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
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