1998	Master of Fine Arts, presidential fellowship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1996	Bachelor of Fine Arts, magna cum laude, Northern Arizona University

2005	Boney, gescheidle, Chicago, IL
	Superman/ Super Travel, 2-person show, Olin Fine Arts Center, Washington, PA
2004	M. Ivan Cherry: Figure Paintings, Safety-Kleen Gallery One, Elgin Community College, IL
2003	Body Language Paintings by M. Ivan Cherry, Northern Indiana Arts Association, Substation No. 9, Hammond, IN
	Intimates, Rubber Ducks, and other Funky Chickens: Figurative Paintings, gescheidle, Chicago, IL
2002	Churchman-Fehsenfeld Gallery, Indianapolis Art Center, IN
	PAC Gallery, Illinois Central College, Peoria, IL
2001	New Figurative Paintings, Robert DiCaprio Gallery, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL
	Linens II, Gruen Galleries, Chicago, IL
2000	Linens, Old Main Gallery, NAU, Flagstaff, AZ

2004	17th Evanston + Vicinity Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
2003	Guest List, gescheidle, Chicago, IL
2002	Harboring Beauty, Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago, IL
	Home Work/s, Betty Rymer Gallery, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
	Moraine Valley Faculty Exhibit, Faculty Salon, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL
	NIAA 59th Annual Salon Show, William J. Bachman Gallery, Munster, IN
	Chicago ART Open, Professional Show 2002, Chicago Artists' Coalition, IL
	Reflections II, Christopher Art Gallery, Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL
2001	SnowGlobe Invitational, Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago, IL
	Venus, Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago, IL
	58th Annual Salon Show, Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, IN
	Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet LRC Gallery, Rhinelander, WI
	Faculty Exhibition 2001, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
	ArtLink@SOTHEBYS.COM: International Young Art, March 2001: Intimacy and Warmth
	Art Scene Chicago, The Chicago Athenaeum, Schaumburg, IL
2000	Winterfest III International Juried Exhibition, Period Gallery, Omaha, NE
	Group Show, Gruen Galleries, Chicago, IL
	7th Biennial Regional Arts Competition & Exhibition, Carbondale Community Arts, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
	Rockford Midwestern Juried Exhibition: Artists of the New Millennium, Funderburg & Kuller Gallery, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
	You've Gotta Have Art, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
	Light and Dark, University of Chicago Graham School of General Studies, IL
	MLA Special Event, Quadrangle Club, Chicago, IL
	"5" Fifth Anniversary Group Exhibition, Arts Incubator, Union Street Galleries, Chicago Heights, IL
	Laundry Lesson, Beasley Gallery, NAU, Flagstaff, AZ
1999	ONE DAY, THREE ARTISTS. University of Chicago Graham School of General Studies, IL
	Six Murals, Sterling Commerce, Los Colinas, TX
	The Routine and the Ritual, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL
1998	Portraiture, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
	New Talent I, The Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL
	Selected Work, The Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL
	Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Gallery 2, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
1997	Living with Television, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
	150 Years of Pioneering, The Museum of Church History, Salt Lake City, UT
	Winter Show, The Center for Visual Arts, Wausau, WI
	Tennessee Miniatures, Madison Avenue Art Gallery, Madison, TN
1996	Student Exhibit '96 Juried Show, Beasley Gallery, Flagstaff, AZ
	Joint Exchange, Temple Junior College, Temple, TX
1995	Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition, Beasley Gallery, Flagstaff, AZ
	Student Expo Exhibition, Student Gallery, Flagstaff, AZ
	NAU Faculty and Student Select Exhibition, Flagstaff, AZ
	Focus Areas '95, Beasley Gallery, Flagstaff, AZ
	Student Juried Exhibition, Beasley Gallery, Flagstaff, AZ
	Faculty Select Student Exhibition, Audrey Auditorium, Flagstaff, AZ

2003	New American Paintings,Open Studios Press, No. 47, page 30-33
	Matlick, Justin. Critic's Choice: M. Ivan Cherry, Chicago Reader,January 24, Sec. 2, page 19
2001	New American Paintings, Volume 35, Open Studios Press
2000	Sundell, Ivy. Art Scene, Chicago, 2000

2001	Renee Denmark Memorial Award, 58th Annual Salon Show, Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, IN, Ellen Lanyon & Judith Raphael, jurors
	Merit Award, 58th Annual Salon Show, Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, IN, Ellen Lanyon & Judith Raphael, jurors
	Benefactor Award, Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet LRC Gallery, Rhinelander, WI, Edward Paschke, juror
2000	Honorable Mention Award, Rockford Midwestern Juried Exhibition, Funderburg & Kuller Gallery, Rockford Art Museum, IL, James Yood, juror
	Artlink International, Finalist
	Juror, Student Juried Exhibit, Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL
	Sotheby's/Artlink International Young Artist Competition, Semifinalist
	Selected for "Summer, New Millennium Group Show" Lindenberg Galleries, NY
	Represented in Art Scene, Chicago 2000 (publication of emerging and established Chicago artists)
	Guest Lecturer; Linens, NAU, Flagstaff, AZ
	Juror, Student Exhibition, NAU, Flagstaff, AZ
1999	Slide Lecture and Presentation, "One Day, Three Artists," University of Chicago Graham School of General Studies, IL
	Mural Commission; one of six artists selected by Architectural Arts to paint a mural for Sterling Commerce, Los Colinas, TX
1998	Distinguished Alumni Award, NAU, Flagstaff, AZ, painting acquired for Old Main Collection
	Edward L. Ryerson Fellowship, Robert Barnes,juror, SAIC Scholarship, Nippon Steel and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1997	Awarded Instructorship at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1996	Honorable Mention Award, Miniatures Show, Madison Avenue Art Gallery, TN
	Presidential Scholarship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago; full tuition Trustee Scholarship
1995	Joseph Moller Art Scholarship, NAU, AZ
	Second Place Award, Student Juried Exhibition, NAU, AZ
	Robert L. Lovett Award, NAU, AZ

	Northern Arizona University
	Howard A. Tullman, Chicago, IL
	John Cain, Crown Point, IN

2000-02	Instructor, Moraine Valley Community College, IL
2001-02	Continuing Education Coordinator, Business and Professional Programs, Graham School of General Studies, University of Chicago, IL
	Instructor, Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL
1998-02	Instructor, Early College Program, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL