Nancy Charak is always happy to exhibit her work and welcomes visits to her studio. All inquiries from exhibitors, college and university spaces, non-profits and collectives, galleries, and museums are welcome. Contact Nancy at 312/451-4268 or rounder@rounderstudio.com for an appointment.
Gallery Affiliations
A.R.C. Gallery & Educational Foundation, 832 West Superior Street, Chicago, Illinois (affiliate member)
Eaton Fine Art Consultants, 5555 North Lamar Boulevard, No. D 113, Austin, Texas 78751
Gallery Mornea, Evanston, Illinois (closed operations January 2007)
The Nines Gallery, 17 West 10th Street, Holland, Michigan 49423
Professional Affiliations/Activities
Ongoing:
Chicago Artist's Coalition (Chicago); FOTA, Friends of the Arts (Chicago); Organization of Independent Artists (New York)
2005-06, Chairwoman Exhibits Committee & Membership Committee, A.R.C. Gallery & Educational Foundation.
2008 (June), Juror "Drawing on Experience" Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Education
MFA Painting and Drawing, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
BA Photography and Design, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Exhibitions and Awards
2008
Paintings featured in the January 2008 "Concelabratory Shoehorn Review", edited by Maurice Oliver, http://concelebratory.blogspot.com.
May 1- May 31
"Resonance", Solo Exhibition at the University Center Gallery, University of Montana, Missoula
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 1, 2008
May 2- May 31
CAC initiative "Artists Around Town", Dick Blick Art Store, 42 South State Street
Opening reception 7pm during Looptopia 2008
May 8- May 31
FOTA, Friends of The Arts, at Wishbone on Lincoln Avenue
Group Exhibition at 3300 N. Lincoln, Chicago, IL
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 8, 2008
June 27 - July 24
"Drawing on Experience," Solo Exhibition, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Opening Reception: Friday, June 27, 2008
2007
Housatonic Museum of Art, “Lineal Investigations: a drawing show,” Bridgeport, Connecticut
A.R.C. Gallery, "5 foot 2," Members' Show for Chicago Artists Month, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007 Chicago Art Open, Chicago Artists Coalition, Iron Studios, 3636 S. Iron St., Chicago, IL
ArtWalkRavenswood, Open Studio exhibitor, 1800 Cornelia, Chicago, IL
Morpho Gallery, "Marks on Paper, Drawing and Sketch Show," Group Show, Chicago, IL; curated by Gabriella Boros
Cornelia Arts Building, "Spring Open Studio," Chicago, IL
West Suburban Auxiliary of Museum of Contemporary Art, Hosted studio visit with fellow artists Emily Roynesdal and Tiffany Stronsky
FOTA (Friends of the Arts), "Annual Group Show," Wishbone Restaurant, Chicago, IL
"Poetic Dialogue," group show at University of Wisconsin, Waukesha, Wisconsin; curated by Beth Shadur
"Poetic Dialogue," group show at H. F. Johnson Gallery of Art, Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin
2006
A.R.C. Gallery, "Re-Emergence," Solo Exhibition, Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Art Open, Chicago Artists Coalition, Zhou Brothers Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
ArtWalkRavenswood, Open Studio exhibitor, Chicago, Illinois
A.R.C. Members' Show, A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Organization of Independent Artists, "Members’ Salon", St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, New York
Organization of Independent Artists, “Drawing,” Gallery 402, 19 Hudson Street, New York, New York
Woman Made Gallery, "Some Grey Squares" shown/sold in benefit auction, Chicago, Illinois
FOTA (Friends of the Arts), Annual Group Show, Chicago, Illinois
Gallery Mornea, 1800 Group Show, Evanston, Illinois
2005
"All Boxed In," (hand-made gift boxes), Members' Show and Fundraiser, ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Cornelia Arts Building, Annual Holiday Show and Sale, Chicago, Illinois
Organization of Independent Artists, “Abstraction,” Gallery 402, 19 Hudson Street, New York, New York
A.R.C. Gallery, “Poetic Dialogue,” exhibited "Promises" in collaboration with poet Margaret Rozga, Chicago, IL
Cornelia Arts Building, Open House and Art Sale for Chicago Artists' Month, Chicago, IL
A.R.C. Gallery, Members’ Show, Chicago, Illinois
The Nines Gallery, "Fresh Produce: New Art by New Nines Gallery Artists," group show, 17 West 10th Street, Holland, Michigan
2nd Annual "Sunday with the Arts", Ravenswood Bank, for Chicago Artists' Month, Chicago, Illinois
Patriothall Gallery and Studios at W.A.S.P.S., for Edinburgh Festival, showing "Pentimento" (A.R.C. Gallery exchange with Scottish art collective) , Edinburgh, Scotland
Solo Exhibition, Starbucks on Roscoe, 2023 W. Roscoe, Chicago, Illinois
A.I.R. Gallery, "Wish You Were Here," Postcard Show, 511 West 25th Street, Suite 301, New York, New York
Tall Grass Arts Association-Art Gallery, "Poetic Dialogue," group show of ARC Gallery members, "Bougainvillaea and TV" in response to Lois Roma-Deeley's poem, Park Forest, Illinois,
Lemon Street Gallery, 4th Annual Juried Exhibition, "Gould, Liszt, Beethoven", 3rd place award, Kenosha, Wisconsin
Cornelia Arts Building, 2nd Annual Art for Charity, benefit FOR THE FALLEN, Chicago, Illinois,
Selected Exhibitions prior to 2005
Chicago and Vicinity Show, Art Institute of Chicago
Davidson National Print and Drawing Competition
Chattahoochee Valley Art Association Purchase Prize
Previous Gallery Representation
Van Straaten Gallery, Chicago
Bernal Gallery, Chicago
Genesis Gallery, New York
Selected Private Collections
Whole Health Management Inc., Cleveland, Ohio
Sherwood Forest Bed & Breakfast, Saugatuck, Michigan
Ms. Angela M. Barry, Chicago, Illinois
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Eichenlaub, Chicago, Illinois
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Schaffer, Chicago, Illinois
Mr. Scott J. Moore, Chicago, Illinois
Rattner Family, Deerfield, Illinois
Ms. Jacqueline Steffens, Evanston, Illinois
Mr. & Mrs. Lee Steele, Phoenix, Arizona
Ms. Alexandra Seeger, The Netherlands