About

Nancy Charak, photo by Birkenheuer Photography

Nancy Charak makes art in a studio in the Ravenswood area of Chicago. Her painting. The Dreamer and the Dream, was recently in the Evanston+Vicinity Show 2010 Biennial. Another painting, Rainbows End, was juried into the Art Loop Open sponsored by the Chicago Loop Alliance and the Chicago Artists Coalition and exhibied at Block 37. She exhibited at Woman Made Gallery of Chicago in 2008 and juried their show Drawing on Experience. In May 2008, she had a solo exhibit, Resonance, at the University Center Gallery of the University of Montana in Missoula, and Marks in Time and Space at the Fred P. Giles Gallery of Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond. Her work can also be seen at The Nines Gallery of Holland, Michigan. She is an affiliate member of the ARC Gallery and Educational Foundation, of Chicago, Illinois, one of the oldest womens’ art cooperatives in the country.

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Curriculum Vitae

Gallery Representation

  • Sapere Art in the Flat Iron Arts Building, 1579 N. Milwaukee, Chicago, Illinois, 60622
  • ARC Gallery & Educational Foundation, 832 W. Superior, Chicago, Illinois 60622 (affiliate member)
  • The Nines Gallery, 17 W. 10th St., Holland, Michigan 49423

Education

  • MFA    Painting and Drawing, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
  • BA      Photography and Design, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Selected Upcoming & Recent Exhibits

Solo Exhibits

  • Marks in Time and Space, Fred P. Giles Gallery, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, 2008
  • Drawing on Experience, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, 2008
  • Resonance, University Center Gallery, University of Montana, Missoula, 2008
  • Re Emergence, ARC Gallery, Chicago, 2006

Juried Exhibitions

  • Art Loop Open, Chicago, jurors Susan Aurinko, Theaster Gates, Mary Jane Jacob, Tricia Van Eyck, Rainbows End, Oct 15 – Nov 12, 2010.
  • Evanston+Vicinity Biennial Exhibition, jurors John Himmelfarb & Julie Rodrigues-Widholm, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois, The Dreamer and the Dream, May 23 – Jun 17, 2010.
  • WCA Members’ Exhibition, Mid-West Regional, ARC Gallery, Chicago, Feb 3 – 27, 2009.
  • Lineal Investigations: a drawing show, Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, Connecticut, juror Robin Zella, Nov 9 – Dec 21, 2007.

Group Exhibitions

  • “What’s Abstract?,” two-person exhibit at Chicago State University with Julian Williams, curated by Joyce Owens, January – February 2013.
  • Big Women, Small Works, Portage Art Space, Chicago, curated by Johannah Silva, March 2011.
  • Collaboration- ARC Gallery Annual Members Exhibition, ARC Gallery, Chicago; collaboration with poet Jenene Ravesloot, Sestina-Variation, Oct 2010 and Blackbird, Oct 2009.
  • Summer Salon 2010, Organization of Independent Artists, New York Law School, New York, Jul 12-Aug 13, 2010;Members’ Salon, 2006; Drawing, 2006; Abstraction, 2005.
  • Marks on Paper, Drawing and Sketch Show, Morpho Gallery, Chicago, curator Gabriella Boros, 2007.
  • Poetic Dialogue, University of Wisconsin, Waukesha, Wisconsin, curator Beth Shadur, Apr 2007; H. F. Johnson Gallery of Art, Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin, Feb-Apr 2007; ARC Gallery, Chicago, Promises, poet Margaret Rozga, 2005.
  • Fresh Produce: New Art by New Nines Gallery Artists, The Nines Gallery, Holland, Michigan, 2005.

Open Studio Visits

  • Marks in Time Preview, Cornelia Arts Building, Chicago, with Marian Carow & Sharon Swidler, Nov 2009.
  • Open Studio Visit, from Hyde Part Art Center, Cornelia Arts Building, June 2009.
  • Art on the Move Studio Visit, Art Institute of Chicago, Cornelia Arts Building, Apr 2008.
  • Studio visit, West Suburban Auxiliary of Museum of Contemporary Art with artists Emily Roynesdal & Tiffany Stronsky, May 2007.

Previous Years

  • Chicago and Vicinity Show, Art Institute of Chicago
  • Davidson National Print and Drawing Competition
  • Chattahoochee Valley Art Association Purchase Prize
  • Van Straaten Gallery, Chicago
  • Bernal Gallery, Chicago
  • Genesis Gallery, New York

Selected Collections

  • Whole Health Management Inc., Cleveland, Ohio
  • Sherwood Forest Bed & Breakfast, Saugatuck, Michigan
  • Mr. & Mrs. Noah Webster, Dallas, Texas
  • Mr. & Mrs. Henry Schaffer, Chicago
  • Ms. Alexandra Seeger, The Netherlands
  • Mr. & Mrs. Mike Ravesloot, Chicago

Other Professional Affiliations

  • 2005-06, Chairwoman Exhibits Committee & Membership Committee, ARC Gallery & Educational Foundation.
  • 2008, Juror Drawing on Experience Woman Made Gallery, Chicago.
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