Resume
Invitational Exhibitions
2006
- Imperfect Beauty, Evansville Museum of Art, Science & History, Evansville, IN (3-artist exhibition proposed by Davida Schulman)
- Transmutaton: Artificial Evolution of the Body, Orleans Street Gallery, St Charles IL
2005
- Faculty Show, Koehneline Gallery, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL
- Benefit, Art Encounter, Chicago, IL
- Eighth Annual Chicago Art Open, Chicago Artists’ Coalition, Chicago, IL
- Art as a Feminist Mirror, Women’s Studies Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Imperfect Beauty, Lincolnland Community College, Springfield, IL (3-artist exhibition proposed by Davida Schulman)
2004
- Seventh Annual Chicago Art Open, Chicago Artists’ Coalition, Chicago, IL
- Women Painting Women, Abercrombie Gallery, McNeese State University ake Charles, LA )
- Encore! New Works by Illinois Millenium Artists, Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL
- The Figure, Gillock Gallery, Evanston, IL
- Modern Portrait Show, Allen Lane Architects, Batavia IL
2003
- Faculty Show, Koehneline Gallery, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL
- Imperfect Beauty, Carlson Tower Gallery, North Park University, Chicago, IL (3-artist exhibition proposed by Davida Schulman)
- Artival, Peter Jones Gallery, Chicago, IL
- Sixth Annual Chicago Art Open, Chicago Artists’ Coalition, Chicago, IL
- Watercolor Now! 2003, Watercolor USA Honor Society, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
- Imperfect Beauty, (A three artist group exhibition proposed by Davida Schulman & Sigrid Wonsil) Dittmar Memorial Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
2002
- Faculty Show, Koehneline Gallery, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines Illinois
- Fifth Annual Chicago Art Open, Chicago’s Artists’ Coalition, Chicago
2001
- Faculty Show, Koehneline Gallery, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines Illinois
- Fourth Annual Chicago Art Open, Chicago Artists’ Coalition, Chicago
- With Eyes Closed, Mennonite College of Nursing, Bloomington, Illinois
- Vicinity Encore!: Norris Award Winners Exhibit Together, Norris Art Center, St. Charles, Illinois
2000
- Third Annual Chicago Art Open, Chicago Artists’ Coalition, Chicago
- Mentor and Muse, Schaumburg Prairie Center for the Arts, Schaumburg, Illinois
- Mentor and Muse, Peoria Art Guild, Peoria, Illinois
- Members Exhibition, Artists of Rogers Park, Chicago
1999
- Second Annual Chicago Art Open, Chicago Artists’ Coalition, Chicago
- Experienced Women, University Galleries, University of Illinois at Springfield
- Experienced Women, University Galleries, Illinois State University
1998
- Chicago Art Open, Chicago Artists’ Coalition, Chicago
- Fourth Art Show, Time Life Building, Chicago
- Figurative Exhibition, Artists of Rogers Park, Chicago
- Members Exhibition, Artists of Rogers Park, Chicago
- New Members Exhibition, Artists of Rogers Park, Chicago
1992-1997
- Aspects of the Body, University Galleries, Illinois State University, 1997
- Watercolors of a Different Nature, Greenview Art Center, Chicago, 1994
- Biennial Graduate Exhibition: Illinois State University, 1992
Juried Exhibitions
2006
- Watercolor USA 2006, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
2005
- Vicinity 2005, Norris Cultural Arts Center Art Gallery, St. Charles, IL
- Contemporary Realism, Christopher Art Gallery, Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL
- Interpretations of the Figure, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
2004
- Watercolor USA 2004, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
2003
- Vicinity 2003, Norris Cultural Arts Center Art Gallery, St. Charles, IL
- Identity, Guenzel Gallery, Peninsula Art School, Fish Creek, WI
- Not Just Another Pretty Face, Bloomingdale Museum, Bloomingdale, IL
- Northbrook Arts Commission, Northbrook Public Library, Northbrook, IL
- Illinois Drawing and Watercolor Foureenth Biennial Exhibition, Tarble Art Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois
2002
- Galex 36, Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL
2001
- Illinois Drawing and Watercolor Thirteenth Biennial Exhibition, Tarble Art Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois
- 67th Annual Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture, Polish Arts Club, Chicago
2000
- Wise Women, Brickton Gallery, Park Ridge, Illinois
- 66th Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, Polish Arts Club, Polish Museum of America, Chicago
- lllinois Women Artists: The New Millennium, two year traveling exhibition to Washington DC and 9 Illinois venues. Concluding exhibition August, 2001.
1999
- Figuratively Speaking, American Academy of Art, Chicago, IL
- Self Portrait: Expression of Individual Spirit, Saint Vincent Hospital Women’s Center and Toucan Gallery, Billings, Montana
- Watercolor USA ’99, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri
- 65th Annual Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture, Polish Arts Club, Chicago
- Contemporary Visions ’99, University of Bridgeport Gallery, Bridgeport, Connecticut, Juried by Philip Pearlstein
- Illinois Women Artists: The New Millennium, two year traveling exhibition to Washington DC and throughout Illinois. Concluding exhibition at the end of 2001.
1998
- Vicinity ’98 Norris Cultural Arts Center Art Gallery
- Agony and Ecstacy, Christopher Art Gallery, Prairie State College, Prairie State College Foundation
- Members Show, WomanMade Gallery, Chicago
- 64th Annual Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture, Polish Arts Club, Chicago
- Watercolor ’98, Norris Cultural Arts Center Art Gallery
1997
- Vicinity’97, Norris Cultural Arts Center Art Gallery
- National Festival of Fine Art, Norris Cultural Art Center
- Metamorphosis, Constance Lindholme Fine Art, Milwaukee
- Watercolor ’97, Norris Cultural Arts Center Art Gallery
- Carving the Forces of Change, Chicago Women’s Caucus for Art, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago
1996
- Vicinity’96, Norris Cultural Arts Center Art Gallery
- Breaking the Role, Dallas Women’s Caucus for Art National Juried Exhibition
- Human: Figure and Portrait, Kougeas Gallery, Boston
- No Body’s Perfect, Constance Lindholme Fine Art, Milwaukee
- Thirteenth Biennial Exhibition, Evanston Art Center
1990-1994
- Alice and Arthur Baer Competition, 1994
- Eighth Annual Regional Exhibition of the Southside Art League, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana, 1993
- Annual Water Media Exhibition, Countryside Gallery, Arlingtons Heights, 1990, 1991
- Myths and Icons Countryside Gallery, Arlingtons Heights, 1990
- Weinberg & Associates, Rockford, Illinois
Solo Exhibitions
2002
- David Erlanson Gallery, Richland Community College, Decatur, Illinois
2001
- Gallery 10, Gils Rock, Door County, Wisconsin
- Burgess Gallery, Eureka College, Eureka Illinois
1998
- Artemisia Gallery, Chicago
1997
- Northbrook Public Library, Northbrook Illinois
1996
- Lownik Library, Benedictine University, Lisle, Illinois
- University Galleries, Illinois State University
1993-1995
- Northbrook Public Library, Northbrook, Illinois
- University Galleries, Illinois State University
- Northbrook Public Library, Northbrook Illinois
Corporate Collections
1999
- Weinberg, Pringue and Associates, Rockford, Illinois
Honors and Awards
2004
- Residency, Hungarian Multicultural Center, Lake Ballaton Hungary
- St Cuthbert Mill Award, Watercolor USA 2004
- Who’s Who in America, 56th Edition
- Who’s Who of American Women
2002
- Who’s Who of American Women
2001
- Who’s Who in America 56th Edition
1999
- Cash Award, Watercolor USA ’99, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield Missouri
- American Watercolor Society Invitation for Membership
1998
- Honorable Mention, 64th Annual Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture, Polish Arts Club, Chicago
1997
- Honorable Mention, National Festival of Fine Art, Norris Cultural Art Center
- Honorable Mention, Metamorphosis* Constance Lindholme Fine Art, Milwaukee
1996
- Lester Norris Award, Norris Cultural Center Vicinity Exhibition
- Watercolor Award, Lakeside Cultural Arts Center
- Painting Award, No Body’s Perfect, Constance Lindholme Fine Art, Milwaukee
1995
- Painting Award, Illinois State University
Grants and Fellowships
Residency Grant, Vermont Studio Center, May 1999
Curation
2000-2003
Chicago Public Schools All-High School Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Publications
- Camille Howell, Something Old, Something New, an Aspen Grove, Some Flowers Too: Watercolor USA at the Springfield Art Museum, Springfield News-Leader, June 15, 2004
- Pritsker, Elaine, Big or Small, Art was Beautiful in 2003 Pioneer Press, December 31, 2003
- Judy Prisoc Chicago Art Open Offers Diversity & Freshness, Chicago Artists’ News, December 2003
- Willard, Christopher, Self-Portraits: The Examined Life, American Artist Magazine,
- May, 2003, pp14-16
- Pritsker, Elaine, Art Shows Imperfect Beauty, Pioneer Press, January 3, 2003
- Kenyon, Theo Jean, Mentor and Muse: Together Again, Peoria Journal Star, January 9, 2000
- Lions, Channys, Mentor Teams Up with Students for Show, Peoria Times-Observer, January 19, 2000
- Illinois Committee for the National Museum for Women in the Arts, Illinois Women Artists: The New Millennium , University of Illinois Press, Champaign, Illinois, 1999, p.46
- Ciezadlo, Janina, Illinois Women Artists: the New Millennium, Chicago Reader, June 18, 1999
- Polanski, G Jurek, Davida Schulman: Selected Works, Artscope.Net October/November, 1998
- Illinois Committee for the National Museum for Women in the Arts, Illinois Women Artists: The New Millenium, University of Illinois Press, Champaign, Illinois, 1999, Page 46
- Ciezadlo, Janina, Illinois Women Artists: the New Millennium, Chicago Reader, June 18, 1999
- Kenyon, Theo Jean, Mentor and Muse: Together Again, Peoria Journal Star, January 9,2000
- Lions, Channys, Mentor Teams Up with Students for Show, PeoriaTimes-Observer, January 19, 2000
- 2000 Calendar, St. Vincent Hospital and Health Center
Education
Master of Fine Art, Illinois State University, 1996
Master of Science, Illinois State University, 1994
Teacher’s Certification: Northeastern Illinois University, 1970
Bachelor of Arts in Plastic and Graphic Arts, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1969
April 14, 2014