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Dan Ramirez - Resumé

EDUCATION:

1975-77
  • M.F.A. University of Chicago
1975
  • Art Institute of Chicago
1972-75
  • B.A. University of Illinois, Chicago
1971-72
  • Chicago City College

ONE-PERSON EXHIBITS:

2001
  • Klein Art Works, Chicago
2001
  • Klein Art Works, Chicago
1997
  • Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago
1996
  • Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago
1995
  • Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago
1993
  • Illinois Benedictine Monastery, Lisle, Illinois
1990
  • Dart Gallery, Chicago
1988
  • Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago
1986
  • Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago
  • Roy Boyd Gallery, Los Angeles
1985
  • Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago
1984-85
  • Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois
    (catalogue available)
1983
  • Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago
  • St. Xavier College, Chicago
1982-83
  • Roy Boyd Gallery
1982
  • Roy Boyd Gallery, Los Angeles
1981
  • Three Illinois Center Plaza, Chicago
  • Ball State University Art Gallery, Muncie, Indiana
  • The Art Institute of Chicago:
    "Twenty Contemplations on the Infant Jesus:
  • An Homage to Olivier Messiaen" (catalogue available)
1980
  • Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago
1979
  • The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago: "Dan Ramirez Works: 1972-1979"
    (catalogue available)
1977
  • Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago
  • Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana
1976
  • Chicago Gallery, Chicago
1975
  • Social Science Administration Building, University of Chicago
1974
  • Don Roth's Blackhawk, Chicago

GROUP EXHIBITS:

2002
  • Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston
2001
  • Contemporary Abstraction, Art Chicago: Navy Pier,
    Oomph – A group show, Klein Art Works, Chicago
2000
  • Contemporary Abstraction, Klein Art Works, Chicago
1999
  • "Contemporary Abstraction," Klein Art Works, Chicago
1998
  • The Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Mo.
  • "Derriere Guard Festival," Graham Foundation, Chicago, Il.
1996
  • "ART IN CHICAGO, 1945-1995,"
    Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Il.
  • Madison Art Center, Madison, WI. "Three Artists:
    Daniel Smajo-Ramirez / Julia Fish / Louisa Chase
  • "Art in Bloom," Madison Art Center, Madison, Wi.
  • Art Expo, Chicago, Il, Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, Il
  • "Rethinking the Figure" (June) Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago
1996
  • Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, Il., "Update: Dan Smajo-Ramirez, Frank Pietek, Buzz Spector, Bill Conger, Ann Wilson, (November)
  • Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
    (catalogue available)
  • "Second Sight: Printmaking in Chicago 1935-1995,
    Mary and Leigh Block Gallery,
  • Northwestern University, (September -December) catalogue available
  • "25 Years of Contemporary Art,"
    Ukranian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL,
    (September-November) catalogue available
1995
  • Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, "Gallery Artists"
1994
  • "Exquisite Drawing: Lines of Correspondence,"
    Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
  • "Post-Minimalism and the Spiritual: Four Chicago Artists," The Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, Saint Louis University, St. Louis Missouri
1993
  • Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin
  • Sotheby's Gallery, Chicago
  • The Renaissance Society, University of Chicago
1992
  • Artemesia Gallery, Chicago
1991
  • The Renaissance Society, University of Chicago
  • "En El Corazon Del Pais (In the Heart of the Country)", Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago Cultural Center
1990
  • The Renaissance Society, University of Chicago
  • "Wisconsin Triennial," Madison Art Center
  • "University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Art Faculty Exhibition," Elvehjem Museum, Madison
1989
  • Selected Works, Dart Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
  • "Partners in Purchase: Selected Works, 1976-87,"
  • State of Illinois Art Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
  • "Dedication Exhibition of Commissioned Works," Chicago Technology Park, Chicago, Illinois
1988
  • "Adivina: Latino Chicago Expressions," traveling exhibition; The Mexican Fine Arts Center - Museum, Chicago; The Museum of Contemporary Art/Chapaultapec, Mexico City, Mexico
  • Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois
  • "Dedication Exhibition of Commissioned Works," Chicago Technology Park "International Art Exposition," Chicago, Illinois
  • Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois
1987
  • "Works on Paper," Roy Boyd Gallery, Los Angeles
  • "Chicago Abstractionists: Works on Paper," Grae Gallery, St. Louis
  • "Prints of Illinois: 1950-1987," David and Alfred Smart Gallery, The University of Chicago
1986
  • "Nuestras Imagenes: Our Images," Community Gallery of Art, College of
  • Lake County, Grayslake, Illinois
1985
  • "Earworks," Nexus Museum, Philadelphia
  • "Earworks," Southern Allegheny Museum, Johnstown, Pennsylvania
  • "Gallery Artists," Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago
  • "Then and Now," Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
  • "Chicago Abstraction," Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago
  • "Selections from the Permanent Collection," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
1984-86
  • "Abstract/Symbol/Image: A Revision," originating at the Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, and traveling for two years (catalogue available)
1984
  • "Chicago Cross Sections," Trisolini Gallery, University of Ohio, Athens, (catalogue available)
  • "Fine Art Prints for Collectors, North Gallery, St. Charles, Illinois
  • Sonnenschein Gallery, Durand Institute, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Illinois
  • "20th Century Prints and Drawings: Part II," Blake-Palmer Gallery, the Art Institute of Chicago
  • "Abstract Painting in Chicago," Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago
  • "Connections," Flynn Hall, Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago
  • "Future Tense," Three Person Exhibition, Franklin Square Gallery, Chicago
  • Thirty South Wacker Mercantile Building Exhibition, Invitational, Chicago
1983-86
  • "Chicago: Some Other Traditions," Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin;
  • Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Norman
  • MacKensie Art Gallery, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan; Sarah C. Blaffer Art Gallery, University of Houston, Texas; Loch Haven Art Center, Orlando, Florida; Anchorage Historical and Fine Arts Museum, Anchorage, Alaska; Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas (catalogue available)
1983-84
  • "Chicago Scene," Mandeville Gallery, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
1983
  • "Eleven Chicago Artists" Traveling educational exhibition co-sponsored by the Museum of Contemporary Art and N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago. A video tape with the artist discussing his/her work and an example of the work is shown. Traveling to high schools throughout the state of Illinois. (videotape and brochure)
  • "Recent Work," Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago
  • "Fans," Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
1982-83
  • "Chicago Abstract Painting, "University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California; Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum, Eastern Washington; State Historical Society, Spokane, Washington
1982
  • "Drawing from Chicago," College of Fine Arts, University of Nebraska at Omaha (catalogue available)
1982
  • "Solitude: Inner Visions in American Art," Terra Museum of American Art, Evanston, Illinois (catalogue available)
1981-82
  • "Selections from the Permanent Collection," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
  • "Dennis Adrian Collection," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
1980
  • "NEUE KUNST AUS CHICAGO," Bonn, Germany, traveling exhibition
  • "The Drawn Image Exhibition," Sloan Galleries, Valporaiso, Indiana
  • "Professors of Art in Northern Illinois," traveling exhibition
  • "Chicago/Chicago," The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
  • "Chicago Abstract Art," Western Association of Museums Touring Show
  • "Works from the Permanent Collection," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
1979
  • "Aesthetik/Graphik/Bilden," traveling exhibition; Karlsruhe, Stuttgart, and Munich, Germany
  • "Critics Choice," Indiana University, N.W., Gary, Indiana
  • "Abstractions from Chicago," Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago
  • "100 Years - 100 Artists," The Art Institute of Chicago
  • "Prize Winners Revisited," The Art Institute of Chicago
  • "Chicago Drawing," Columbia College Gallery, Chicago
  • "Raices Antiguas/Visiones Nuevas - Ancient Roots/ New Visions," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
1978
  • "Bologna Arte Fiera," Bologna, Italy
  • "Abstract Art in Chicago," University of Missouri, Kansas City
  • "Chicago: The City and It's Artists, 1945-1978," Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor
  • "Detroit- Chicago: Art of the 70's," Detroit Institute of Art, Michigan
  • "Oklahoma Arts Center," Oklahoma City
  • Mulvane Art Center, Washburne University, Topeka, Kansas
  • University of Missouri, Columbia
  • Western Illinois University, Macomb
  • "Chicago Collects Chicago," Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
  • "Seven by Nine Invitational," N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago
  • "Works on Paper," 77th Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity, The Art Institute of Chicago
  • "Alumni Show," Midway Studios, University of Chicago
  • 1977 N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago
  • "Recent Masterpieces of Chicago Art," Cultural Center, Chicago
  • 1976-77"Chicago Connection," traveling exhibition
1977
  • "Chicago: Works on Paper," Pollack Gallery, Ltd., Toronto, Canada
1976
  • "Painting and Sculpture Today," Indianapolis, Indiana
  • "Chicago Abstract Art," Memorial Union Gallery, Purdue University, LaFayette, Indiana
  • "Young Collectors," The Renaissance Society of the University of Chicago
  • Midwest MFA Drawing Show, IIT, Chicago
  • "Wednesday Evening Group," Bergman Gallery, University of Chicago Deson-Zaks Gallery, group drawing show, Chicago
  • "Critic's Choice." 1134 Gallery, Chicago
  • "Visions: Painting and Sculpture, Distinguished Alumni, 1945-Present,"
  • The Art Institute of Chicago
  • Marianne Deson Gallery, group painting show, Chicago
1975
  • "Women Choose Men," ARC Gallery, Chicago

SELECTED COLLECTIONS:

  • The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
  • The Art Institute of Chicago
  • David and Alfred Smart Gallery, The University of Chicago
  • Frito-Lay, Dallas, TX
  • Illinois Benedictine College, Lisle, IL
  • Indiana Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
  • Madison Art Center, Madison, WI.
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
  • San Antonio Museum of Art, TX
  • State of Illinois Collection
  • Quaker Oats, Chicago

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