JOYCE OWENS
Education:
Master of Fine Art, Painting; Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Bachelor of Fine Art, Painting; Howard University, Washington, DC
Selected Employment:
2006 - Present: Tenured studio art professor, Associate Professor and Curator of the Galleries Program, Chicago State University;
1996 - 2006: Lecturer/instructor: drawing and painting, Chicago State University
Selected exhibitions and honors:
2014: Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL; Curator's Choice 10th National Self-Portrait Exhibition; Curator, Sergio Gomez, July 18 to August 30, 2014
2014: White Ripple Gallery, I Am American, invitational group exhibition, Hammond, Indiana, June 14 to July 26
2014: Just Lookin' Gallery of African American Art, The Feminine Touch with California-based sculptor Manuelita Brown, Hagerstown, MD. May 17, 2014
2014: Beverly Art Center Gallery; As They Like It: Chicago Artists Interpret Shakespeare traveling group exhibition, curators Anne Farley Gaines, Robert Kameczura, Maureen Warren; January 13 to February 9
2013: Bowling Green University, Wankleman Gallery; As They Like It: Chicago Artists Interpret Shakespeare traveling group exhibition, curators Anne Farley Gaines, Robert Kameczura, Maureen Warren; October 26 to November 22
2013: A Ten-Year Love Affair Collecting art of the African Diaspora;
Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, University of Chicago
Curator, and participating honored artist, Chicago, IL; October 4 to November 9
2013: Sapphire and Crystals group exhibition; Citywide Celebration of Women Artists, Romain Gallery, Peoria, IL; October15 to November 15
2013: A Love Puzzle, painting;The Avery Messenger, "Unleashing the Black Erotic: Gender & Sexuality, Passion, Power & Praxis ” issue and conference poster; College of Charleston, South Carolina, September 18 to 21
2013: AFRICOBRA: Art and Impact; The DuSable Museum of African American History, Chicago; July 26 to September 29
2013: Joyce Owens: Retrospective; Solo exhibition, Contemporary Art Center, Preston Jackson Gallery, Peoria, IL; May 10 to June 28
2013: Sapphire and Crystals, 13 artists group exhibition curator; Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL; June 3 to July 10
2013: H.F. Johnson Gallery of Art; Chicago Artists Interpret Shakespeare: As They Like It, group exhibition, Carthage College, Kenosha Wisconsin, February 6 – March 22
2013: Governors State University; “Art Gathering: The Collector” selected works from the Patric McCoy Collection; includes artists Barbara Jones-Hogu, Theastor Gates, Marva Jolly; Visual Arts Gallery, University Park, IL, January 15 to February 6
2012: Swedish Embassy, Stockholm, Sweden, invitational, Art in Embassies program, artist/co-curator, January up to three years.
2012: Bearden Centennial invitational Bearden 100 exhibition online; curator Danny Simmons, Rush Gallery, New York; on-going.
2012: Black, White and Gray invitational, Tom Robinson Gallery, Chicago, IL October 12 to November 3
2012: Wright Museum, Visions of the 44th President invitational traveling exhibition with national and international artists, Detroit, Michigan
2012: Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL, Chicago Artists Interpret Shakespeare: As They Like It, interpreting Shakespeare, group exhibition, February 17 - April 1
2012: Koehnline Museum;2+2= Preston Jackson, Joyce Owens, Bernard Williams and Rhonda Wheatley, 4-person exhibition, catalog, Oakton Community College, IL, February 2 to March 23
2012: Governor's State University Visual Arts Gallery, Ways of Making: Painting, curator Dolores Mercado (National Mexican Museum), University Park, IL; March 9 to March 30
2012: Swaziland Embassy: Mbabane, Swaziland; invitational, Art in Embassies program.
2011: Coalition Gallery; New Ways: An Exhibition of Ragdale Fellowship Artists invitational group exhibition, Regin Igloria, curator; October 7-29, Chicago, IL
2011: ACA Gallery, Born in the USA exhibition invitational, Faith Ringgold’s Anyone Can Fly Foundation fundraiser, October 24, New York, N.Y.
2011: Jackson Junge Gallery, Element Flux, group exhibition, October 1 to October 30, Chicago, IL
2011: Commission for Lois Weisberg; Designed and created The 2011 Mary T. Wolfe Catalyst Award for the former Commissioner of the Department of Cultural Affairs for 22 years, presented by Terri Hemmert, ballroom of the School of the Art Institute Chicago, presentedThursday, October 20
2011: Waubonsee College, The Arrowhead Room Gallery: Found, solo exhibition, August 18 to September 21, Sugar Grove, IL
2011: Museum of Greater Lafayette, Indiana; Parallel Narratives, two-person exhibition with sculptor Preston Jackson; January 21 to March 24
2011: Purdue University Black Cultural Center, lecture, January 21
2011: Museum of Greater Lafayette, Indiana; taught Painting workshop, composition, balance, color harmonies and negative space; January 22
2011: Veeck Gallery, Catholic Theological Seminary; Dream Big, solo exhibition, Chicago; January 12 to April 6
2011 - 2010: Hyde Park Art Center, Not Just Another Pretty Face, Commissioning Project and Exhibition, November 21 to February 20
2010: Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago, Tool Box, Flower Box, group exhibition; October 8 to November 14
2010: Southside Community Art Center, Friendships, group exhibition;
October 8 to 24
2010: Columbia College Center for Books and Paper, group exhibition, Mano/Mundo/Corazon: Artists Intepret La Lotería; September 11 to December 10
2010: Arterial Space, Salvage One group show, Woman Made Gallery;
October 7 to 31
2010: The Southside Community Art Center, Postcard, group exhibition;
September 8 to 30
2010: DuSable Museum of African American History, Chicago; Common Bonds, group exhibition; May 12 to June 30
2010: Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Collection: The Narratives of Patric McCoy featuring the artwork of Daryl Harris, Judithe Hernandez, Thomas Lucas, Patric McCoy and Joyce Owens, Samantha Hill Art History graduate exhibition, April 30
2010: Irish American Heritage Center, Touch of the Poet, group exhibition; March 5 to April 3
2010: Chicago State University, Mosaic: faculty exhibition, Chicago, IL; March 4 to April 2
2010: Elmhurst College Founder’s Lounge, curator and participating artist, Sapphire and Crystals: Visions, Frick Center, Elmhurst, IL; January 24 to February 19
2010: Chicago Women’s Caucus for Art Award for Excellence in Art, Chicago Cultural Center; in conjunction with the Women’s Caucus for Art and College Art Association’s 2010 Annual Conferences, February 13
2010: Haiti fundraiser, Nicole Gallery, Chicago, IL; Jan. 29 to 31
2010: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; art work selected for 3-year exhibition in the American Embassy,
2009: Ragdale Fellowship, 3Arts Award and cash prize, nomination driven
2009: African American Arts Alliance Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts, DuSable Museum, nomination driven
2009: Featured artist: Homage to African-American Artists, U.S. Department of State date book includes Lou Stovall, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, Norman Lewis, Jacob Lawrence and Sam Gilliam
2009: Curator and participating artist, Sapphire and Crystals: Routes to Roots, Nicole Gallery, Chicago, IL; October 17 to December 12
2009: In the Company of Others…a group exhibition, South Side Community Art Center, Chicago, IL; November 14 to December 31
2009: One of three participating artists, The Dolls of J, at Eye Emporium Gallery, Chicago, IL; Oct. 16 to November 7
2009: Women Imaging Women: A Study of Female Portraiture, Robert Morris University, poster and postcard artist; July 9 to September 12
2009: Logsdon 1909 Gallery, No Borders, a group show curated by Diane Kahlo; May 8 to June 6
2009: Parish Gallery, From Slavery to Freedom: A Tribute to Obama, 2-person exhibition with Bobby Sengstacke, Washington, D.C.; Jan. 19 – Jan. 31
2009: Georgetown, Guyana, American Embassy; Art work selected for 3-year group exhibition
2009: Curator, participating artist, Sapphire and Crystals: BEyONd Race and Gender, Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, IL; January 23 – March 12
2009: The Audacity of Art, Gallery D’Estee, featured artist, Chicago, IL; March 6 and March 7.
2009: Chicago Public Library, solo exhibition; Lincoln Belmont Branch, 1659 W. Melrose, 60657, March until May 5.
2009: Juried exhibition; Black Creativity, Dr. Kymberly Pinder, head juror, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL; Jan. 5 to March 1
2009 (started 2009): Group show, Crossed Borders/Crossed Cultures, Veeck Gallery, Catholic Theological Union, Hyde Park, Chicago, IL; November 13, 2008 to January 14, 2009
2008: Gallery Guichard Art di Gras, 3rd anniversary, Chicago, IL, Gallery talk.
August 8 – September 26
2008: Woman Made Gallery, annual Member’s Show, juried exhibition, August 1-August 28, Chicago, IL.
2008: Griffin Gallery, River North; Four Women exhibition: Debra Hand, Felicia Grant-Preston, Karen Parisian and Joyce Owens, gallery talk, Chicago, IL, May 10 to June 9
2008: Mad Art Gallery, Venus Envy 3-person invitational (companion juroed exhibition featured 15 artists) Mad Art Gallery, Gallery talk, St. Louis, MO, March 7 to March 31
2008: Lill Street Gallery, Favorite Things: 2-person exhibition with Thomas Lucas (prints and ceramic tiles). Gallery lecture: March 30, February 23 to March 31
2008: Frances and Bill Veeck Gallery Shared History, 4-person show, gallery talk; The Catholic Theological Union, January 24 – March 28, Chicago, IL.
2008; Emerging Energy, Art Therapy Exhibition, BEHIV Art; November 7 to December 6.
2008: Hyde Part Art Center: TalkingPoint: Joyce Owens, lecture, slide show, Muller Meeting Room: “Serial Art: If one is good, more is better”; 6:00 pm, Chicago, IL, November 3
2008: Chicago Public Art Group’s Art Auction Fundraiser Paint the Town! Prairie Productions on Randolph Street, Chicago, IL; October 16.
2008: Monrovia, Liberia; 3-year exhibition, U.S. Embassy
2008: NATO Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium; 3-year exhibition, U.S. Embassy
2008: Griffin Gallery, Legacies exhibition, featured artist; Chicago, IL; October 3 to November 5
2008: Chicago Artists Coalition Art Open, Chicago Merchandise Mart; Chicago, October 3 to October 19
2008: Gallery Guichard, gallery artist group show, Chicago, IL; October 2 to November 15.
2008: DuSable Museum of African American History, The Citizen’s Picnic: Lynching in America from 1865 to Present; Chicago, IL; October 1 to December 31.
2008: Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Featured artist for Chicago Artists Resource; August 1 – August 31.
2008: 3Arts Award, competitive nomination-driven fellowship recipient for 2009
2008: Museum of Science and Industry: Honorable Mention, Black Creativity Juried Exhibition: Jumaane N’Namdi head juror; (one of 7 prize winners out of over 500 entries), Chicago, IL; January 16 to March 2
2008: Woman Made Gallery, annual Member’s Show, juried exhibition, August 1 to August 28, Chicago, IL.
2008: South Side Community Art Center 43rd Annual Art Auction, May 17
2008: Carthage College, H.F. Johnson Gallery, solo exhibition, gallery talk April 17; Colored: Expanding American History, Kenosha, WI; April 12 to May 17
2008: Chicago State University Faculty Exhibition 2008: curator and
exhibiting artist, President’s Gallery: March 7 to May 2
2008: South Shore Arts, Munster, IL, The Diaspora and Beyond: Selected Works from the Daniel T. Parker Collection, February 3 to March 16.
2008: Elmhurst College, IL, Mind and Spirit: Paintings, solo exhibition, Frick Center, January 28 to February 22
2008: Gallery D’Estee group show, honored Dr. Margaret Burroughs, Chicago, IL, February 29 to March 1
2008: Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, IL, Shared History, four-person exhibition, Veeck Gallery, January 24 to March 28
2008: Museum of Science and Industry, Chi. IL., Black Creativity, 2008, won Honorable mention, juried exhibition; January 16 to February 29
2007: Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, IL, Melvin King and Friends, Group exhibition, Melvin King, curator; January 13 to February 28
2007: Upstairs Gallery, Chicago, IL, Shared Vision: The Women of CSU, Group exhibition. Albert M. Shaw, curator, January 13 to February 28
2007: Concordia University, Memories: Real and Imagined, solo exhibition; lecture January 15; River Forest, IL, January 8 to February 3
2007: Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, solo exhibition: Black, White and Colored, prize for winning International Art Open, March
2007: Curator and participating artist, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL, Re-Assignments, group exhibition, June 27 to July 28
2007: Public art; Peace Tower Installation, Mark di Suvero
Contributed painting added to main construction, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL; June 8 to October 1
2007: Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, 15th Anniversary, group exhibition,
August 3 to August 30
2007: Koehnline Museum, Barbie Meets G.I. Joe, installation, Patrick Miceli, curator, Oakton Community College; September 6 to October 19
2007: Gallery Guichard, Chicago, IL, “Art di Gras” 2nd Year Anniversary, group exhibition, August 11 to September 16
2007: Nicole Gallery, A Creative Alliance: Artists Who Teach, four-person exhibition: Joyce Owens, Preston Jackson, Thomas Lucas and Barlow, River North, Chicago, IL; September 7 to November 3
2006: Black Faces: Rainbow Feelings, solo exhibition, ARC Gallery, Best of Show prize, Chicago, IL, October 4 to October 28
2006: Diasporal Rhythms Invitational, selected artist, Chicago State University, University Gallery, 2006
2006: The World Can’t Wait, invitational, Acme Arts Building, Chicago, IL
September 29 to October 14
2006: Migrations of the African Diaspora, juried exhibition, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, May 5 to August 20
2006: Butridge Gallery, Austin Texas, Boundless: Perception of the Other, invitational exhibition, (panel at Carver Museum), March 1 to March 30.
2006: ARC Gallery, juried exhibition, won Best of Show, John Pittman Weber, juror, February
2006: First Prize, 9th International Art Open, Woman Made Gallery: juror, Margaret Hawkins, art critic Chicago Sun-times; art correspondent Artnews; faculty, School of the Art Institute; March 2 to March 29.
2006: Black Creativity, juried, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL. January-March
2006, ArtJaz Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, group show, January-February
2005: A Proud Continuum: Eight Decades of Art at Howard University, juried alumnae exhibition, Howard University Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., May toNovember
2005: Gallery Guichard, Chicago, IL; gallery artist from August 2005 to present.
2005: Sapphire and Crystals: Black White and Blues, Woman Made
Gallery: curator and exhibiting artist. Exhibition selected as featured program for Chicago Artists Month, October 7 – November 10
2005: Signature poster artist: DanceAfrica Chicago 15th Anniversary, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
2005: Poster and featured artist, R.A.W. Real Art Work: Vision Fine Art Fair, Chicago, IL
2005: Featured artist: Chicago Artists Resource, www.chicagoartistsresource.org, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
2001: First Prize: 5th International Open, Woman Made Gallery, Faith Ringgold, juror, March.
2001: Featured: Chicago Artists Month, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, October.
Selected Panels/Lectures:
2013: The Department of Cultural Affairs and the Department of Aviation;
The Joint Use Rental Car/Parking Facility Art Panel, December 16, Chicago, IL
2013: Bradley University; Midwest Women Artists 1840-1940: Discovering Their Work, Telling Their Stories, Learning From the Past; November 7 and 8, Peoria, IL
2013: A Ten-Year Love Affair Collecting art of the African Diaspora;
Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, University of Chicago, Gallery Encounter panelist “Sapphire and Crystals”; October 24; Chicago, IL
2012: Lecture and Powerpoint presentation; “Creativity”, Chicago State University, Chicago, IL, November 4, 2012
2011: Lecture “Unequal Representation of Women Artists” at Woman Made Gallery sponsored by UIC, Chicago, IL; Dec. 17
2011: Waubonsee College, The Arrowhead Room Gallery: Visiting Artist Lecture series, Sugar Grove, IL, September 21
2011: Columbia College Visiting Artist Lecture; Gallery and Art Marketplace Management class, Tom Burtonwood, Instructor, 618 S. Michigan, Room 907, April 20
2011: Art Institute of Chicago: Artists Connect: Joyce Owens Connects with Marc Chagall’s The Circus Rider, “Owens discusses how her work relates to what she describes as the sophistication of Chagall's deceptively simple work”, Public lecture, March 5
2011: Purdue University, lecture, “Parallel Narratives” 2-person exhibition with sculptor Preston Jackson at the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, IN, Feb. 17
2010: Arts Alliance Illinois, Board of Directors meeting, panel: with Carolyn Patterson, Illinois State Museum; Barbara Koenen, Chicago Dept. of Cultural Affairs; Esther Grimm, executive director 3Arts; Art Chicago Art Fair, Merchandise Mart; April 29
2010: CAAP grant review panel, Department of Cultural Affairs, 9am – 5 pm; April 16
2010: Columbia College panelist: “Social Media, the News and Us for the Arts”; with Andrew Huff, Kerry Reid, Alex Meda, 8th floor theater; April 9
2010: 98th Annual College Art Association panelist, “Investigating the Need for Women's Art Galleries, Exhibitions, and Organizations: From Our Center”; Hyatt Regency; February 11
2009: “The Invisible Artist: Creators from the Southside” panel; School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL, March 26
2008: Artists at Work panel, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, convened by prominent arts advocate Paul Klein that included: photographer Dawoud Bey, artist Tony Fitzpatrick, and sculptor Juan Angel Chavez, discuss ways to have a career as an artist. Chicago, IL; November 3.
2008: Gallery Guichard Art di Gras, 3rd anniversary, Chicago, IL, Gallery talk.
August 8 – September 26
2007: Nicole Gallery, Panel discussion, A Creative Alliance: Artists Who Teach, group exhibition, River North, Chicago, IL with Preston Jackson, Thomas Lucas and Barlow, October 20
2007: Concordia University Ferguson Art Gallery, solo exhibition and gallery lecture, January 15; River Forest, IL, January 8 to February 3
2006: Chicago Cultural Center Department of Cultural Affairs, Artists at Work panel: “Not the Old Boys Network”, November 16, also aired on Chicago’s CAN TV on January 7, 2007.
2006: Intuit Gallery during Chicago Artists Month “Beyond Boundaries” panel, moderator; panelists: David Philpot, Mary Ellen Croteau, Judith Roth, Michelle Stutts October 27
2006: ARC Gallery; Black Faces: Rainbow Feelings, solo exhibition, prize for Best of Show; panel moderator with exhibiting gallery artists: Esther Charbit, Patricia Otto; October 7 February 2006, October 4 to October 28
2006: Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Symposium artist/panelist, Migrations of the African Diaspora juried exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA, August 19
2005: 15th DanceAfrica Chicago at Columbia College, Humanities Festival, panelist, October
2005: (R.A.W.) Real Art Work: Vision, Interview and discussion with Paul R. Jones, Paul R. Jones Collection, Sept. 30.
2004: Columbia College, Chicago lecture; graduate art students of Julia Fabris McBride’s
2003: Illinois Arts Council, workshop with state arts administrators.
2003: Nicole Gallery, Women’s Global Art: Consciousness and Conditions, panelist, March.
2003: South Side Community Art Center, panelist, Julia Perkins, moderator.
Selected Radio/Television:
2010: DuSable to Obama: Chicago’s Black Metropolis”, WTTW, Ch. 11 TV, interviewee, curator of the Bobby Sengstacke exhibition at CSU; premier; June 7
2010: Channel 20, Cliff Kelly and WVON: CSU promotional simulcast
2006: 848 show, WBEZ public radio, “State of Black Arts”; guests: Joyce Owens, Chicago State University, Michael Warr, DanceAfrica Chicago producer, Chuck Smith, resident director of the Goodman Theatre, October 13
2005: ArtBeat Chicago, Interview as juror of Black Creativity, Museum of Science and Industry Metromix, Leeann Trotter; host, solo show at Woman Made Gallery shown
2005: Curators of Culture documentary, WYCC, Channel 20, Rita Coburn Whack, producer; name and work shown
2005: ABC7, art work shown in conjunction with Gallery Guichard
2003: Aaron Freeman, host, Metropolis, panelist with Kerry James Marshall, WBEZ Radio
Recent articles, publications:
2014: Chicago Gallery News, “Studios of Chicago Artist”, by Kevin Nance, illustration, page 16
2013: Huffington Post; “Activist Collectors” by Paul Klein column; illustration, December 20
2013: Catalog: Arts in Embassies; Mbabane, Swaziland, April
2013: As They Like It: Chicago Artists Interpret Shakespeare traveling group exhibition; illustrated catalogue with introduction by Bowling Green State University Shakespeare scholar Dr. Stephannie Gearhart, November
2013: Catalog; Art in Embassies exhibition; Stockholm, Sweden, cover artist
2013: Sentinel Arts and Entertainment Editor, David DuPont, “Exhibit Showcases Bard Inspired Art”, Nov. 13
2013: Get in Sync with Joyce Owens; Sergio Gomez' blog, February 5
2013: Journal Star feature with illustrations, “Joyce Owens' portraits represent life's ups and downs”, Leslie Renken; June 8
2012: Detroit Free Press review, arts writer Mark Stryker: “Visions of Our 44th President”; one of three artists out of 45 mentioned, December 20
2012: The Columbia Chronicle feature, “Celebrating artists one block at a time”, Alex Stedman, Asst. Arts and Culture Editor; Columbia College Chicago, p.24; October 8
2012: Today’s Chicago Woman, “100 Women to Watch”, June
2012: Lakeview Press: Oakton College art show celebrates Black History Month, By ELIZABETH OWENS-SCHIELE Contributor February 14
2011: Bradley University for Lakeview Museum exhibition: two audio MP3 descriptions for museum traveling exhibition: Skirting Convention: Illinois Women Artists, 1840 to 1940, Margaret Burroughs: http://iwa.bradley.edu/lakeview/burroughs and Kathleen Blackshear http://iwa.bradley.edu/lakeview/blackshear
2011: Chicago Gallery News, “Considering the Chicago Artist”, by Kevin Nance, illustration, page 16
2011: Journal and Courier, “Parallel Narratives exhibit is an exciting addition to art scene”, Tom Shafer review, Special to the Journal & Courier; January 30
2011: 60 Inches from Center http://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/archive/?p=3839
review: Dream Big, solo exhibition, CTU, Hyde Park; Jan. 24
2011: Lafayette, Indiana, Journal and Courier, TGIF, “Bright History” “Adam Who Is Your Daddy, full-page illustration, inset on page 1; January 21
2010: Art in Embassies catalog, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2010: Fear No Art, online and WTTW, Ch. 11; A Creative Space: Richard Hunt’s studio; republished
2010: Matisse: Radical Invention at Art Institute of Chicago, preview; Chicago Art Magazine, March 19
2009: Studio Chicago, A Creative Space: Richard Hunt's Studio. http://studiochicago.blogspot.com/.../creative-space-richard-hunts-studio.html
Department of Cultural Affairs; Chicago, IL, Dec.
2009: Chicago Art Map, Do Collectors Owe Profits to Artists? http://chicagoartcollector.com/2009/12/01/do-collectors-owe-profits-to-artists/
Dec. 1
2009: Artist’s Idyll in Illinois, Art Talk Chicago
http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/art-talk-chicago//artists-idyll.html
Chicago Now blogs, July
2009: Nonsense, The Journal and Collector’s Guide, Issue 1; book review, The Art of Romare Bearden; Ruth Fine, June
2009: Art in Embassies catalog, Monrovia, Liberia, May
2009: Art in Embassies catalog, NATO headquarters, Brussels, Belgium, May
2007: Chicago Sun-Times, Year-end review, “In Art, Triumph and Controversy”, Kevin Nance, art critic, Nicole Gallery show with Preston Jackson selected as one top 10 shows for the year 2007; December 23.
2007: Chicago Sun-Times review, “Recommended” by Kevin Nance, art critic; Sept 21.
2007: N’digo Magapaper “The Fine Art of Collecting Art”, Dan Parker
July 5 to July11 issue
2007: Time Out Chicago with image for the South Side Community Art Center’s 42nd annual art auction, page 67, May 17-23.
2006: History Makers interview: by founder, Julianna Richardson at the University of Illinois, November.
2006: Journal of African American History, reviewed Faith Ringgold’s autobiography “We Flew Over the Bridge”, Winter issue
2006: Pittsburgh Tribune, May, 5, critical review by Kurt Shaw, work shown in photograph.
2006: Rolling Out newspaper: March 30, feature story by Tony Binns (with photo) about selection as signature artist for DanceAfrica Chicago at Columbia College.
2006: A-N Magazine, British art publication, feature story with image by Tom Burtonwood. “Chicago Artists Resource” p. 20, March
2004: A Proud Continuum: Eight Decades of Art at Howard University featured on catalog cover, essay and selected art on Howard website, published May
2005: Savoy Magazine, “Collecting African American Art” by Halima Taha, p. 40, .April/May
2005: African American Art: The Diaspora and Beyond, page 77, Daniel T. Parker
2003: The Art of Culture: Evolution of Visual Arts by African American Artists, The Last Fifty Years, page 48, Africa International House
Recent Curatorial:
2013: Curator and participating artist, “The Divine Marva Pitchford Jolly: Sapphire and Crystals Remember”; The Southside Community Art Center, March 8 to April 20
2013: Curator and participating artist; “Diasporal Rhythms: A 10-Year Ten Love Affair with Collecting Art of the African Diaspora”, Reva and David Logan Center; University of Chicago, October 8 to November 9
2013: Curator and participating artist, “Sapphire and Crystals” Christopher Art Gallery Prairie State University, June 3 to July 10
2010: Curator and participating artist, “Sapphire and Crystals: Visions”, Elmhurst College Founder’s Lounge, Frick Center, Elmhurst, IL; January 24 – February 19
2009: Curator and participating artist, Sapphire and Crystals: Routes to Roots, Nicole Gallery, Chicago, IL; October 17 to December 12
2007: ARC Gallery, Chicago, Il, “Re-Assignments”, curator /participating artist
June 27 until July 28
2006 to present: Chicago State University, Curator for the Galleries Program,
2006: The Art Center located in Highland Park Ill featuring the works of a diverse group of artists including Preston Jackson, Anna M. Tyler and May O’Shaughnessy and others from Nov. 10 to Dec. 5.
2005: The Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago:
Hot Images for Cold Times, Jan.
The Dream Revisited, II, Feb.
Sapphire and Crystals, March
2004: Concordia University, Sapphire and Crystals: In Black and White, February
Curator or judge for exhibitions at: The DuSable Museum of African American History, Wood Street Gallery and Sculpture Garden, ARC Gallery, Seaway National Bank, and the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.
Board memberships:
Editorial board, Journal of African American History since 2001 www.jaah.org
Advisory Board of Woman Made Gallery since 2004 www.womanmade.org
Advisory Board, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs; Chicago Artists Month since 2001
Other Memberships:
Woman Made Gallery
Chicago Artists Coalition
Sapphire and Crystals collaborative
Academic Committees:
University: Buildings and Grounds
University:
Department: Recruitment and Retention
Department: Gallery Committee, Chair
Department: Webpage
Community Service:
Museum of Science and Industry, Black Creativity adviser, ongoing
Wells Street Art Fair: juror, 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010
Old Town Art fair, juror, 2011
Little Black Pearl; Advisory Committee meeting with Madeleine Grynszteijn, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Dec. 9, 2011
The Chicago Defender: reader for Bud Billikin essays, 2010
Chicago Artists Month, Advisory Committee since 2001
Chicago Artist Resource, advisor
Chicago Artists Coalition, Artist Advisory Committee, 2010
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