Education |
| 1996 |
BFA/School of the Art Institute/Chicago, IL |
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| 1992 |
State Licensed Interior Designer / IL |
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| 1976 |
Harrington Institute of Interior Design/Chicago, IL |
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| 1970 |
Northern Illinois University/DeKalb, IL (Attended) |
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Selected Exhibitions |
| 2013 |
Fused Chicago Exhibition |
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College of Lake County/Grayslake, IL |
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| 2012 |
Pintura Fresca Group Exhibition |
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MOP Projects/Sydney, Australia |
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| 2012 |
Solo Exhibition |
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Addington Gallery/Chicago, IL |
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| 2012 |
Solo Exhibition |
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Circa Gallery/Minneapolis, MN |
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| 2011 |
Solo Exhibition 'MINIM' |
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Woman Made Gallery/Chicago, IL |
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| 2011 |
'Not Just Wax' Group Exhibition |
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Butters Gallery/Portland, OR |
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| 2011 |
National Juried Encaustic Exhibition |
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Encaustic Art Institute, Cerrillos, NM |
Juror: Linda Durham |
| 2011 |
Blurred Perception: Tactile + Abstract |
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Prairie State College/Chicago Heights, IL |
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| 2011 |
'Wax in Motion' |
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Bowersock Gallery/Provincetown, MA |
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| 2011 |
'Waxworks Chicago; 3-Person Exhibition |
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Addington Gallery/Chicago, IL |
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| 2011 |
Pintura Fresca Group Exhibition |
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Edsvik Konsthall/Stockholm, Sweden |
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| 2011 |
'Out of the West' |
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Beverly Arts Center/Chicago, IL |
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| 2010 |
Solo Exhibition 'Fault Lines' |
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JK Gallery/Lost Angeles, CA |
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| 2010 |
'Encaustic: Hot Art' |
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The Art Center/Highland Park, IL |
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| 2010 |
Pintura Fresca Group Exhibition |
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Galerie Nothburga/Insbruck, Austria |
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| 2009 |
Solo Exhibiton 'mapquest' |
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Melanee Cooper Gallery/Chicago, IL |
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| 2009 |
Pintura Fresca Group Exhibition |
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Towson University/Towson, MD |
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| 2009 |
3 Person Exhibition |
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JK Gallery/Los Angeles, CA |
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| 2009 |
Pintura Fresca Group Exhibition |
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West Chester University, West Chester, PA |
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| 2009 |
'Tangile Wax' Group Exhibition |
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Prairie State College/Chicago Heights, IL |
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| 2009 |
'Artist as Alchemist' Group Exhibition |
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The Art Center/Hightland Park, IL |
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| 2008 |
Pintura Fresca Group Exhibition |
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California Instititue of Integral Studies/San Francisco, CA |
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| 2008 |
Solo Exhibition "Architectural Fiction' |
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Melanee Cooper Gallery/Chicago, IL |
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| 2008 |
Members' Show |
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Art Assn. of Jackson Hole/Jackson, WY |
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| 2008 |
Eggshells & Waxwings Group Exhibition |
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Lillstreet Art Center/ Chicago IL |
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| 2007 |
Melanee Cooper Gallery Suite |
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Red Dot Fair Miami 2007/Miami Beach, FL |
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| 2007 |
Solo Exhibition |
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Circa Gallery, Minneapolis, MN |
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| 2007 |
Pintura Fresca Group Exhibition |
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Gallery 435/Slough, United Kingdom |
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| 2007 |
Abstract & Geometric |
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Woman Made Gallery/Chicago |
Juror: Julie Karabenick |
| 2007 |
Encaustic Works '07 |
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Gallery at R&F/Kingston, NY |
Juror: Joan Snyder |
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Ball State University/Muncie, IN |
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| 2007 |
Pintura Fresca Group Exhibition |
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art-y-fakt Gallery/Singapore |
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| 2007 |
Solo Exhibition 'Rank & File' |
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Melanee Cooper Gallery/Chicago, IL |
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| 2006 |
Melanee Cooper Gallery Suite |
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Bridge Art Fair/Miami Beach, FL |
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| 2006 |
Group Exhibition 'London 2006' |
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Red Gate Gallery/London, England |
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| 2006 |
'Pure Painting' |
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Woman Made Gallery/Chicago, IL |
Juror: Gladys Nilsson |
| 2006 |
'Summer 2006' Exhibition |
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GaleriaZero/Barcelona, Spain |
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| 2006 |
'2006 Rockford Midwestern Exhibition' |
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Rockford Art Museum/Rockford, IL |
Juror: Gregory Knight |
| 2006 |
Solo Exhibition 'Urban Landscapes' |
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Melanee Cooper Gallery/Chicago, IL |
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| 2005 |
Solo Exhibition 'Urban Landscapes' |
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Illinois Wesleyan University/Bloomington, IL |
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| 2005 |
International Group Exhibition |
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Gallerie Gora/Montreal, Quebec, CANADA |
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| 2005 |
Solo Exhibition |
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Circa Gallery, Minneapolis, MN |
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| 2005 |
8th International Open Exhibition |
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Woman Made Gallery/Chicago, IL |
Juror: Lynne Warren/MCA |
| 2005 |
Solo Exhibition 'Effusion' |
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Melanee Cooper Gallery/Chicago, IL |
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| 2004 |
Society of Tempera Painters Exhibition |
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RJ Page Gallery/Cornwall, England |
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| 2004 |
Biennial 2004 |
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Fort Wayne Museum of Art/Fort Wayne, IN |
Juror: Susan Snodgrass |
| 2004 |
3 Person Exhibition |
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Babele Arte Gallery/Piacenza, Italy |
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| 2004 |
Waxworks 3: Chicago Encaustics |
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Gwenda Jay/Addington Gallery/Chicago, IL |
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| 2004 |
Solo Exhibition 'Transparent + Inherent' |
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Melanee Cooper Gallery/Chicago, IL |
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| 2003 |
Solo Exhibition 'Wax & Egg' |
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Oak Park River Forest H.S./Oak Park, IL |
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| 2003 |
'Waxing Eloquent' |
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Noyes Cultural Center/Evanston, IL |
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| 2003 |
Solo Exhibition 'Fused' |
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Woman Made Gallery/Chicago, IL |
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| 2003 |
International Art Exhibition |
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Neoria Center/Hania/Crete/Greece |
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| 2002 |
'Lush Abstraction' |
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Melanee Cooper Gallery/Chicago, IL |
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| 2002 |
'Egg Tempera: An Enduring Tradition' |
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Miami-Dade Community College/Miami, FL |
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Mary Washinton College/Fredericksburg, VA |
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Wisteriahurst Museum/Holyoke, MA |
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| 2002 |
'Burning
In: Four Encaustic Painters' |
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College
of Lake County/Grayslake, IL |
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| 2001 |
'Pulcheria Arte 2001' |
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Passerini
Landi Public Library/Piacenza, Italy |
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| 2001 |
'Encaustic,
Encaustic: Joanne Mattera and Friends' |
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Art Mecca Gallery/Chicago, IL |
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| 2001 |
'Beyond
the Surface' |
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Woman
Made Gallery/Chicago IL |
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| 2001 |
'Egg
Tempera: An Enduring Tradition' |
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Anna
Maria College/Paxton, MA |
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| 2000 |
SOFA
@ Art Mecca Gallery |
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Navy
Pier/Chicago, IL |
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| 2000 |
'deconstructed
visions' |
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Art Mecca Gallery/Chicago, IL |
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| 2000 |
Solo Exhibition/'Works on Wood' |
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Phoenix
Gallery/New York, NY |
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| 2000 |
Juried Group Show/'NOIR' |
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Suburban Fine
Arts Center/Highland Park, IL |
(Juror--Ed
Paschke) |
| 2000 |
'Materials and Techniques' |
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Dominican
University/River Forest, IL |
(Curator--Jeffery
Cote de Luna) |
| 1999 |
'Phoenix Gallery Artists' |
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Phoenix
Gallery/New York, NY |
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| 1999 |
'Millennium Melange' |
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ARC
Gallery/Chicago, IL |
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| 1999 |
Juried Group Show/'Regional VI Exhibition' |
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ARC
Gallery/Chicago, IL |
(Juror--Michael
Hall) |
| 1999 |
'Trespass'--an exhibition of SAIC alumni art |
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New Moon
Gallery/Benton Harbor, MI |
(Jurors--Elniski, Barsotti, Geichman) |
| 1999 |
Juried Group Show/'Works on Paper' |
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Fine Arts
Building Gallery/Chicago, IL |
(Juror--Michael
Miller) |
| 1999 |
'Contrasts: New Abstract & Narrative Printmkg. in Chgo.' |
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Suburban Fine
Arts Center/Highland Park, IL |
(Curator--Bert
Menco) |
| 1999 |
Juried Group Show/'Exhibition '99' |
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Central
Wyoming College/Riverton, WY |
(Juror--Laura
Guinan) |
| 1998 |
'1st Northern Ireland Small Print Exhibition' |
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Townhouse
Gallery/Belfast, Northern Ireland |
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| 1998 |
Juried Group Show/'65th Stateline Vicinity Show' |
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Rockford Art
Museum/Rockford, IL |
(Juror--Lynne
Warren/MCA) |
| 1998 |
Juried Group Show/'3rd Nat'l. Small Works Exhibition' |
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An Art Place,
Inc. Gallery/Chicago, IL |
(Juror--Ray
Yoshida) |
| 1998 |
Juried Group Show/'48th Quad-State Exhibition' |
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Quincy Art
Center/Quincy, IL |
(Juror--Joan
Rothfuss/WALKER) |
| 1998 |
Juried Group Show/'Works on Paper '98' |
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San Jacinto
College South/Houston, TX |
(Juror--Lucinda
A. Barnes/MCA) |
| 1998 |
Juried Group Show/'29th Nat'l. Juried Exhibition |
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Palm Springs
Desert Museum/Palm Springs, CA |
(Juror--Janet
Bishop/SFMOMA) |
| 1998 |
Juried Group Show/'Exhibition '98' |
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Central
Wyoming College/Riverton, WY |
(Jurors--Bill
Talbert + Marty Kendall) |
| 1998 |
Juried Group Show/'Dishman Competition' |
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Lamar
University/Beaumont, TX |
(Juror--James
Yood) |
| 1998 |
Juried Group Show/'Great Plains National' |
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Fort Hays
State University/Hays, KS |
(Juror--John
R. McKirahan/MONA) |
| 1997 |
Juried Group Show/'Urban Views' |
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Cliff
Dwellers Club/Chicago, IL |
(Juror--Frank
Piatek) |
| 1997 |
Juried Group Show/'National Competition' |
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Bowery
Gallery/New York, NY |
(Juror--William
Bailey) |
| 1997 |
Juried Group Show/'Regional IV Exhibition' |
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ARC
Gallery/Chicago, IL |
(Juror--Ann
Sass/WHITNEY) |
| 1997 |
Juried Group Show/'Personal Visions V' |
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An Art Place,
Inc./Chicago, IL |
(Juror--Gladys
Nilsson) |
| 1996 |
Juried Group Show/'Regional III Exhibition' |
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Arc
Gallery/Chicago, IL |
(Juror--Gregory
C. Knight) |
| 1996 |
Juried Group Show/'1st Nat'l. Egg Tempera Exhibition' |
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Amos Joseph
Fine Art/Santa Fe, NM |
(Jurors--Michael
Bergt + William Lumpkins) |
| 1996 |
Juried Group Show/'2nd Annual University Art Show' |
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Northern
Indiana Arts Assn/Munster, IN |
(Juror--Ed
Paschke) |
Awards |
| 2003 |
Featured World Artist/Babelearte Website/Italy |
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| 2002 |
Artist of the Month/Babelearte Website/Italy |
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| 2002 |
Purchase Award/College of Lake County/Grayslake, IL |
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| 1998 |
2nd
Place Cash Award/'3rd Nat'l. Small Works Exhibition'/Chicago, IL |
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Awarded
by Ray Yoshida, Artist and Professor, School of the Art Institute, Chicago |
| 1998 |
Cash Merit
Award/'Works on Paper '98'/Houston, TX |
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Awarded
by Lucinda A. Barnes, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago |
| 1997 |
3rd Place
Cash Award/'Multi-Perspectives V'/Chicago, IL |
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Awarded
by William Conger, Chairman of Art Theory and Practice, Northwestern University |
| 1996 |
3rd
Place Cash Award/'1st National Egg Tempera Exhibition'/Santa Fe, NM |
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Awarded by
Michael Bergt + William Lumpkins, Artists |
Publications / Media |
| 2010 |
Edsbergs-Kuriren 'EDSVIK' (Herman Gyllenhaal) Jan 2011 |
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| 2010 |
Fault Lines of International Legitimacy (Cover Art), Cambridge University Press, (Charlesworth/Coicaud) |
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| 2008 |
Chicago Tribune, In the Galleries (Alan Artner) 12 September 2008 |
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| 2008 |
Art News, September 2008 |
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| 2007 |
Chicago Collection, Spring/Summer 2007 |
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| 2006 |
Art News, December 2006 |
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| 2006 |
Centerstage Chicago, Melanee Cooper Gallery Review (Carly Schwartz) |
| 2005 |
Chicago Tribune, Kathleen Waterloo Puts Her Art to the Fire (Jenn Q. Goddu) 4 February 2005 |
| 2004 |
Piacenza Liberta (Italy), Modernita E Misticismo, 1 June 2004 |
| 2004 |
Piacenza La Cronaca (Italy), Declinazione/Espressive al Femminile (Roberta Suzzani) 26 May 2004 |
| 2004 |
Piacenza La Cronaca (Italy), Variazioni al Femminile alla Babele Arte, 15 May 2004 |
| 2003 |
CLTV News, Metromix TV feature—Encaustic Exhibition and Studio Demonstration, June 5, 2003
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| 2003 |
CAC Chicago Artists’ News, A Closer Look (John Brunetti), February 2003
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| 2002 |
Daily Hampshire Gazette (Holyoke), Egg Tempera:Ancient Art Shines (Phoebe Mitchell), 9 December 2002 |
| 2002 |
Art Now Gallery Guide, October 2002
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| 2002 |
StarTribune (Minneapolis), Three Painters (Mary Abbe), 16 August 2002
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| 2002 |
Chicago Tribune, Planner—Burning In: Four Encaustic Painters (Alan G. Artner), 24 May 2002
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| 2002 |
Chicago Tribune, Our Critics’ Choices—Encaustic Paintings (Alan G. Artner), 19 May 2002
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| 2002 |
Egg Tempera: An Enduring Tradition (traveling exhibition catalogue), 2002
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| 2001 |
College of Lake County Performing Arts/Cultural Events Calendar (cover art), Fall/Spring 2001-2
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| 2001 |
Chicago Gallery News (cover art), September-December 2001
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| 2001 |
Pulcheria Arte 2001 exhibition catalogue (cover art), September 2001
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| 2001 |
Art New England, Egg Tempera: An Enduring Tradition (Joan McCarthy), June/July 2001
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| 2001 |
The Worcester Phoenix, Art Over Easy (Leon Nigrosh), 6 April 2001
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| 2001 |
Sunday Telegram (Worcester), It’s Not Your Mother’s Egg Tempera (Frank E. Magiera), 18 March 2001 |
Lectures/Demonstrations/Professional |
| 2011 |
Whatcom Museum - Studio Tour & Demonstration/Bellingham, WA |
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| 2011 |
Woman Made Gallery - Board Vice-President (1 yr. term)/Chicago, IL |
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| 2011 |
Prarie State College - Guest Curator/Chicago Heights, IL |
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| 2010 |
University of Chicago Bernard Mitchell Hospital - Exhibition Juror/Chicago, IL |
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| 2010 |
Illinois Institute of Technology - Studio Tour & Encaustic Demonstration/Chicago, IL |
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| 2009 |
Woman Made Gallery Board Member (3 yr. term)/Chicago, IL |
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| 2009 |
Prarie State College - Gallery Talk/Chicago Heights, IL |
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| 2008 |
Melanee Cooper Gallery -- Gallery Talk Chicago Artists' Month/Chicago, IL |
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| 2007 |
Rondout School District-- Classroom Lecture and Workshop/Lake Forest, IL |
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| 2006 |
WomanMade Gallery -- Workshop Encaustic Demonstration/Chicago, IL |
| 2005 |
Illinois Wesleyan University -- Classroom Encastic Demonstration+Gallery Talk/Bloomington, IL |
| 2005 |
Melanee Cooper Gallery -- Encaustic Demonstration CADA 'Vision 10'/Chicago, IL |
| 2004 |
Whitney Young H.S. -- Studio Encaustic Demonstration/Chicago, IL |
| 2004 |
Melanee Cooper Gallery -- Gallery Talk/Chicago, IL |
| 2003 |
Oak Park RIver Forest H.S. -- Gallery Talk/Chicago, IL |
| 2002 |
Melanee Cooper Gallery -- Gallery Talk CADA 'Absolut Vision'/Chicago, IL |
| 2002 |
Woman Made Gallery - Annual Member's Show 2002 Juror/Chicago, IL |
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| 2001 |
WomanMade Gallery -- Studio Bus Tour/Chicago, IL |
| 2000 |
Dominican University -- Studio Encaustic Demonstration/Chicago, IL |
| 2000 |
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) -- Classroom Painting Demonstration/Chicago, IL |
| 1999 |
Women's Board Museum of Contemporary Art -- Studio Encaustic Demonstration/Chicago, IL |
Collections |
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Mirage Villas/Las Vegas, NV |
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NorthMarq/Minneapolis, MN |
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Midland Country Club/Midland, MI |
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Crowell & Moring LLP/Washington, D.C. |
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AllianceBernstein/Chicago, IL |
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College of Lake County/Grayslake, IL |
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Tria Inc. div of Park Nicollet Medical/Minneapolis, MN |
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Lindquist & Vennum P.L.L.P./Minneapolis, MN |
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Faegre & Benson L.L.P./Minneapolis, MN |
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Oak Enterprises/Glen Ellyn, IL |
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Interface Technologies/Melrose Park, IL |
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Private Collections throughout the United States and Europe |
