Jean Poklop
520 N. Parkwood Ave.
Park Ridge, IL, 60068
(847) 823-2867
jean@poklop.net
MEDIA:
SELECTED JURIED, INVITATIONAL, & MEMBER EXHIBITS:
2001
Sept-Jan.’02 Interwoven, Northwestern University Settlement House, Chicago, IL
June-July Earth Voice II, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
May Member’s Show, Gallery E.G.G., Chicago, IL
March-April Women You Have Known (And Loved?), Brickton Art Center, Park Ridge, IL
Jan.-Feb. Red II, Brickton Art Center, Park Ridge, IL
January In View, Suburban Fine Art Center, Highland Park, IL
2000
Sept.-Oct. Blue, Space 900, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL
March-April Earth Voice I, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL
Dec.’99- Red, Oakton Community College, DesPlaines, IL
Jan. 2000
May Blue, Space 900, Chicago, IL
1999
November Chicago Art Open, Chicago, IL
September Faculty Show, Suburban Fine Art Center, Highland Park IL
June Then & Now, Work From the 1950’s-1990’s, Space 900, Chicago,IL
August H is for Heroines, (installation), Prairie Moon Book Store, Mt. Prospect, IL
Jan.- Feb. In View, Suburban Fine Art Center, Highland Park, IL
Oct. ‘98- Through the Portal-Fragments of Time, (two Person) Gallery E.G.G Chicago, IL
Jan. ’99
1998
October Chicago Society of Artists Invitational, Anderson Art Center, Kenosha, WI.
September See, Wear, Win, Red, Space 900, Chicago, IL
March Derriere Guard Festival, (invitational),Graham Foundation, Chicago, IL
Nov.’97-Jan. Chicago Artists Re-Enchanting the Earth, Gallery E.G.G., Chicago, IL
1997
Nov.-Dec. Vernissage, Space 900, Chicago, IL
June-June Anniversary 110, Chicago Society of Artists, Beverly Art Center, Chicago
April Works on Paper, Space 900, Chicago, IL
Feb.-March Visions in Watercolor, Edgewater Branch, Chicago Public Library
Jan.-Feb. Carving The forces of Change, WCA National 25th Anniversary Exhibit Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1996
December Alice & Arthur Baer Competition, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL
Nov.-Dec. Random Access Memory, (two person), Space 900. Chicago, IL
Oct.-Nov. Irving Shapiro National Watercolor Competition, Palette & Chisel, Chicago, IL
Sept.-Oct. Unique Editions: Text, Structure, & Performance, Suburban Fine Art Center, Highland Park, IL
September Faculty Exhibit, Suburban Fine Art Center, Highland Park, IL
Sept.-Oct. Space 900 Inaugural Exhibit at 1040 W. Huron, Chicago, IL
April Mixed Messages, Columbia College Graduate Exhibit, Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, IL
May-June Between Heaven & Earth, Blue Moon Gallery, Skokie, IL
1995
January Ancient Echoes, (Best of show), Contemporary Art Center, Arlington Hts. IL
Feb.-March The 30’s,40’s, & 50’s, Chicago Society of Artists Historical Review of
Chicago Art, Beacon Street Gallery, Chicago, Campbell Gallery, Geneva,
Batavia Community Center, Batavia, IL
Sept. Controversy-Art, Politics & Sex, North Lakeside Cultural Center, Chicago
Aug.-Sept. Global Focus, Women in Art & Culture, Fourth World Conference on
Women, Beijing, China
June Columbia College Alumni Exhibit, (honorable mention) Chicago, IL
For a more complete exhibit listing, prior to 1995, please send email.
SELECTED ONE PERSON EXHIBITS:
Loyola University, Chicago, IL
Illini Union Gallery, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
Highland Park IMC Gallery, Highland Park, IL
Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, IL
Paul Sargent Gallery, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
Chicago Horticultural Society, Botanic Garden, Glencoe, IL
Clausen Gallery, Kenilworth, IL
Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, IL
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
Illinois Bell Telephone Company
Meister Brau
Interstate Americ Corporation
Bank of Libertyville
Robert E. Cryor Collection
Robert H. Bacon Collection
Martin S. Weinberg Collection
Martin D. Jahn Collection
GRANTS:
Illinois Arts Council Completion Grant (1981)
Full Tuition Fellowship for one year of Master’s Study, Columbia College, Chicago, IL (1984)
Beatrice Companies, Inc. for Artemesia Show (1985)
Illinois Arts Council, Artist Fellowship finalist Award (1991)
PERIODICALS & PUBLICATIONS:
2001 Pioneer Press, Diversions, February 8, 2001, Art Review by Myrna Petlicki
2000 Manhattan Arts International, (March-April Issue) Artist Profile, Herstory Award
Winners
2000 Chicago Tribune Tempo, January 6,2000, Art Review by Lisa Stein
2000 WWW.ArtScope.Net, April 11,2000, visual arts review Earth Voice by Jurek
Polanski
1998 WWW.ArtScope.Net, November 7, 1998, visual arts review Through the Portal-
Fragments of Time by Jurek Polanski
1998 The Reader, November 6, 1998, art Review by Fred Camper
1992 Pioneer Press, Diversions, January 16, 1992, interview by Mike Isaacs
1991 I Am An Artist, Jean Morman Unsworth, Dale Seymour Publications
1989 Chicago Art Review, Les Krantz, American References, Inc.
1972 UNICEF Engagement Book
EDUCATION:
Columbia College, Chicago, IL, MA Interdisciplinary Arts Education
Graduate Seminars in Contemporary Visual Arts, University of Illinois, Chicago
CURRENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Exhibiting Member Gallery E.G.G. 1474 W. Hubbard, Chicago
Faculty member Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL
Member Chicago Society of Artists, Chicago Artist’s Coalition, Chicago Women’s Caucus For Art, and Art Encounter