SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2012 (scheduled) Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL
2010 The Exhibitionist, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL
2009 After Glow – Paintings by Tom Torluemke, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
2009 Sordid Sheets: 25 years of works on paper by Tom Torluemke, Indiana University Northwest, Gary, IN
2008 All Chlorophylled Up: 25 years of watercolor landscapes, Uncle Freddy’s Gallery, Highland, IN
2005 Wet & Wild, CSPS, Cedar Rapids, IA
2004 Getting Along, Legion Arts, Cedar Rapids, IA
2004 In the Company of Strangers, Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso, IN
2002 One and the Same, Ruschman Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2002 Bounce, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
2002 Tomfoolery, Century Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002 His & Hers - Third Coast, Chicago, IL
2001 Interrupted, MN Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001 Falling Flat, Indiana University Northwest, Gary, IN
2001 In Indiana, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
2000 Carnival of Images, Center for Visual & Performing Arts, Munster, IN
1998 ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
1994 William J. Bachman Gallery, Center for Visual & Performing Arts, Munster, IN
1993 ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
1991 Abel Joseph Gallery, Chicago, IL
1990 Abel Joseph Gallery, Chicago, IL
1989 Local Options, Chicago, IL
1989 R.H. Love Galleries, Chicago, IL
1988 Glencoe Public Library, Glencoe, IL
1988 R.H. Love Galleries, Chicago, IL
1988 I-Zimbra, Chicago, IL
1987 R.H. Love Galleries, Chicago, IL
1987 Steiner Gallery, Chicago, IL
1986 R.H. Love Galleries, Chicago, IL
1985 R.H. Love Galleries, Chicago, IL
1983 Palatine Municipal Building, Palatine, IL
1982 Synergism, Inc., Chicago, IL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2011 (scheduled) Write Now, curated by Nathan Mason, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
2010 Group Show, curated by Ed Marzewski, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2010 Get It Together, Chicago Cultural Center Tourism Center
2009 Super Bad Ass Art, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL
2009 Kinsey Institute Juried Erotic Show, Bloomington, IN
2007 The Inland See: Contemporary Art Around Lake Michigan, curated by James Yood, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
2006 Humuers Exposition 2, San Diego, CA, curated by Kevin Freitas
2006 Humuers Exposition, West Los Angeles College, Culver City, CA, curated by Kevin Freitas
2006 Art As Authority, San Diego, CA
2005 Nowhere’s Lost Carnival, Banker’s Boxes: Performance/Installation, Chicago, IL
2005 Fun With Dead Bodies, Rotofugi, Chicago, IL
2005 Indianapolis Environmental Wow, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art
2004 Drawn, Leadbased Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2004 Inspired by Nature, International Arts Club, Chicago, IL
2004 Art Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2003 Student/Teacher, Uncle Freddy’s Gallery, Hammond, IN
2003 Murmur, Geiman Loft, Chicago, IL
2003 In and Around, Uncle Freddy’s Gallery, Hammond, IN
2003 Stray, represented by Uncle Freddy’s Gallery, sponsored by Thomas Blackman, Chicago, IL
2003 Valparaiso University Faculty Art Exhibition, Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso, IN
2003 Transitions, Contemporary Gallery, Indiana University Northwest, Gary, IN
2001 Stray, represented by MN Gallery, sponsored by Thomas Blackman, Chicago, IL
2001 Gallery of the Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI
2001 A Very Nice Day with Grey, Hammond, IN
2000 Critic’s Choice, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000 50TH Mid-States Art Exhibition, Evansville Museum, Evansville, IN
2000 Art Wyoming 2000, Casper, WY
2000 An American Experience – A View of Ourselves, Winston Salem, NC
2000 58th Annual Exhibit Audubon Artists, New York, NY
1999 Lacare Art League Exhibition, Purdue University, Hammond, IN
1997 - 1998 International Traveling Print Exhibit - Taller de Grafica Galligo, Chicago, IL
1997 Present, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
1994 – 1997 Faculty Exhibition, American Academy of Art, Chicago, IL
1996 11th Area Artist Association Juried Exhibit, John G. Blank Arts Center, Michigan City, IN
1993 – 1994 Carnaval Surreel-Auction, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1993 Genesis through Revelation, R.H. Love Galleries, Chicago, IL
1993 Talking Stick, Crux Gallery, Chicago, IL
1992 Stars and Stripes Forever, R.H. Love Galleries, Chicago, IL
1990 – 1992 Around The Coyote, Chicago, IL
1992 Chicago Diversity, Ludwig Drum Factory, Chicago, IL
1992 Target Choice, World Tattoo Gallery, Chicago, IL
1991 Chicago for Chicago, World Tattoo Gallery, Chicago, IL
1991 Logan Square Community Association Auction, Chicago, IL
1991 Wicker Park/Bucktown Charity Auction, Chicago, IL
1990 Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL
1990 Showcase '90, Chicago, IL
1989 Near Northwest Art Council, Chicago, IL
1988 Harlin Museum, West Plains, MO
1988 Baer Competition, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
1988 New York `88 International Art Competition, Larchmont, NY
1987 North Shore Art League Members' Show, Chicago, IL
1984 – 1987 Old Orchard Exhibition, Skokie, IL
1986 American Artists Professional League, New York, NY
1986 Artist's Liaison, The Design Center of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
1986 ASI – Artists Society International, San Francisco, CA
1986 Batavia Society of Artists, Batavia, NY
1986 Foundry Gallery Erotica, Washington, DC
1986 Metro Art International, Scarsdale, NY
1986 Mississippi Watercolor Society, Jackson, MI
1986 National Society of Artists, Sante Fe, TX
1986 Nepenthe Mundi Society, Kansas City, MO
1986 North Coast Collage Society, Hudson, OH
1984 – 1986 North Shore Art League Members' Show, Skokie, IL
1986 Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL
1986 Orange County Watercolor Society, Florida, NY
1986 Peace In The Arts, Bah'ai International Peace Conference, San Francisco, CA
1984 Chicago Area Artists, Evanston, IL
1982 – 1984 Chicago Artists Guild, Chicago, IL
1984 Midwest Watercolor Society, Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI
1983 Midwest Watercolor Society, Davenport Art Gallery, Davenport, IA
1982 Adirondacks National, Old Forge, NY
1982 Arts in Action, Rosemont, IL
1982 Midwest Watercolor Society, West Bend Museum of Art, West Bend, WI
1981 Alabama Watercolor Society, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
1981 Louisiana Watercolor Society, New Orleans, LA
1981 Marietta National, Marietta, OH
1981 Tolenteen Center, Olympia Fields, IL
1980 Monroe Gallery, Chicago, IL
REPRESENTATION
2000 - 2008 Ruschman Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
1985 – 1996 R.H. Love Galleries, Chicago, IL
1995 – 1996 Tom Maloney, Artist Representative, Chicago, IL
1995 Space Gallery, Chicago, IL
1990 – 1993 Abel Joseph Gallery, Chicago, IL
PERMANENT / PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
American Academy of Art, Chicago, IL
Amoco Corporation, Chicago, IL
Andrean High School, Merrillville, IN
John Balaster, (Former Director, American Academy of Art) & Lonnie Jenkins, Chicago, IL
Carl Becker & Son Violins, Chicago, IL
Mr. & Mrs. Fredrick Bell, Downers Grove, IL
Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso, IN
John M. Cain, (Exec. Dir., Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, IN) Crown Point, IN
Linda Canfield, Valparaiso, IN
Dr. & Mrs. Howard Cohen, (Chancellor, Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, IN
Duane W. Dedelow, Jr. (Former Mayor of Hammond, IN)
Leon Dombrowski, President, Accucraft Imaging, Hammond, IN
Kevin Firme, Beverly Shores, IN
David & Jeanne Geiman, Kansas City, MO
Dr. & Mrs. Jack Greisen, Munster, IN
Gregg Hertzlieb, (Director, Brauer Museum of Art) Chesterton, IN
Indianapolis International Airport Authority
Indianapolis Marion County Central Library Foundation
Mary Kaczka, (Exec. Dir. Hammond Development Corp.), Chesterton, IN
King David Baptist Church, Chicago, IL
Mr. & Mrs. William Kohler, Philadelphia, PA
Mr. & Mrs. William Kohler, Chicago, IL
Pastor Paul L. Knudson, Volga, SD
Richard (Commercial Art Dept, Head, Amer. Academy of Art) & Jennifer Kryczka, Westchester, IL
Richard H. Love, Chicago, IL
Myron & Linda Nidetz, Munster, IN
NiSource, Merrillville, IN
Louis Ortiz, (Corporate Art Curator, NiSource), Griffith, IN
Virginia Phillips, Valparaiso, IN
Prof. Clement Stacy, Purdue University
State of Illinois Building, Governor's Office, Springfield, IL
Former Illinois Governor Jim Thompson, IL
Stefan (Chemist, Eli Lilly) & Julianna (Art Critic) Thibodeaux, Indianapolis, IN
Tro-Cor Corporation, Hammond, IN
Winston & Strawn Attorney John Stack, Chicago, IL
Jennifer Wolfe, Wolfe Photography, Chicago, IL
Richard Zeid, (Chairman, Graphic Design Dept., Columbia College, Chicago) Evanston
Sebastian Zens, Munich, Germany
PUBLIC/PRIVATE COMMISSIONS
2010 Community Hospital Network, wood mobile commission, Indianapolis, IN (June, 2010)
2009 - 10 Purdue University Calumet, commissioned fiberglass sculpture (installation, Spring, 2010)
2008 Indianapolis/Marion County Public Library, painted mural commission for the Indianapolis Special Collections Room, 8 feet by 128 feet, acrylic on canvas
2008 Gilbert Wilson Memorial Mural Project, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN outdoor painted mural, Teaching the Young to Fly.
2007 - 08 Great Ideas Competition, Arts Council of Indianapolis, winner- Light the Way Public Art Project.
2007 - 08 New Indianapolis International Airport, A Work of Heart & The Glory of Sports in Indianapolis
terrazzo floor design commissions; each design approximately 1,000 sq. ft., to be installed in late 2007.
2007 Andrean High School, exterior mosaic mural, 12 x 26’, Christ Speaks to the Children, Merrillville,
2005 Carl Becker & Son, LTD, The Luthier, 3 panels 5 x 2’ acrylic on canvas
2003 Mural – indoor (8 x 15’), Historical Mural, Former Woolworth’s store window, Hammond, IN
2003 Window Display (8 x 150’), Former Former JC Penney’s store, Hammond, IN
2003 Mural – indoor (5’ Dia.), Residence, Mr. & Mrs. Garriup, (Garriup Constr., Munster, IN)
2001 Mural – outdoor (7x144’), Ivy Technical College, East Chicago, IN
2000 Mural – outdoor (12x83’), West Calumet Complex Community Project, East Chicago, IN
2000 Mural – indoor (various), Catholic Family Charities, East Chicago, IN
1999 Mural – outdoor (35x50’), History of Hobart’s Economic Growth, Hobart, IN
1999 Mural – indoor (9x50’), Four Seasons for Children’s Day Care Center, River Grove, IL
1998 Mural – outdoor (49x29’), The Hugging Wall, Hammond, IN
1998 Children’s book illustration for The Big Book of Songs and Rhymes, New York, NY
1996 Mural – outdoor (17x80’), Historic Pullman District of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1995 Mural – outdoor (17x75’), rural Midwest theme, Community Center, Hammond, IN
1995 Stage set design, Hammond, IN
He’s Alive! Passion Play, presented by the Christian Community Center of Calumet Region
1994 Mural – Canvas (8x10’) Shriners’ Circus Banner, Medinah Temple, Chicago, IL
1994 Stage set design, Chicago, IL
Chicago-based Lincoln Opera productions of Cavalleria Rusticana and The Magic Flute
1993 Stage set design, Chicago, IL
Chicago-based Lincoln Opera productions of Fledermaus, Barber of Seville, and Tosca
1993 Stage set design, Evanston, IL
Children's Theatre Company production of The New Neighbor
1992 Stage set design, Chicago, IL
Chicago-based Lincoln Opera production of Carmen
1992 15' x 10' mural performance, to benefit the Aldrich Children's Home, sponsored by Chicago Imprints, Inc.
1991 Murals - acrylic paint, Marita's Cantina, Philadelphia, PA
Restaurant identity designed using Mexican Indian motif, walls, ceilings and banner, 17 images
1991 Performance mural – tempera paint, Chicago Antique Mart, Chicago, IL
1991 Editorial illustration, Brierton Design, Chicago, IL
One panel illustration designed for publication
1991 Set Design, Chicago, IL
Three-dimensional stage set for Bertold Brecht's Mann ist Mann, adapted and directed by Elliot Gage
1991 Bas-relief mahogany woodcarving, Carl Becker & Son Violins, Chicago, IL
Hand-carved a 6x4' mirror frame of roses and vines and a ram's head archway for a 6' wide door frame
1991 Gallery installation, Abel Joseph Gallery, Chicago, IL
Seven Deadly Sins, murals painted upon seven gallery pillars
1989 Vertical blind design, Mr. Kevin Hiller, Chicago, IL
Scenic vertical blind concepts for printing reproduction
1988 Mosaic – ceramic tile, Private Residence, Chicago, IL
Arched top mosaic for the lavatory of the Kohler residence
1987 Mural – acrylic paint, Private Residence, Chicago, IL
Recreation of Egyptian tomb, painted four walls and ceiling
1987 Mosaic – ceramic tile, Mr. & Mrs. Richard Phile, Lake Geneva, WI
Historical theme depicted in three panels of ceramic tiles in the poolroom of an historical Lake Geneva building
1987 Cartoon illustration, Trane-Co Company, Chicago, IL
Full-color montage cartoon illustration
1985 Oil paintings, Robert George Interior Design, Chicago, IL
Seven large abstract paintings (various sizes) for the private collection of Dr. Chowohdry
1984 Restoration, Private Residence, Chicago, IL
Restored six eighteenth-century French and British oil paintings for Dr. Chowohdry
1982 Mural – oil paint, Inner City Management, Inc., Chicago, IL
4x16' urban scene
1981 Mural – oil paint, King David's Baptist Church, Chicago, IL
Oil mural of Christ's Last Supper painted for the church altarpiece
1980 Stenciling – acrylic paint, Ms. Eva Martinez, Chicago, IL
Interior wall stenciling for private residence
1977 Mosaic – ceramic tile mural, Luther North High School, Chicago, IL
Group member of a mural team for design and execution of mural for the school
MEDIA COVERAGE
2007 Andrean project hardest of Highland artist's career, Gary Post Tribune, IN, Mike Hutton - Aug 2,
2006 Indy gives generous nod to Airport Art.(Indianapolis Airport Authority) Art Business Newsm 3/1/06
2006 Sights For Soaring Eyes. The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, Indiana) Publication Date: 18-JAN-06
2005 Terminal's floor design remains sketchy, The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, Indiana) Theodore Kim, Publication Date: 07-NOV-05
2005 NUVO -Great Ideas by EDITORS Jan 12, 2005
2004 Finalists named for art project -Indianapolis Business Journal (IN) - November 8, 2004
2004 Lake Magazine, “Artfelt: The Saga of Uncle Freddy”, by Lois Berger
2004 Dialogue Magazine, “Public Works Revival”, by Julianna Thibodeaux
2003 Post –Tribune, “Dressed to Kill”, Article by Carolina Procter, Gary, IN
2002 NUVO, Review by Julianna Thibodeaux (One in the Same exhibit), Indianapolis, IN
2002 South Bend Tribune, Review by Julie York Coppens, (Bounce exhibit). South Bend, IN
2001 The Reader, Review by Fred Camper (Interrupted exhibit), Chicago, IL
2001 Post-Tribune and The TIMES (IUN exhibit), Hammond, IN
2001 Post-Tribune and The TIMES (Grey exhibit), Hammond, IN
2000 Hammond Press (“Holy Family Mural”), Hammond, IN
1999 The TIMES, Hammond, IN
1999 Post-Tribune (“Carnival” show), Hobart, IN
1998 The TIMES (Director of Outreach art program), Hammond, IN
1996 Bob Sirot, FOX-TV, Channel 32-WFLD (Pullman Mural TV interview), Chicago, IL
1996 Chicago Tribune (Pullman Mural), Chicago, IL
1996 The TIMES (Seedling Grant, Caldwell Elementary School), Valparaiso, IN
1995 Calumet Press, Hammond, IN
1993 Tom Higgins Show, Channel 56-WYIN (Lincoln Opera), Merrillville, IN
1993 U.S. Cable – Channel 16 (Lincoln Opera), Munster, IN
1993 The TIMES (Lincoln Opera), Hammond, IN
1992 Victoria Lautman Show, WBEZ Radio, Chicago, IL
1992 PBS-TV, Channel 11-WTTW, Chicago, IL
1992 Chicago Tribune (by David McCracken), Chicago, IL
1987 The TIMES, Hammond, IN
1986 Chicago Sun-Times (Ultrasound Images), Chicago, IL
1986 Chicago Tribune (Ultrasound Images), Chicago, IL
1986 Local News, ABC-TV, Channel 7 -WLS (Ultrasound Images), Chicago, IL
1986 Local News, CBS-TV, Channel 2-CBS (Ultrasound Images), Chicago, IL
1986 David Balm Show (Ultrasound Images)
1986 Local News, NBC-TV, Channel 5-NBC (Ultrasound Images), Chicago, IL
1986 Pioneer Press (Ultrasound Images), Chicago, IL
1986 Channel 26 - Richard H. Love, American Art Forum (Ultrasound Images), Chicago, IL
PUBLICATIONS
PROXIMITY MAGAZINE
Studio Feature, Tom Torluemke - Issue 7 – April, 2010
ART AS AUTHORITY
Feature essays, Janvier 08, 2007 Exposé - Tom Torluemke
Janvier 23, 2007 Exposé part II - Tom Torluemke - his paintings, by Kevin Freitas
DIALOGUE MAGAZINE
2004, Feature article, Public Works Revival, by Julianna Thibodeaux
January/February Edition
THE WORKBOOK / 1996 VOL. 18, 1996
940 North Highland Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90038
CHICAGO ART REVIEW, AN ILLUSTRATED SURVEY OF THE CITY'S
MUSEUMS, GALLERIES & LEADING ARTISTS
1989, Les Krantz / American References, Inc.
919 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611
TOM TORLUEMKE: IMAGES FROM ULTRASOUND
1986, Richard H. Love / Haase-Mumm Publishing Company, Inc.
Amart Book and Catalog Distributing Co., Inc.
100 East Ohio Street, Room B-20, Chicago, IL 60611
GRANTS
1999 Individual Artist’s Grant – Indiana Arts Commission
1996 Seedling Grant – State of Indiana Board of Education
AWARDS / HONORS
2008 GREAT IDEAS Competition Winner, “Light the Way” public art project, Arts Council of Indianapolis, Indiana
2007 Efroymson Contemporary Arts Fellowship, $20,000
2004 Finalist, Great Ideas Public Art Competition, City of Indianapolis
2000 1st Prize, An American Experience: A View of Ourselves, Winston Salem, NC
2000 Honorable Mention, Art Wyoming 2000, Casper, WY
1996 Favorable review by First Lady Hillary Clinton, Gallery 37 Quilt Project, Chicago, IL
1995 Appreciation Award, Christian Community Center/ Calumet Region, Hammond. IN
1988 Certificate of Excellence, New York '88 International Art Competition,
Art Horizons Exhibition, Larchmont, NY
1986 Certificate of Excellence, North Coast Collage Society Exhibition, Hudson, OH
1986 Honorable Mention, Nepenthe Mundi Society Exhibition, Kansas City, MO
1986 Certificate of Excellence, Metro Art International Exhibition, Greene Street Gallery, Scarsdale, NY
1986 Favorable Review by art historian & New York Times critic Mr. Hilton Kramer, Ultrasound, R.H. Love Gallery, Chicago, IL
1985 New Jersey Chapter Award, 2nd Place, American Artists Professional League Exhibition, New York, NY
1985 Personal invitation by internationally known modern master, Kenneth Nolan, to work on the installation of his show
1984 MWS Letters Award, Midwest Watercolor Society, Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI
1983 Internorth Foundation Award, Midwest Watercolor Society, Davenport Art Gallery, Davenport, IA
1982 Daniel Smith Award, Midwest Watercolor Society, West Bend Museum of Art, West Bend, WI
LECTURES
2006 Leaving the Information Age for the Conceptual Age, Lecture at Hammond Rotary
2005 Visualize This, a conceptual art project with Tom Torluemke and the Lakeshore Chamber of Commerce, Hammond, IN
2005 Outreach Art Experience for Professionals, Lakeshore Chamber of Commerce and the Hammond Yacht Club
2004 Brauer Museum of Art, In The Company of Strangers, Valparaiso University
2003 Munster Rotary, Arts Influence, Center for Visual & Performing Arts, Munster, IN
Hammond Rotary, Art and Beyond, Woodmar Country Club, Hammond, IN
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Robert Colescott, sponsored by The Society of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, IN
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Larry Zox, Colorfield Painting and OP Art vs. Superflat
Sponsored by The Society of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, IN
2001 The School at the Art Institute of Chicago, The Past Fifteen Years, a lecture on personal work to an audience of Graduate Students, Chicago, IL
Lacare Art League, Self-Promotion for the Artist, a lecture presented to members and guests
EDUCATION
1998 BFA, American Academy of Art, Chicago, IL
1979 Associates, American Academy of Art, Chicago, IL
EDUCATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS
COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS
2006 Juror, Real People, 2006, Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL
2006 Juror, Indiana University, Student Exhibition, Gary, IN
2005 Visualize This, a conceptual art project with Tom Torluemke and the Lakeshore Chamber of Commerce, Hammond, IN
2004 Juror, Park Full of Art Fair, Griffith, IN
2004 Juror, Myth, Magic, Metaphor, National Competition, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
2004 Juror, Illiana Artists Regional Juried Competition, Indiana University Northwest, Gary, IN
2004 Juror, Art in the Park, Griffith, IN
2003 53rd Annual Chesterton Woman’s Club Exhibition, Chesterton Art Center, Chesterton, IN
2002 – 2003 Creative Director for Arts Inside Out: an interactive arts festival representing all of the arts; visual, music, poetry, literature, dance and theater.
2002 Panelist, Indiana Arts Commission, Arts Organization Support Grant Review
2002 President, Hammond Commission for the Arts & Humanities, Hammond, IN
2001 Vice President-elect, Lacare Art League, Northwest IN Region
2000 Mural, Outdoor (12’ x 83’), West Calumet Complex Community Project, worked with children from the housing complex, drawing, coloring and executing community mural for their community, East Chicago, IN
2000 Panelist, Individual Artists Grant Review, Indiana Arts Commission, Indianapolis, IN
2000 Participant in the “Quality of Life” committee, Hammond, IN
2000 Participant in Mayor’s Commission for the Arts & Humanities, Hammond, IN
1997
Juror, Pallet & Chisel Arts Association, Life & Imagination, Chicago, IL
1996
Juror, Oakbrook Invitational Art Festival, Oakbrook, IL
1996 Director, R.H. Love Contemporary Gallery, Inc., Chicago, IL
1996 - 93 Juror, Chicago Graffiti Mural Competition, sponsored by C.T.A., Chicago, IL
1995 - Present Juror, Inkin’ Lincoln’ National Tattoo Competition, Rosemont, IL
1995
Juror, Area Artist Association Exhibit, John G. Blank Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN
1995 Director, Visual Arts Program, Christian Community Center, Hammond, IN
1993 Juror, North Shore Art League's Old Orchard Art Exhibition, Northbrook, IL
1990 Juror, Celebrating New Expressions, a high school student competition sponsored by Kraft Foods and Youth Communications, Chicago, IL
1989 - 90 Served on a Board of Directors for Sgraffito: Artists' Resource Center.
1989 Panelist (one of four), Sexual Imagery in Art and Advertising: a discussion, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
1986 Juror, North Shore Art League's Old Orchard Art Exhibition, Northbrook, IL
EMPLOYMENT SUMMARY
2002 – Present Co-Owner, Uncle Freddy’s Gallery, llc, Hammond/Highland, IN
1986 - Present Instructor, Private Workshops
Private Studio Locations - group and individual
2002 - 2004 Adjunct Instructor, Painting, Valparaiso University
Valparaiso, IN
2002 - 2003 Adjunct Instructor, Painting, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL
1998 Founding Director of Branch Locations & Outreach, Northern Indiana Arts Association
Crown Point Community Art Center, Crown Point, IN
Substation No. 9, Hammond, IN
1998 Art Instructor, Northern Indiana Arts Association
Crown Point Art Center, Crown Point, IN
Substation No. 9, Hammond, IN
1986 - 1998 Instructor, American Academy of Art
Chicago, IL
1997-Head of Student Affairs
1995-1997, Student Advisor – implemented a student retention counsel program
1996 Instructor, Gallery 37 (Presented and promoted by City of Chicago)
Chicago, IL
Summer Workshop for Teenage Artists
1995 Instructor, Christian Community Center
Hammond, IN
1994 Substitute Instructor, University of Chicago, Continuing Education
Chicago, IL
1992 Volunteer Instructor, St. Luke Lutheran School
Chicago, IL
1991 Co-Director/Instructor, Advanced Summer Workshop - Multi Media
Chicago, IL
1989 Course Director/Instructor, Pathways Workshop
Chicago, IL
1989 Instructor, Little Saints Learning Locomotive
Chicago, IL
ArtWays - Parent/Child Workshop
1985 - 1988 Instructor, North Shore Art League
Winnetka, IL
1986 Instructor, Northwestern University
Norris University Center, Continuing Education
Evanston, IL
1983 - 1984 Owner/Director, Not Quite Renoir Gallery/School
Chicago, Illinois