b. 1959, Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
| 1983 |
Master of Fine Art, University of Chicago |
| 1980 |
Bachelor of Fine Arts, State University of New York at New Paltz |
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2004 |
Dream/Girl, gescheidle, Chicago, IL |
| 2002 |
Day and Night: New Paintings, Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 2001 |
Paintings, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL |
| 2000 |
Pink, Leo Burnett, Chicago, IL |
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Selected Paintings, Riverside Arts Center, Riverside, IL |
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Pink Works, I Space, Chicago/ University Art Gallery, Indiana State University/Terre Haute, IN/ Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL |
| 1998 |
University Club, Chicago, IL |
| 1997 |
Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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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 |
Indiana University Northwest, Gary, IN |
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Recent Drawings, Center for Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL |
| 1991 |
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL |
| 1989 |
Deson-Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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Chicago Cultural Center, IL |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2005 |
Stepping Out!, Hinsdale Center for the Arts, Hinsdale, IL |
| 2004 |
Feminine Form, Fleur Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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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 |
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So Square, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL |
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The Fine Art of Food, gescheidle, Chicago, IL |
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Guest List, gescheidle, Chicago, IL |
| 2002 |
To Kiss the Spirits: An Artist Homage to Hollis Sigler, Artemesia, Chicago, IL |
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Carrie Secrist Gallery10: A Celebration of the First Decade, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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Reconfiguring Pop, G2, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
| 2001 |
Snow Globe Invitational, Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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Reflections, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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Uncommon Threads: Contemporary Artists and Clothing, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York |
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Out of the Garden, Hinsdale Center for the Arts, Hinsdale, IL |
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Reflections of Hope, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL |
| 2000 |
Self-Portraits 2000, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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New Work, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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Exquisite Corpse, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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Interior Spaces Still Lives, McClean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL |
| 1999 |
Thirty-One Shopping Days Till?... Pop Culture in Art at the End of the Millennium, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL |
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Downshifting, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL |
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New Work, Gallery A, Chicago, IL |
| 1998 |
Verdure, Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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Sweeping and Cleaning: Order and Chaos in Domestic Life, Walker's Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI |
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The Back Room, Gallery A, Chicago, IL |
| 1997 |
No Small Feat: Investigations of the Shoe in Contemporary Art, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago |
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SeriesSeriesSeries, Rockford College Art Gallery, Rockford, IL |
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Generations, New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA |
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Pink, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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Addendum, Northern Illinois University Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 1996 |
Arden Gallery, Boston, MA |
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To Each Her Own, Gallery A, Chicago, IL |
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Salon d'Art Contemporain, Montrouge, France |
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Galerie Piltzer, Paris, France |
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Objects of Personal Significance, Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL/ University Art Gallery, Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN/ Knoxville Art Museum, Knoxville, TN and travel through 1999 |
| 1995 |
Pulp Fictions: Works on Paper, Gallery A, Chicago, IL |
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Silent Spaces, Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL |
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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 |
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Contemporary Realists, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI |
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Sazama Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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Exquisite Corpse, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland |
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Desire in Time, Time as Intimacy, UWM Art Museum, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
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N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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Place, Illinois State Museum Lockport Gallery, Lockport, IL, Illinois Art Gallery, Chicago, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL Tour |
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Beaux Arc, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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World Tattoo Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 1992 |
Bookmarks, Northern Illinois University Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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L. J. Douglas, Lorraine Peltz, Donna Tadelman, CCA Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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Eight from Northwestern, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL |
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Realism Today, Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville, IN |
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N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 1991 |
Spirited Visions: Portraits of Chicago Artists, State of Illinois Art Gallery, Chicago, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL, and tour through 1993 |
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A Grand Slam Collaboration, The Renaissance Society, Chicago, IL |
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Uncensored Materials, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL |
| 1990 |
Northern Illinois University Art Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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Deson-Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 1989 |
Invitational, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 1988 |
Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 1987 |
Masks, Klein Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 1986 |
Art/Work, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, iL |
| 1985 |
The Object Revitalized, Paine Art Center, Oshkosh, WI and tour Outdoor Installation, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago |
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New Artists, New Work, Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 1984 |
Artists to Watch, Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 1983 |
Emerging: New Talent, Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, IL |
PUBLICATIONS
| 2004 |
New American Paintings, The Open Studios Press, No. 53 |
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Cassidy, Victor. Dream Girls, www.artnet.com/magazine, June 21 |
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Hawkins, Margaret. Gallery Glance, Chicago Sun-Times, April 23 |
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Workman, Michael. Lorraine Peltz, New City, April 1 |
| 2002 |
Camper, Fred. Lorraine Peltz, New Art Examiner, www.fredcamper.com |
| 2001 |
New American Paintings, Open Studios Press, August |
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Ulmer, Sean. Uncommon Threads: Contemporary Artists and Clothing, catalogue |
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Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, New York, March |
| 2000 |
Polanski, Jurek. Self Portraits 2000 at Printworks, Artscope.net, January |
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Hawkins, Margaret. Lorraine Peltz at I Space, Chicago Sun Times, May 19 |
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Hatcher, Alison. Interior Spaces Still Lives, catalogue, McLean County Arts Center, May |
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Wainwright, Lisa. Today's Excellent Hostess, catalogue, I Space, Chicago, April |
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Neuhoff, Tony. Thirty-one Shopping Days Till? ... Pop Culture in Art at the End of the Millennium, New Art Examiner, April |
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Wiens, Ann. The Exquisite Corpse, Dialogue, March/April |
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Pascale, Mark. Exquisite Corpse, catalogue, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, 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, Wi, February |
| 1997 |
Camper, Fred. Embracing Doubt, The Chicago Reader, June 27 |
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New American Paintings, Open Studios Press, August |
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Pacheco, Richard. Following a Familial Thread, The Standard Times, May 8 |
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Bauer, Monica. Pink, The New Art Examiner, May |
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Buchholz, Barbara B.. Gallery Watch, The Chicago Tribune, April 11 |
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Camper, Fred. Pink, The Chicago Reader, April 11 |
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Wainwright, Lisa. Pink, catalogue, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, March |
| 1996 |
Wainwright, Lisa. The Quiet Dramas of Lorraine Peltz, Le Petit Canard, No.5, Sept./ Oct./ Nov. |
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Holg, Garrett. Living with Art, Art News, October |
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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, The New Art Examiner, Sept. |
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Watts, Michael. Silent Spaces, catalogue, Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University, August |
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Camper, Fred. Lorraine Peltz's Domestic Bliss, The Chicago Reader, June 15 |
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Artner, Alan. Peltz's Formal Still Lifes a Salute to Abstraction, ChicagoTribune, June 9 |
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Bradley, Laurel. Home: Domestic Narratives, catalogue, Northern Illinois University Art Museum, March |
| 1994 |
Paine, Janice T.. Clockwork: Exhibit a Matter of Time, Milwaukee Sentinel, March 18 |
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Auer, James. Artists offer challenge to perceptions of time, The Milwaukee Journal, March 3 |
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Muster, Michael. Lorraine Peltz at Sazama Gallery, New Art Examiner, February |
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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 |
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Heartney, Eleanor. Paintings, catalogue, Sazama Gallery, Chicago, October |
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Hahn, Cheryl. Place, catalogue, Illinois State Museum Lockport Gallery, September |
| 1992 |
Condon, Elisabeth. L. J. Douglas, Lorraine Peltz, Donna Tadelman, New Art Examiner, September |
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McCracken, David. Gallery Scene, Chicago Tribune, June 5 |
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Bonesteel, Michael. Giving Art to Evanston, Evanston Review, May 21 |
| 1991 |
Yood, James. Eight From Northwestern, catalogue, Evanston Art Center |
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Carroll, Patty and Yood, James. Spirited Visions: Portraits of Chicago Artists, University of Illinois Press |
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Grabner, Michelle. Chicago Roundup, Art Muscle, March-May |
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McCracken, David. Evanston Art Center Picks More Winners, Chicago Tribune, February 15 |
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Bonesteel, Michael. Paintings Beat Sweets and Drink, Evanston Review, February 8 |
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Fulton, Jean. Lorraine Peltz: Recent Paintings, catalogue, Evanston Art Center, January |
| 1989 |
Brunetti, John. Lorraine Peltz/John Bakker, New Art Examiner, May |
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Krantz, Les. (ed.) The Chicago Art Review, American References Publications |
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McCracken, David. Two Painters Show Different Uses of the Past, Chicago Tribune, March 3 |
| 1987 |
Three Poems by Lorraine Peltz, Whitewalls, No. 15 |
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Argy, Andy. Art/Work, New Art Examiner, January |
| 1985 |
Artnotes: Chicago Painting Turns Up in The Oddest Places, New Art Examiner, December |
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Lifton, Norma. The Artist Chooses, New Art Examiner, April |
| 1984 |
Dresner, Hannah. Lorraine Peltz, New Art Examiner, November |
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Jackson, David. Artists by Number, Chicago Magazine, May |
| 1983 |
Glatt, Cara. Gallery Shows New Talent, The Hyde Park Herald, March 23 |
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The Chicago Review, Cover illustration of Summer issue |
HONORS & AWARDS
| 2000 |
Illinois Arts Council, Special Assistance Grant |
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City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, CAAP Grant |
| 1999 |
City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, CAAP Grant |
| 1993 |
University Research Grant, Northwestern University |
| 1983 |
Midway Studios Prize, University of Chicago |
| 1986 |
Paintings and Drawings for film About Last Night, Tri-Star Productions, CA |
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
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Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL |
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Arthur Andersen, Inc., Chicago, IL |
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Deloitte & Touche, Chicago, IL |
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Fidelity Investments, Wilmette, IL |
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GRA Realty, New York, NY |
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SPC Productions, CA |
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Sandoz Corporation, IL |
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Rockford Art Museum, IL |
SELECTED TEACHING EXPERIENCE
| 1995-02 |
Lecturer, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
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Instructor, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
| 1988-95 |
Assistant Professor, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, Director of Visiting |
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Artists Program, Director of Undergraduate Studies in Art |
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