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Jim Corrigan was born in Red Deer, Alberta. He studied art at Red Deer College and Manchester Polytechnic School of Art in England and painting at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, where he received a Master of Visual Arts degree in 1981. From 1981 to 2017, Corrigan worked in various capacities with University Collections, University Archives and Collections, and Museums and Collections Services at the University of Alberta. He was the curator of the University of Alberta Art Collection since 1997, curating or co-curating over 30 exhibitions. Corrigan has had his own work presented in 60 solo and group exhibitions throughout Alberta since 1979. He is represented in public and corporate collections such as the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, the Glenbow Museum and Archives, the Art Gallery of Alberta, and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, as well as private collections in Canada and the United States.