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born: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

EDUCATION

2014
M.F.A. candidate, Nonfiction Writing, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL

1994
M.F.A., Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

1990
B.F.A., The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

1985
B.S., University of Wisconsin/Madison, Madison, WI
Graduated with Distinction

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2013
Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL

2012
Infinite Pull, Au: Gold Gallery, Boston, MA
Light through Water, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2011
Distant Vision, Megumi Ogita Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2010
Somewhere Between, Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago, IL

2009
Many Truths About Space, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2008
Timescape, Alfedena Gallery, Chicago, IL
Upward: New Paintings, Gallatin River Gallery, Big Sky, MT

2006
Vapor, Gallatin River Gallery, Gallatin Gateway, MT

2005
Bittersweet, Gescheidle, Chicago, IL

2004
Desires, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY
Graystone Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2003
Luna, Gescheidle, Chicago, IL

2002
This Imagined Place, Gescheidle, Chicago, IL

2001
Through Many Veils, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
New Landscape Paintings, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY

2000
Elemental, Lyons Wier Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL

1999
Sense of Place, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA

1998
Landscape and Seascape Paintings, Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago, IL

1997
Imagined Spaces, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA

1996
New Landscape Paintings, Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago, IL

1995
New Paintings, Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago, IL

1992
Cardiff Giant Theater, Chicago, IL

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012
Gallery Hana Shimokitazawa, Tokyo, Japan
Land, Sea, Sky: 4 Painters, Beth Urdang Gallery, Boston, MA

2011
The Artist’s Daughter, North Park College, Chicago, IL
Handspace, Mindspace, Indiana University Northwest, Gary, IN
Oil and Water, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
Two Moon Gallery, Nashville, TN

2010
Imagine Everywhere, 4th Annual Art + Design Faculty Exhibition, A + D Gallery, Columbia College,  Chicago, IL
Incised, Bitten and Gouged: Anchor Graphics and the Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, 20 Years of Printmaking, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL
Without Moving (25), {fill in the blank} Gallery, Chicago, IL
30th Anniversary Book Cover Exhibition, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL

2009
The Chicago Salon, Kunst10Daagse (10 Days of Art), Bergen, The Netherlands
Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago, IL
Earth, Sea and Sky, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL
UpScaled/DownSized, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH

2008
Vista Novus, Addington Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Drawing Show, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
Aqua Wynwood Art Fair, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, Miami, FL

2007
Earth and Sky, Gallatin River Gallery, Big Sky, MT
Joie de Vivre: A Meditation on New Orleans, Katrina and the US, Chicago. IL

2006
Travel Documents, Koehnline Museum, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL
Travel Documents, Columbia College A + D Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Museum of Water, New York, NY
Journey II, Gallatin River Gallery, Gallatin Gateway, MT

2005
Senza Titolo: Santa Reparata Faculty Exhibition 2005, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy
Damn Good Painting!, Lyonswier Gallery, New York, NY
25th Anniversary Bookplate Show, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL
San Francisco Art Fair 2005, Gescheidle, San Francisco, CA
Los Angeles Art Fair, Lyonswier Gallery, New York, NY
Scope New York, Lyonswier Gallery, New York, NY

2004
Think Small, traveling exhibition sponsored by the Illinois State Museum: Chicago, Lockport,
Rend Lake, and Springfield, IL
Earth and Sky, Gallatin River Gallery, Gallatin Gateway, MT
Articles and Waves, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL
Scope Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Art Chicago 2004, Chicago, IL
San Francisco Art Fair 2004, Gescheidle, San Francisco, CA
Scope New York, Lyonswier Gallery, New York, NY
The Nature of Reduction, Prater Rouse Gallery, Norfolk, VA
Affordable Art Fair, Lyonswier Gallery, New York, NY

2003
Eccentric Landscape, Fine Arts Center Gallery, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
Personal Visions, Graystone Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Guest List, Gescheidle, Chicago, IL
Landscapes, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Earth and Sky, Gallatin River Gallery, Gallatin Gateway, MT
Affordable Art Fair, Lyonswier Gallery, New York, NY
San Francisco Art Fair 2003, Gescheidle, San Francisco, CA
Art New York, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY

2002
To Kiss the Spirits: Homage to Hollis Sigler, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
Sea and Sky, Perimeter Gallery, New York, NY
Affordable Art Fair, Lyonswier Gallery, New York, NY
Art Chicago 2002, Lyonswier Gallery, Chicago, IL
Earth and Sky, Gallatin River Gallery, Gallatin Gateway, MT
Contemporary Drawing Salon, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL

2001
Looking In, Seeing Big: Louise LeBourgeois and Steven Carrelli, The Community Gallery of Art,
College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL
Artists/Alumni: Masters of Fine Arts from Northwestern’s Department of Art Theory and Practice, Block Museum of Art, Evanston, IL
“What They Half Create…”, Glass Curtain Gallery, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
The ArtCouncil/Chicago’s Grant Recipient Show, Gallery 312, Chicago, IL
Realism Today: Nine Contemporary Painters, Beth Urdang Gallery, Boston, MA
SnowGlobe Invitational, Lyonswier Gallery, Chicago, IL
Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY

2000
Shake the Coat: A Midwestern Tribute to Gregory Gillespie, North Park University, Chicago, IL
Strange Presences 2, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
First Works, Columbia College Gallery, Chicago, IL
Gallery Artists, Lyons Wier Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL
S.O.F.A. (Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art),  New York, NY
Painting In Chicago Now, Oakton Community College Art Gallery, Des Plaines. IL

1999
Images of Silence, Noyes Cultural Art Center, Evanston, IL
The Shadow of Memory, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
New Landscape Paintings, Lyons Wier Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL
New Gallery: New Paintings, Euro Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Columbia College Chicago Small Works Faculty Exhibition, Columbia College Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
Faculty Exhibition, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
The Conscious Line, Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID
Landscape Revisited, Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID
S.O.F.A. (Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art),  New York, NY
S.O.F.A. (Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art),  Chicago, IL

1998
Painting in Chicago Now, Columbia College Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
Remembering Beauty: The Seductive and Nostalgic Nature of American Landscape,
South Bend Regional Art Museum, South Bend, IN
Small Works II, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
A Retrospective/Prospective: 98-99, Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID
Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID
Art Chicago 1998 at Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Indiana University Northwest, Gary, IN
Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL

1997
Small Works, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
A Retrospective/Prospective: 97-98, Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID
Chicago: A Spiritual Landscape, Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, IL
A Year in Review, Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago, IL
Evanston Art Center Faculty Exhibition, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
Part-Time Faculty Exhibition, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
Art Chicago 1997, Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago, IL
Art Fair Seattle 97, Seattle, WA

1996
In Side Out Side In, North Park College, Chicago, IL
Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago, IL

1995
Ten Emerging, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
Poetic Images, Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL

1994
Three Artists, Inside Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
M.F.A. Thesis Show, Dittmar Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Graduate Exhibition, Dittmar Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Dean’s Collection, College of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

1993
Space Gallery, Chicago, IL
Ninth Annual All-Illinois Graduate Art Exhibition, Jones College Gallery, Evanston, IL
Graduate Exhibition, Dittmar Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Dean’s Collection, College of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

1991
Intimate Works, Space Gallery, Chicago, IL

1990
B.F.A. Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

SELECTED REFERENCES

2012
Exhibition Catalogue, Light Through Water, Karen Halvorsen Schreck-essay, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2011
Exhibition Catalogue, Louise LeBourgeois: Distant Vision, Megumi Ogita Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2010
Exhibition Catalogue, Steven Carrelli and Louise LeBourgeois, David Lazar-essay, Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago, IL, illus..
Exhibition Catalogue, Cover Stories: The Art of the Book Jacket, Mark Pascale-essay, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL, illus..
Exhibition Catalogue, Imagine Everywhere: 4^th Annual Art + Design Faculty Exhibition, Corey Postiglione-essay, A + D Gallery, Chicago, IL, illus..

2009
Kristi Beardshear, “In Space and Time”, ARTslant San Francisco, www.artslant.com/sf, illus..
Alan Bamberger, “San Francisco Art Galleries Openings First Thursday 07.02.09”, www.artbusiness.com, illus..

2008
Blacklight 2008, literary magazine of the Organization of Black Students at the University of Chicago, illus..

2006
Dan Farnham, “Katrina Evacuees to Get Taste of Home at Concert”, Liberty Suburban Chicago Newspapers, August 18, 2006
Margaret Hawkins, “’Travel Documents’ Let’s Us Tour with Artists”, Chicago Sun-Times, March 17, 2006

2005
Exhibition catalogue, The Art of the Bookplate, Jim Yood-essay, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL
Exhibition catalogue, Think Small, Robert Sill-essay, Illinois State Museum, Chicago, Springfield, Lockport, IL, illus..
Michael Tisserand, “Should I Stay or Should I Go?”, Gambit Weekly, New Orleans, LA, December 6, 2005.
Michael Tisserand, “Submerged: An Evacuee’s Journal”, www.csindy.com, November 10-16, 2005.
Michael Tisserand, “Submerged: Leaving”, Creative Loafing.com, November 9, 2005.

2004
Andrew Patner, “Being Yourself: Ed Paschke (1939-2004)”, Critic’s Choice with Andrew Patner, WFMT Radio.

2003
Alan G. Artner, “Metcalf and LeBourgeois,” The Chicago Tribune, July 25, 2003.
Exhibition brouchure, Eccentric Landscape, Judith Tolnick-essay, Fine Arts Center Galleries, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, illus..
Doug Norris, “Main Gallery Displays ‘Eccentric Landscape’,” South County Independent, February 20, 2003, illus..
Bill Van Siclen, “Landscapes: Give and Take Between Old and New,” The Providence Journal, February 27, 2003, illus..
Bill Rodriguez, “The Great Outdoors: A fresh perspective in URI’s Eccentric Landscape”, The Providence Phoenix, March 17, 2003.

2002
Joyce B. Korotkin, “Hiro Yokose”, NYArts Magazine, January, 2002.
Brent Brotine, “Gallery Walk Mixes Media, Creatives And Conversation”, Chicago Creative Coalition, November 2002.

2001
Exhibition catalogue, Looking In, Seeing Big: Louise LeBourgeois and Steven Carrelli, Steve Tomasula-essay, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL, illus..
Exhibition catalogue, Artists/Alumni: Masters of Fine Arts from Northwestern’s Department of Art Theory and Practice, Jim Yood-essay, Block Museum, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, illus..
Columbian Exposition Art Auction Catalogue, Columbia College Center for Book and Paper Arts,
November 2, 2001, illus..
Nancy Maes, “Portrait of the Artists”, Northwestern (alumni magazine), Summer 2001, illus..
“Choice Events”, City Talk, Chicago, IL, March 23 & 30, 2001.
Ellen Pritsker, “Small Works: Two Painters Prove That Bigger Is Not Necessarily Better”, Pioneer Press, March 22, 2001.
2001 Women Artists Datebook, Cedco Publishing, San Rafael, CA, illus..

2000
Exhibition catalogue, Painting in Chicago Now, Corey Postiglione-essay, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL, illus..
“Weekend Choice”, City Talk, Chicago, IL, November 10, 2000.

1998
New American Paintings, Volume 23, Midwest,  Open Studios Press, illus..
Richard Donagradi, “Louise LeBourgeois and Angela Schlaud: New Works”, Artscope.net,
December 19, 1998, illus..
Jim Houghton, “Paean to Nature”, South Bend Tribune, September 24, 1998.
Exhibition catalogue, Remembering Beauty: The Seductive and Nostalgic Nature of American Landscape, Leisa Rundquist-essay, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN, illus..
Andrew Patner, “Select Area Galleries in Global Showcase”, Chicago Sun-Times, May 8, 1998.

1997
Shelly Hawes, “Express Yourself”, Where Chicago, August, 1997.

1996
Fred Camper, “Metropolis”, WBEZ Public Radio, Chicago, December 21, 1996.
Fred Camper, “Object Relations”, The Chicago Reader, December 13, 1996, illus..

1995
Andrew Patner, “Artistic License”, WBEZ Public Radio, Chicago, March 24, 1995.

1994
Andrew Patner, “Metropolis”, WBEZ Public Radio, Chicago, May 14, 1994.

1991
Lawrence Bommer, “Malicious and Delicious”, The Chicago Reader, November 15, 1991, illus..

PUBLIC LECTURES AND SYMPOSIA

2011
“On Painting and Swimming,” artist’s talk, Greenleaf Art Center, Chicago, IL

2010

“Somewhere Between”, artist’s talk, Packer Schopf Gallery

2005
“Bittersweet: Race and Hurricane Katrina”, gescheidle, Chicago, IL
“Bittersweet”, artist’s talk, gescheidle, Chicago, IL
Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy

2002
Visiting Artist’s Lecture, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL

2000
“Elemental”, artist’s talk, Lyons Wier Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL

1998
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

1997
North Park College, Chicago, IL

1996
Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL
Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS

City of Chicago Public Art Program, 17th District Police Station

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL
College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL
Indiana University Northwest, Gary, IN
McKesson Corporation, San Francisco, CA

GRANTS, AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

2011
Residency, The International School of Painting, Drawing and Sculpture, Montecastello di Vibio, Italy

2010
BAU Institute Otranto Arts Residency, Otranto, Italy
Columbia College Chicago Faculty Development Grant

2005
Who’s Who of American Women
Who’s Who in American Education

2004
City of Chicago Public Art Program, Commission for the 17th District Police Station

2003
Illinois Art Council Finalist Award

2002
Ragdale Foundation Residency, Lake Forest, IL
Columbia College Chicago Faculty Grant

2001
Artadia Jury Award

1995
Artemisia Gallery Mentorship Program, Chicago, IL
Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL

1994
Liquitex Excellence in Art University Award

1992-3
University Fellowship, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Grant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1994-2012
Adjunct Faculty, Columbia College Chicago

2006
Palazzo Rucellai (abroad program of the University of Connecticut), Florence, Italy

2005-6
Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy

2001-2
Artist-in-Residence, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL

1997-2000
Instructor, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL

1994
Instructor, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

1993
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Painting, all levels from beginning to independent study; Landscape Painting; Beginning Drawing;  Advanced Drawing; Figure Drawing; 2 Dimensional Design; Color Theory.

GALLERY AFFILIATIONS

Au: Gold Gallery
655 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02118
857-239-8972
www.au-gallery.com

Dolby Chadwick Gallery
210 Post Street, Suite 205
San Francisco, CA 94108
415 . 956 . 3560
www.dolbychadwickgallery.com

Gallatin River Gallery
48 Market Place #2A
Big Sky, MT 59716
406 . 995 . 2909
www.gallatinrivergallery.com

Packer Schopf Gallery
942 West Lake Street
Chicago, IL 60607
312 . 226 .  8984
www.packergallery.com