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Vitae             Steven Carrelli

 

Education


1995                           Master of Fine Arts, Painting, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

1990                           Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, Studio Art, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL



One-Person and Two-Person Exhibitions


2008                           Letters from the Storm, Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago, IL

2003                           Corpus, gescheidle, Chicago, IL

                                   Spectrum, Friesen Galleries, Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, ID

2002                           Nothing/Much, Judson College, Elgin, IL

                                   Flesh-Colored, Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago, IL

                                   Observing Silence, Adams Hall Gallery, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL

2001                           Looking In, Seeing Big: Louise LeBourgeois and Steven Carrelli, The Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art,                                                   College of Lake County, Greyslake, IL

1999                           To Fix the Gaze, Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL

                                   Isis Gallery, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN

                                   Louise LeBourgeois and Steve Carrelli, Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL

                                   New Works, Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL



Group Exhibitions

2009                           UpScale/DownSize, Bowling Green State University, Willard Wankelman Gallery, Bowling Green, OH

                                   {blank} place, Columbia College Chicago A+D Gallery, Chicago, IL

                                   Next (c/o Packer Schopf Gallery), The Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL

2008                           The Drawing Show, The Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL, curated by Brian Ritchard

                                   Vista Novus: New Views of Nature and the Landscape, Addington Gallery, Chicago, IL

2007                           Remembering Ruth: 25 Years of Giving, The Ruth Chenven Foundation and NoHo Gallery, New York, NY

                                   The Bridge Art Fair (c/o Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago), Chicago Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL

                                   The First Annual Putt-Putt Green Design Competition, The Experimental Station, Chicago IL                                                                                                       subsequently installed on the Quad at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL  

2006                           Concept Driven, Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL

                                   Art Chicago 2006 (c/o Aron Packer Gallery), Chicago Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL

                                   Travel Documents: Artists' Response to Place, Columbia College Chicago A+D Gallery, Chicago, IL                                                                                                                  and Koehnline Museum, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL, curated by Corey Postiglione

                                   Something Old, Something New, The Hinsdale Center for the Arts, Hinsdale, IL, curated by Rhonda Bacus

2005                           After the Fact, The Riverside Arts Center, Riverside, IL, curated by Tim Lowly

                                   Senza Titolo, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy

2004                           The San Francisco International Art Expo, San Francisco, CA (c/o gescheidle, Chicago, IL)

2003                           Guest List, gescheidle, Chicago, IL

                                   The San Francisco International Art Expo, San Francisco, CA (c/o gescheidle, Chicago, IL)

                                   The Affordable Art Fair, Pier 92, New York City, NY (c/o gescheidle, Chicago, IL)

                                   About Looking at Things, gescheidle, Chicago, IL

                                   Contemporary Drawing Salon, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL, curated by John Brunetti

                                   Evanston + Vicinity Biennial, The Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL

2002                           Art Chicago , Navy Pier, Chicago, IL (c/o Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago, IL)

                                   DePaul University Faculty Exhibition, DePaul University Art Gallery, Chicago, IL

                                   Men: The Male Figure in Contemporary Art, Hawthorn Gallery, Birmingham, AL

2001                           Snow Globe Invitational, Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago, IL

                                   Venus, Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago, IL

                                   Something Old Something New, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY

                                   Art Scene Chicago, The Chicago Athenaeum, Schaumberg, IL

                                   Artists/Alumni: Masters of Fine Arts from Northwestern’s Department of Art Theory and Practice, The Block Museum of Art,                                                   Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

                                   Small Packages III, Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL

                                   Shake the Coat: A Midwestern Tribute to Gregory Gillespie, North Park University, Chicago, IL, curated by Tim Lowly

2000                           Union Images , Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL

                                   First Works, Columbia College Art Gallery, Columbia College, Chicago, IL

                                   Gallery Artists Group Show, Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL

                                   Materials and Techniques, O’Connor Gallery, Dominican University, River Forest, IL, curated by Jeffery Cote de Luna

1999                           In the Unlikely Event, Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID

                                   Small Works, Gallery Arcadia, Grand Rapids, MI

                                   End of the Millennium, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL

                                   Euro Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

                                   The Conscious Line, Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID

                                   Images of Silence, Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, IL

                                   Graphite, Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL

1998                           Small Packages, Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL

                                   What We Have Seen, Gallery Arcadia, Grand Rapids, MI, curated by Tim Lowly

1997                           Small Works, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA

                                   Chicago: A Spiritual Landscape, Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, IL, curated by Tim Lowly

                                   Evanston Art Center Faculty Exhibition, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL

                                   In Side Out Side In, North Park College, Chicago, IL, curated by Tim Lowly

1995                           Small Painting – Big Shoulders,Kendall College of Art, Grand Rapids, MI and Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL, curated by Tim Lowly

                                   Ecstasy, Wood Street Gallery,  Chicago,  IL

                                   Poetic Images, Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL, curated by Bert Menco

                                   Union League Scholarship Exhibition, Union League Civic and Arts Foundation, Chicago, IL

                                   Surfacing, 362 W. Erie St., Chicago, IL

1993                           Art Chicago, Cityfront Center, Chicago, IL  (c/o The Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago)

                                   Sacred Arts XIV, The Graham Center Museum, Wheaton, IL

 

 

Awards and Grants


2001                           The Ruth Chenven Foundation, New York, NY

2000                           Purchase Award, Union Images 2000, Chicago Federation of Labor, Chicago, IL

                                   Community Arts Assistance Program (CAAP) Grant, Chicago, IL

1995-96                      Fulbright Grant, Florence, Italy

1995                           Union League Civic and Arts Foundation Scholarship, Chicago, IL

 



Reviews and Publications

2009                           Raél Jero Salley, Jennifer Murray, et. al., {blank} place, exhibition catalogue, Columbia College Chicago A+D Gallery, Chicago, IL.

                                   Jaqueline Nathan, et. al., UpScale/DownSize, exhibition catalogue, Bowling Green State University Fine Arts Center Galleries, Bowling Green, OH.

2007                           Leah Pietrusiak, "The Scene: Putt-putt artist design studio," "Out There," Time Out Chicago, Issue No. 109, March 29 - April 4, 2007, pg. 4.

2006                           Margaret Hawkins, "'Travel Documents' Lets Us Tour with the Artists," Chicago Sun Times, March 17, 2006.

2002                           Paul B. Jaskot, Louise Lincoln, et. al., DePaul University 2002 Faculty Exhibition, exhibition  catalogue, Depaul University Art Gallery, Chicago, IL.

2001                           William Conger, James Yood, et. al.,  Artists/Alumni, exhibition catalogue, The Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Evanston, IL.

                                   New American Paintings, Volume 35, Open Studios Press, Wellesley, MA.

                                   Steve Tomasula, Looking In, Seeing Big: Louise LeBourgeois and Steven Carrelli, exhibition catalogue,
                                                  Community Gallery of Art, College of Lake County, Greyslake, IL.

                                   Columbian Exposition Art Auction Catalogue, Columbia College Center for Book and Paper Arts, November 2, 2001.

                                   Nancy Maes, “Portrait of the Artists,” Northwestern, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

                                   Ellen Pritsker, “Small Works,” Pioneer Press, Glenview, IL, March 22, 2001.

                                   “Choice Events,” City Talk, Chicago, IL, March 23 & 30, 2001.

                                   “Museum showcases artists from Chicagoland,” Pioneer Press, Glenview, IL, February 22, 2001.

2000                           Ben Mahmoud, “Shake the Coat,” The Daily Chronicle, Dekalb, IL, November 19, 2000.

                                   Andrew Patner, Review of “Union Images 2000,” The Chicago Sun-Times, September 4, 2000.

                                   Jurek Polanski, Review of “Union Images 2000,” www.artscope.net, October, 2000.

                                   Ivy Sundell, Art Scene, Chicago 2000, Crow Woods Publishing, Evanston, IL.

1998                           Conrad Bakker, “The Conviction of Sight,” The Paper, Grand Rapids, MI, October 22, 1998.

                                   The Nature of Landscape, exhibition catalogue, University of Notre Dame (IN) and others.

1995                           Fred Camper, “Household Poisons,” The Chicago Reader, November 10, 1995.*


 

Public and Corporate Collections

                                   The Chicago Federation of Labor AFL-CIO, Chicago, IL

                                   Grace Episcopal Church, Chicago, IL

                                   Northwestern University Graduate School, Evanston, IL

                                   The Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art, The College of Lake County, Greyslake, IL


 

Teaching Experience


2007 - present            Instructor, Department of Art, Media and Design, DePaul University, Chicago, IL

2000 - present            Instructor, Department of Art and Design, Columbia College, Chicago, IL

2005-06                      Instructor, Drawing and Painting Coordinator, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy

1996 - 2004                Instructor, Department of Art and Art History, DePaul University, Chicago, IL

1999                           Instructor, Beginning Drawing, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL

1998-99                      Instructor, Fine Arts Seminar, The Chicago Metropolitan Center, Chicago, IL

1996-98                      Instructor, Drawing, Egg Tempera Painting, Oil Painting, The Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL

1995                           Instructor, Basic Drawing, Department of Art Theory and Practice, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

1989-91                      Technical Director, Lighting Designer, Teacher, The Muse Theater Company Wheaton, IL, Philadelphia, PA, and Camden, NJ