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Rupturing Beauty Exhibition
Artist Biographies:
Marie Krane Bergman received a BA in philosophy form Northwestern University and, in 2000, an MFA in painting from the School of the Art Insititue of Chicago. Bergman’s luminous paintings represent her practive of looking at one flower over a long period and recording the color she perceives as the flower deteriorates. Each painting consists of thousands of repetive marks and addresses questions of life. In addition to her painting practice, Bergman operates The Showroom in Chicago and explores alternative modes of art production and presentation, often in collaboration with others. Her work has been exhibited in Chicago, Colorado and Amsterdam.
Shane Huffman, trained as a photographer, is a multimedia artist whose work reveals his fascination with astronomy and the laws of physics. He invests these scientific concepts with personal memories and intimate associations. In the last year, Huffman’s work has been shown in two Chicago galleries. He received a BFA from John Herron School of Art in Indianapolis and will complete his MFA at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2002.
A sculptor, printmaker, and installation artist, Frances Whitehead’s work has been shown from Chicago to Korea. Bringing the issues and images of science to the world of art, the artist focuses our attention on the intricacy, beauty and utility of unseen objects. Whitehead earned a BFA at Eastern Carolina University and an MFA at Northern Illinois. She is Professor of Sculpture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Director there of the School’s Sculptural Practices Initiatives.
Jocelyn Nevel is a photographer and sculptor whose works have been shown throughout the country. Using the material of everyday life, such as clothing, hair, tea bags and dryer lint, she creates works of unusual beauty and tactility. Nevel took her BFA at Ohio State and earned her MFA at Columbia College Chicago. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Photography at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.
Painter Michael Kiresuk concerns himself with purely material explorations and the paradoxical move into illusion. Using many layers of pigment to achieve a monochrome, Kiresuk creates work which is both perceptible and elusive. His BFA in painting is from the University of Minnesota and his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Acknowledgements
The Hyde Park Art Center would like to thank the following individuals and institutions for their contributions to Rupturing Beauty.
The Field Museum of Natural History
Division of Insects
Lepidoptera
Paul Z. Goldstein, Ph.D.,
Assistant Curator of Insects
The Oriental Institute
Joe Scott, Installation Coordinator
The University of Chicago
Divinity School
The Religion and Literature Congress
The Religion and the Arts Club
Francoise Meltzer, Professor
Any Hollywood, Visiting Associate Professor
Scott Chambers
Eric Elshtain
Christine Hume
Devin Johnston
Christopher
Pusateri
Lisa Lamuelsv
The Hyde Park Art Center is a not-for-profit organization that presents innovative exhibitions -- primarily work by Chicago-area artists and educational programs in the visual arts for children and adults of diverse backgrounds. The Center is funded in part by the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency; a City Arts III grant from the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency; the Illinois FIRST Fund; The National Endowment for the Arts; the Sara Lee Foundation; the Polk Bros. Foundation; WPWR-TV Channel 50 Foundation; the Orbit Fund; the Lloyd A. Fry Foundation; Arie & Ida Crown Memorial; Kraft Foods North America, Inc., part of the Philip Morris Family of Companies; Regent Park by the Clinton Companies and the generosity of its members and individual donors.
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