Education
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Department of Painting and Drawing
Columbia College, Chicago, IL
School of Photography
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
MA, Art History, emphasis in modern and contemporary art, Graduate Teaching Assistantship Award,
University Fellowship Award
BA, Major in Art History, Minor in Geology, magna cum laude
Selected Exhibitions
2022 One Sheet, Arvada Center, Arvada CO (Curated by Collin Parson and Emily King)
2021 Night Lights, Denver, CO (tower image projection, with Collage Club, Month of Photography biennial)
2019 ANIMALS2, Alto Gallery, Denver, CO
In the Fold, Rule Gallery, Denver, CO (with Basil Kincaid and Renluka Maharaj)
The Denver Collage Club, Alto Gallery, Denver, CO
Art of the State 2019, Arvada Center, Arvada, CO
2016 Pattern Makers, Pattern Shop Studio, Denver, CO (with Marty Jaquis, Jerry Johnson, Jonathan Kaplan, Annalee Schorr)
Drawing Never Dies, RedLine Contemporary Art Center, Denver CO
Annual Survey of Contemporary Art, Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO (Honorable Mention Award)
ON EDGE: Select Local Contemporary Art, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO
Art of the State 2016, Arvada Center, Arvada, CO
2015 The Best of Art District Santa Fe, Habitat Gallery, Denver, CO
Annual Juried Exhibition, Mai Wyn Fine Art, Denver, CO
2013 seen.unseen, Hinterland Art Space, Denver, CO (Juror's Choice Award)
The Art of Photography, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
UNSEEN, Pattern Shop Studio, Denver, CO
The Small Masterpiece, RULE Gallery, Denver, CO
THE BIG PICTURE , MoP, Month of Photography, Denver, CO
2012 Atmosphere, Evan Anderman Gallery, Denver, CO (with Evan Anderman)
Guilty Pleasures, Spark Gallery, Denver, CO
2011 Food, Colorado Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
2010 Animalia, Colorado Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
Additional exhibitions at The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, The Hyde Park Art Center, Columbia College A+D Gallery and Gallery 312 in Chicago among others.
Press
Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver's 8 most promising fall shows, The Denver Post, 9/12/2022
Michael Paglia, Review: Landmark MoP Shows at Michael Warren, Rule Galleries, 4/3/2019
Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver’s art scene is gonna be big in 2019, The Denver Post, 3/17/2019
Susan Froyd, Month of Photography 2019: Not-to-Miss Shows, Westword 2/26/2019
Michael Paglia, Review: Arvada Triennial Shows off Art of the State, 2/6/2019
Ray Mark Rinaldi, “Art of the State” of-the-moment survey of Colorado’s creative Community, The Denver Post, 1/23/2019
Dahlia Singer, Pattern Shop Studio Celebrates 25 Years, 5280 magazine, 9/1/2016
Ray Mark Rinaldi, River North gallery celebrates 25 years with “Pattern Makers” show, The Denver Post, 8/25/2016
Ray Mark Rinaldi, Redline’s “Drawing Never Dies“ exhibit keeps an open mind, The Denver Post, 7/29/2016
Michael Paglia, Reading Between the Lines at RedLine's "Drawing Never Dies", Westword, 5/26/2016
Ray Mark Rinaldi, At Rule Gallery, a small but smart art exhibit, Denver Post, 12/21/2012
Greg Cradick, How Formalism and Conceptualism Learn to Get Along: "Atmosphere", Art Blog 11/19/2012
Selected Collections
Mark G. Falcone, Market Station, Denver, CO
Elizabeth DiJulio, Avon, CO
Christina DiJulio Piquette, Longmont, CO
Mark Sink, Denver CO
Jill Hadley Hooper, Denver, CO
Evan and Elizabeth Anderman, Denver, CO
Dr. Kristi Petersen, Denver, CO
Ruth Horwich, Chicago, IL
Experience
Independent Graphic Designer, Chicago, IL and Denver, CO
Specialized in photo illustration. Clients included Lehman Brothers, Grubb & Ellis and Argonne National Laboratory
Accessories Designer and Visiting Artist, Department of Fashion Design, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Arts Researcher, St. James Press, Chicago, IL
Worked on St. Martins Press “Who’s Who" in contemporary art and design series of reference books
Arts Writer, Chicago New Art Examiner, Chicago, IL, and other publications
Wrote feature articles, exhibition reviews and art catalogs
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb IL
Taught art history survey courses