CV
PROFILE
Art with 25+ years of experience. Primarily self-taught, consistently active, exhibiting artist withportfolio of work ranging from painting, mixed media to textiles. A special interest in narrative andconceptual work that often incorporates humor, pop culture and text. Career highlights includeexhibition opportunities at Art Basel Miami, galleries in NYC and Los Angeles, a profile in HuffingtonPost as well as other international publications.
EDUCATION
University of Colorado, Boulder – BS in Advertising/Journalism – 1980
EXHIBITION HISTORY
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 – “What a Day It’s Been” – 1100 Florence Gallery – Evanston, IL
2014 – “Epic Party” – George Billis Gallery LA
2013 – “TMI (Too Much Information)” – Packer Schopf Gallery
2012 – “POS (Parent Over Shoulder)”- Craftland Gallery, Providence, RI
2012 – “Friend Me” – Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago
2010 – “This is Our Youth” – University of Illinois, Chicago
2010 – Union League Club of Chicago
2007 – “Hand in Hand: Portraits of the Unsung” – SXU, Saint Xavier University, Chicago
2006 – “Layers” – ARC Gallery
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 – “3 Embroidery Artists” – Aron Packer Projects – Evanston, IL
2015 – “Boundary Lines: Crafting Personal Space” – Florida CraftArt – St. Petersburg, FL
2015 – “Language Art” – Cornell Museum – Delray Beach, Fl
2015 – “Pro-Text:When Words Enter Visual Art” – Illinois State Museum – Chicago
2015 – CONTEXT/Art Miami – Packer Schopf Gallery – As part of Art Basel Miami
2013 – “Be Good For Goodness Sake” – Muriel Guépin Gallery – New York City
2013 – SOFA Chicago – Lindsay Gallery – Columbus, Ohio
2013 – “17th Annual No Dead Artists” – Jonathan Ferrara Gallery – New Orleans, LA
2013 – “On Watching and Being Seen” – Northern Illinois University Art Museum – Dekalb, IL
2013 – “Colorful Antics” – George Billis Gallery – Los Angeles
2013 – “Public/Private” – Woman Made Gallery – Chicago
2012 – SOFA Chicago – Packer Schopf Gallery – Chicago
2012 – “Role/Play” – Kendall College of Art & Design – Grand Rapids, MI
2012 – “Home is Where the Needle Marks” – poptART Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012 – “Inside/Outside the Box” – FiberPhiladelphia 2012, Philadelphia, PN
2012 – “National Art Premiere 2012” – Elmhurst Arts Guild, Elmhurst, IL
2012 – “Materials Hard & Soft” – Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX
2012 – “Play” – Textile Arts Center – Brooklyn, New York
2010 – “From the Center: Now!” – Women’s Caucus for Art – Curated by Lucy Lippard
2010 – “Positive/Negative 24″ – Slocumb Galleries- East Tennessee State University
2010 – The Artist Project Toronto – Toronto, Canada
COLLECTIONS
Commission, The Ritz Carlton Highlands – Lake Tahoe
Kraft Corporation
Good Shepherd Hospital, Barrington
Northern Illinois Medical Center, McHenry
Bruce Livingstone, CEO Saatchi Online, CA
Judith Weisman, Curator – “Inside/Outside the Box”, FiberPhiladelphia, Philadelphia,PN
PUBLIC ART
“The Bark-a-Lounge”- MetamorFridges Exhibit- ComEd-Chicago
The Peace Tower – Chicago Cultural Center
Recycle the Raindrops – Chicago
“Sketchbook 6″ – Collaboraction Theatre – Chopin Theatre
“Out of the Blue” – Mural project @ O’Hare Airport
PUBLICATIONS
Voyage Chicago – Local Stories – 2018
Kathy Halper: Epic Party at George Billis Gallery – art ltd. magazine – January 2015
Review: No Dead Artists – NOLA Defender – September 2013
Review: No Dead Artists – Best of New Orleans – September 2013
“LMFAO @ ur TMI fail, btw! The art of Kathy Halper” – Sarah Nardi, The Reader,2013
Embroidery Magazine – UK – May/June 2013
“Kathy Halper/Artist in Residence Series” – video by Joe Gallo Films – 2013
Mother-Musing – February 11, 2013
Huffington Post Arts Page – March 7, 2012
Surface Design Journal – Summer 2012
Artvoices Magazine- Los Angeles – January/February 2012
Highland Park News/Sun-Times Local – August 2012
Daily Candy Chicago – November 10. 2011
Athens Voice – issue 365 – July 2011
Mr. X Stitch – The Cutting (& Stitching Edge) – June 2 2011
Studio Visit Magazine 2010, 2008
Cover art – East on Central – June 2009
TV Interview – “Artist to Artist” – January 2009
“Three for the Show”- Chicago Sun-Times – April 2008
Dateline – News Magazine of the Union League Club of Chicago – February 2008
“Drawing Blood in Bridgeport” – Chicago Sun-Times – Oct. 2007
www.herestobeer.com – Video interview – February 2007
Medill Reports – April 2007
Daily Candy- April 2007
Pioneer Press Papers – September 2008, April 2007
The Xavierite – January 2007
Daily Northwestern – April 2006
F News Magazine – October 2005
AWARDS
Third Place – “National Art Premiere 2012”, Elmhurst Arts Guild, Elmhurst, IL
Best of Show – “Positive/Negative 24″ – Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee University
Best in Show – “New Works by New Artists” – The Art Center, Highland Park
1st Place-Member’s Show – The Art Center, Highland Park
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Evanston Made, since 2018, Co-Director
Nasty Women Evanston Art Fundraiser, 2018, Co-Producer
Nasty Women Evanston Art Fundraiser 2017, Co-Producer
REPRESENTATION
Aron Packer Projects, Chicago
George Billis Gallery LA