Jim Love was born in Amarillo, Texas in 1927 and died in Houston, Texas in 2005. In 1952 he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree at Baylor University in Waco, Texas where he studied with the legendary theater director Paul Baker, who turned Love’s interest from acting to set design. He moved to Houston in 1953 and worked for many institutions, including the Alley Theatre and Houston Grand Opera, as a set fabricator. In 1956, Jermayne MacAgy, first director of the Contemporary Arts Association hired Love as museum technician. He was closely associated with John and Dominique de Menil and their institutions for nearly fifty years. His works are in the permanent collections of many institutions, including The Menil Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum of Modern Art, New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art, Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, among others. Love’s work has also been included in many exhibitions, including The Art of Assemblage at the Museum of Modern Art, New York in 1961.