ||
| Annette | ||
| 1930 Aug. 6 - 16 | VanExh Oil Paintings & Water-colours | The Back Lot |
| Miss A. Dryden (Red chalk) | ||
| 1932 May - July | VAG All Canadian Exhibition | Irish Jig |
| Portrait | ||
| 1932 Oct. 5 - 30 | VAG B.C. Artists 1st Annual | A Friend |
| Sisters | ||
| 1933 June 3 - 11 | BCSFA 23rd Annual | Lynn Creek |
| Marjorie | ||
| 1933 Sept. 22 - Oct. 15 | VAG B.C. Artists 2nd Annual | Bernice |
| Portrait of Peggy Weist | ||
| 1934 Sept. 21 - Oct. 14 | VAG B.C. Artists 3rd Annual | Home on the Range |
| 1935 Sept. 20 - Oct. 15 | VAG B.C. Artists 4th Annual | Shade |
| Portrait of my Wife | ||
| Doreen | ||
| 1936 June 26 - July 12 | BCSFA 26th Annual | Spring Night |
| Twilight | ||
| Just to Oblige | ||
| Portrait of Miss Eustis | ||
| 1937 April 16 - May 1 | BCSFA 27th Annual | Wintry Day |
| Alert | ||
| Spring | ||
| Billy Glen | ||
| 1937 Sept. 17 - Oct. 10 | VAG B.C. Artists 6th Annual | Gertrude |
| Meeting of the Waters, Kamloops | ||
| 1938 April 29 - May 15 | BCSFA 28th Annual | Miss Grace Irwin |
| Nurse, Miss Parnell | ||
| Self Portrait | ||
| 1938 Sept. 16 - Oct. 9 | VAG B.C. Artists 7th Annual | Sylvia |
| Floral Piece | ||
| 1939 June 9 - 25 | BCSFA 29th Annual | Elsie |
| At Steveston | ||
| A Gypsy | ||
| At Woodward's Landing | ||
| Margaret | ||
| 1939 Sept. 15 - Oct. 8 | VAG B.C. Artists 8th Annual | Stewart's Ranch, Sullivan Valley, B.C. |
| Miss Eunice Backie | ||
| 1940 May 17 - June 2 | BCSFA 30th Annual | Hell's Gate, Fraser Canyon |
| Miss Holland | ||
| A Visitor | ||
| On Sea Island | ||
| 1940 Sept. 20 - Oct. 13 | VAG B.C. Artists 9th Annual | Fraser River Folk |
| Rest for Man and Beast | ||
| 1941 May 10 - June 1 | BCSFA 31st Annual | Music at Home |
| The Commissionaire | ||
| Rev. T.S. Paton, B.A. | ||
| 1941 Sept. 26 - Oct. 19 | VAG B.C. Artists 10th Annual | On the Lady Cynthia |
| 1942 May 15 - 31 | BCSFA 32nd Annual | Water |
| Near Fraser Street | ||
| The Morag | ||
| Detail from Botticelli's Adoration of the Virgin | ||
| Higgley Piggley | ||
| 1943 May 15 - June 6 | BCSFA 33rd Annual | The White Boat |
| Archie Paton | ||
| Self Portrait | ||
| Up the Hill, Kaslo, B.C. | ||
| 1943 Sept. 25 - Oct. 20 | VAG B.C. Artists 12th Annual | Jake's Barn, Nicomen Island |
| Gourlay's Falls, Dewdney, B.C. | ||
| 1944 May 13 - June 4 | BCSFA 34th Annual | Portrait "Dolly" |
| Portrait, R.J. Duncan | ||
| 1944 Sept. 23 - Oct. 22 | VAG B.C. Artists 13th Annual | Pool, Alouette River |
| 1945 Sept. 22 - Oct. 21 | VAG B.C. Artists 14th Annual | Morning, Agamemnon Channel |
| 1946 May 31 - June 23 | BCSFA 36th Annual | From My Bed, St. Paul's Hospital |
| 1947 May 9 - June 1 | BCSFA 37th Annual | The Lost Sheep |
| Wheat and Tares | ||
| The Samaritan Woman | ||
| 1948 May 18 -June 6 | BCSFA 38th Annual | Workmen's Cars |
| Travelling Crane | ||
| 1949 May 3 - 22 | BCSFA 39th Annual | The Man Born Blind |
| 1950 April 25 - May 14 | BCSA 40th Annual | Portrait of Mrs. Duff Stuart |
| Church Interior (Pen and Ink) |
THE FINE ARTS IN VANCOUVER, 1886 - 1930 (refer to THOM)
ARTISTS IN CANADA 1982 - UNION LIST OF ARTISTS' FILES (refer to AIC82)
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF ARTISTS IN CANADA
(refer to BIAC03)
2 references cited for Amess including WWNA above.
B.C. VITAL STATISTICS ON-LINE death (refer to BCVS)
"Artists represented in the group comprise the following ...
James H.O. Amess ... (continues)
From "Maritime Art Association"
Vancouver Art Gallery Bulletin, November (?), 1939
"James Amess has made remarkable strides ... "
From "Notable Exhibits of Artists' Work"
by Mildred Valley Thornton
Vancouver Sun (presumed), May 1944
"It was '43 I think, when I was last in Trail, to see the first exhibit
of Vancouver artists, sponsored by
James L. (sic) Amess, of
B.C. Fine Arts association, Vancouver,
Mrs. Mildred V. Thornton,
Bess Symons,
Fred Amess and the writer. (continues)"
From "LIKES WESTON", by
"Allan P. Allsebrook"
Trail Daily Times, March 1948