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LORRAINE PELTZ Curriculum Vitae

Born:  Brooklyn, NY

Resides:  Chicago, IL

Statement

 

Education:

 

 

1983

Master of Fine Art, University of Chicago, Midway Studio Prize

Chicago, IL

1980

Bachelor of Fine Art, State University of New York at New Paltz

New Paltz, NY

Exhibitions:

Selected Solo Exhibitions

 

2008

Chandeliers, Starbursts, etc., Culturale Centro CTG

S. Maria in Chiavica, Verona, Italy

1993-2008

Excellent Hostess: Lorraine Peltz, Selected Paintings

 

 

Outstanding Midwestern Artist Series, Center for Visual and Performing Arts

Munster, IN

2007

Chandeliers, Starbursts, etc., Koscielak Gallery

Chicago, IL

 

Cosmic Hostess, The Hyde Park Art Center

Chicago, IL

2006

Mixed Fruits, gescheidle

Chicago, IL

2004

Dream/Girl, gescheidle

Chicago, IL

 

Dream/Girl, Center for Visual and Performing Arts

Munster, IN

2002

Day and Night: New Paintings, Lyons Wier Gallery

Chicago, IL

 

Pink Works, Galerie Piltzer

Campagne, Barbizon, France

2001

Paintings, Loyola University Medical Center

Maywood, IL

2000

Selected Paintings, Riverside Arts Center

Riverside, IL

 

Pink Works, I Space, Chicago/ University Art Gallery, Indiana State University

Terre Haute, IN and

 

Tarble Arts Center

Charleston, IL

1998

University Club

Chicago, IL

1997

Carrie Secrist Gallery

Chicago, IL

 

Arden Gallery

Boston, MA

1996

Galerie Piltzer

Paris, France

1995

Gallery A

Chicago, IL

1994

Valparaiso University Museum of Art

Valparaiso, IN

1993

Sazama Gallery

Chicago, IL

1992

Recent Drawings, Center for Contemporary Art

Chicago, IL

1991

Evanston Art Center

Evanston, IL

1989Deson-Saunders GalleryChicago, IL
 Chicago Cultural CenterChicago, IL
 Selected Group Exhibitions 
2009Phyliss Bramson, Lorraine Peltz, Keer Tanchek, Elmhurst Art MuseumElmhurst,  IL
2008Chicago Verge, I SpaceChicago, IL
 Ahh! Decadence, Betty Rymer Gallery, School of the Art Institute of ChicagoChicago, IL
 Ladylike, A Proper Take on Feminist Art, Koscielak GalleryChicago, IL
 Place/Object, Deborah Boardman and Lorraine Peltz, Koscielak GalleryChicago, IL
2007Paintings, Art Now: Miami, Koscielak GalleryMiami, FL
 Objects of Adoration, Soho MyriadLos Angeles, CA
 Just Good Art, Hyde Park Art CenterChicago, IL
 Pink, Soho MyriadAtlanta, GA
 The Exquisite Snake, Mary and Leigh Block MuseumEvanston, IL
2006

Thinking Through the Body: Lorraine Peltz, Molly Carter, and Lindsay Obermeyer, H. F. Johnson Art Gallery, Carthage College

Kenosha, WI
 Just Good Art, Hyde Park Art CenterChicago. IL
 Art Chicago, gescheidleChicago, IL
2005Scapes, Jean Albano GalleryChicago, IL
 Art LA, gescheidleSanta Monica , CA
 The Art of the Bookplate: A 25th Anniversary Exhibition, PrintworksChicago, IL
 Le Papier, gescheidleChicago, IL
 Stepping Out!, Hinsdale Center for the ArtsHinsdale, IL
2004Feminine Form, Fleur GalleryChicago, IL
 

A Passionate Perspective: The Francis and June Speizer Collection, Rockford Art Museum

Rockford, IL
2003

Emergence: Women Artists in the New Millenium, William J. Bachman Gallery, Northern Indiana Arts Association

Munster. IN
 

Carrie Secrist Gallery10: A Celebration of the First Decade, Carrie Secrist Gallery

Chicago, IL
2002To Kiss the Spirits: An Artist Homage to Hollis Sigler, ArtemesiaChicago, IL
 Reconfiguring Pop, G2, The School of the Art Institute of ChicagoChicago, IL
 Behavior Patterns, Three Arts ClubChicago, IL
2001Reflections, Jean Albano GalleryChicago, IL
 

Uncommon Threads: Contemporary Artists and Clothing, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University

Ithaca, NY
2000Self-Portraits 2000, Printworks GalleryChicago, IL
 Exquisite Corpse, Printworks GalleryChicago, IL
1999

Thirty-One Shopping Days Till?... Pop Culture in Art at the End of the Millennium, Rockford Art Museum

Rockford, IL
 Downshifting, Ukrainian Institute of Modern ArtChicago, IL
1998Verdure, Olga Dollar GallerySan Francisco, CA
 

Sweeping and Cleaning: Order and Chaos in Domestic Life, Walker's Point Center for the Arts

Milwaukee, WI
1997

No Small Feat: Investigations of the Shoe in Contemporary Art, Rhona Hoffman Gallery

Chicago, IL
 SeriesSeriesSeries, Rockford College Art GalleryRockford, IL
 Generations, New Bedford Art MuseumNew Bedford, MA
 Pink, Jean Albano GalleryChicago, IL
1996Arden GalleryBoston, MA
 Salon d'Art ContemporainMontrouge, France
 Galerie PiltzerParis, France
 Objects of Personal Significance (travel through 1999), Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois UniversityCharleston, IL and
 

University Art Gallery, Hunter Museum of Art

Chattanooga, TN and
 Knoxville Art MuseumKnoxville, TN
1995

Pulp Fictions: Works on Paper, Gallery A, Chicago, IL

Silent Spaces, Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL

Home: Domestic Narratives: Lorraine Peltz, Jane Calvin, Jo Hormuth, NIU Art Museum, DeKalb, IL

 
1994

The Francis and June Spiezer Collection of Art, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL

Contemporary Realists, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI

Exquisite Corpse, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland

Desire in Time, Time as Intimacy, UWM Art Museum, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Place, Illinois State Museum Lockport Gallery, Lockport, IL, Illinois Art Gallery, Chicago, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL, Tour

 
1992

L. J. Douglas, Lorraine Peltz, Donna Tadelman, CCA Gallery, Chicago, IL

Realism Today, Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville, IN

 
1991

Spirited Visions: Portraits of Chicago Artists, State of Illinois Art Gallery, tour

A Grand Slam Collaboration, The Renaissance Society, Chicago, IL

 
1990

N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, IL

Deson-Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL

 
 Selected Publications 
2008

Cassidy, Victor, Lorraine Peltz at Gosia Koscielak, Art in America, February, 2008.

Rudberg, Amy, Interview with Lorraine Peltz: Painting Life with Signs and Symbols, ArtStyle.com, February 5, 2008.

Hawkins, Margaret, Best of 2007, Chicago Artists News, January 2008.

 
2007

Nance, Kevin, Lorraine Peltz at Koscielak Gallery,Chicago Sun Times, Sept. 21, 2007.

Sabine Modder, Punch Drunk, Art Moco.com, Sept. 17, 2007.

Hinkel, Joanne. A Woman’s World: Pop Meets Feminism in Lorraine Peltz’s Art, Centerstage, April 6, 2007.

Apartment Therapy, The Gallery: Lorraine Peltz, March 2007.

Art MoCo.com, Dance Card, Sabine Modder, Feb. 21, 2007.

 
2006

Hawkins, Margaret. Thinking Through the Body, Johnson Art Gallery, Carthage College, Exh. Cat.

Workman, Michael. Eye Exam, Original Voice, New City Chicago, 8/15/06

Artner, Alan. Lorraine Peltz at gescheidle, Chicago Tribune,  6/23/06

Workman, Michael. Eye Exam, Feminine Harvest, New City Chicago, 6/ 27/06

Art Moco.com, Lorraine Peltz”s New Paintings, Sabine Modder, Ed., July 6, 2006

Wainwright, Lisa. Mixed Fruits, gescheidle, Chicago, IL, Exh. Cat.

Hawkins, Margaret.  From bleak to chic in less than a week, Sun Times, Chicago,  IL, May 2006.

 
2005

Hinkel, Joanne.  All I Want for Christmas, Centerstage, Chicago, IL, Dec. 15

Yood, James.  The Art of the Bookplate, catalogue, Printworks, Chicago, IL

 
2004

Wainwright, Lisa.  Dream/Girl, catalogue, gescheidle, Chicago, IL

Cassidy, Victor. Dream Girls, artnet.com, June 21                 

New American Paintings, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA

Hawkins, Margaret. Gallery Glance, Chicago Sun-Times, April 23

Workman, Michael. Lorraine Peltz, New City, April 1

Workman, Michael. Female Figures, New City, January 15

 
2003Hawkins, Margaret. Out and About, Chicago Sun Times, January 16 
2002

Camper, Fred. Lorraine Peltz, New Art Examiner

Fowler, Gabriel. Reconfiguring Pop, catalogue, Gallery 2, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, August

 

 2001                 New American Paintings, Open Studios Press, Needham, MA

                        Ulmer, Sean. Uncommon Threads: Contemporary Artists and Clothing, catalogue

            Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, New York, March

2000     Polanski, Jurek. Self Portraits 2000 at Printworks, Artscope.net, January

            Hawkins, Margaret. Lorraine Peltz at I Space, Chicago Sun Times, May 19

            Hatcher, Alison. Interior Spaces Still Lives, ex.cat., McLean County Arts Center

            Wainwright, Lisa. Today's Excellent Hostess, ex. cat., I Space, Chicago, IL. April

            Neuhoff, Tony. Thirty-one Shopping Days Till? ... Pop Culture in Art at the End

             of the Millennium, New Art Examiner, April

            Wiens, Ann. The Exquisite Corpse, Dialogue, March/April

            Pascale, Mark. Exquisite Corpse, catalogue, Printworks Gallery,

             Chicago, IL, January

1999     Snyder, Scott. Thirty-one Shopping Days Till... Pop Culture at the End of the

             Millennium, catalogue Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL, November

1998     Brehmer, Debra. Sweeping and Cleaning, Order and Chaos in Domestic Life,

              catalogue, Walker's Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, Wi. February

1997     Camper, Fred. Embracing Doubt, Chicago Reader, June 27

            New American Paintings, Open Studios Press, Needham, MA

            Bauer, Monica. Pink, New Art Examiner, May

            Camper, Fred. Pink, The Chicago Reader, April 11

            Wainwright, Lisa. Pink, catalogue, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL, March

1996     Wainwright, Lisa. The Quiet Dramas of Lorraine Peltz, Le Petit Canard, No.5,

              Sept./ Oct./ Nov.

            Holg, Garrett. Living with Art, Art News, October

            Marquardt-Cherry, Janet. Objects of Personal Significance, catalogue, Tarble Arts

             Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, September

1995     Westerbeck, Colin. Lorraine Peltz at Gallery A, New Art Examiner, Sept.

            Watts, Michael. Silent Spaces, catalogue, Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois

              University, Charleston, IL, August

            Camper, Fred. Lorraine Peltz's Domestic Bliss, Chicago Reader, June 15

Artner, Alan. Peltz's Formal Still Lifes a Salute to Abstraction, Chicago Tribune, 

  June 9

            Bradley, Laurel. Home: Domestic Narratives, catalogue, Northern Illinois

              University Art Museum, DeKalb, IL March         

1994     Muster, Michael. Lorraine Peltz at Sazama Gallery, New Art Examiner, February

            Carley, Michal Ann. Desire in Time, Time as Intimacy, catalogue, UWM Art

             Museum, February

1993     McCracken, David. Peltz Sharpens Focus on Domestic Objects, Chicago Tribune,

              November 26

            Heartney, Eleanor. Paintings, catalogue, Sazama Gallery, Chicago, IL, October

            Hahn, Cheryl. Place, ex.cat, Illinois State Museum Lockport, Lockport, IL  Sept.

1992     Condon, Elisabeth. L. J. Douglas, Lorraine Peltz, Donna Tadelman, New Art

             Art Examiner

            McCracken, David. Gallery Scene, Chicago Tribune, June

1991   Carroll, Patty and Yood. James. Spirited Visions: Portraits of Chicago Artists,

  University of Illinois Press

            Grabner, Michelle. Chicago Roundup, Art Muscle, March-May

 

HONORS & AWARDS

2008   Faculty Enrichment Grant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

2008     City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, CAAP Grant

(2008, 2007, 2006, 2004, 2000, 1999)

2005     Roger Brown Residency, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

2000     Illinois Arts Council, S.A. Grant

1993     Northwestern University, University Research Grant,

1986     Paintings and Drawings for film About Last Night, Tri-Star Productions, CA

 

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

            Deloitte, Chicago, IL

            Fidelity Investments, Wilmette, IL

            Mary and Leigh Block Museum, Evanston, IL

            Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL

            Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL

            Sandoz Corporation, Des Plaines, IL

           Standford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA

            SPC Productions, CA

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1995-present     Adjunct Associate Professor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago,

                         Chicago, IL

1988-1995      Assistant Professor, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, Director of               

                          Visiting Artists Program, Director of Undergraduate Studies in Art

 

GALLERY REPRESENTATION

Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, NYC, NY

Micaela Gallery, San Francisco. CA

Koscielak Gallery, Chicago, IL