Chris Cosnowski

EDUCATION
2000 Northwestern University, Evanston IL - MFA Painting, June 2000
1992 Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus OH – BFA, May 1992
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006 Civic-minded, Gescheidle, Chicago, IL
2005 Recent Paintings, Dolby-Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Recent Work, Lyonswier Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Deflated, Gescheidle, Chicago, IL
2003 New Paintings, Gescheidle, Chicago, IL
New Paintings, Dolby-Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002 Dreams, Lyonswier Gallery, New York, NY
2001 Colorforms, Gescheidle, Chicago, IL
Cast, Northern Indiana Arts Association, Hammond, IN
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 ART Chicago, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 10 Years – A Retrospective, Dolby-Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 Domestic Disturbance, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
Sinister, Tarble Art Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
2004 The Reflected/Refracted Self, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Artist as Collector, Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, IN
(catalogue)
American Realism, Plus One Plus Two Galleries, London, England
Meat Market, Lyonswier Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Group Show, Dolby-Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002 Here and Now, Cultural Center, Chicago, IL (catalogue)
Harboring Beauty, Gesheidle Gallery, Chicago, IL
Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
San Francisco International Art Exposition, San Francisco, CA
2001 Snowglobe Invitational, Gescheidle, Chicago, IL
Pin-up, Lyonswier Gallery, New York, NY
Welcome to My Dollhouse, Zolla-Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001 Subject Matters, Standard Gallery, Chicago, IL (catalogue)
Artists/Alumni, Block Museum, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (catalogue)
Narrative Sampler, Lyonswier Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000 Les Chemical Carnales, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago IL
Shake the Coat, North Park University, Chicago IL
Union League Civic and Arts Foundation Scholarship Exhibition, Chicago IL
1999 Union League Civic and Arts Foundation Scholarship Exhibition, Chicago IL
Votive Offerings, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago IL
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2004 Exhibition of American Art, juror: James Rondeau
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2003 Young Painters Competition, juror: Buzz Spector, Miami University, Oxford, OH
60th Annual Salon Show, juror: Michael Rooks Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, IN
2001 15th Annual Juried Exhibition, Juror: Dana Miller Nexus Gallery, New York, NY
Narration: Emblem and Sequence in Contemporary Art, Juror: Robert Taplin
Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
AWARDS
2003 Juror’s Award $500, Northern Indiana Art Association
2001 Finalist award $700, Illinois Art Council
2000 Scholarship $4,000, Union League Civic and Arts Foundation, Chicago IL
Scholarship $1,000, The Eugene Myers Graphics Artist’s Program
1999 Scholarship $5,000, Union League Civic and Arts Foundation, Chicago IL
1998-2000 Teaching Assistantship, Northwestern University, Evanston IL
1988 Scholarship $4,000, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus OH
REVIEWS
2006 Flavorpill CHI, online review, “Civic-minded”
2005 Myrna Petlicki, Diversions, “A Male View of ‘Domestic’ Life”
2004 Fred Camper, Chicago Tribune, “Look into the mirror, and what do you see?”
2003 Margaret Hawkins, Chicago Sun Times, Gallery Glance
2002 Mario Naves, New York Observer, “Stand up painter”
New York Sun, “Toy Story”
Alan Artner, Chicago Tribune, Here and Now
2001 Margaret Hawkins, Chicago Sun Times, “Boys and Their Toys”
John Brunetti, New Art Examiner, Welcome to My Dollhouse
Margaret Hawkins, Chicago Sun Times, Welcome to My Dollhouse
2000 Cara Glatt, Hyde Park Herald, “Chemical brothers: an arresting exhibit”
1999 Cara Glatt, Hyde Park Herald, “Art as devotion and sacrament”
PUBLICATIONS
2006 The Edge of Realism, American Art Collector, December 2006
Christine Newman, Open House, Chicago Magazine, August 2006
2004 A Spotlight on Living Artists, Crow Woods Publishing
2002 New American Paintings #35, Midwest Edition (cover image)
COLLECTIONS
Beth DeWoody, NYC, NY
John Cain, Crown Point, IN
Kirkland & Ellis, San Francisco, CA