ANDREW YOUNG ART
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Education
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1990              M.F.A., The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1987              B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, University of California, Berkeley, CA 
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Selected Solo Exhibitions
 

2018-19        All This Land: sculpture and pigment works by Andrew Young,
                               Chicago Academy of Sciences/ Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago, IL                                2018             Andrew Young Collages: a ten-year survey, curated by Kate Pollasch,
                                University Club of Chicago, IL
2013             Of Light and Air: mixed media works by Andrew Young, curated by Jacqueline Abreo
                                Chicago Academy of Sciences/ Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago, IL
2012             A Lighter Vessel, Gray Gallery, Quincy University, Quincy, IL
2008             Recurrence, curated by Melissa Dahlquist, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
2007             Relic, curated by John Brunetti, Alfedena Gallery, Chicago, IL
                     Andrew Young, Creative Arts Center, Bonham, TX
                     Sky and Shade, Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX
2006             Landfall Press Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
                     Etherton Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2005-06        Harbour, curated by Nathan Harpaz, Koehnline Museum of Art,
                                 Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL
2005             Leaves and Lanterns, curated by Antonia Heigl, Amerka Haus, Munich, Germany
                     Promised Treasure, Chicago Public Library, Budlong Woods Branch, Chicago, IL
2004             Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2003             Familiar Seas and Nights, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
                     A Brush of Bells, Merwin Gallery, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL
                     Caught by Hand, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002             Reflections Stirred, Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID
                     Greater and Lesser Lights, Littlejohn Contemporary, New York, NY
2001-03        Andrew Young: Collages, curated by Mary Antonakos,
                                 I Space, Gallery of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Chicago, IL;
                                 Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL;
                                 Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL;
                                 Amerika Haus, Munich, Germany;
                                 Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC;
                                 Joseph Gross Gallery, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2001              Andrew Young–Paintings, The North Dallas Arts League, Dallas, TX
                     Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
                     Past Charms, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
                     Place and Formula, Hill Gallery, Birmingham, MI
2000             Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
                     Brief Sentences, Rowe Arts Gallery, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC
                     Fables and Seas, Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC
                     Byron C. Cohen Gallery for Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
                     Migrations, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999              Körper—Schwingung—Raum, Reinbeckhallen, Berlin, Germany
                      Music in Phrases, Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID
1998               David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
                      La Galería, Quito, Ecuador 
1997               Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
1996               Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
                      Hill Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1995               Rena Sternberg Gallery, Glencoe, IL
                      Memory and Senses, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
                      Cohen/Berkowitz Gallery, Kansas City, MO
                      Work in Progress: Andrew Young, curated by Rene Paul Barilleaux
                                 Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS                                 
1994              Reading the Night, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
                      David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
                      Bianca Lanza Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
                      Adams-Middleton Gallery, Dallas, TX 
1993-94          Andrew Young, American Artist, American Centers, Islamabad, Peshawar and Karachi;
                                 The National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan 
1993               Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
                      Hill Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1992               David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY 
                      Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL  
1991-92           Bilder über dem Wasser, Badner Halle, Rastatt;
                                  Deutsche Welle, Cologne;
                                  Haus an der Redoute/Bonn Museum of Art, Bonn-Bad Godesberg; 
                                  Haus Dacheroden, Erfurt;                
                                  Amerika Haus, Berlin, Germany 
1991              Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
                      Project Room, David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
                      David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
1990              Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL
                      Chicago International Art Exposition, Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL
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Selected Group Exhibitions

2021-22        Human / Nature: The Weight of Our Actions on the Natural World,
                                 curated by Douglas Stapleton, Illinois State Museum,
​                                 Springfield and Lockport, IL
2021             Selections from the Permanent Collection, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL                                 
2018             Legacy: 40th Anniversary of the Joseph Gross Gallery
                                 College of Fine Arts, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2015             Mixed Media: Diane Christianson, Katherine Desjardins, Andrew Young, 
                                 curated by Karen Lebergott, Lake Forest College, IL
2014-16        Pro-Text: When Words Enter Visual Art, curated by Robert Sill,
                                  Illinois State Museum: Chicago, Springfield, and Lockport, IL                                
2014             The Circle Game, curated by Julie Sasse, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2011             Indexing the World:  invention, abstraction and dissonance, curated by Andrew Young,
                                  The Art Center, Highland Park, IL
2010-11        On & Of Paper:  Selections from the Illinois State Museum Collections,
                                 curated by Jennifer Jaskowiak, Illinois State Museum, Chicago, IL
2009             Contemporary Works from the Cleve Carney Collection, curated by Deborah Lovely,
                                  Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL 
                     Chicago Gardens Past and Present, curated by Nathan Mason,
                                  Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago Tourism Center, Chicago, IL                   
2008-09       The Leaf and the Page, curated by Douglas Stapleton, Illinois State Museum: 
                                 Springfield, Lockport, Chicago, IL
2008             Rhythms Occupy:  four painters examine the Nature within our surroundings,
                                 The Art Center, Highland Park, IL
                     10th Year Anniversary Exhibition, Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC
                     American Art since 1945:  In a New Light, curated by Rene Paul Barilleaux,
                                 The McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
                     Re: visions:  Zolla/Lieberman Gallery through 32 years, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007             Art Sante Fe, Landfall Press, Santa Fe, NM
2006             Painted, Hill Gallery, Birmingham, MI
                     Garden-City-Structure, Belvárosi Közösségi Ház, Debrecen, Hungary
                     Putting It All Together:  The Art of Collage, curated by Rhonda Bacus,
                                 Hinsdale Center for the Arts, Hinsdale, IL
                     Spring Forward, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2005             Good Heart, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
                     Paint on Metal:  Modern and Contemporary Explorations and Discoveries, 
                                curated by Julie Sasse, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2004-06        Birdspace:  A Post-Audubon Artists Aviary, curated by David S. Rubin,
                                Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA;
                                Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL;
                                The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY;
                                Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA;
                                McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH;
                                Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2004             Nature’s Narratives, Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID
                     Rock, Paper, Scissors, curated by Margaret Buckman,
                                Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL
                     What’s Love Got to do with it?  Perceptions of Relationships and Solitude,
                               curated by Julie Sasse, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
                     A Sharp Eye:  Roberta Lieberman, An Art Dealer’s 40-Year Journey,
                                curated by Martha Winans Slaughter, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
2003             Small Works, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
                     Flora:  The Beauty of Botanicals in Art, curated by Scott Snyder,
                                 Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
                     Natural Selection, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2002             From the Collection:  Recent Acquisitions for the Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
                     In Pursuit of Visual Pleasures, curated by Waqas Wajahat, d.u.m.b.o. arts center, Brooklyn, NY
                     Lush Life, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2001             Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea, Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy
                     Lost and Found:  Collage and Assemblage, curated by John Brunetti,
                                 Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
                      25th Anniversary Show, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
                      Reflecting on Surfaces, Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID
1999-01         Botanica:  Contemporary Art and the World of Plants, curated by Peter Spooner,
                                 Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN;
                                 Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND;
                                 University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL;
                                 Carleton College, Northfield, MN; Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA;
                                 Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL;
                                 Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA;
                                 University Gallery, University of Delaware, Newark, DE;
                                 Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL;
                                 Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI;
                                 Atlanta College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA;
                                 Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA;
                                 Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, TN;
                                 Selby Botanical Gardens, Sarasota, FL;
                                 Robert Hull Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
2000             Summer Reading, Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID
1999             Calm and Commotion:  Abstract Art from the Permanent Collection,
                                 Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
                     Food for Thought, Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC
                     Formerly Known as Something Else, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1998             Highlights from the Permanent Collection, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
                     Works on Paper, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
1997             Out of Eden, curated by Dana Self,
                                 The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Kansas City, MO
                     Recent Acquisitions:  A Selection, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS     
                     Waterproof Wallet Art, curated by Mark Spencer,
                                 Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, MO
1996-97        Elusive Nature, curated by David S. Rubin for the V Cuenca Bienal of Painting, Ecuador:
                                Museo de Arte Moderno del Municipio, Cuenca;
                                Museos del Banco Central, Quito and Guayaquil;
                                Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
1996            Grand Traditions:  Permanent Collection in Context, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
                    Decathlon, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
                    Red, Yellow, Blue:  A Primary Experience, The St. Paul Companies, St. Paul, MN
1995            Pulp Fictions, Gallery A, Chicago, IL
                    Woodwork, Champion International Corporation, Stamford, CT
                    Impure Painting, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
                    Paper View, Cohen/Berkowitz Gallery, Kansas City, MO
1994            Paintings from New Jersey Collections, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ
                    Prints by Gallery Artists, Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL
                    Summer Exhibition, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
1993            Deluge, Lyons Wier Gallery, Boston, MA
                    SOMA Gallery, San Diego, CA
                    Regarding Beauty, curated by René Paul Barilleaux, Halsey Gallery,
                                 College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
                    About Nature, curated by David S. Rubin, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
1992            The Unique Multiple, Miller Block Fine Art, Boston, MA
                    Introductions—Cheryl Coon, Rob Craigie, Catherine McCarthy, Andrew Young,
                                  Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
                    Paper Houses, David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
1991             Amalgamations, Gallery 2, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
                    Painting Sculpture Drawing, Hill Gallery, Birmingham, MI
                    Still Alive:  Contemporary Still Life, Rockford College Art Gallery, Rockford, IL
                    Twenty Four X Twenty Four, Parkland College Art Gallery, Parkland College, Champaign, IL
                    Levinson Kane Gallery, Boston, MA
1990            Still Life Anthology, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY
                    David Austen, Mary Beyt, Andrew Young, David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
                    A Rotating Group Exhibition of Painting, Sculpture, Drawing & Photography,
                                 Rosa Esman Gallery, New York, NY
                    Intimate Inventions/Gestural Abstractions, curated by René Paul Barilleaux,
                                 Madison Art Center, Madison, WI; Wriston Art Center, Appleton, WI
                    Detail in the Cottage:  Re-Questing the Parlour, curated by Mitchell Kane,
                                  Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
1989             Janet Metzger, Edward Scott Jr., Andrew Young, Gallery 2,
                                  The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
                    Exchange: Cranbrook/S.A.I.C., Cranbrook Art Museum, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI 
1988            Say It, Columbus Drive Gallery, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1987            Eisner Prize Exhibition, Worth Ryder Gallery, University of California, Berkeley, CA
                    The White Room: Rene de Guzman, Christopher Lesnewski, Andrew Young,
                                   Wurster Hall Gallery, University of California, Berkeley, CA
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Selected Bibliography
 
2018             Pollasch, Kate, “Artist Interview: Andrew Young,” University Club of Chicago,
                                   Chicago, IL, January 8. 
2013             “Gallery Walk: Artist Andrew Young,” WBEZ 91.5 FM Chicago Public Radio,
                                   Chicago Amplified, recorded live on Saturday, May 11, The Chicago Academy
                                   of Sciences and its Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago, IL                                        2008            “Spotlight: The Leaf and the Page,” Gallery Guide, November, p. 9
                    Artner, Alan G.  “’Leaf’ falls on the side of tradition,”
                                    Chicago Tribune, Thursday, September 11, sec. 5, p. 3
                    Goddard, Dan R.  “’New Light’ Illuminates Modern , Contemporary Art,”
                                    San Antonio Express-News, Sunday, June 8, Sec. H, pp. 1,7
                    Barilleaux, Rene Paul.  “New Acquisition,” Impressions, May-August, p. 28                 
2007            Rubin, David.  “Uniting Past and Present,” View, Fall, p.1, 11
                    Roberts, Diana Lyn.  “Great Halls of Fire,” San Antonio Current, July 11-17, p. 13
                    Durham, S. Anne.  “High Art,” Dallas Observer, Wednesday, March 27,
2006            Vigh, Vanda.  “Debreceni Nemzetközi Művésztelep,”
                                    M-1, Hungarian Television, broadcast Thursday, August 3
                     Krochmal, Pat.  "Artist Shares Message in Oakton College Exhibit,"    
                                     Pioneer Press, Thursday, January 5, pp. 1,3                                                     
2005             Tuohy, Jennifer. "Explore New Art at St. Luke's:  Local and National Artists Beautify the Hospital,"                                     Idaho Mountain Press, Wednesday, December 14, sec. C, pp. 1,5
                     Kerscher, Johanna. "Sehenswert:  Andrew Young zur BUGA,"
                                    Und- Das Münchner Kunstjournal, Summer, no. 24, p.15
2004             Farstad, Julie.  “Only Collect: Our Secret Agent Goes Digging for Five Artists’ Hidden Treasures,”
                                     Mouth to Mouth, spring/summer, vol.2, no.3, p. 42
                     Sasse, Julie. “Wistful Nature: Andrew Young Collages,”Shade, February & March, pp. 44-45
2003             Krantz, Claire Wolf.  “Andrew Young at Zolla/Lieberman,” Art in America, June, pp. 130-131
                     Bledsoe, Biz.  “Collages’ Exhibits Elegance, Nostalgia,”
                                     Arizona Daily Wildcat, Thursday, January 30, p. 13
2002            Breidenbach, Tom.  “Andrew Young,” Artforum, April, pp. 140-141
                    Grebner, Christian.  “Die Unordnung in der Welt,” Landshuter Zeitung, Monday, March 4, p. 7
2001             Ellertson, Karrin.  “Beauty and the Elite,”
                                    The Oregonian, Friday, August 24, pp. 57–58
                    Artner, Alan G.  “Andrew Young,” Chicago Tribune, Friday, May 25, sec. 7, p. 33
2000            McQuaid, Cate. “Collage Clusters,” The Boston Globe, Thursday, December 21, p. D3
                    Maschal, Richard.  “Nature Investigated,”
                                     The Charlotte Observer, Sunday, December 10, p. 2F
                    Hackman, Kate.  “Preview/Art,” The Kansas City Star, Friday, April 21, p. 16
1999             Weins, Ann.  “Smart and Beautiful?  Four Chicago Painters and the Aesthetic of Beauty,”
                                    dialogue, May/June, pp. 36-39
                    Bauer, Marilyn.  “From Heart to Hand.  The Making of Andrew Young,”
                                    Idaho Mountain Press, Wednesday, March 17, sec. C, p. 2
1998             Johnson.  “Galleries: SoHo. Robert Harms/Andrew Young,” 
                                    The New York Times, Friday, November 13, sec. B, p. 41
                    “Andrew Young y su arte nostálgico,” La Hora (Quito), Monday, April 5, p. A-12
1997            Schmitz Rizzo, Margaret.  “‘Out of Eden’ Takes Artistic Look at Nature,”
                                    The Kansas City Star, Sunday, November 6
                    Peterson, Paul.  “‘Out of Eden:’ Bountiful Harvest at the Kemper Museum,”
                                    The Independent, Saturday, September 20
                     Breische, Roger with Joe Triolo.  “Portrait of an Artist; an Interview with Andrew Young,”
                                    Entre Nous, July, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 3-6
                     Nilsen, Richard.  “Natural Selection: Biennial Exhibit offers a glimpse of rising art stars,”
                                    The Arizona Republic, Friday, June 20, pp. D1-3
                     Mugar, Martin.  “Andrew Young,” New Art Examiner, May, vol. 24, no. 8, pp. 52-53
                     “Exponen pintores de EE.UU., Andrew Young en tempera,”
                                    Diario Hoy (Quito), Tuesday, April 8, p. 5-B
                     McQuaid, Cate.  “Andrew Young Blends Perfection with Frailty,”
                                    The Boston Globe, Thursday, February 20, vol. 251, no. 51, sec. E, pp. 1, 5                 
1996              Aguilar, Roberto.  “Una versión mistica del la ecologia,”
                                    El Comercio (Quito), Wednesday, November 13, p. 8C
                     Colby, Joy Hakanson.  “Craftsmen Paint and Sculpt Their Work to the Same Beautiful End,”
                                    The Detroit News, Thursday, August 8, sec. D, pp. 1-2
1995             Melrod, George.  “Horsing Around,” Art & Antiques, December, vol. 18, no. 11, p. 26
                     Artner, Alan G.  “Building Blocks,” Chicago Tribune, Thursday, November 30, sec. 5, p. 10
                     Thorson, Alice.  “A Love of Nature,” The Kansas City Star, Friday, September 15, p. 18
1994              Naqvi, Dr. Akbar.  “Grains of the Real: Andrew’s Egg Tempera,”
                                    Dawn Review, Tuesday, January 18, vol. 47, no. 18, pp. 18-19
                      Akhtar, Aasim.  “Timeless Images,” Newsline Annual, vol. 5, no. 7, p. 189
1993               Stapen, Nancy.  “First-Rate First Shows,” The Boston Globe, Thursday, May 27, pp. 65, 69
                      Sparks, Amy.  “Plumbing Nature,” Cleveland Free Press, Friday, April 23, p. 19
                      Scott, Sue.  “Andrew Young,” Artnews, February, vol. 92, no. 2, p. 117
                      Kohen, Helen L.  “Seductive Collection Opens New Gallery,”
                                    Miami Herald, Friday, January 22, p. 17G
                      Spring, Justin.  “Andrew Young,” Artforum, January, vol. 31, no. 5, pp. 85-86
1992               Huddleston, Joanne.  “SFADA Galleries Open Doors to New Artists,”
                                    San Francisco Arts Monthly, July, vol. 3, no. 5, p. 2
                      Stevens, Mitchell.  “Rendering Artists Their Due,” Chicago Reader, May 8, vol. 21, no. 31, pp. 44-45
                      Volk, Carol.  “Below the Surface,” Art & Antiques, May, vol. 9, no. 5, p. 21
                      Stumpfe, Mario.  “Die lebendige Welt der Mimesis,” Neues Deutschland, Friday, April 24, n.p.
                      Storm-Rusche, Angelika.  “Ehrfurcht vor dem Wasser,”
                                    Bonner General-Anzeiger, Friday, January 10, p. 13
1991               Vest, Paul.  “Andrew Young,” Artweek, December 12, vol. 22, no. 42, p. 11
                     Myles, Eileen.  “Andrew Young at David Beitzel,”
                                    Art in America, December, vol. 79, no. 12, p 117
                     Spring, Justin.  “Andrew Young,” Artforum, November, vol. 30, no. 3, p. 137
                     Cyphers, Peggy.  “New York in Review,”
                                    Arts Magazine, September, vol. 66, no. 1, pp. 85-86
                     Larson, Kay.  “The Great Plunge Forward,”
                                    New York, April 22, vol. 26, no. 16, pp. 83-84
                     Hixson, Kathryn.  “Chicago in Review,”
                                    Arts Magazine, January, vol. 65, no. 5, pp. 106-107
                     Stevens, Mitchell.  “Andrew Young,” New Art Examiner, January, vol. 18, no. 5, p 41
1990              Spector, Buzz.  “Chicago/Andrew Young, Lys Martin, Joan Livingstone,”
                                    Art Issues, December/January, no. 15, pp. 9-10
                     McCracken, David.  “Young’s Paintings Look Backward, Forward,”
                                    Chicago Tribune, Friday, October 12, sec. 7, p. 72
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Grants and Awards
 
2013                Illinois Arts Council, Artist Project Grant, Chicago, IL
2011                 Illinois Arts Council, Professional Development Grant, Chicago, IL
2006               Governor’s International Exchange Program Grant, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago, IL:
                                       Hydroacoustics Program, NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Antarctica
                        International Colony of Artists Fellowship, Debrecen, Hungary
2005                Illinois Arts Council Special Assistance Grant, Chicago, IL
2004                City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Public Arts Program Commission
2001                 Fourth Prize, Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy
                        Illinois Arts Council Special Assistance Grant, Chicago, IL
                        City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Public Arts Program Commission, finalist
                        Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs:
                                    Munich, Germany, Andrew Young: Collages 
1999                 Open Studios’ Midwestern States Competition Award
                        Chicago International Program Grant, Department of Cultural Affairs,
                                    Chicago, IL: Berlin, Germany
1998                 Marshall Frankel Foundation Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
                        Chicago International Program Grant, Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL: Quito, Ecuador
1997                 McCormick Place Art Purchase Award, Chicago, IL
                        Open Studios’ Midwestern States Competition Award
1995                 Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs:
                                    Mississippi Museum of Art, Work in Progress
1993                 Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs:
                                    Pakistan, Andrew Young, American Artist
1991                 Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs:
                                    Germany, Bilder über dem Wasser
1990                 Fred J. Forster Fellowship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
                                    Traveling Fellowship Competition
1987-89            Competitive Scholarship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1987                 Maybelle M. Toombs Prize, University of California, Berkeley,CA
1983                 Rotary International Scholarship: Siena, Italy

 
 
Selected Collections
 
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA
Arthur Andersen Co., Detroit, MI
Bedford Group, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada, Jackson, MS
Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas, NV
City Museum, Debrecen, Hungary
Charlotte Bobcats, Charlotte, NC
Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
The Finley Group, Charlotte, NC
General Mills, Minneapolis, MN
Gibbons PC, New York, NY
Hallmark Art Collection, Kansas City, MO
Heller Financial, Chicago, IL
Hotel Intercontinental, Manila, Philippines
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
IMC Fertilizer Group, Inc., Northbrook, IL
Jones, Day, Revas & Poge, Los Angeles, CA
J.P. Morgan, New York, NY
Kenny & Nachwalter, Miami, FL
Kearney Commercial Bank, Kearney, MO
Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL
Little Caesar’s Enterprises, Detroit, MI
M & I Bank Corporate Headquarters, Phoenix, AZ
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
McCormick Place Convention Center, Chicago, IL
McKinsey & Company, Inc., Chicago, IL
McKinsey & Company, New York, NY
McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Power, Rogers & Smith, Chicago, IL
Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn, New York, NY
Prudential Insurance Company, Newark, NJ
Regency Hotel, Hong Kong
Renaissance Hotel and Convention Center, Schaumburg, IL
R.R. Donnelly, Chicago, IL
SAFECO Plaza, Seattle, WA
St. Paul Companies, St. Paul, MN
San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
Skadden Arps, Washington D.C.
Southern Development Partners, Inc., Charlotte, NC
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
U.S.A.A., San Antonio, TX
University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Wellington Management, Boston, MA
William Mercer, Chicago, IL
Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL 
Zelle & Larson, Minneapolis, MN

 
 
Lectures and Teaching
 
Earth Science Club of Northern Illinois, Downers Grove, IL
Canal Corridor Association, La Salle, IL
The Milwaukee Pubic Museum, Milwaukee, WI
The Chicago Academy of Sciences and its Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago, IL
Quincy University, Quincy, IL
SEA Conference, Lisle, IL
Illinois State Museum, Lockport, IL
Science Chicago, Illinois State Museum, Chicago, IL
McNay Art Museum Contemporary Collectors Forum, San Antonio, TX
The Art Center, Highland Park, IL
Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
Creative Arts Center, Bonham, TX
Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL
Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC
Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC
Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Ketchum, ID
University of Cuenca; Academi Cotepoxi and State University, Quito, Ecuador
University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA
Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
National Gallery and Hunerkada Art College, Islamabad;
                Peshawar University, Peshawar;
                Karachi School of Art, Karachi;
                Central Institute of Arts and Crafts, Karachi;
                Indus School of Art and Architecture, Karachi;
                National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL 
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Projects, Residencies, and Studies

A Comprehensive Guide to the Fossil Flora of Mazon Creek, paleontological book publication,
                 Earth Science Club of Northern Illinois (reviewer/editor)
All This Land, The Chicago Academy of Sciences,
                 Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago (environmental art installation) 
Milwaukee Public Museum, Mazon Creek Fossil Collections (guest curator)                             
Why Prevent Extinction?, conference and publication, The Chicago Academy of Sciences,
                 Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago, IL (co-editor)
The Fall of Cities in the Mediterranean, Cambridge University Press (book cover)
The Mazon Creek Fossil Fauna, paleontological book publication,
                 ESCONI and Northeastern University, IL (co-editor and writer)
Indexing the World: invention, abstraction and dissonance,
                 The Art Center, Highland Park, IL (guest curator)
Rhythms Occupy: four painters examine the Nature within our surroundings,
                 
The Art Center,  Highland Park, IL (guest curator)
Sounds of the Southern Ocean, Hydroacoustics Program:  NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental
                  Laboratory and Oregon State University, Antarctica (educational outreach)
International Colony of Artists, Debrecen, Hungary (residency)               
Landfall Press, Santa Fe, NM (etching edition collaboration)
Promised Treasure, Chicago Public Arts Commission, Budlong Woods Branch Library
Orthodox Monasteries – Cherlandari, Esphigmenou, Stavronikita, Gregoriou and Dionysiou –
                   Mt. Athos, Greece (academic research)
Landfall Press, Chicago, IL (monotype collaboration)
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT (residency)
Experimental Workshop, San Francisco, CA (monotype collaboration)

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