Marie Krane Bergman



Education

  • 2000 Master of Fine Arts, painting, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL.
  • 1998 Post-Bacculaureate Certificate, painting, School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
  • 1986 Juris Doctor, Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, IL.
  • 1983 Bachelor of Arts with honors in philosophy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.

Solo/Cream co.* and group Exhibitions (selected)

2008
Not Just Another Pretty Face, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL.
Earth Becomes You, Song Song, Vienna, Austria.
"What is an Image?", Co-organized by James Elkins and Gottfried Boehm. Stone Summer Theory Institute, Trustees' Room, Art Institute of Chicago.
2007
Witchpainters, Koje 38, Salzburg, AU.
In Search Of Duende, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO.
Not Fade Away, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL.
2006
Selections from the Permanent Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL.
Figures in the Field, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
*For Real, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL.
2005
Slow Down, Meadows Gallery,The University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX.
New Turf, Fleming Museum, Burlington, VT.
Photography: Double Exposure, Renaissance Society, Chicago (juried auction).
Photoworks, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
2004
17th Evanston + Vicinity Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Chicago.
2003
The Big Picture Show, Betty Rymer Gallery, Chicago.
*Really Real, a Cream Co. production, Gallery 312, Chicago.
2002
Art Council Awards Show, Gallery 312, Chicago.
Art Chicago, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago.
The Stray Show, Joymore Gallery, Chicago
Rupturing Beauty, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago.
2001
Under Control, Rijks Academie, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Light, Renaissance Society, Chicago, Illinois (juried auction).
Summer Show, Gallery 312, Chicago, Illinois.
2000
*Potluck, a Cream Co. production, The Showroom, Chicago.
*Paintings and Titles, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago.
New Talent, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago.
MFA Thesis Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Selected Bibilography

  • Elkins, James. "Six Stories from the End of Representation", Stanford University Press, 2008.

  • Snodgrass, Susan. "Window of Opportunity", Art in America, January, 2007, p.81.

  • Brown, Bill. "The World Collected", Exhibition catalogue. California: San Diego Museum of Art, 2007.

  • Brown, Bill. "Art, Administration, and the Poetics of Perpetuation". In For Real. Exhibition catalogue. Chicago: Hyde Park Art Center, 2006.

  • Devitt, Caitlin. “For Real”, “Forecast:Snow”, “Fresh from Julieanne’s Garden”’ “Inventing the World/Inventar el Mundo” Hyde Park Herald, February 1, 2006, p.8.

  • Workman, Michael. “The Real Thing”.  New City Chicago, January 31, 2006, p.1.

  • Oren, Ben. “Real Art, Really”. Chicago Weekly, January 12, 2006, p.12.

  • Wu, Suzanne. “Working the Connections Marie Krane Bergman’s Cream Co. whips up thoughts and theories on the connection between people and art”. UR Chicago, January 12, 2006, p. 16.

  • Hankins, Evelyn. “New Turf.” In New Turf. Exhibition catalogue. Vermont: Robert Hull Fleming Museum, 2005.

  • “Stephen Crane” and others regarding Really Real, othergroup.net, February and March, 2003.

  • Artner, Alan. “Local artists address issues first raised by George Bataille”, Chicago Tribune, January 31, 2002.

  • Biles, Jeremy. “Five Footnotes to an Essay Conceived While Lying on a Philosopher’s Couch.” In Rupturing Beauty. Exhibition catalogue. Chicago: Hyde Park Art Center, 2002.

  • Elkins, James. “Towards a New Definition of Strange.” In Rupturing Beauty. Exhibition catalogue. Chicago: Hyde Park Art Center, 2002.

  • Grabner, Michelle. “Chicago: Measuring Alternative Culture.” New Art Examiner 29, no.1 (September/October 2001): 29-30.

Public Collections

  • Albright-Knox Art Gallery
  • Progressive Insurance Corporation
  • The Museum of Contemporary Art of Chicago
  • The Whitney Museum of American Art

Awards and Related Experience

  • 2007 Guest member, Advanced MFA Committee, School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
  • 2007 Guest speaker, graduate seminar, Postminimalism, School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
  • 2007 Artadia Awardee Featured Artist, Studio Tour, ArtChicago.
  • 2006 Guest speaker, New Artists Society, School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
  • 2003 Louis H. Comfort Tiffany grant nominee.
  • 2002 Artadia (formerly the Art Council) Award.
  • 2000 Master of Fine Arts with Honorable Mention, School of the Art Institute.

Websites

Updated: September, 2008

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