ROSALYN SCHWARTZ

EDUCATION

1977-1979 Master of Fine Arts, Fontbonne College, St. Louis, Missouri

1971-1975 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Summa Cum Laude, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

EXHIBITIONS

2010 (scheduled) “A Ten Year Survey: Paintings and Collages by Rosalyn Schwartz,” Gallery 210, University of Missouri/St. Louis, (solo, including catalogue with essay by critic/curator Lilly Wei)

“Paintings and Collages,” Project Space, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

2009 “Collages and a Suite of Paintings,” Furniture Lounge/FlexSpace,

Urbana, Illinois (solo)

“Pairs,” Ambient Art Projects, Las Vegas, Nevada (group)

2006 “The New Old Masters,” National Museum of Gdansk”, Gdansk Poland (group exhibition curated by Donald Kuspit, including published catalogue)

2004 “Le Salon Intime,” Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri (solo)

2003 “Nature As Abstraction,” Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota (group)

2002 “Going Through,” Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona (solo)

2001 “Paintings,” I space, Chicago, Illinois (two-person) “Going Through,” Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona (solo)

2000 “New Work,” David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee (solo)

1999 “Beauty Beyond Language,” Fine Arts Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana (solo)

“Champaign Summer,” Forum for Contemporary Art, St. Louis, Missouri (group)

“Botanica: Contemporary Art and the World of Plants,” Tweed Museum, University of Minnesota, Duluth, Minnesota (group; two year traveling exhibition)

“. . . and Everything Nice,” Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois (group)

1998 “Remembering Beauty: The Nature of Landscape,” South Bend Regional Museum, South Bend, Indiana (group)

1997 “Three From Illinois,” Locus Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri

“Buried Pleasures,” University Galleries, Illinois State University, Bloomington, Illinois (two person)

“In Memory of Pleasure,” Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin (group)

1996 "(un)earthly delights,” Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois (group)

“(un)earthly delights,” State of Illinois Art Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (group)

"Pleasure: Beyond Guilt,” Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

(invitational/group)

1995 “Paintings,” Locus Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri (solo)

“New Paintings,” Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (solo)

1994 “Summer Group Exhibition,” Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

1993 “Invitational Re-Opening Exhibition,” Locus Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri (group)

"Paintings 1986-1993,” Bixby Gallery, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri (solo)

“Summer Group Exhibition,” Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

"Paintings,” Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (solo)

1992 "Paintings: 1982-1992,” Merwin Gallery, Illinois Wesleyan University,

Bloomington, Illinois (solo)

"Nature Fabrilis,” Stiebel Modern Gallery, New York City, New York (group)

“Group Exhibition,” Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

“13th Annual International Art Exposition,” McCormick Place Convention Center, Chicago, Illinois (group)

“Group Exhibition,” Gwenda Jay Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

1991 "Local Aesthetic 3: Champaign-Urbana,” University Galleries, Normal, Illinois (group)

1990 "Paintings,” Gwenda Jay Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (solo)

"Landscape Paintings,” Fontbonne College Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri (solo)

1989 "Rosalyn Schwartz - Early Landscape Paintings,” Parkland College Gallery, Champaign, Illinois (two person)

"Our Corner of the World: Seventeen Illinois Artists,” University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois (group)

“Recent Paintings,” Kiehle Gallery, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota (solo)

"Recent Paintings,” Gallery Nine, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois (solo)

1988 "Recent Acquisitions,” Andersen and Andersen Companies, Minneapolis, Minnesota (group)

"Gallery Artists,” MC Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

"Mystical Landscapes,” The Gallery, Jewish Community Center Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota (group)

1987 "Disquietudes - Landscapes, Cityscapes,” Katherine Nash Gallery,

Minneapolis, Minnesota (group)

"Carleton Invitational Drawing Exhibition,” Carleton Art Gallery, Northfield, Minnesota (group)

"Gallery Artists,” MC Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

"Ten Grant Recipients from Minnesota,” St. Paul Companies, St. Paul, Minnesota

"Drawing: Contradiction and Paradox,” Katherine Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota (group)

"Eight McKnight Artists,” University Gallery, Moorehead State University, Moorehead, Minnesota

"Group Exhibition,” Schaefer Gallery, St. Peter, Minnesota

1986 "House, Garden - The Spirit of Place,” Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota (group)

"Interiors of the Spirit,” Rochester Art Center, Rochester, Minnesota (group)

"Faculty Exhibit,” Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, Minnesota

"Tenth Anniversary Exhibition,” Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota (group)

"Recent Work,” Benedicta Art Center, St. Cloud, Minnesota (two-person)

1985 "Holiday Group Exhibition,” A.I.R. Gallery, New York, New York

"National Competition '85,” College of the Mainland, Texas City, Texas (group)

"Recent Work,” Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota (two person)

1984 "Recent Paintings and Drawings,” West Virginia University, Gallery of Art, Morgantown, West Virginia (solo)

"Sunrise Invitational '84,” Sunrise Museum, Charleston, West Virginia (group)

"Allied Artists of West Virginia,” Charleston, West Virginia

1983 "Group Exhibition,” Wiebe-Bonwell Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

"Crosscurrents,” Works on Paper, Wheeling, West Virginia (group)

"West Virginia Juried Exhibition,” Cultural Center, Charleston, West Virginia (group)

"Group A Exhibit,” Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

"National Drawing '83,” Holman Art Gallery, Trenton State College, Trenton, New Jersey (group)

"Intermont National '83,” Virginia Intermont College, Bristol, Virginia (group)

1982 "Invitational Mask Show,” West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia (group)

"19th Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition,” Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois (group)

"Group Exhibition,” Monongalia Art Center, Morgantown, West Virginia

1981 "ACCA Draws the Figure,” 4th Annual, Steinberg Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri (group)

"Works on Paper,” Messing Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri (group)

"The Artist Draws the Figure,” Cemrel 59th Street Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri (group)

1979 "Recent Works,” University City Public Library, St. Louis, Missouri (solo)

1976 "Drawings, Paintings,” Fontbonne College, St. Louis, Missouri (two person)

1975 "Works on Paper,” Maryville College, St. Louis, Missouri (group)

"BFA Show,” Steinberg Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri (group)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2003 “Nature As Abstraction,” Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota (group)

2002 “Europa,” Rochester Art Center, Rochester, Minnesota (group)

“Lush Life,” Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona (group)

“Summer Group Exhibition,” Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona (group)

“Random Acts of Beauty: An Exhibition in Four Parts,” Foothills Art Center, Golden, Colorado (group)

“Luminous Nature,” Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado (three-person)

“Re-Vision,” Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri (group)

“Places of Desire,” Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota (group)

2001 “Botanica: Contemporary Art + the World of Plants”, two-year traveling exhibit at the following venues (group): Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham Washington (2001); Kresge Art Museum, East Lansing, Michigan (2001); University Gallery, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware (2001); Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois (2000); Tarble Arts Center, Charleston, Illinois (2000); Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, Louisiana (2000); Carleton College Art Gallery, Northfield, Minnesota (2000); University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois (2000); Plains Art Museum, Fargo, North Dakota (2000)

2000 “Gardens of Pleasure”, J. M. Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin (group)

1999 "Libidinal”, TBA Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (group)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS

2002 “Escape Artists”, Minneapolis Star Tribune, feature article, January, 2002

“Ambitious Moves”, ART NEWS magazine, feature article with half-page color reproduction, January, 2002

“Painting Succeeds at Evergreen Status”, Rocky Mountain News, Denver, by Mary Voelz Chandler, February, 2002

“ A Revised Look At The Natural World”, The Kansas City Star, by Kate Hackman, February, 2002

“Early Thaw”, Denver Westword Journal, by Michael Paglia, February, 2002

2001 “Artist’s Works Move Toward the Abstract”, Champaign-Urbana

News Gazette, feature article by Melissa Merli, April 2001

2000“Libidinal”, review by Margaret Hawkins, Chicago Sun Times, May

2000

"Rosalyn Schwartz”, review by Donald Kuspit, New Art Examiner, March 2000

1999 “Clayton Native Lives Childhood Dream of Being An Artist”, feature article by Julie Stevenson, West End-Clayton Word, Vol. 28., No. 30, July 29, 1999

“Champaign Summer”, Forum for Contemporary Art, review by Jeff Daniel, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 18, 1999

“Champaign Tastes”, Forum for Contemporary Art, review by Eddie Silva, Riverfront Times, July 4, 1999, featured photo of painting “Magenta 1”

“Exhibit puts ‘Nice’ on ice”, Rockford Art Museum, review by Margaret Hawkins, Chicago Sun Times, March 12, 1999

1998 “Paen to Nature”, review by Jim Houghton, including color reproduction, South Bend Tribune, September 24, p. 8

“Female Redivivus”, catalogue essay from “Buried Pleasures” exhibition, by Donald Kuspit

“In Memory of Pleasure”, Kohler Arts Center, review by Heather Hewitt, ArtPaper, September/October

“In Memory of Pleasure”, Kohler Arts Center, review by Nadine Wasserman, New Art Examiner, June

“Buried Pleasures”, University Galleries, Illinois State University, review by Cynthia Morgan, New Art Examiner, May

1996 “(un)earthly delights”, catalogue essay by Donald Kuspit

"Sticky Embrace of Past Comes Off Less Than Delightfully”, review by Alan Artner, Chicago Tribune, May, Section 7, p. 10

1995 "A Riot of Color that Bears Dark Secrets”, review by Carol Ferring Shepley, St. Louis Post Dispatch, September

1993 “Rosalyn Schwartz”, review by Michael Bulka, Art in America, September

1992 “Rosalyn Schwartz”, review by Spencer Sauter, The Pantagraph, Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, November

“Rosalyn Schwartz”, review by Giselle Atterberry, The Champaign-Urbana News Gazette, November

"Reinventing Nature”, review by Holland Cotter, New York Times,

July 3, p. C26

1991 “Rosalyn Schwartz”, review by Giselle Atterbery, The Champaign-Urbana News Gazette, November

"Art Show Features Good, Bad, Ugly”, review by Spencer Sauter,The Pantagraph, Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, July

"Rosalyn Schwartz”, review by John Brunetti, New Art Examiner, February

"Rosalyn Schwartz”, review by James Yood, Artforum, January

1990 "Rosalyn Schwartz-Paintings”, brochure essay by Eleanor Heartney, exhibition at Gwenda Jay Gallery, Chicago

"UI Faculty Displays Range of Styles, Concerns”, The Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette Weekend, October

1989 "Rosalyn Schwartz”, review by Cynthia Morgan, New Art Examiner, summer issue

"A Retreat from the Midwinter Blahs”, The Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette Weekend, February

"Unique, Yet Similar Art Styles on Display”, The Daily Illini, February

1987 “Bush Foundation Fellowships – 1987”, catalogue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

"Disquietudes: Landscapes and Cityscapes”, Minneapolis Star & Tribune, December

"Made in Minnesota”, Arts Magazine, March

"McKnight Foundation Fellowship Exhibition Opens March 16”, ArtPaper, March

"The Drawing Show”, Vinyl Arts Magazine, April

1986 "Two at MIA”, Minneapolis Star Tribune, November

"MAEP 10th Anniversary Celebration”, ArtPaper, April

"Moments of Truth!”, ArtPaper, October

1984 "Schwartz, Weidner to Give Art Exhibit”, Morgantown Dominion Post, January

1983 "Morgantown Residents Take Awards in State Art Show”, Morgantown Panorama, April

2002 "Recent Works”, The Clayton Journal, October

HONORS, AWARDS, PRESENTATIONS

2001Invited Artist, “Petals and Paintings Exhibition”, Krannert Art Museum,

Champaign, Illinois

2000 Invited Artist, Normal Editions Workshop, Normal, Illinois, to create

a limited edition lithograph

Visiting Artist, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois

Visiting Artist, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois

Invited Artist, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado

Recipient, Research Board Grant, UIUC

Finalist Grant in Visual Arts, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago, Illinois

1999 Recipient, Millay Colony of the Arts One-Month Residency (summer), Austerlitz, New York

Recipient, Research Board Grant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

1997 Recipient, Research Board Grant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

1995 Co-chair, "Why Teach Drawing in 1995”, Mid-America College Art Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana

1994 Recipient, Arts Midwest/NEA Fellowship Grant in Painting

Recipient, Research Board Grant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Visiting Artist, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Visiting Artist, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1993 Visiting Artist, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

Recipient, "Outstanding Faculty Award”, University of Illinois at

Urbana-Champaign

Visiting Artist, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

1992 Recipient, Research Board Grant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1992-93)

Visiting Artist, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois

1990 Guest Artist/Speaker, "Narrative in Painting and Literature”, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois

Guest Artist/Speaker/Alum, "100 Years: Clayton School District”,

St. Louis, Missouri

1989 Slide lecture/presentation for "Elderhostel Seminar: Exploration of the Arts”, Champaign, Illinois

Juror, "Washington University High School Art Competition”, St. Louis, Missouri

1987 Recipient, "Bush Foundation Fellowship for Visual Artists”, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1986 Recipient, “McKnight Foundation Fellowship in Visual Art”, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Selected Artist, "Open Studio Day”, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis,

Minnesota

1985 Juror, "Mentor Program”, WARM Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Slide lecture/presentation, Introduction to Studio Arts, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1984 Slide lecture/presentation, Normandale Community College, Bloomington, Minnesota

Chairperson, "Women and Creativity National Conference”, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia

1983 Drawing selected for two year Traveling Exhibition, “Bradley National '83”, Peoria, Illinois. Jurors: Jim Nutt, Don Baum

Merit Award, “West Virginia Juried Exhibition”, Charleston, West Virginia. Juror, "Holocaust Exhibit," Morgantown, West Virginia

Purchase Prize, Holman Gallery, Trenton State College, Trenton, New Jersey

1981 Speaker, "Art and Moral Issues”, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri

1979 Workshop, "The Portrait”, Craft Alliance Center, St. Louis, Missouri

1977 Teaching Assistantship, Painting, Fontbonne College, St. Louis, Missouri

1974 Drawing published in National Fine Arts Brochure for Washington

University, St. Louis, Missouri

1973 Recipient of Tanasko Milovitch Honorary Painting Award, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

COLLECTIONS

Nordstroms Inc., Las Vegas, Nevada, Houston, Texas, Miami, Florida,

Seattle,Washington

Harpo Studios, Chicago, Illinois

Illinois State Museum

The Clark Collection, Santa Barbara, California

Cupples Westin Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri

S. Marcovitz Collection, Chicago, Illinois and Palm Beach, Florida

The Four Seasons Hotel, San Diego, California

The Aronson Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Prudential Bache Companies, Chicago, Illinois

The Wood Collection, New York, New York

Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at

Urbana-Champaign

General Mills Corporation World Headquarters, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Squibb Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc., Trenton, New Jersey

Arthur Anderson Companies, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Numerous public and private collections

GALLERY REPRESENTATION

Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri

Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado

William Shearburn Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

2002-present Professor in Painting, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, School of Art and Design

1996-2002 Associate Professor in Painting, University of Illinois at Urbana-

Champaign, School of Art and Design

1991-1996 Assistant Professor in Painting, University of Illinois at Urbana-

Champaign, School of Art and Design

1988-1991 Visiting Assistant Professor in Painting, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, School of Art and Design

1986-1988 Instructor in Painting and Portraiture, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1984-1987 Lecturer in Painting and Drawing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1982-1984 Assistant Professor, Coordinator of Painting, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia

1981-1982 Instructor of Figure Drawing, Advanced Drawing, St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley, St. Louis, Missouri

1980-1981 Instructor of Beginning Painting, Fontbonne College, St. Louis, Missouri

Instructor of Figure Drawing, Advanced Drawing, St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley, St. Louis, Missouri

1977-1979 Instructor of Intermediate Drawing, Fontbonne College, St. Louis, Missouri

Graduate Assistant in Beginning through Advanced Painting, Fontbonne College, St. Louis, Missouri

1976-1977 Instructor of Figure Drawing, St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley, St. Louis, Missouri

1975 Instructor of Beginning through Advanced Drawing, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri