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| b.
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Portland,
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EDUCATION |
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| 2001 |
Master
of Fine Arts, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL |
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| 1997 |
Bachelor
of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
Chicago, IL |
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SOLO
EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2011 |
William
Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA |
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| 2009 |
William
Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA |
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| 2007 |
William
Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA |
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| 2006 |
Klaudia
Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM |
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| 2005 |
William
Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA |
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| 2004 |
Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM |
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Gescheidle
Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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Prater Rouse Gallery, Norfolk, VA |
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| 2003 |
Gescheidle
Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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Fermilab
National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL |
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| 1999 |
Contemporary
Art Workshop, Chicago, IL |
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GROUP
EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2011 |
Spring Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY |
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Decadence, Evoke Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM |
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Florabundance, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA |
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Distinctive Offerings, Wendt Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA |
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Contemporary Realism Invitational, Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, OH |
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2011 Still Life Exhibition, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA |
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| 2010 |
2010 Still Life Exhibition, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA |
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The Metaphoric Object, Dunedin Fine Arts Center, Dunedin, FL |
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Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM |
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| 2009 |
Is Everything Black and White? Selected Works from the Arthur S. Goldberg Collection, Gallery 360, Northeastern University, Boston, MA |
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Still Lifes, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA |
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The Leaf and the Page, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL |
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| 2008 |
15th Annual Realism Invitational, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Sante Fe, NM |
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Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA |
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The Leaf and the Page, Illinois State Museum, Chicago, IL |
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2008 Summer Salon, Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece |
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George Billis Gallery, New York, NY |
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West Coast 10, Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA |
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Faculty Exhibition, Eric and Rhonna Hoffman Gallery
Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR |
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2008 Still Life Exhibition, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA |
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Weeds Seeds and Buds, Trudy Labell Fine Arts, Naples, FL |
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Still Lives and Other Narratives, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Sante Fe, NM |
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| 2007 |
14th Annual Realism Invitational, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Sante Fe, NM |
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Authentic Fake, Chicago Art Source Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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Still
Lifes , William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton,
MA |
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30th
Anniversary Exhibition, Leslie Levy Gallery, Scottsdale,
AZ |
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| 2006 |
Decade,
William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA |
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12th
Annual Realism Invitational, Klaudia Marr Gallery,
Santa Fe, NM |
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| 2005 |
Representing Representation VII, Arnot Art
Museum, Elmira, NY |
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Still
Lifes, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton,
MA |
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12th
Annual Realism Invitational, Klaudia Marr Gallery,
Santa Fe, NM |
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Organic
Matter, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago,
IL |
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Gallery
Artists Portfolio Exhibit, Klaudia Marr Gallery,
Santa Fe, NM |
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| 2004 |
Winter
Guests, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM |
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11th
Annual Realism Invitational, Klaudia Marr Gallery,
Santa Fe, NM |
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Tabula
Rasa, Prater Rouse Gallery, Norfolk, VA |
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| 2003 |
10th
Annual Realism Invitational, Klaudia Marr Gallery,
Santa Fe, NM |
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Guest
List, Gescheidle Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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| 2002 |
Graffinova,
International Drawing Triennial, Ostrobothnian
Museum, Vassa, Finland |
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16th
Evanston + Vicinity Biennial 2002, Evanston Art
Center, Evanston, IL |
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Natural
History, Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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About
Looking at Things, Gescheidle Gallery, Chicago,
IL |
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| 2001 |
Urban
League Civic & Arts Foundation 2001 Visual Arts
Scholarship Exhibit
Union League Club, Chicago, IL |
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Fantastic
Voyage, Dittmar Gallery, Evanston, IL |
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| 2000 |
Noir,
Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL |
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Red,
Dittmar Gallery, Evanston, IL |
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| 1999 |
Anatomy
in the Gallery, International Museum of Surgical
Science, Chicago, IL |
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| 1998 |
New
Talent II, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago,
IL |
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PUBLICATIONS |
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| 2011 |
Partridge, Laura A. “The Miller Gallery presents Contemporary Realism”, AEQAI, October 15. web. |
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“Exploratory Methods”, American Art Collector, February, p 165 -168 |
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Laura Hitt. “Sin Boldly”, Santa Fe Reporter, July 1 |
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| 2010 |
“Eric Wert”, Poets and Artists, September, p. 82-88 |
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"Fresh Takes On Still Life", American Art Collector, March, p 156 - 158 |
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| 2009 |
"Macabre Sensibilites" , American Art Collector, November, p 118 - 121
(cover image) |
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Sarah Buttenweiser, "Eric Wert: Solo Exhibition", Art New England, October/November, p 56 |
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| 2008 |
Artner, Alan, "'Leaf' falls on the side of tradition", Chicago Tribune, September 11 |
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"'Leaf And The Page' On View At Illinois State Museum", Antiques and the Arts Online, August 26 |
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Woodward, Josef, "West Coast Ten - Sullivan Goss gathers similarly-minded West Coast-based painters", Santa Barbara News-Press, June 13 |
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| 2007 |
Dan DeNiccola, "Getting Real", Northampton Gazette, December 14 |
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"Eric Wert", American Art Collector, November, p 146 - 149 |
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New American Paintings, Issue #59, December |
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Mitchell,
Phoebe. "Arts Almanac", Northhampton
Gazette, January 22 |
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"Competition
Spotlight", The Artist's Magazine, June,
p 88 |
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| 2006 |
“Eric
Wert and Jennifer Nehrbass””, American
Art Collector, May, p 74-77 |
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| 2005 |
Mellen,
Kathleen “Paintings That Detail the Wild Side
of Domesticity”,
Northampton Gazette, November 22 |
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“The
State of the Realist Nation”, American Art
Collector, October, p 145
New American Paintings, Issue #59, August |
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Mitchell,
Phoebe. “Show Puts Motion into Still Life”, Springfield Republican, February 7 |
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Russel,
Gloria. “Still Life Exhibit Pushes Viewers to
the Edge”, Northampton Gazette,
February 10, p. H2 |
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| 2004 |
Sundell,
Ivy, Art Scene, Chicago 2004, Crow Woods
Publishing |
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Hawkins, Margaret. "Gallery Glance", Chicago
Sun Times, January 23 |
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| 2003 |
New
American Paintings, Issue #47, August |
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Hawkins,
Margaret. "Gallery Glance", Chicago
Sun Times, April 4 |
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| 2002 |
"National
Competition Winners", Artist Magazine,
December |
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Brunetti, John. "Seeing But Not Believing", CAC Chicago Artists News,
October, p.6 |
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| 1999 |
Grisham,
Esther. "No Nature", Dialogue,
March/April, pp. 16-17 |
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Kusimba, Chapuruka. The Rise and Fall of the Swahili
States, Altamira Press
(Illustrations) |
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PUBLIC
COLLECTIONS |
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Illinois State Museum |
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New
Britain Museum of American Art |
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AWARDS
AND HONORS |
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| 2007 |
Illinois
Arts Council Fellowship Award |
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| 2001 |
Union
League Civic & Arts Foundation Scholarship, Chicago,
IL |
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| 2000 |
Teaching
Assistant Scholarship, Northwestern University, Evanston,
IL |
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| 1999 |
Graduate
Fellowship, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL |
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PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE |
| 2008
- present |
Adjunct Professor, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR |
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| 2002-2007 |
Adjunct Instructor, Moraine Valley Community College,
Palos Hills, IL
Harrington Institute of Interior Design |
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| 1996-1999 |
Scientific Illustrator, Anthropology Department, Field
Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL |
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