2004 MFA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
1972 UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, AMHERST, BFA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2018
– GROUNDWORKS AND REGARD, LINDA WARREN PROJECTS, CHICAGO, SEPTEMBER
– SOCIAL FABRICS, WAUBONSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, VISITING ARTISTS PROGRAM, FEBRUARY

2017
– RIVERSIDE ART CENTER, RIVERSIDE, IL, SEPTEMBER
– 621 GALLERY, TALLAHASSEE, FL, FEBRUARY

2014
– LOOKING FOR YOU IN THE MIRROR, (CATALOGUE) LINDA WARREN PROJECTS, CHICAGO, DEC-JAN

2011
– LINDA WARREN PROJECTS, CHICAGO, MAY

2010
– UNION LEAGUE CLUB CHICAGO, CURATOR; ELIZABETH WHITING, DECEMBER
– CONSTELLATION, INSTALLATION, BLACK MARKET CAVIAR, CHICAGO, AUGUST

2009
– LINDA WARREN PROJECTS, CHICAGO, IL, MAY

2008
– UBS 12 X 12: NEW ARTISTS/NEW WORK, MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, CHICAGO, CURATOR LYNNE WARREN, JANUARY

2007
– SOCIAL FABRICS: BALLPARK FIGURES, LINDA WARREN GALLERY, CHICAGO, IL, APRIL

2005
– SCHEMATIC PATTERNS, LINDA WARREN GALLERY, CHICAGO, IL, MARCH

2004
– INTER PLAY, MFA THESIS EXHIBITION, MIDWAY STUDIOS, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

2003
– ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, BLOOMINGTON, MAY

2001
– HOT HOUSE – CHICAGO, FEBRUARY

1997
– SATORI GALLERY, CHICAGO, IL, JANUARY

1994
– SETON GALLERY, CHICAGO, IL, DECEMBER 1994

1992
– DITTMAR MEMORIAL GALLERY, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, SEPT

1990
– UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO, APRIL
– DITTMAR MEMORIAL GALLERY, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, JUNE

1987
– CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER, CHICAGO, IL, MARCH

1985
– MONIQUE’S, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, APRIL

1984
– SPELMAN COLLEGE, ATLANTA, GA.
– THE CRYSTAL BRITTON GALLERY, ATLANTA, GA

1982
– THE CRYSTAL BRITTON GALLERY, ATLANTA, GA

1981
– THE STUDIO OF THE ARTS ALLIANCE, ATLANTA, GA

1980
– THE CRYSTAL BRITTON GALLERY, ATLANTA, GA

1978
– THE BOSTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, BOSTON, MA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2017
– GO FIGURE, LINDA WARREN PROJECTS, CHICAGO, SEPTEMBER
– BAILEY CONTEMPORARY ARTS, GRITTY IN PINK, POMPANO BEACH, FLORIDA, JUNE
– NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, ART IN RESPONSE TO VIOLENCE, OCTOBER

2016
– LA ARTCORE, THE BREWERY ANNEX, LOS ANGELES, CA, JULY
– SPRINGFIELD MUSEUM OF ART, SPRINGFIELD MO, JUNE
– INDIANAPOLIS ART CENTER, ART FROM THE HEARTLAND, JUNE
– ALUMNI EXHIBITION, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, JUNE

2015
– ARC GALLERY, I CAN’T BREATHE, CHICAGO, IL, NOVEMBER
– ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY, CHICAGO, IL JANUARY

2013
– CHICAGO CENTER FOR GREEN TECHNOLOGY, OCTOBER
– SPACEWOMB, GROUP SHOW, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY, MAY
– ARTWORK 6, SULLIVAN CENTER, SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE CHICAGO, FEB

2012
– SIDESHOW, LINDA WARREN PROJECTS, CHICAGO, SEPTEMBER
– ROCKFORD MIDWESTERN, ROCKFORD ART MUSEUM, CURATED BY LISA STONE/ROGER BROWN
COLLECTION SAIC, MAY
– WAYS OF MAKING: PAINTING, GOVERNOR’S STATE UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY PARK IL,
CURATOR, DOLORES MERCADO, NATIONA MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART, MARCH
– MOMENTUM, WOMEN’S CAUCUS FOR ART, JUROR; RITA GONZALEZ, ASSOCIATE CURATOR
LACMA, GALLERY 85, LOS ANGELES, CA, FEBRUARY

2011
– CELEBRATING 125 YEARS OF COLLECTING, UNION LEAGUE CLUB CHICAGO, AUGUST

2010
– SELECTED WORKS FROM THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CHICAGO COLLECTION; FOCUS UBS 12X12,
– TWOS, (Curators selections), DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY, RIVER FOREST, IL, SEPTEMBER
– PATTERNS (INSTALLATION), BETTY DARE GALLERY, CHICAGO, OCTOBER
– ART RESPONDING TO VIOLENCE, NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, SEPTEMBER
– VER(A)RT GALLERY, VERA PROJECT, SEATTLE, WA, APRIL
– ART CHICAGO, LINDA WARREN GALLERY, APRIL

2009
– PAINT, CLIMATE GALLERY, LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS, NY, NOVEMBER
– THE HAIRY WHO AND IMAGIST LEGACY IN CONTEMPORARY ART, ART CHICAGO
– THE RENAISSANCE SOCIETY (U of C), ANNUAL BENEFIT-GLO(BALL), EXQUISITE CORPSE,
LWG
– PAINTPRESENT, LAL, LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, MARCH
– ART CHICAGO, LINDA WARREN PROJECTS, MAY

2008
– ART WORK 5, GALLERY II, SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE CHICAGO, JANUARY
– ART CHICAGO, LINDA WARREN PROJECTS

2007
– MAPPING THE SELF, MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, CHICAGO, NOVEMBER 2007-8
– UNSERIROUSLY SERIOUS, LINDA WARREN GALLERY, CHICAGO, NOVEMBER

2006
– MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CHICAGO, BENEFIT AUCTION, OCTOBER
– ART EXPO LA, LINDA WARREN PROJECTS, JANUARY

2005
– ARCHI-TYPE, GALLERY ROMAIN, CHICAGO, SEPTEMBER

2004
– PITCH, GALLERY 312, MFA EXHIBIT, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, JUNE

2003
– LINDA WARREN GALLERY, INAUGURAL CHICAGO, 2003
– LINDA WARREN GALLERY, PUBLIC DOMAIN, CHICAGO, NOVEMBER
– GALLERY 37 CENTER FOR THE ARTS, FACULTY SHOW, CHICAGO, IL

2000
– LINDA WARREN FINE ART, -PALM SPRINGS, CA, ART EXPO, MARCH 2000

1999
– EARTHWORKS GALLERY, 500 N. MICHIGAN, CHICAGO – NOVEMBER
– WATERMARK GALLERY, OAKLEY STREET, CHICAGO – OCTOBER
– ARTWORK-ART INSTITUTE-CHICAGO, STAFF OF MUSEUM AND SCHOOL, FEBRUARY

1998
– THE STATE LINE VICINITY EXHIBITION, ROCKFORD ART MUSEUM, AUGUST
– ARTISTS OF THE MIDWEST/NEA RECIPIENTS, ART MUSEUM, NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIV

1997
– SATORI GALLERY, BLOOD, SWEAT, TEARS: GALLERY ARTISTS,
DITTMAR MEMORIAL GALLERY, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, FEBRUARY

1995
– INSIDE ART, CHICAGO, SEPTEMBER

1994
– LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY, BROOKLYN, NY, SEPTEMBER
– GREENVIEW ART CENTER, CHICAGO

1990
– NEW HORIZONS IN ART, CURATED BY BENNY ANDREWS, NORTH SHORE ART LEAGUE,
SKOKIE, IL

1989
– CHICAGO SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

1982
– COLUMBIA MUSEUM, COLUMBIA, S.C.

1974
– NATIONAL PRINTS/DRAWING COMPETITION, MT. HOLYOKE COLLEGE, MA
– THE ALPHA GALLERY, BOSTON, MA
– THE WORCESTER ART MUSEUM, SALES GALLERY, WORCESTER, MA

1973
– ANNUAL FINE ARTS EXHIBIT, WAUDSWORTH ATHENAEUM, HARTFORD, CT

RECENT AWARDS/ RECOGNITION:

2016 AWARD WATERCOLOR USA, SPRINGFIELD MUSEUM OF ART, SPRINGFIELD MO, JUNE
2015 PUBLIC ART COMMISSION: CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY, PERMANENT INSTALLATION
FOR 35TH/WHITE SOX CTA STATION
2014 RESIDENCY, DESIGN FABRICATION, FRANS MAYER, MUNICH, GERMANY
NOMINATION 3-ARTS AWARD
2011 VISITING ARTIST, TEACHER INSTITUTE IN CONTEMPORARY ART, SAIC, NEA
2010 GRANT: ARTIST PROJECT IN VISUAL ARTS, ILLINOIS ARTS COUNCIL
2009 NEW AT THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART (COLLECTION), CHICAGO
THE DRAWING CENTER VIEWING PROGRAM, CURATED ARTIST REGISTRY, NY
2008 CATWALK, NY ARTIST RESIDENCY, SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE CHICAGO
2004 POST- MFA FELLOWSHIP, VISITING LECTURER, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
1998 HONORABLE MENTION AWARD/STATE LINE EXHIBITION/ROCKFORD MUSEUM, ILLINOIS
1996/1997 ARTS MIDWEST/REGIONAL NEA VISUAL ARTIST FELLOWSHIP AWARD (PAINTING)
1990 ILLINOIS ARTS COUNCIL: SPECIAL ASSISTANCE GRANT/NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
EXHIBIT
1987 ILLINOIS ARTS COUNCIL: SPECIAL ASSISTANCE GRANT/CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER
EXHIBIT

SELECTED COLLECTIONS:

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CHICAGO
SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY, TEXAS
DELOITTE & TOUCHE, CHICAGO, IL
KIRKLAND & ELLIS LAW FIRM, COLLECTIONS- SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES, CHICAGO
AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH, ATLANTA, GA
KING AND SPAULDING, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, ATLANTA, GA
CLARK COLLEGE, ATLANTA, GA
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, ACQUISITIONS RSO
HUGHES SPALDING, INC., ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, ATLANTA, GA
LARRY AND EVELYN ARONSON, GLENCOE, IL
DENNIS AND LINDA MYERS, CHICAGO IL
BARBARA KLAWANS, MUNSTER, IN
JEFFREY HAMMES AND LINDA WARREN, GLENCOE, IL.
MARY AND CHARLIE SHEA, WILMETTE, IL.
POONEH RASSEKH, CORONA DEL MAR, CA.
CHRIS KRIDEL, CHICAGO IL
ABBY CLAPP, CHICAGO, IL

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:

2017
– NEWCITY, REVIEW, GO FIGURE, GROUP EXHIBITION, LINDA WARREN PROJECTS, CHRIS MILLER, OCTOBER
– CATALOGUE GROUP EXHIBITION GRITTY IN PINK, BAILEY CONTEMPORARY ARTS, POMPANO BEACH, FLORIDA, JUNE

2016
– CATALOGUE COVER, WATERCOLOR USA 2016, SPRINGFIELD MUSEUM OF ART, SPRINGFIELD MO
-CTA PUBLIC ART, CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY, 2ND EDITION

2015
– CATALOGUE SOLO EXHIBITION, LOOKING FOR YOU IN THE MIRROR, LINDA WARREN PROJECTS
– ART LTD MAGAZINE, REVIEW, JAMES YOOD, EXHIBITION LINDA WARREN PROJECTS, MARCH/APRIL
– NEWCITY, REVIEW, EXHIBITION LINDA WARREN PROJECTS, DAVID ZARLEY, JANUARY

2014
– TOP 3 WEEKEND PICS, BAD AT SPORTS, STEPHANIE BURKE, EXHIBIT LINDA WARREN PROJECTS, (Dec-Feb)

2012
– EXHIBITION CATALOGUE, MOMENTUM, WOMEN’S CAUCUS FOR ART (WCA), JUROR; RITA GONZALEZ, ASSOCIATE CURATOR LACMA, FEB

2011
– HUFFINGTON POST, PAUL KLEIN, ART LETTER .COM, REVIEW, MAY 20

2009
– NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS, MIDWEST EDITION, FALL

2008
– FLAVORPILL CHICAGO, EXHIBITION REVIEW MCA, PATRICIA COURSON, JANUARY, ISSUE 173
– NEW CITY, EXHIBITION REVIEW MCA, DAN GUNN, JANUARY 10
– CHICAGO SUN TIMES, HOOP DREAMS LIVE IN HENDERSON ABSTRACT PAINTINGS, DENISE I. O’NEAL, 1/4
– TIME OUT CHICAGO, REVIEW MCA, ALICIA ELER, ISSUE 152, JANUARY 24-30

2007
– ART X WORLD (BLOG) MAPPING THE SELF, MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART

2005
– CHICAGO READER/ MAPPING RACE RELATIONS/ FRED CAMPER /REVIEW/ EXHIBIT at LINDA WARREN, 3/18
– TIME OUT CHICAGO/ BRIDGETTE McCULLOUGH/ REVIEW/ EXHIBIT at LINDA WARREN, MARCH 10-17
– CHICAGO TRIBUNE /FEATURE/ JENN GODDU, SCHEMATIC PATTERNS at LINDA WARREN, 3/04/05
– NEW CITY/ MICHAEL WORKMAN/ REVIEW/ CIVIC DEMOGRAPHIC/ EXHIBITION at LINDA WARREN, 3/05
– CHICAGO SUN TIMES, EXHIBITION REVIEW, MARGARET HAWKINS, APRIL
– CHICAGO ART JOURNAL/ STATEMENT AND ART BY PAULA HENDERSON/ SPRING

2003
– THE CHICAGO READER, CRITIC’S CHOICE /FRED CAMPER/ PAULA HENDERSON at LINDA WARREN GALLERY, 8/22
– CHICAGO SUN TIMES, LISA LENOIR/ FEATURE/ PAULA HENDERSON at LINDA WARREN GALLERY, 8/17
– CHICAGO JOURNAL, JANUARY 2001, ART WORK PHOTO FEATURED

2001
– CHICAGO JOURNAL, JANUARY, ART WORK PHOTO FEATURED

2000
– ARTS DIALOGUE-QUARTERLY INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATION-JUNE – ART WORK FEATURED

1998
– COVER ART – “THE DIVINE ART OF REVELATION,” BAHÁ’Í PUBLISHING TRUST

1995
– SEAWANHAKA (LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY PAPER) – REVIEW, SALENA GALLERY EXHIBIT

1990
– AT CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS/ REVIEW EXHIBIT UIC – APRIL

1987
– REVIEW: CHICAGO SUN TIMES – SOLO EXHIBITION/CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER

1984
– REVIEW: CREATIVE LOAFING REVIEW-1984 SOLO EXHIBITION, CRYSTAL BRITTON GALLERY, ATLANTA, GA

1982
– REVIEW: THE ATLANTA JOURNAL AND CONSTITUTION, SOLO EXHIBITION, CRYSTAL BRITTON GALLERY

SOCIAL PRACTICE:

2017
– SOLIDARITY BURKINI PROJECT: GROUP BURKINI APPEARANCES IN PUBLIC SPACES AND POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA IN PERFORMANCE AGAINST DISCRIMIATION OF MUSLIM WOMEN IN FRENCH BURKINI BAN;
CHICAGO VENUES- LAKEFRONT, HUMBOLDT PARK, OUTDOOR PLAZA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART.

EDUCATOR PRESENTER:

2017
– CURRENT (FROM 2006), SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE, ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR LIBERAL ARTS
– FACULTY ADVISOR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, CAPX (FROM 2011)

2016
– KEYNOTE SPEAKER, ART RESPONDS TO VIOLENCE, NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, CHICAGO, OCT

2015
– CONTEMPORARY PRACTICES SAIC
– PRESENTER, ESPERANZA FOUNDATION, WOODLAND, CA, MAY

2014
– PRESENTER, WINGS FOUNDATION CONFERENCE, PENSACOLA FL

2011
– PRESENTER NATIONAL RACE AMITY CONFERENCE, WHEELOCK COLLEGE, BOSTON, JUNE

2004
– POST MFA FELLOWSHIP, GUEST LECTURER, DOVA, UNIV. OF CHICAGO, FALL

2005-1994
– LEAD ARTIST, GALLERY 37: DOWNTOWN, NEIGHBORHOOD, AND SCHOOLS PROGRAMS

I work by series, primarily of paintings and drawings, with occasional installation and performative projects, which variously reflect on social constructs and traditions of representation.

With the recent painting series Groundwork, I return to my ongoing interest in abstraction in a distinctly post-modern framework. In contrast to the self-contained formalism of modernism, I focus on prosaic, schematic patterns of visual appeal, that operate simultaneously as social signifiers.

Here, specifically, I employ the distinct patterning from the soles of shoes to think about the very particularity and variety of design that goes into the literal marking of our movement on the ground. I record these patterns as I find them, oftentimes a chaotic mix of layered partial prints and in other works represented as abstracted compositions. These surface iconographies, a residue that marks us routinely across space in time-prosaic, routine, overlooked, interest me as vestigial configurations of our collective history.

Additionally, I am focused on how these tread patterns act as social signifiers. They are variously studied in forensic science to identify/profile a wearer as suspect. They often serve as distinguishing social and cultural markers by the preponderance of brand patterns reflecting style trends movement of particular neighborhoods. This brand(ing) of place follows our movement and conditionally holds our histories in sand, rain, snow, concrete, and mud.
Significantly they resonate with the flow of human activity witnessed in social migrations/diasporas in works where these patterns are interspersed amid shadows.

Another branch of my work puzzles the social impact of representations of women’s bodies in the commercial media. These paintings, that range from figuration to abstraction, reflect the shaping of personal narratives/ identities being forged out of, and based on, their push/ pull of desire/ allure. The poses, postures, surface treatments, and selectively enhanced/diminished proportions are archetypes, ubiquitous in the media, and out of reach in their flawless manufacture.

My work suggests that current views of beauty, so thoroughly conflated with notions of desire, power, lifestyle, and celebrity- distract the construction of our personal narratives. These works ask us to consider how we, to various degrees, invest in our own objectification.

The contrapposto stance, a canon of classical Western art, was an embodiment of the ideal of man communicating to viewers of Greco-Roman statuary a state of balance, confidence, and ease in the world. Postures struck by women in selfies posted currently on social media suggest that the pervasive publishing of sexualized tropes, ubiquitous in commercial fashion and celebrity media, have similarly come to function as a type of cultural archive of poses for women/girls to circulate representations of themselves as powerfully attractive and in control.

My abstracted synthesis of partial poses of these familiar forms being employed is an indication of their deeply rooted agency. My Contour series employs an abstracted synthesis, a run-on fusion, of these ‘go to’ profiles to reflect on their significance as simulations of a ‘self’, deeply rooted in our commercial visual culture.

More overtly figurative, the Eye-con Frieze series, casts idealized bodies as deities in a temple frieze reflecting the construction of ‘edifices’ uncontested in our social landscape.
In the Traffic series, I use the neutrality of sign figuration to fashion a codex, to map less visible dynamics of the social landscape- here the intersection of beauty (the industry) and desire, the media, and human trafficking.

We do not change a world whose culture we participate in without examination of its influence upon us individually and collectively.