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PROFILE
Artist with 25+ years of experience. Self-taught, consistently active, exhibiting artist with portfolio of work ranging from painting, mixed media, textiles to sculpture. A special interest in narrative and conceptual work that often incorporates humor, pop culture and text. Career highlights include exhibition opportunities at Art Basel Miami, galleries in NYC/Los Angeles/Chicago, a profile in Huffington Post as well as other international publications.
EDUCATION
University of Colorado, Boulder - BS in Advertising/Journalism – 1980
EXHIBITION HISTORY
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 – "JOMO: The Joy of Missing Out" - Evanston Art Center – Evanston, IL
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
2023 - Home Not Home, AnySquared.com, Agitator Gallery, Chicago
2023 - Tickled Pink, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago
2023 – When Homeward You Turn, Dittmar Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston
2022 - No Dead Artists 26, Jonathon Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans
2022 - Fabulous Fibers - bG Gallery - Santa Monica, CA
2021 - Superfine Art Fair X3, New York, New York
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, Chicago
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
"Social Animals" - Terrain Biennial 2021
“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 & PRESS
WGN Television - Spotlight - January 2024
Chicago Sun-Times - The Mix - January 2024
Artist Talk Magazine - January 2024
Laminator Vol. 1 - February 2024
Evanston Round Table - 2022
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, Co-Director 2018-2021
Nasty Women Evanston Art Fundraiser, 2018, Co-Producer
Nasty Women Evanston Art Fundraiser 2017, Co-Producer