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Mary BorgmanPortrait of Justin Shanitkvich - Large Scale Charcoal on Mylar Original, Framed2022
2022
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About the Item
Mary Borgman’s work captivates the viewer in several ways. First is their scale. They hang like medieval tapestries, with figures standing as tall as eight feet. There is also their texture – created by using charcoal on Mylar, and the results are richly gestural, with distinct charcoal strokes and eraser marks animating the figure and ground alike. With a flat surface, she creates volume and life. And perhaps the most powerful of all, the viewer is caught be the gazes of the models, who stare forcefully out of the picture. They seem to be examining us every bit as much as we are examining them.
These larger-than-life portraits stem from chance encounters that grow into meaningful connections between the artist and her subject. Most are strangers that she approaches on the street. They capture her attention with expressive eyes that show experience and wisdom, distinctive shapes and a casual body language. “I try to honor the people I am drawing by centering them in the format and shooting from slightly below their eye level. I choose an expression that exudes intelligence, self-awareness and complexity. I try to convey their humanness. I want the viewer to feel this person might be someone interesting to know”, says Borgman of her subjects. The intensity with which she conveys the eyes may stem from her many years of communicating in sign language, which is based on sustained eye contact.
Borgman loves the directness of drawing. It is immediate, there is no lag time. There is no time waiting for the paint to dry. She works solely in charcoal which she can manipulate to achieve varying degrees of darkness and opacity. It is messy and the artist loves that.
Mary Borgman
Portrait of Justin Shanitkvich, 2022
charcoal on mylar
53h x 40w in
134.62h x 101.60w cm
MBG009
[This work is custom framed in shadow box style with non-reflective Tru-Vue Museum Glass]
FRAMED DIMENSIONS
55.25h x 42.50w x 2.25d in
140.34h x 107.95w x 5.71d cm
Mary Borgman
b. October 4, 1959 St. Louis, MO
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2017 Grand Opening: Coming Attractions, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
2013 SOFA Chicago 2013, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL Portraiture Now: Drawing on the Edge, National Portrait Gallery, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
2012 Portraiture Now: Drawing on the Edge, National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C.
SOFA Chicago 2012, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
SOFA NY, Ann Nathan Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Gallery Group Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
SOFA NY, Ann Nathan Gallery, New York, NY
2010 SOFA Chicago 2010: Special Installation at SOFA Café, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
What’s the Buzz on the Playground: Art of Today from St. Louis curated by Mary Sprague, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mt. Vernon, IL
SOFA Santa Fe 2010, Santa Fe Convention Center, Santa Fe, NM
Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
2009 Here’s Looking at You: Contemporary Portraits, Schmidt Art Center, Belleville, IL
SOFA, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Mosaic, Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA
Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
SOFA, Ann Nathan Gallery, New York, NY
Portraits, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008 Photo/Realism, Clay Center, Charleston, WV
Looking Ahead: the Mott-Warsh Collection, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
Palm Beach³, Ann Nathan Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
SOFA, Ann Nathan Gallery, New York, NY
2007 SOFA, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
In Black and White II, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
SOFA NY, Ann Nathan Gallery, New York, NY
Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Palm Beach³, Ann Nathan Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
2006 SOFA NY, Ann Nathan Gallery, New York, NY
8th Annual Realism Invitational, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, NY & Jenkins Johnson Gallery, CA
Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Mary Borgman, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Palm Beach³, Ann Nathan Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
2005 Representing Representation VII, Arnot Art Museum, NY
SOFA NY, Ann Nathan Gallery, New York, NY
Art Chicago 2005, Butler Field at Millennium Park, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Palm Beach³, Ann Nathan Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
2004 SOFA, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
VISION 9, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
SOFA NY, Ann Nathan Gallery, New York, NY
Art Chicago 2004, Navy Pier, represented by Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
New Work, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003 Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
SOFA, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Art Chicago, Navy Pier, represented by Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002 In Black and White, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
SOFA, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Art Chicago 2002, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Art of the 20th Century, Ann Nathan Gallery, Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, NY
2001 Five Pick Five, Meramec Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Drawing the Body, The Hunt Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2000 Midlands Invitational 2000: Works on Paper, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
Of World and Self, Innsbrook Gallery, Innsbrook, MO
1999 The Millennium: Looking Forward, Looking Back, Center for Contemporary Arts, St. Louis, MO Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY
1998 Messing Gallery, Saint Louis, MO
1997 Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL
St. Charles County Community College, St. Peters, MO
Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI
1996 Figurative Painting in Saint Louis Today, Fontbonne College, St. Louis, MO
Art of Living, Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, St. Louis, MO
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
21C Museum Hotel, Louisville, KY
The Clay Center, Charleston, WVSt. Louis University, St. Louis, MO
St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, MO
The Tullman Collection - Howard Tullman, Kendall College, Flashpoint Academy, 1871 (Tech Incubator), Chicago, IL
The Mott-Warsh Collection
SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Kenneth Alpert, New York, NY
Drs. Mark and Helene Connolly, River Forest, IL
Rod Dommeyer, Chicago, IL
John Ferring, St. Louis, MO
Patti Gilford Fine Art, Chicago, IL
Hellman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Joe Kolb, Little Rock, AR
Caryn Cohen, New York, NY
The Shoemaker/Ruud Collection
Lorry and Cara Lichtenstein, Chicago, IL
Jan Petry, Chicago, IL
Bill Silverstein, Highland Park, IL
Ginny Sykes, Chicago, IL
Thurston and Sharon Twigg-Smith, Honolulu, HI
Robin Winslow, Evanston, IL
Chuck Wolandi, Chicago, IL
SELECTED HONORS
2009 Semifinalist, Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2009, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institute
2006 The Open Studios Press, Winner of the Midwest Competition, no 65.MA
2001 Global Grant: The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, Montreal, Canada
2001 The Open Studios Press, Winner of the Midwest Competition, no. 35.MA
1999 The Open Studios Press, Winner of the Midwest Competition, no. 28.MA
Books, Articles, Catalogues and Reviews
• Katherine R. Lieber. ArtScope.Net V.11 “Art Chicago at the Merchandise Mart” May 2009
• Neila Mezynski. artnowMAG “Muskegon Museum of Art: Gems in Middle America” Sept. 2008 SOFA Chicago Catalog (Reproduction)
• Deborah Rockman. “Drawing Essentials-A Guide to Observation,” Textbook. 2008 (reproductions)
• Kevin Nance,. “Vision Provides Walk on the Art Side.” The Chicago Sun Times. July 2007 (reproduction)
• Margaret Hawkins. Art News. Review. Sept. 2006 p.151 (reproduction)
• Joshua Rose. American Art Collector. “The Tullman Collection,” Oct. 2006 p. 77,78
• The Mobile Press-Register “Contemporary Imaginings: The Howard and Judith Tullman Collection”, Harrison, Dec.10, 2006
• Fred Camper The Chicago Reader “The Female Gaze-Mary Borgman at Ann Nathan” 2006
• Margaret Hawkins. “From Bleak to Chic in Less Than a Week” The Chicago Sun Times May 2006
• Art Knowledge News. “Bold Charcoals by Mary Borgman in Chicago” April 2006
• Margaret Hawkins. The Chicago Sun Times “Drawings are no small appreciation of chickens” May 5, 2006
• The Open Studios Press. New American Paintings, Midwest Edition, 2006 Featured artist
• Mary Ellen Sullivan. Art Info “The Chicago Show Goes On-Under New Leadership” May 1, 2006
• 8th Annual Realism Invitational Jenkins Johnson Gallery NY and SF catalog (reproductions)
• John Cleary. “The Big Event.” Star Gazette, New York September 16, 2005 (reproduction)
• John O’Hern. Arnot Art Museum Representing Representation VII Catalogue (reproductions)
• John O Hern. Art Collector’s Magazine “Museum Curator” p 26 Jan. 2006 (reproductions)
• SOFA Chicago SOFA New York 2005 Catalogue (reproduction)
• Art Chicago 2005 Catalogue (reproduction)
• Katherine Rook Lieber. “Mary Borgman at Ann Nathan Gallery” Artscope, 2004 (reproductions)
• Margaret Hawkins. “Less is Lots Better at Art Chicago Show” Chicago Sun Times, May 10, 2004
• Art Chicago 2004 Catalogue (reproduction)
• Alan G. Artner. “Mary Borgman” Chicago Tribune, Oct. 4, 2002 Section 7 c, page 36 (reproduction)
• Ann Weins. “Mary Borgman” The Chicago Art Critics Association Review, Oct. 2002, Vol 3. No.1
• Art Chicago 2003 Catalogue (reproduction)
• Jeff Daniels. “From River City to River North” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Sept. 27, 2002 Everyday Section page 1 and D6, (reproductions)
• Margaret Hawkins. “Making the Rounds” Chicago Sun-times, Sept. 13, 2002 (reproduction)
• Jeff Daniels. “It’s the Art, Not the Space” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, August 11, 2002 A and E Section
• The Open Studios Press. New American Paintings. Juror: Janet Bishop, Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Featured artist. no. 35, 2001
• Janet L. Farber. Midlands Invitational 2000 –Works on Paper. Joslyn Art Museum Catalogue, pages 4, 5, 14, 15, 49 (reproductions)
• McNally, Molly. “Illustrating the Inner and Outer Experiences.” The Reader, June 7, 2000 Calendar 58, pages 37-38. (reproduction)
• Hay, Cris. “Paper World” The Omaha Weekly, May 11, 2000. Vol. 1, Issue 10 p. 3-6.
• The Kentucky Voice and St. Louis Artist’s Exhibit at Yeiser” July 1999, Volume 8, No. 7 page 1, 8 (reproductions)
• Callahan, Teresa. “The Millennium: Looking Forward, Looking Back” Art St. Louis Magazine Volume 13, No. 3, page 9. (reproduction)
• The Open Studio Press. New American Paintings, Juror: James Rondeau, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art at the Art Institute of Chicago Featured Artist, no. 23, 1999 (reproductions)
• Rogers, Stacy Smith. “Artist Eye on Paducah,” Arts and Crafts Across Kentucky spring 1999, page 11 (reproduction)
• Wampler, Scott. Contemporary American Drawing. China: Jilin Fine Arts Publishing House, 1997, catalog (reproductions)
• Batz, Jeanette. “Conversations: Shades of Gold.” The Riverfront Times, February 12-18, 1997, page 10 (reproductions)
• Duffy, Robert. “Portraits That Penetrate and Reveal; Mary Borgman: Black and White Portraits.” Saint Louis Post-Dispatch, February 20, 1997, Get Out Section, page 27, column 1 (reproduction)
• Duffy, Robert. “Go Figure.” Saint Louis Post-Dispatch, September 19, 1996, Get Out Section, page 27, column 1
• Shepley, Carol Ferring. “A Dozen Strong Emerging Artists.” Saint Louis Post-Dispatch, March 28, 1996. Get Out Section, page 26, column 1 (reproduction)
• Shepley, Carol Ferring. “A Show of Color.” Saint Louis Post-Dispatch, May 4, 1995, Section G, page 4, column 1
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
INSTRUCTOR
2004 – 2008 Washington University, St. Louis, MO: Drawing
1999 – 2004 Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO: Drawing/Figure Drawing, Graduate & Undergraduate
2003 – 2004 University of Missouri at St. Louis: Advanced Painting and Drawing
2000 – 2004 St. Louis Community College at Meramec 2001 St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley
1999 – 2003 St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, MO
JUROR
2008 Foundry Arts Center, Saint Charles, MO
2001 St. Louis Community College at Forest Park Student Exhibition: guest awards
1998 NAWBO Award, Juror: (presented to an outstanding St. Louis woman artist)
ARTIST’S LECTURES
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, 2009
Webster University, 2000, 2003, 2007
St. Charles Community College, 1999, 2002, 2004
St. Louis Community College at Forest Park, 2000, 2003
St. Louis Community College at Meramec, 2000
St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley, 1999
The Ethical Society of St. Louis, 1998
University of Missouri at St. Louis, 1998
Fontbonne University, 1997
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, 1997
The Messing Gallery in St. Louis, 1999
St. Louis Women’s Caucus for Art, 1997
The Mitchell Museum in Illinois, 1997
EDUCATION
2001 M.F.A. Fontbonne College, St. Louis, MO
2000 M.A. Fontbonne College, St. Louis, MO
1986 A.A. Deaf Communications, St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, MO
1982 B.F.A. Graphic Communications, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
- Creator:Mary Borgman (1959, American)
- Creation Year:2022
- Dimensions:Height: 53 in (134.62 cm)Width: 40 in (101.6 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Chicago, IL
- Reference Number:Seller: MBG0091stDibs: LU554310062122
Mary Borgman
Mary Borgman was born in 1959 in St. Louis. She earned a BFA in graphic communications from Washington University in St. Louis in the year 1982, and an AA in deaf communications from the St. Louis Community College, St. Louis in 1986. Then in 2001, she went on to earn her MA and MFA from Fontbonne University in St. Louis.
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2017 Grand Opening: Coming Attractions, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
2013 SOFA Chicago 2013, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL Portraiture Now: Drawing on the Edge, National Portrait Gallery, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
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SOFA NY, Ann Nathan Gallery, New York, NY
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Coming Attractions, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
2012 Eye Teeth Group Show, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI
2011 Art Chicago 2011, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
2010 Art Chicago 2010, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
2009 David Becker Retrospective, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Art Chicago 2009, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
The 184th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, National Academy Museum, NYC
Selections, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008 Art Chicago 2008, Represented by Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
2007 Unruly Muse, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
SOFA NY (Sculptural Objects Functional Art), Ann Nathan Gallery, 7th Regiment Armory, NY, NY
Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 Palm Beach³, Ann Nathan Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
2005 SOFA NY (Sculptural Objects Functional Art), Ann Nathan Gallery, 7th Regiment Armory, NY, NY
Art Chicago in the Park, Butler Field, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Palm Beach³, Ann Nathan Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
2004 Contemporary Prints: National Academy Museum Collection, National Academy of Design, NYC
Art Chicago 2004, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Fantastic & Visionary Art, touring exhibit: Orange, Manning, Riddoch, & Ballart Gallery, Australia
Return of the Men, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2003 Art Chicago 2003, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Fantastic & Visionary Art, touring exhibit: Orange Regional Gallery, New South Wales, Australia
National Academy of Design 178th Annual Exhibition, NY, NY
2002 Art Chicago 2002, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Art of the 20th Century, Ann Nathan Gallery, Park Ave. Armory, NY, NY
Outsider Art Fair, The Puck Building @ Houston & Lafayette Sts., NYC
Self and Other Portraits, Wisconsin Artists, Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Return of the Men, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2001 Beyond the 50's, May 4 - July 1, Exhibit A, A Gallery of Art & Design, Birmingham, Michigan
Outsider Art Fair, January 26-28, The Puck Building @ Houston & Lafayette Sts., NYC
"FANTASTIC ART", April/May, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange NSW, Australia.
David Becker: Etchings and Engravings, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, solo exhibition of prints, February.
2000 Four person exhibition, Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia, Oct. 31 - Nov. 27, 2000.
1999 National Academy 174th Annual Exhibition, NY
University of Wisconsin-Madison Faculty, Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, WI
Treasures Revealed: 19th and 20th Century American Works on Paper, National Academy, NY
1995 Bharat Bhavan International Biennial of Prints, Bhopal, India
Contemporary Prints, Selections from John Szoke Gallery, NYC, Drew University, Madison, NJ
Collection Update, 1994, National Academy of Design Museum, NY
1994 David Becker and Robert Sholties, Peconic Gallery, Suffolk Community College, Riverhead, NY
In Black and White: Works by Four Printmakers, Atrium Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs
Aesthetics of Athletics: Sports, Games, and Exercise, Charles A. Wustum Musem, Racine, WI
GMI IX Award Winners, Art Center Gallery, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg
1993 Take Home a Nude benefit auction, NY Academy of Art Graduate School Of Figurative Art, NY
1993 American Prints: Last Half 20th Century, Jane Haslem Gallery, Washingtion, DC
Outstanding American Prints, Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha,WI
National Academy of Design 168th Annual Exhibition, NY
David Becker: Etchings, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
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1992 The Print Fair, 7th Regiment Armory, NY
1991 166th Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, NY
Alma College Collection, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
Modes of Expression, Potsdam College, SUNY, Potsdam, NY
1990 With Nothing On, Prints and Drawings of the Nude, New Orleans Museum of Art, LA
Prints by Printmakers, Staller Art Center, SUNY-Stonybrook, NY
Publications/Reviews
2007 November 60 Years of North American Prints: 1947-2007, Boston U. Art Gallery, Boston, MA
2003 July 11 Isthmus, Madison, “Welcome to My Nightmare,” by Robert Cozzolino.
2001 March 14 The Wall Street Journal, "Time Off: A Week of Diversions."
Review of Progressive Printmakers (LVM) exhibition.
2001 February Isthmus, Madison, "America's Printland," by Jennifer Smith.
2001 February Capital Times, "The Crowned Prints," by Kevin Lynch.
1999 July Progressive Printmakers: Wisconsin Artists & the Print Renaissance.
1995 – 1999 Who’s Who in America.
1993 Summer The Journal of the Print World, review.
March 14 The New York Times, review.
March 12 The Daily Oklahoman, review.
1990 Dec. 13 The Capital Times, review.
April 28 The Washingtion Post, review.
March 25 The New York Times, review.
Summer The Journal of the Print World, review.
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Brooklyn Museum, NYC
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI
Elvehjem Museum of Art, U of Wisconson-Madison
Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Metropolitan Museum, Miami, FL
Museo de Arte Moderno, Cali, Columbia
National Academy, NY, NY
National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC
New York Public Library, NY
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, MA
United States Information Agency, Prague, Czech.
Alberta College of Art, Alberta, Canada
Albion College, Albion, MI
Alma College, Alma, MI
Art Center, South Bend, IN
AT&T Corporate HQ, Plainfield, NJ
Boston Printmakers, Boston, MA
Bradley University, Peoria, IL
Columbia Green Community College, Hudson, NY
Columbus State University, Columbus, GA
Davidson College, Davidson, NC
Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA
Georgia State University – Atlanta
Hope College, Holland, MI
Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
Marui Imai Inc., Sapporo, Japan
Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, WI
Minot Art Association, Minot, ND
North Carolina Print/Drawing Society, Charlotte, NC
North Texas State University – Denton
Ohio University – Athens
Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma State University, OK
Quad Graphics, Milwaukee, WI
Silvermine Guild of Arts, New Canaan, CT
Springfield College, Springfield, MA
St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
State University of New York – Fredonia
State University of New York – Potsdam
Trenton State College, Trenton, NJ
University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
University of Colorado-Boulder
University of Dallas, TX
University of Louisville, Louisville, KN
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
University of North Dakota – Grand Forks
University of South Dakota – Vermillion
University of Tennesse – Knoxville
West Chester State College, West Chester, PA
Western Kentucky University – Bowling Green
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Marc Hauser, Chicago, IL
Michael John Hofer, Chicago, IL
Drs. Mark & Helene Connolly, River Forest, IL
Jamie Kalikow, New York, NY
Dianne & Jim Blanco, Chicago, IL
Denise Roberge, Palm Desert, CA
Tish & Philip Messinger, Creskill, NJ
Brian Wesphal & Michael McVicker, Chicago, IL
Ralph Privoznik, Lafayette, IN
Candice Groot, Evanston, IL
Shomaker/Ruud Collection, Chicago, IL
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I depict my person in multiplicity with different selves representing dramatis
personae. My likeness is both implicit and symbolic in the portrayal of my
narrative; the drama involved in creating art and the artist’s role in society. I
use realism to invite the viewer into mysterious inner worlds that are layered
reflections of the outer. Dehumanizing environments are imbued with art
historical references as a critique of power structures. The artist is an
Everyman who is at odds with society and his self.
Visually my work is a celebration of society’s dark undercurrents and its
overlooked absurdities. I use charcoal and printmaking media as their
tenebrous values add a fitting metaphor. The nuances of light and shadow
seduce viewers into a world their better judgment would have them avoid.
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through the austerity of a colorless, yet not humorless, light.
-BIO-
Christopher Ganz grew up in Northeast Ohio and from early on had a fertile imagination and an interest in art. Christopher's artistic education truly began at the University of Missouri, where his love of the human form led to many figure drawing classes and his exposure to the wonders of printmaking. Christopher's then went onto graduate school at Indiana University and a summer abroad program in Italy was a dream realized. Christopher then grasped charcoal with a renewed vigor and large, sfumato-laden drawings ensued. Christopher's artistic influences are many; from a seminal exposure to Dore's engravings of the Divine Comedy, to Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Goya, and up to Lucian Freud, Mark Tansey, and Michael Mazur. Christopher is now an associate professor of printmaking and drawing at Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne. Christopher drawings are represented by Ann Nathan Gallery in Chicago, and he shows his prints across the nation.
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EDUCATION
MFA 2001 Printmaking Indiana University-Bloomington
BFA 1995 Drawing and Printmaking University of Missouri-Columbia
TEACHING/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2002-13 Associate Professor, Printmaking and Drawing
Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW), Fort Wayne, IN
2002 Adjunct Professor: Lithography (instructor of record)
Indiana University-Bloomington
1998-00 Associate Instructor: Beginning Drawing (instructor of record)
Indiana University-Bloomington
1998 Artist’s Assistant, Assisted Distinguished Professor Emeritus Rudy Pozzatti in
the production of an intaglio edition, Bloomington, IN
SOLO OR SMALL GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 Multiplicities: Drawings and Prints by Christopher Ganz, Franklin College, Franklin, IN
Feb. 5 – Feb. 21
2012 Dramatis Personae: Drawings and Prints by Christopher Ganz,
University of South Carolina-Columbia, Jan 16. – Feb. 16, 2012
2011 Christopher Ganz; Prints and Drawing
Hendrix College, Hendrix, Arkansas, March 5 - 18
2009 Fall Season Exhibition, six drawings displayed
Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago. Oct 16 – Nov. 24
South Bend Museum of Art Biennial 25 - regional juried exhibition for artists in all media,
six large drawings displayed; 14 artists selected from over 200 submissions; May 30-Aug. 23
Juror: William Lieberman, Director of Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago
2007 Christopher Ganz: Drawings, The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center
Covington, KY, March 9 - April 6
Alter Egos: Drawings and Prints by Christopher Ganz
Trisolini Gallery, Ohio University, Athens, OH, Jan. 9 - Feb.17
2005 The Two-Way Mirror: Self - Portraits by Christopher Ganz
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN, Aug.20 - Oct. 23
2004 Works on Paper: Christopher Ganz and Paul Schumann
Robert E. Wilson Gallery, Huntington College, Huntington, IN, Sept. 2 - 25
2002 Images by Christopher Ganz - Visual Arts Gallery
Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN, Sept. 3 – Oct. 11
2001 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition - School of Fine Arts Gallery
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, March 27 - April 7
SELECTED ADJUDICATED OR INVITATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012
International Expositions of Sculpture Objects and Functional Art (SOFA) Chicago, Drawing,
“The Initiation” on display in Ann Nathan Gallery space, Nov. 2-4
Reverse Watching, Invitational Print Portfolio
Monoprint, “The Mind’s Eye" displayed at Mid America Print Council’s National
Conference, Southeast Missouri State, Cape Girardeau, MO, Nov. 1 – 3
Contemporary American Realism: Fort Wayne Museum of Art 2012 National
Biennial, Fort Wayne, IN, Aug.11-Oct. 28
32nd Annual National Print Exhibition at Artlink - National Juried Exhibition
Artlink Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN, April 13 – May 23
Juror: Ladislav Hanka, internationally exhibiting printmaker
International Expositions of Sculpture Objects and Functional Art (SOFA) New York, Park
Avenue Armory, Drawing, “The Enigma” on display in Ann Nathan Gallery space, April
20-23
Spring Group Show, drawings, “Checking Out” and “The Enigma” displayed, April – May 2
Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago
2011
Prints U.S.A. 2011 – National Juried Exhibition
Springfield Art Museum, Missouri, Nov. 18 – Jan. 8
Juror: Elizabeth Wyckoff, Curator of Prints, Drawings & Photographs, St. Louis Art Museum
International expositions of Sculpture Objects and Functional Art (SOFA) New York,
Park Avenue Armory, Drawing, Checking Out on display in Ann Nathan Gallery
space, April 14-17
2010
Contemporary American Realism: Fort Wayne Museum of Art 2010 National
Biennial, Fort Wayne, IN, Sept. 3 – Nov. 7; two pieces accepted
Cultural Baggage, Invitational Print Portfolio
Intaglio print, Super-Heroes go to Hell, after Dore’ displayed at Mid America Print
Council’s National Conference, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN, Chicago, Oct.
13-16
Art Chicago: International Fair of Contemporary and Modern Art
Drawing, The Cyclops on display in Ann Nathan Gallery space, April 29 - May 2
30th Annual National Print Exhibition at Artlink - National Juried Exhibition
Artlink Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN, April 16 – May 26
Juror: Claudia Berlinski, Senior Lecturer of Printmaking at Akron University, Akron, OH
2009
Are you looking at me? Invitational Print Portfolio
Color lithograph, Open and Shut, displayed at IMPACT 6: International Print Conference
Centre for Fine Print Research, University of the West of England, Bristol, Sept. 16 – 19
Art Chicago: International Fair of Contemporary and Modern Art
Drawing, Self-Checkout on display in Ann Nathan Gallery space, May 1 – 4
Identification Please, Invitational Print Portfolio
Intaglio print, Good Cop/Bad Cop displayed at Southern Graphics Council National
Conference, Columbia College, Chicago, March 25 – 29
Boston Printmakers 2009 North American Print Biennial – National juried
printmaking exhibition
Juror: Rebecca Waddell, Curator of Prints at the New York Public Library
Boston University’s 808 Gallery, Boston, MA, Feb. 15 – March 30
22nd Parkside National Small Print Exhibition - National Juried Exhibition
University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI, Jan.18 - Feb. 19
Juror: Professor of printmaking at the University of Wisconsin - Parkside
Portraits and Beyond, Ann Nathan Galley, Chicago, IL, Jan. 9 - Feb 19 2008 Contemporary American Realism: Fort Wayne Museum of Art 2008 National
Biennial, Fort Wayne, IN, Sept13 – Nov. 2; two pieces accepted
28th Annual National Print Exhibition at Artlink - National Juried Exhibition
2008
Artlink Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN, April 11 – May 21
Juror: Mark Pascale, Printmaking Faculty, School of the Art Institute of Chicago and
Curator of Prints and Drawing, Art Institute of Chicago
“No Danger” - Invitational Portfolio
Folded paper airplane lithograph, “The Dream of Flight” displayed at Richmond
International Airport as part of the Southern Graphics Council National Conference
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, March 26 – April 26
21st Parkside National Small Print Exhibition - National Juried Exhibition
University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI, Jan.20 - Feb. 21
Juror: Karla Hackenmiller, Printmaking Chair and Associate Professor, School of Fine
Arts, Ohio University
2007
Singularities – Invitational group exhibit
Joan Resnikoff Gallery, Roxbury Community College, Boston, MA
Nov. 2 – Dec. 17
Hong Kong Graphics Art Festival 2007: Crossing Boundaries - Invitational
international printmaking exchange exhibition
School of Design Gallery, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong,
China, Nov. 1 – Nov. 16
27th Annual National Print Exhibition at Artlink - National Juried Exhibition
Artlink Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN, May 26 - July 5; two pieces accepted
Award Selector: Brett Colley, Assistant Professor of Art and Design, Grand Valley
State University
Boston Printmakers 2007 North American Print Biennial – National juried
printmaking exhibition
Boston University’s 808 Gallery, Boston, MA, Feb. 18 - April 1
Juror: Judith B. Hecker, Assistant Curator, Department of Prints and Illustrated Books,
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
2006
The Printed Image: The First Biennial Midwestern Graphics Juried Exhibition
National Juried Printmaking Exhibition
Alice C. Sabatini Gallery, Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, Topeka, KS
Aug. 11 - Sept 15
Juror: Karen Kunc, Professor of Printmaking/Book Arts, University of Nebraska- Lincoln
2006 National Contemporary American Realism: Fort Wayne Museum of Art's 2006
Biennial, Fort Wayne, IN, June 10 - Aug. 20; two pieces accepted
26th Annual National Print Exhibition at Artlink - National Juried Exhibition
Artlink Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN, May 26 - July 5; two pieces accepted
Award Selector: Carolyn Autry, artist and Associate Professor of Art and Art History
at the University of Toledo
19th University of Dallas Print Invitational - Traveling national invitational exhibition
Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving TX, Jan. 28 – March 6 three pieces accepted
Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, TX, Feb. 1 – March 9, 2007
Juror: Juergen Strunck, Professor of Art, University of Dallas
A Mammalian Future? - Invitational Portfolio
Intaglio print Jonas Ark displayed at Southern Graphics Council National Conference
University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Madison, April 5 – 9
Paper in Particular - National Juried works on paper exhibition
Larson Gallery, Columbia College, Columbia, MO, Feb. 5 - March 5; two pieces
accepted. Juror: David Morrison, Professor of Printmaking, Herron School of Art and
Design, Indianapolis, IN
19th Parkside National SmallPrint Exhibition - National Juried Exhibition
University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI, Jan.15 - Feb. 16
Juror: Rudy Pozzatti, Professor Emeritus, Indiana University - Bloomington
2005
18th Parkside National Small Print Exhibition - National Juried Exhibition
University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI, Jan.14 - Feb. 22
Juror: Karen Kunc, Professor of Printmaking/Book Arts, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2004
Exchange! A Survey of International and National Exchange Print Portfolios
Visual and Performing Arts Center, Main Gallery, Purdue University, Feb. 1 - 15
Juror: Kathryn Reeves, P rofessor of Art, Purdue University
2003
23rd Annual National Print Exhibition at Artlink - National Juried Exhibition
Artlink Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN, May 16 - July 2, 2003
Border to Border – National Juried Drawing Exhibition
Trahern Gallery, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN, March 3 - 30
Juror: Jim Cantrell, independent studio artist, Bardstown, KY
On/Of Paper – National Juried Exhibition
Clyde Snook Gallery, Adams State College, Alamosa, CO, March 3 - April 11
Juror: Dale Leys, Professor of Drawing, Murray State University, Murray, KY
Emerging Artists 2003 – National Juried Exhibition
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