H O M E P A I N T I N G W O R K S on P A P E R P R E S S B I O C O N T A C T


VERA KLEMENT



On Painting


Born: 1929, Danzig (Gdansk), resides in Chicago, Illinois

Professor Emerita, University of Chicago 1969-1995

Education
Cooper Union School of Art and Architecture, New York, NY 1950

Selected Solo Shows
Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, IL 1973
Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, IL (also 1979) 1981
Goethe Institute, Chicago, IL 1983
CDS Gallery, (also 1981), New York, NY 1984
Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Retrospective, (catalog) 1987
Spertus Museum, Chicago, IL 1987
Roy Boyd Gallery, (also 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992) Chicago, IL 1993
Chicago Cultural Center, 1968-1998 Retrospective (catalog) 1999
Fassbender Gallery, (also 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999), Chicago, IL 2001
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN 2001
Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 2001
University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ 2001
Tarble Art Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL (catalog) 2002
Abner Hershberger Art Gallery, Goshen College, Goshen, IN 2003
Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, OH 2004
Maya Polsky Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004
Frederick Baker, Chicago, IL 2004
Printworks, Chicago, IL 2004
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO, Paintings 1991-2004 (catalog) 2004
Metcap Bank, Chicago, IL 2005
Alfedena Gallery, Chicago, IL 2007
Rockford Museum of Art, Rockford, IL (catalog) 2008
Printworks, Chicago, IL 2009
Printworks, Chicago, IL 2011
Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL 2012
Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL 2013


Selected Group Shows
The Jewish Museum, Jewish Themes/Contemporary American Artists, New York, NY(catalog) 1982
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Painting and Sculpture Today, Indianapolis, IN (catalog) 1985
Galerie Walter Bischoff, Munich, West Germany 1987
Terra Museum of American Art, Surfaces, Chicago, IL (catalog) 1987
State of Illinois Gallery, Locations of Desire, Chicago, IL (catalog) 1989
State of Illinois Building, Governor?s Award Show, Chicago, IL 1989
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL 1990
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Still Working, Washington, DC (catalog) 1994
Museum of Contemporary Art, Art in Chicago 1945-1995, Chicago, IL (catalog) 1996
Herron Gallery, Indianapolis Center for Contemporary Art, 4 Painters, Indianapolis, IN 1997
Northern Indiana Arts Association, That 70s Show: The Age of Pluralism in Chicago, Munster, IN 2004
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College Chicago, Works from the Collection 2009
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO: LipstickTraces, Women from the Collection, Summer 2009
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL Constellations, Paintings from the MCA Collection 2009
State of Illinois Museum of Art travelling exhibition Luminous Ground: Artists with Histories 2011-13
Printworks Gallery, Chicago, Carole Harmel: Chicago Odyssey, Portraits of Chicago Artists: A Collaboration 2011
Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago, Beyond Photography 2012
Governors State University, University Park, IL, Ways of Making: Painting 2012
Illinois Holcaust Museum, Skokie, IL, Artist Panel: Creating A Legacy 2014


Awards
Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award 1954
John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship 1982
National Endowment for the Arts Grant 1987
Illinois Arts Council Grants 1997 (also 1984 1987)
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant 1998
Camargo Foundation Residency and Stipend, Cassis, France 2006


Selected Collections
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Snite Museum, Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN
Louis and Clark Community College, Godfrey, IL
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
Museum of American Art, Smithsonian, Washington, DC
The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
Philip Morris Collection, New York, NY
Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Huntington Gallery, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
Brauer Museum, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
Goshen College, Goshen, IN
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, OH
Clay Center, Charleston, WV
Kresge Art Museum, East Lansing, MI
Davis Museum, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
McCormick Place, Chicago, IL (commission)
The Union League Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College, Chicago, IL
Rockford Museum of Art, Rockford, IL
University Club, Chicago, IL
Illinois Holocaust Museum, Skokie, IL
Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Israel

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