About the artist:

I started my career after graduating from Pratt Institute in 1969 working with pattern painting. From 1975 to 1981 I showed in New York with Susan Caldwell Gallery as well as Andre Zarre, and in Chicago with Jan Cicero. But soon my work was evolving out and the patterns were no longer confined to canvas. Chairs were incorporated and miscellaneous found objects. Doors were attached to the canvases in an attempt to expand painting's dimensionality. I was doing more installations and what I did were post-abstract landscapes that spot-lit my fascination with nature, specifically swamps, deserts, and the underwater world. My work changed again in 1992 when I developed brain cancer. One day I was painting, the next I was in a coma. Slowly, and central to the recovery process, I began to paint again. Paint itself - its texture, its depth - rejuvenated me. I returned to the work I'd done shortly before my cancer and painted over it in an attempt, I guess, to erase the past. With an electric sander I swiped down through the layers of the past. Five years after my cancer I showed these paintings at the Cultural Center in Chicago in a show called "Fragile Landscapes." - Susan Michod, 2008 Recent and Solo Shows 2011 Gallery 175, Chicago, IL 2010 Chicago Art Loop Open, Block 37, Chicago, IL 2009 Featured in an online show at www.gosiakoscielak.com 2008 Koscielak Gallery, Chicago The Artist Project, Artropolis Chicago Art Fair, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2006 The 181st Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, The National Academy Museum, New York, NY 2005 Art in the Abstract, Illinois State Museum Chicago Gallery, Thompson Center, Chicago, IL Recent Acquisitions, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL 2004 Dizzy: paintings by SM and Rebecca Shore, Hinsdale Center for the Arts, Hinsdale, IL That 70’s Show: the Age of Pluralism in Chicago, Northern Indiana Arts Ass/Munster, IN 2003 Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy Andre Zarre Gallery, New York momma COMMA boy, A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago 2002 Stable Studios, Chicago 1999 University Club of Chicago, one person show 1997 Fragile Landscapes, Chicago Cultural Center 1996 Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, group show 1993 Artemisia Gallery, Installation Show, Chicago 1992 Wilson Galleries, Anderson University, Anderson IN 1991 Wilson Galleries, Anderson University, Anderson IN 1990 Kirkland Fine Arts Center, Millikin University, Decatur IL 1989 Rearranging the Dark House, set, collaboration and exhibit, The Organic Lab Theatre, Chicago 1988 Gwenda Jay Gallery, Chicago, one-person show 1986 Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, one-person show 1984 Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, one-person show 1982 Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, one-person show 1982 Painted Places, Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York City, one-person show 1981 Evanston Art Gallery, Evanston IL, one-person show 1980 Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, one-person show 1979 Andre Zarre Gallery, New York City, one-person show New Dimensions: Surface, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago 1978 Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, one-person show 1977 John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan WI, one-person show 1976 Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, one- and two-person shows 1975 Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, one- and two-person shows 1974 Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, one- and two-person shows 1971 American Institute of Architects Gallery, Chicago, one-person show 1969 Pratt Institute Graduate Gallery, New York City, one-person show Exhibitions 1998 Earthly Visions; Real and Imagined Landscapes, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago 1998 Gallery Artists, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago 1997 Chicago School, 1945-96, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago 1997 By Women Only, Robert DeCaprio Art Gallery, Moraine Valley, Palos Hills IL 1996 Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago 1995 Drawings, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago 1991 The Emotional Landscape, State of Illinois Gallery traveling show of 10 Illinois artists, sponsored by the Illinois Arts Council Disquieting Landscapes, Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park IL Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago 1990 Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago 18 Artists, 18 Major Works, 1800 Building, Chicago 1989 Shanghai Fine Arts Gallery, China travelling show to five Chinese cities, sponsored by the Shanghai Contemporary Fine Arts Assoc.and the Shanghai Oil and Sculpture Research Institute Work on Paper, Gwenda Jay Gallery, Chicago 1988 Four Brothers Press, Gallery 400, University of Illinois-Chicago Artemisia Gallery Fifteenth Anniversary Show, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago Paper Press Collaborations, Coker College, Hartsville SC 1987 Collaborations, Paper Press Gallery, Chicago 1985 Then and Now, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago Major New Work, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago Labyrinths, ARC Gallery, Chicago 1983 Shared Space, The Bronx Museum, New York City 1982 The Chair Show, Thorpe Intermedia Gallery, Syracuse NY Chicago Now, Brentwood Gallery, St. Louis MO 1981 June Fever, Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York City Useable Art, curated by John Perreault at The Queens Museum, New York City 1980 Primitive Sources, Contemporary Visions, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago 1979 Chicago--Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe and Munich, Germany Persistent Patterns and Differentials, Andre Zarre Gallery, New York City 1978 Fifth Anniversary Show, Andre Zarre Gallery, New York City Perspective 1978--Works by Women, Albright College, Reading PA Small Works in Color, Organization of Independent Artists, New York City 7 x 9, N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago Opening Show, Lockerbie Gallery, Indianapolis IN Group Show, Barbara O’Kun Gallery, St. Louis MO 1977 76th Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity, The Art Institute of Chicago Pattern Painting, curated by John Perreault at PS 1, Flushing NY 1976 Painting and Sculpture Today, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis IN Drawings: The Wednesday Evening Group, Bergman Gallery, The University of Chicago 1975 Illinois Painters, Rockford College Invitational, Rockford IL Carleton College Invitational, Northfield MN (Purchase Prize) Governor’s Mansion Exhibit, Springfield IL 1975 27th Illinois Invitational, Illinois State Museum, Springfield IL (Purchase Prize) 1974 27th Illinois Invitational, Illinois State Museum, Springfield IL (Purchase Prize) 1973 Opening Group Show, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Founding Member 1972 Chicago Imagists, Group Show, Deson-Zaks Gallery, Chicago Know What You See, Traveling Show, Illinois Arts Council 1971 Know What You See, Traveling Show, Illinois Arts Council 1970 Art for Collectors, Renaissance Society, The University of Chicago Public Collections The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago The Chase Manhattan Bank, New York City Industrial Trust & Savings Bank, Muncie IN Toledo Trust Company, Toledo OH St. Paul Bank, St. Paul MN Owens-Corning Fiberglass, Toledo OH Xerox Corporation, Chicago Marquette Bank, Chicago Prudential Insurance Company Levy and Erens Illinois State Museum, Springfield IL Carleton College Collection, Northfield MN Hastings College, Hastings NA The Artist Guild Collection Private collections in Chicago, New York City, Toledo, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, etc. Professional Experience 1987 Collaboration Grant, Paper Press Gallery, Chicago 1984 Artist’s Grant from the Illinois Arts Council 1977-79 Visual Arts Panel, Illinois Arts Council 1969-74 Professor of Art, Chicago Academy of Fine Arts Painting and Drawing Techniques Advanced Materials and Techniques of Painting Fourth Year Fine Arts Thesis Art History Survey Course Education 1969 MFA, Pratt Institute Graduate School of Art and Design, Brooklyn NY 1967 BS, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 1963-65 Smith College, Northampton MA