EDUCATION
1987: Master of Fine Arts, Photography, University of Illinois at Chicago
1981: Bachelor of Arts, Psychology and Sociology, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
2013: Vivian Maier's Fractured Archive, The Arts Club of Chicago
The Reinvention of Vivian Maier, Chicago History Museum
TAG Roundtable discussion: The Way of the Shovel: On the Archaeological Imaginary in Art, University of Chicago
2012: Panel Moderator: Printing and Developing Vivian Maier's Negatives, Thomas Masters Gallery, Chicago
Garden of the Dead: The History of Lincoln Park's Elusive Graves, First part of a two-part presentation, Chicago History Museum
Unfolding Tales: The Lingering Legacy of the Chicago City Cemetery, Second part of a two-part presentation, Chicago History Museum
Imagining Space, Barrington/Northwest Community Associates of The Art Institute of Chicago
2010: Hidden Truths, Lincoln Park, and how there’s always more than meets the eye. “The Dil Pickel Club Presents: Matters of Life and Death”, The Op Shop, Chicago.
Hidden Truths, Presentation and Tour, Chicago Genealogical Society, Newberry Library
2009: Eric R. Multhauf Lecture, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Chicago.
2008: Lincoln Park Community Research Initiative Fall Program, public presentation, DePaul University, Chicago.
2004: Speaker and Panelist, American Urban Photography Symposium, Northwestern University, Block Museum of Art
2002: Speaker and Panelist,Art, Science and Technology, The Art Institute of Chicago
When One Thing Becomes Another, New Trier High School, Wilmette, Illinois
2001: Imagining Space , Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
2000: Artist Talk, University of Minnesota, Duluth
1999: Time and Chance Reveal All Secrets, presentation, American Academy in Rome, Italy
Artist Talk, Atlanta College of Art, Georgia
1997: Lecture and workshop, Gum Bichromate, Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University
WEB-BASED PROJECTS
2013: (in progress) Shifting Grounds: Block 21 and Chicago's MCA
2008: Hidden Truths: The Chicago City Cemetery and Lincoln Park
2004: 8th Avenue at 14th Street
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 - ongoing: Hidden Truths:The Chicago City Cemetery and Lincoln Park - a site-specific installation in Lincoln Park
2003: Amnesia, Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York, New York
2002: Temporary Quarters: A Site-Specific Installation, The Three Arts Club, Chicago, Illinois
1999: McIntosh / Panich Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
1997: Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston
1996: University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
1992: The Photographers' Gallery, London, England
1989: Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1986: Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1984: Eye Gallery, San Francisco, California
W.A.R.M. Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa
COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITION
2001: Imaging and Imagining Space: A Collaboration Between Art and Science,
Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
(with Farhad Zadeh, Professor of Astronomy and Physics)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013: (Scheduled) The Way Of The Shovel: Art as Archaeology, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
(Scheduled) Light And The Unseen, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
2011: This Is Paul Halupka, C33 Gallery, Chicago
2009: MaxMultiple, Dan Devening Projects + Editions, Chicago
2006: Re- , Gage Gallery, Roosevelt University, Chicago
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚWherever, Dan Devening Projects, various venues
2003: Women in Science (Genomically Yours), Universal Concepts Unlimited, New York
2001: photo.soho, Exit Art, New York
2000: Figure This, Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Chicago
1999: Containers of Memory, Detroit Artists' Market, Michigan
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚphoto.soho, 102 Prince St., New York
1998: Chicago Artists '98, Gallery 312, Chicago
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚCelebrating Ten Years, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago
1997: Six Chicago Artists, Palazzo Massari, Ferrara, Italy
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚThe Power of Words and Signs, Index Gallery, Osaka, Japan
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚThe Power of Words and Signs, Casa Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚAnimal Instincts, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚphoto.soho, 102 Prince St., New York
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚRe/Collections: Non-traditional Photographic Works, Northern Illinois University Art Museum, DeKalb
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚIllinois Photographers in the 90's, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚThe Camera Obscured, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago
1996: Illinois Photographers in the 90's, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago
Pamela Bannos and Kellie Murphy Klein, Clement Gallery, University of Toledo, Ohio
The Camera Obscured, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago
1995: Collections in Focus: Photography, Tweed Museum, Univ. of Minnesota, Duluth
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚ25th Annual Works on Paper, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos
1994: Exquisite Corpse, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚThe Regional Artists' Biennial, Fort Wayne Art Museum, Indiana
1993: Selections 6, Prague, Czech Republic
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚSelections 6, Birmingham, England
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚGallery Artists 1993, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago
1992: Selections 6, Photokina '92, Cologne, England
1991: Chicago for Chicago Invitational, World Tattoo Gallery, Chicago
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚ Collected Memory, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago
1990: Photography: Inventions and Innovations, Junior Museum, Art Institute of Chicago
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚEvidence, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚ Ginny Williams Gallery, Denver, Colorado
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚThe Chicago Show, Chicago Cultural Center
1989: Choices, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚConnections, New Works Gallery, University of Illinois at Chicago
1987: Alternatives, Ohio University School of Art, Athens
1985: Midwestern Contemporary Photography, Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚ(Also exhibited at the Illinois State Museum, Springfield)
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚSpirited Images, Beacon Street Gallery, Chicago
1984: New Photographics/84, Central Washington University, Ellensburg
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚ18th Joslyn Biennial, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚLight Sensitive V, Thomas Center Galleries, Gainesville, Florida
1983: Upper Midwest Photography Invitational, Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, Minnesota
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚPhoto/Flow, University of Texas, Arlington
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚMessages from Earth..., Houston Center for Photography, Texas
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚ35th Iowa Artists Exhibition, Des Moines Art Center, Iowa
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚ Light Factory, Charlotte, North Carolina
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚ Newport Art Museum, Newport, Rhode Island
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚ8th Annual Magic Silver Show, Murray State University, Kentucky
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚ The Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, Iowa
GRANTS, AWARDS and HONORS
2009-11: Midwest Photographers Project, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago
2008: Faculty Research Grant, Northwestern University
2007-09: Midwest Photographers Project, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago
2007: Center for Interdisciplinary Research in the Arts Grant, Northwestern University
2006: Finalist, Artadia Awards in the Visual Arts, Chicago
2004: Faculty Research Grant, Northwestern University
2002: Faculty Research Grant, Northwestern University
2000: Center for Interdisciplinary Research in the Arts Grant, Northwestern University
1999: Visiting Artist, American Academy in Rome, Italy
1997: Faculty Research Grant, Northwestern University
1995: Arts Midwest / NEA Regional Visual Arts Fellowship in Photography
1992: Exhibitors Grant, The Photographers' Gallery, London
1990: Polaroid Corporation Material Grant
ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚThe Chicago Show, Pauline Palmer Prize
1989: Polaroid Corporation Materials Grant
1985: Illinois Photographers '85, purchase award, Illinois State Museum
1984: Jerome Foundation Grant
TELEVISION APPEARANCES
2012: WTTW, Chicago Public Television, Chicago Tonight program, “Searching for Vivian Maier.”
WTTW, Chicago Public Television, Chicago Tonight program, “The Meteoric Rise of Vivian Maier.”
2008: CAN-TV, one-hour broadcast of presentation at DePaul University.
WFLD Fox TV, Good Day Chicago, live in-studio interview.
ABC7 news, on-site interview in Lincoln Park.
CBS2 news, on-site interview in Lincoln Park.
WFLD Fox news, on-site interview in Lincoln Park.
CLTV news, on-site interview in Lincoln Park.
CBS2 news, various sites, pre-filmed interview.
RADIO APPEARANCES:
2008: WGN, Weekends with Dan Deibert, one-hour live radio show guest.
WBEZ, Chicago Public Radio, Eight Forty-Eight program. Ten minute pre-recorded interview, Kristin Moo.
WGN, The Sunday Papers with Rick Kogan, one-hour live radio show guest.
WBBM newsradio, “Hourly report: Top Stories” two recorded one-minute interviews, Regine Schlesinger.