Group Exhibitions

2012
“Ways of Making”, Visual Arts Gallery, Governors State University,
     University Park, IL
“Hamptons Spring Show”, courtesy Michael Hennessy Home,
     4 North Main Gallery, Southampton, NY
“Architectural Digest Home Design Show: Made Section”, Pier 94, New York, NY
A. Rudin, Merchandise Mart, suite 1711, Chicago, IL

2011
“Bare Essentials: Minimalism in the 21st Century”, WomanMade Gallery,
     Chicago, IL
“Six to the Third” a Chicago Sculpture International exhibition,
     Framing Mode & Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Drawing Connections”, Siena Art Institute, Siena, Italy
VAC Gallery, Blackburn College, Carlinville, IL
"Sculpture Today: New Forces, New Forms", Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture
     Park,, Grand Rapids, MI
"Primary Structures," San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San Jose, CA
"Six Cubed", Art Chicago. courtesy Chicago Sculpture International, Chicago, IL
Michael Hennessy HOME, New York, NY
"The Artist Project." New York, New York, NY
"The Small Sculpture Show," Andrews Gallery, College of William and Mary,
     Williamsburg, VA
"The Collective," David Weinberg Gallery, Chicago, IL

2010
The Albany Carroll Arts Building Open Studio Event 2010, Chicago, IL
Berliner Liste 2010 – Contemporary Art Fair, Berlin, Germany,
     courtesy of ARTexhibitionLink
ARTexhibitionLink - Gallery UNO Projektraum , Berlin, Germany
Sculpture Invasion, Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton Community College,
     Des Plaines, IL
Countercurrents, a Chicago Sculpture International exhibition, Merchandise Mart,
     Art Chicago, IL
Spring Benefit Exhibition and Auction, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
Fresh Paint Art Advisors, Culver City, CA

2009
“Dreaming of Windmills” Art Encounter’s 30th Anniversary Benefit, Instituto
     Cervantes Chicago, IL
“Just Good Art” exhibition and auction, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
“Indie/South Indie”, Prairie Avenue Gallery, Chicago, IL
A. Rudin showroom, D & D Building, New York, NY
“Sculpture Conference 2009 - Indoor Sculpture Exhibit”, The Gallery in Red Bank,
     Chattanooga, TN
“The Healing Power of Art”, New Visions Gallery, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, WI
"Spellbound", Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
“The Healing Power of Art”, The Art Center, Highland Park, IL
“Crossing Threads, Crossing Boundaries”, Northern Illinois University Art
     Museum, DeKalb, IL
A. Rudin showroom, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL, 5 new small works on
     consignment

2008
“The Artist Project”, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
Art Show and Sale to Benefit Breast Cancer, Soho Myriad, Atlanta, GA
“Chicago Sculpture International – 2008 Juried Exhibition”, Calvin College,
     Grand Rapids, MI
“CSI Sculpture Biennale”, Flatfile Gallery, Chicago, IL

2007
"ON / OFF", an Illinois State Committee of the National Museum of Women in the
     Arts (ILNMWA) invitational, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL
"Chandler Sulpture Walk", Vision Gallery, Chandler Arts Commission sponsored
     sculpture rotational exhibition, Chandler, AZ
"Sculpture Invasion", Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton Community College,
     Des Plaines, IL

2006
"Women's Journeys in Fiber", Brincka Gallery, Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN
"Biennial Sculpture Invitational", Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI
"Just Good Art", Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
"Rockford Midwestern Exhibition", Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
Morehead State University, Morehead, KY

2005
"Graffiti Stories", Gallery 24, Berlin, Germany
"Graffiti Stories", Hyunnart Studio, Rome, Italy
"Just Good Art", Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
Cliff Dwellers, Chicago, IL
"Pleasure Little Treasure", Framing Mode and Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Living Artists Invitational", Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL
"NOVA Young Art Fair", Courtesy New Context Gallery, Chicago, IL

2004
"Holiday Global Arts Salon", New Context Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Just Good Art", Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago IL
"Eyes on Pilsen", Courtesy New Context Gallery, Chicago, IL
"For the Birds", The Clarke House Museum and Chicago Women’s Park and
     Gardens, a Department of Cultural Affairs invitational, Chicago, IL
“Not of Iron,” Illinois State Museum, Rend Lake, IL
“The Feminine Eye,” Bradley University Art Galleries, Peoria, IL

2003
“Not of Iron,” Illinois State Museum, Lockport, IL
“Chicago Sculpture 2003: Artists on the Map,” Lake & Morgan, Chicago, IL
“Pins and Needles,” John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
“Material Presence,” McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL
“ISC@GFS,” Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
“Rhythm of Crochet,” traveling to McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, IL;
     Moonstone Studio & Gallery, Lake Geneva, WI; Gallery 510, Decatur, IL;
     Fiber Art Center, Amherst, MA.
“The Summer Show,” Gallery 312, Chicago, IL
“Not of Iron,” Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
“6th International Open,” Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL

2002
“Not of Iron,” Illinois State Museum, Thompson Center, Chicago, IL
“Just Good Art,” Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
Pilsen Artists' Open House, Courtesy S.O.B.S., Chicago, IL
U. S. Embassy, Ankara, Turkey
“Midwestern Exhibition,” Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
Spaso House, U.S. Embassy, Moscow, Russia (4 year loan)
“Organic Forms/Synthetic Materials,” Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN
“North American Sculpture Exhibition,” Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO

2001
“Just Good Art,” Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
“Mapping Cultures,” Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA
“External Form,” Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI
Tombo, Chicago, IL
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
“41st Annual Invitational Exhibit,” Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, TX
“Crochet Ancient Craft: Contemporary Art,” The Fine Line Creative Arts Center,
     St. Charles, IL

2000
“Blurred Boundaries,” The Arts Center of the Capitol Region, Troy, NY
“Just Good Art,” Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
“Departure/Return,” Meadows Museum of Art, Southern Methodist University,
     Dallas, TX
“Chain Reaction,” McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, IL
“Midwestern Exhibition,” Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
“Amazon Rising: A River of Art,” Shedd Aquarium sponsored outdoor installation
     at 215 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL
“Three by Three,” O’Kane Gallery, University of Houston, Houston, TX
“Chain Reaction,” Textile Arts Center, Chicago, IL
“Autobiography,” Appleton Art Center, Appleton, WI
Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL
Chicago Flower and Garden Show, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Evanston Arts Center, Evanston, IL
“Mini-Millennium,” Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Elements 2000,” Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY
“Midwest Fiber – 3 D,” South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN

1999
“Fetish,” Riverside Arts Center, Riverside, IL
Sculpture Center Spring Benefit Raffle, Sculpture Center, New York, NY
“The Object; Of Sculpture,” Wright State University, Dayton, OH
“But Yet the Body is His Book: Recent Students of Herbert George,”
     Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL

1998
JennJoy Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“3rd Occasional Survey of Abstract Art in Chicago,” Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL
Lyons Weir Gallery, atrium installation, Chicago, IL
“Janina Started All Of This,” Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
“On Your Mark,” Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Surface Tension,” Indiana University Purdue University at Ft. Wayne, IN
“Just Good Art,” Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
S.O.F.A. International Expo, courtesy Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Sculpture: The-3D Process,” Charles Sumner School Museum, Washington, DC

1997
“Just Good Art,” Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
“ARC Regional,” ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Women in Abstraction,” Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
“The Mad Cap Ball,” Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL

1996
“Figurative Abstraction,” Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Heat,” Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Transfigurations,” Gallery 7000, Chicago, IL
“The Body,” Pyramid Arts Center, Rochester, NY
“Pleasure (Beyond Guilt),” Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL

1995
“New Talent II,” Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL
“Ten Emerging,” Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
“10th Annual Area Artists Association Juried Exhibition,” Blank Center,
     Michigan City, IN
“The North American Sculpture Exhibition,” The Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO

1994
“International Juried Exhibition,” Clara Kott von Storch Gallery, Dexter, MI
“MFA 1994,” Smart Museum, Chicago, IL
“10th Annual All-Illinois Graduate Art Exhibition,” Jones Gallery, Evanston, IL

 

 
   

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