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Artist Statement:
Though they may seem simple,
especially my drawings and
intaglio prints but also my
paintings are actually quite
elaborate; half a year's work
on an image is no exception
for me. I draw directly or use
small sketches, even doodles,
as image-generating nuclei,
often combining two or three
that appear to complement each
other. I rarely use concrete
references, but rather work
from inner visions. I tend to
be narrative in my own art,
perhaps poetic narrative. I
don't see my images as telling
a story but rather as
reflections of inner feelings,
similar to some poetry, and
would like observers to read
them as such. I like to
believe that my work carries a
certain mystery. My images are
very much "inside out.” I
have usually some idea of what
I want to obtain, but much of
the image is generated while I
draw or paint. The end product
always surprises me; I am
often amazed that there even
is an end product. Analyzing
my own art is difficult but I
think that the dreamlike
images tend to deal with
confined spaces which contain
certain characters that reach
out to one another but do not
quite ...
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SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS
2008 - Artist residency at the Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest IL
2001 - Curator’s Choice Artist “Around the Coyote” Fall Arts Festival, Chicago, IL
1996 - Sponsors' Prize, 3rd Sapporo International Print Biennale, Sapporo, Japan
1995 - Award of Excellence, 12th North Shore Art League Midwest Print Show, Chicago, IL
SELECTED ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2007 - “Paradeigmas of Silent Spring”, Oculus Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004 - “Sketches and Beyond”, Illinois Institute of Art’s Chicago Campus Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002 - “Images from Beyond”, Libreria San Pantalon, Venice, Italy
1974 - Library Warwick University, Coventry, UK
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1998-2010 - American Print Alliance, 5 traveling group shows, over 50 venues
2009 - “Atelierroute Groot Woerden '09”, Studio Ilja Pronk, Kamerik, The Netherlands
2008 - “Nuances of Printmaking”, Koehnline Museum of Art, Des Plaines, IL
2008 - 7th Lessedra World Art Print Annual-Mini Print, Lessedra Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2007 - “Daydreams & Night Dreams” (+ Karena Karras), Wright Gallery College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL
2005 - “Rotterdam Geraakt”, Rotterdams Historisch Museum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2003 - “5th Anniversary Exhibition”, Hyundai Arts Centre Gallery, Ulsan, South Korea
2001 - “Portraits of the Soul” (with Nancy Plotkin), Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
1996/2000 - 3rd & 5th Sapporo International Print Biennales, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan
1998 - “International Juried Mezzotint Exhibition”, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
1996 - “Chicago Prints and Printmakers”, The Art Center, Highland Park, IL
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books:
2006 - Bert Menco, Bernd Lindemann: “Visions and Voices”, invoco-verlag, Homburg, Germany
2003 - In: Jun-Je Jo, Yu Jae-gil: “Seven Prints Artists from Around the World”, Hyundai Arts Center, Ulsan, Korea
2000 - In: Ivy Sundell, “Art Scene, Chicago 2000”, Crow Woods Publishing, Evanston, IL
1997 - In: Lynne Allen, Phyllis McGibson, Ruth Weisberg: “The Best of Printmaking”, Rockport Publ., Gloucester, MA
Articles
Italy: Venezia News
Japan: Hokkaido Newspaper
South Korea: Art in Culture
The Netherlands: Arnhemse Courant, De Gelderlander
UK: Coventry Evening Telegraph
USA: Chicago Reader, Chicago Tribune, Evanston Review
SELECTED PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan
Hyundai Arts Centre Gallery, Ulsan, South Korea
Joan Flasch Artist’s Book Collection of the Flaxman Library of the School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL
Koehnline Museum of Art, Des Plaines, IL
Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Evanston, IL
Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL
Rotterdam Historical Museum, The Netherlands
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