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EDUCATION
Columbia College Chicago
MFA, Photography, 1999
Northern Illinois University
BFA, Visual Communication, 1992
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1989-90
TEACHING/LECTURES/EXPERIENCE
2000-current: Columbia College Chicago, Adjunct Faculty
Featured speaker, SPE Conference, Kalamazoo, MI, Sept. 2010
Artist Lecture, Milwaukee Art Museum, April 2011
Graphic Designer, McMillan Associates, West Dundee, IL, 1992-1996
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Ryerson Woods, Riverwoods, IL, Animals Are Outside Today, March, 2012
Union League Club of Chicago, Animals Are Outside Today, April, 2012
Radius Books, Santa Fe, NM, Animals Are Outside Today, October 2011
Dina Mitrani Gallery, Miami, Animals Are Outside Today, 2011
Jen Bekman Gallery, NY, Animals Are Outside Today, 2011
City Gallery, Historic Water Tower, Chicago, IL, Animals Are Outside Today, 2009
Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO, Urban Nature, 2009
Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago, IL, Urban Nature, 2007
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
Ten, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, (artist reception: March 15, 6-8 pm)
Someone I Know, www.someoneiknow.net, curated by Stuart Pilkington (April)
Stitched and Glued, handmade books, Riverside Arts Center, RIverside, IL, curated by Paul D'Amato
2012
Artists for Obama, Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago, IL
On Making Things Matter, SHoP (Southside Hub of Production), Hyde Park, Chicago
Wildlife in the Post-Natural Age, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Moving Party, Toward a Union of Public Artists, SHoP, Hyde Park, Chicago
2011
ReFraming the Feminine, Girls' Club Collection, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Pinyao International Photography Festival, Pinyao, China
2010
Exposures II, Dina Mitrani Gallery, Miami
Art Loop Open, Block 37, Chicago, IL
Art in Bloom, Milwaukee Art Museum
Disposable, Dina Mitrani Gallery, Miami, FL
Art Chicago, Photo-Eye Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2009
Mixtape, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, NY
Mus-Mus @Paris, juried by Stephen Shore, Gil Blank and Denise Wolff
The Un-Natural Nature of Food, Fractionmag.com, Melanie McWhorter, curator
Anthology, Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona, FL
Colleen Plumb and Zachariah Reike, van Straaten Gallery, Denver, CO
Photo-Op, 14th Annual Exhibit, PCNW, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
15th Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
Art Chicago, Riverhouse/van Straaten Gallery, Denver, CO
2008
Hey Hot Shot, Volume I, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, NY
Beyond the Backyard, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
19th Evanston Biennial, Evanston, IL
Photography Now, Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN
2007
Bridge Art Fair, Standard Usage Project, Miami, FL
Field Guide to the American Family, Humble Arts Foundation, Gallery Bar, NY
Power of Plants, Museum of the Earth, Ithaca, NY
Power of Plants, Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, IL
2006
InSight: Recent Additions to the Permanent Collection, MoCP, Chicago
New Chicago Photography, Version Fest, Iron Studios, J. Gitelson, B.Ulrich curators
Fresh StART, Santa Monica Art Studios, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Contemporary Condition, Hokin Center, curated by Paul D’Amato, Chicago
Click Art, Woman Made Gallery, curated by Whitney Bradshaw, Chicago
2005
PROOF, SPE regional conference, George Mason Univ., Chan Chao juror, Fairfax, VA
Power of Plants, US Botanic Garden, Washington, D.C.
BIRDS 2005 International, Beijing Natural Cultural Center, China
The Chicago Project, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago
2004
Frozen in Light, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago
Chicago Land/Space/Place, Greg Foster-Rice, Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago
2003
Movement Auction, The Renaissance Society, University of Chicago
Art to Fear, ARC Gallery, Chicago
2001
You Are Here, Chicago in the Year 2000, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago
2000
Our Town, CITY 2000, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago
A Year in the Life, City Gallery Historic Water Tower, Chicago
CITY 2000, inaugural exhibit, Gallery 312, Chicago
1999
Photosynthesis, Three Arts Club, Chicago
COLLECTIONS
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL
Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago, IL
Ruttenberg/Belgravia, Chicago, IL
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
Tweet, Chicago, IL
Girls' Club Collection, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2003-Present, Midwest Photographers Project, mocp.org
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2011 3Arts Chicago Visual Artist Award Nominee
2010 CAAP Grant, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
2010 Baum Award for Emerging American Photographers Nominee
2009 Ne Plus Ultra, Jen Bekman Gallery, NYC
2008 Blurb, Photography.Book.Now honorable mention
2008 CENTER: Review Santa Fe attendee
2008 Driehaus Foundation Individual Artist Award Nominee
2007 Urban Nature named No. 1 Museum Photography
Exhibit, NewCity Chicago, Michael Weinstein
2006 CAAP Grant, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
2005 Beijing National Cultural Center, Honorable Mention
2002 Black Box, Columbia College part time faculty grant
1998 Stuart Baum Project Completion Grant
1997 Albert P. Weisman Scholarship
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2011 New York Times LENS blog, Love and Loss and the Animal Kingdom, by Kerri MacDonald
2011 BBC Brazil, June 2011
2011 TIME Magazine, LightBox, Neil Harris
2011 FK, Foto Kvartals, interview, by Elina Ruka
2011 Nuevo Herald, Miami, by Adriana Herrera
2011 l'Espresso, Rome, Lara Crinò
2011 LIFE Force magazine, London, Damian Bird
2011 Pasatiempo, Santa Fe, Rob Dewalt
2011 Animals Are Outside Today, Radius Books, essay by Lisa Hostetler
2011 Exploring Color Photography, 5th ed. Robert Hirsch
2010 New York Times Style Magazine, Sunday, November 7
2009 HotShoe International, June, Second Life of Jen Bekman, Gallerist
2009 PDN, Exposures, February 2009, by Alia Akkam, edited by Conor Risch
2009 PDN, Chicago's Photography Scene, June
2009 Nymphoto Photography Collective, Conversation
2009 Essay, Historic Water Tower, Karen Irvine, MoCP
2009 PDN Online, Exposures: All Booked Up, by Conor Risch
2008 Artists' Showcase, Center for Fine Art Photography, essay by Darius Himes
2007 Light and Lens: Photography in the Digital Age, Edited by Robert Hirsch
2007 Field Guide to the North American Family, by Garth Risk Hallberg
2006 CITY 2000, Edited by Teri Boyd and Gary Comer, University of IL Press
2006 Photography Now: 100 Portfolios DVD, Wright State, Dayton, OH
2005 SHOTS, 2005 Portfolio Issue
2005 NATURE, 6x6 Series, published by Columbia College
WORKS ONLINE
20x200 Editions, A Jen Bekman Project
Women in Photography, wipnyc.org, April, 2011
LANDSCAPE Stories, Animals
The Chain, curated by Stuart Pilkington
PDN Photo of the Day, April 14, 2011
Photo-Eye, Photographer's Showcase, photoeye.com
Flak Photo, flakphoto.com
Chicago Project, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago
Booklyn Academy of Music (BAMart), 2011 auction
SF Camerawork, 2010 auction
Friends of Photography Auction, Angkor Hospital for Children, New York, 2009
REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS
Photo Eye book review, by Ellen Rennard
PDN Notable Books 2011, Holly Stuart Hughes
La Lettre de La PHOTOGRAPHIE, Book Review, Miss Rosen
Interview: Animals Are Outside Today, Miss Rosen
Santa Fe Radio Cafe: with Mary-Charlotte, October 27, 2011
The New York Photo Review, Barbara Confino
Photograph Magazine, Snapshots, Jean Dykstra, April 2011
Our Hen House, Jasmin Singer, April 2011
Flavorwire, Tom Hawking, April 2011
NewCity Chicago, Historic Water Tower, Michael Weinstein
Art Slant, Beyond the Backyard @MoCP, Abraham Ritchie
Review Santa Fe, Darius Himes
NewCity Chicago, Eye Exam: For the Birds, Jason Foumberg
NewCity Chicago, Tip of the Week, Michael Weinstein
Cigarettes and Purity, Mel Trittin
mus-mus @Paris, Youngna Park
The Rumpus, Stephen Elliot
Flavorwire, Sara Distin
Personism, Jen Bekman
Hey Hot Shot blog, Jen Bekman Gallery
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