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Born: Chicago IL, 1948

Education:

University of Illinois at Chicago, MFA 1985

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, BFA 1983

Ithaca College, Ithaca New York, 1966 – 1968

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

1993 LRC Gallery, Sinclair Community College, Dayton OH

Puschz Gallery, Chicago IL

1989 Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts/Race Street Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI

1987 N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago IL

1986 ARC Gallery, Chicago IL

A. Montgomery Ward Gallery, UIC, Chicago IL

1985 College of Du Page Gallery, Glen Ellyn IL

The Rice Building, Chicago IL

1984 Installation: “And This Is The Place Where Promises Are Made”, The Monadnock Building, Chicago IL

1983Performance Activated Installation:
“Memory + Activity = Change”, SAIC, Chicago IL (Assisted by Kirk Lockhardt)

1982 Performance Activated Installation: “Stress Cracks” SAIC, Chicago IL

Installation: “Entrance, Motel Paradise”, Goldblatt’s Building, Chicago IL

1976 Northwestern University Faculty Club, Evanston IL
Selected Group Exhibitions:

1993 Interior Reflections/Outdoor Perceptions Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Chicago IL

Gesture and Glance Suburban Fine Arts Gallery, Highland Park IL

1992 The Thirty-Fifth TAG Annual Trumbull Art Gallery, Warren OH

Chicago Eclecticism Jim Happy-Delpech Gallery, Chicago IL

Sixth Annual Regional Art Exhibition Gallery Ten, Rockford IL

1990 International Doll Invitational Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts/Race Street Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI

Faxart UIC, Chicago IL

New Horizons In Art Old Orchard Art Gallery, Skokie IL

2D/3D South Bend South Bend Art Center, South Bend IN

1989 Sixth Annual Works on Paper Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL

1987 118 North Clinton Sybil Larney Gallery, Chicago IL

The Amused Eye Evanston Art Center, Evanston IL

Open Spectrum David Adler Cultural Center, Libertyville, IL (Award of Excellence)

1986 61st Annual Rockford & Vicinity Rockford Art Museum, Rockford IL

Rutgers National 85/86 Works on Paper Stedman Art Gallery, Camden NJ

Behind the Scene Curated by Victoria Espy, at the Limelight, Chicago IL

Vernal Wood Evanston Art Center, Evanston IL

Constant Comment, Curated by Ken Saunders, at the Limelight, Chicago IL

Artists Go To Bat, Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago IL

Outdoor Installations, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago IL

1985 OK/USA Cameron University Art Gallery, Lawton OK

Unscene Curated by Sue Taylor and Devon Golden, ARC Gallery, Chicago IL

Day of the Dead Cameron University Art Gallery, Lawton OK (Award)

Ninth Annual Fine Arts Competition A. Montgomery Ward Gallery, UIC, Chicago IL (Best of Show)

National Graduate Drawing Exhibition Allen Priebe Art Gallery, Oshkosh, WI

1984 New Horizons in Art Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago IL

Connexions: In Celebration of Artists 4th Presbyterian Church, Chicago IL

Eighth Annual Fine Arts Competition A. Montgomery Ward Gallery, UIC, Chicago IL

Artist’s Call ARC Gallery, Chicago IL

1982 Mushrooms Performance with Musica Menta, CrossCurrents, Chicago IL

1982 Small Works 80 WSE Gallery, New York NY

1976 Modules, Shapes and Grids Jan Cicero Gallery, Evanston IL

Seven Painters Evanston Public Library, Evanston IL

1975 Members Show Evanston Art Center, Evanston IL

1974 Artists Invite Artists Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park IL

Members Show Evanston Art Center, Evanston IL

Illinois Grand Salon Mid-Continental Plaza, Chicago IL Sponsored By North Shore Art League

Awards and Honorariums:

1991 Residence Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT April 1991

1987 Visual Artists Fellowship, Illinois Arts Council

Award of Excellence, David Adler Cultural Center (Open Spectrum Exhibit)

1985 Award of Excellence, Day of the Dead Exhibit, Lawton OK

Best of Show, 9th Annual Fine Arts Competition,
Montgomery Ward Gallery, Chicago IL

1984 Chairman’s Technical Assistance Grant, Illinois Arts Council

Publications:

Artists Go to Bat, Limited Edition Commemorative Book, Bradley Printing Co. 1986

Bibliography:

Buckingham, M.A. “Memory + Activity = Change” Knowhere Magazine, V1 I1, April 1983

Caro, Mark “Is it Art or Just a Facsimile?” Chicago Tribune, July 13, 1990

Carroll, Margaret “Artists Score Big with the Cubs” Chicago Tribune, August 20, 1986

Hansen, Henry “Artists Paint Cubs for Family Rescue, Chicago Magazine, August 1986

Jeter, John “Battered Women Winners in Cubs’ Gala” Chicago Sun-Times, August 22, 1987

Leonhart, MM “Review” Chicago Reader, April 2, 1987

Lundy, Larry “Chicago’s Bumper Crop” New Art Examiner
September – October, 1982

Taylor, Sue “Judith Kitzes, Review” New Art Examiner,
June 1986

Taylor, Sue “Cubs Wives, Artists Team Up for Benefit”
Chicago Sun-Times, August 21, 1986

Yood, James “An Emerging Phenomena: New Talent Exhibits
Prevail in Chicago, New Art Examiner, December 1985

Yood, James “Artists Go To Bat: Review” New Art Examiner, October, 1986

Johnson, Dick, WLS-TV Nighttime News, August 11, 1986
Artists Go To Bat