GRANTS, AWARDS, AND RECOGNITION

2010 Puffin Foundation Grant

Awarded grant to develop a vertical garden maquette using core language of form – "code"

2010 "Night Sky Constellation," Hamburg, South Africa

Created 100 portable painting-prints on Yupo paper for temporary installation

2009 "Code for the Grand River, Grand Rapids_09," temporary earthwork installation

Curated into Ah-Nab-Awen Park by J. Becherer, chief curator Meijer Sculpture Garden, Michigan

2008 "Virtual Dreams" International Invitational Exhibition

Gallery A22, Budapest, Hungary, curated by András Mengyán

2007 Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Skärhamn, Sweden

International artist residency participant

2007 "Myths of My Ancestors" installation, Freiberg, Sachsen, Germany

Exhibition of one of three installations related to personal and global narratives

2006, 2005 Artist Residency, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, Illinois

Artist residency participant in both 2005 and 2006

2005, 2004 Exhibition of American Art, sponsored by the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

Juror: James Rondeau, Curator of Contemporary and Modern Art, Art Institute of Chicago
Four paintings exhibited; two in 2004 and two in 2005

2005, 2006 Community Arts Assistance Program Grants

Recipient of two separate Illinois CAAP monetary grants

2004 Tree of Life at RIC

Official artist honoree for Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago's Bearcat Ball, 2004
(Honor previously given to Victor Skrebneski)

2001 ArtLink@Sotheby's International Young Art Exhibition

One of 200 artists selected as a finalist from over 1000 international applicants

2000, 1999 Nippon Steel (Japan) Presidential Grants

Awarded two separate grants for exhibition of my art works.

REVIEWS: NEW CITY

Deborah Adams Doering/Finestra Art Space, Nov 9, 2009 RECOMMENDED by J. Natale

PUBLICATIONS

Sculpture Magazine, "Art as Competition and Social Experiment," pp 12-13, July/Aug 2010
Collaborative Vision: The Poetic Dialogue Project, Shadur Publishing, 2008
Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet, Imagination Publishing, Chicago, 2007
2006 Sourcebook of Art and Architecture, Guild Publications, Madison, WI, 2006

EDUCATION

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Master of Fine Arts, 2000

ART-RELATED EXPERIENCES

The Culture and Brain Health Initiative, 2010-present Invited as team member for Sweden's Health and Culture Symposium, Swedish Embassy, Washington, DC, USA, 2010.

Artist-Curator, Finestra Art Space, Co-Director, 2004-present Co-curates a series of invitational installations including "Visual Research: Varieties of Creative Experience."

Printmaker, Printmakers Chicago, 2006-present Works with avant garde digital prints and printmaking processes.

Teacher 2000-present Periodically teaches art courses at the university level, including art history and art studio classes. Mentors artists who are less established and experienced, regardless of their age.

Languages Explores Post-structuralist theories related to language and meaning, German language studies.

Performances Performs "The Living Newspapers" with other artists at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, directed by M.Jefferies and J.Morrissey. Participates in a single sitting of Marina Abramovic's "The Artist is Present" at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2010-2009

"Code for the Grand River, Grand Rapids_09" two part temporary earthwork installation, Ah-Nab-Awen Park, Grand Rapids, MI.
"The Poetic Dialogue Project: Rest Installation," traveling group show, 15 pairs of artists/poets collaborate on various works to be shown in Chicago and throughout the US.
"The Op Shop," collaborative on-stie studio exhibition, Hyde Park/Chicago.
"Toolbox, Flowerbox," Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago.

2008-2007

"Matters of Rest: Flow," temporary earthwork sculpture, Oregon, Illinois
"Virtual Dreams," Gallery A22, Budapest, Hungary, curated by Andras Mengyan
"Visual Research: Varieties of Creative Experience" Finestra Art Space, Chicago, IL, invitational series, curated by Deborah Adams Doering, Glenn Doering
"Myths of My Ancestors", site-specific installation, Kreiskrankenhaus, Freiberg, Germany
"Myths of My Ancestors: ATM (Anon Text Messaging)," Finestra Art Space, Chicago
"Anon Text Message_05" temporary earthwork sculpture, Oregon, Illinois
"Green Roof Globe" for Cool Globes: Cool Ideas for a Hot Planet," public sculpture, Chicago
"de.pic.tion", curated by T. Michael Martin, traveling group show in TN, IL, NY

2006-2004

"Mayday | May Day" installation in Finestra Art Space, Chicago
"Art Futura: Exhibition of American Art 2005," juried by James Rondeau, Curator of Contemporary Art, Art Institute of Chicago, sponsored by the Rehabilitation Inst., Chicago Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, Illinois. Invitational group exhibition. Faculty Exhibition, American Academy of Art, Chicago.
"Chicago Art Open," Chicago Artist's Coalition, Chicago. Exhibited in 2004 and 2005.
"Familial Forms I & II," Solo installation exhibition, Finestra Art Space, Chicago.
"People in Motion," juried by James Rondeau, sponsored by the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, exhibited at AMA, Chicago.
"Chicago Arts," juried by Ed Paschke, exhibited at Gallery 415, Chicago.
"Small Works," Fine Arts Building, Chicago, Illinois.

2003-2000

"The Process of Inspiration" Chicago Artist's Month invitational exhibition.
"Leonardo Revisited," Bloomingdale Art Museum, Bloomingdale, Illinois.
"Leonardo: The Man and His Legacy," College of Lake County, Illinois.
"Fine Arts Gallery Exhibition," Fine Arts Building, Chicago, Illinois.
"Spectrum of Solutions," juried exhibition, A.T. Kearny, Chicago
"Chicago Art Open," Chicago Artist's Coalition, Chicago.
"ArtLink@Sotheby's International Young Art 2001," One of 200 artists selected as a semifinalist from over 1000 international applicants.
"The Millennium Show," Fine Arts Building, Chicago, Illinois. 1999-2000.

1999-1997

"Nippon Steel Presidential Award Competition," Chicago, Illinois. Selected one work from 400 entries for group exhibition, monetary award, 1999-2000.
"We/Us/It: Technology and Society," Lasalle Bank, Chicago, Illinois. One of six artists selected for juried corporate exhibit.
"Textuality," Gallery 2, Chicago, Illinois. Four mixed media works in juried group exhibition.
"Nippon Steel Presidential Award Competition," Chicago, Illinois. Selected two works from 300 entries for group exhibition, monetary award, 1997-1998.