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 Education

College of DuPage
Printmaking

Lenore Szesko Painter/Wood Engraver/Teacher/Mentor
Printmaking
Drawing

Northeastern Illinois University
BA in Art/Literature, graduated with honors

School of the Art Institute of Chicago


 Awards 
 
2014

Incite 2 Color Passions: The Best of Mixed Media
North Light Publications
Best in Mixed Media
“Collateral Damage”  collage

2013

Elmhurst Art Museum
Elmhurst IL
“Ideological Engine” acrylic on canvas
Second Place

2011
Norris Gallery
Vicinity 2011
“Grief” (“Regret”)
Artistic Excellence

1980
Galerie Triangle Gallery
Washington, D.C. 
“Medusa with Child” collage
 3rd Place in Show

1978
Chicago Art Guild
Chicago, IL
“Medusa and Child” collage 
Honorable Mention

Third Annual American National Miniature Show
Laramie Art Guild
Laramie, WY
“Jochebeds Dream” collage - Honorable Mention

Miniature Art Society of New Jersey
Nutley, N.J.
“Keepers of the Canyon” collage
Best in Mixed Media
“The Pious Woman” collage
Honorable Mention

 Exhibitions


2023

We've Come a Long Way?, Art Center of Highland Park
Highland Park, IL
"Darkening Half the Sky"

43rd Annual Recent Works Show
Robert T. Wright Gallery, College of Lake County
Grayslake, IL
"The Cosmos Reimagined"

Time, Memory, Mythos
Woman Made Gallery
Chicago, IL
"Celestial Songs of Yesteryear"

Don't Drag Me Down
Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton Community College
Des Plaines, IL
"3953 66 0"

Scapes
Stola Contemporary Art
Chicago, IL
"Arctic Ribbon"

Absurdity: In Dada We Trust
Art Center of Highland Park
Highland Park, IL
"The Pragmatic View" 
"Wound"

Absurdity: In Dada We Trust
Stola Contemporary Art
Chicago, IL
"FunHouse"

Motley Cruise Sculpture Exhibit
Arc Gallery
Chicago, IL
"Girl Runs Out of Room"

The Art of Protest
Stola Contemporary Art
Chicago, IL
"Victor/Spoils"

Woman, Life, Freedom
Woman Made Gallery
Chicago, IL
"I Am Meant..."


2021

9th Annual Art Competition
Bridgeport Art Center
Chicago, IL
"Victor/Spoils"

2017


One Woman Show
Arc Gallery
Chicago, IL

"Loss, Change, Stasis"

Seeing Red
ARC Gallery
Chicago, IL
"Dos Hermanos" collage  

2014

F Word: Feminism Now
ARC Gallery
Chicago, IL
"Doll for the 21st Century" construct

Oil and Water Exhibit
Woman Made Gallery
Chicago, IL
"Collateral Damage" collage


Incite 2 Color Passions:
North Light Publications

The Best of Mixed Media“
"Collateral Damage”  collage

Creatures Show
Oak Park Art League
Oak Park, IL
"Doll for the 21st Century" - construct


Off The Grid
Oak Park Art League
Oak Park, IL
"The Boy Who Could See The Future From The Past:
"  construct

2013

Vicinity 2013
Norris Cultural Center
Norris Art Gallery
St. Charles IL
“Who’s Crazier”

St. Charles Arts Council
Next Gallery
Ekwabet/Native Exhibit
St. Charles, IL
“Winter”
“Crossroads Pink Sky”
“Frost”
“Ice Fishing”
“Storm Crop”
All of the above are from the NAL (Not A Landscape) Series

EAG Spring Show
Elmhurst Art Museum
Elmhurst, IL
“Tide” from the Not A Landscape Series

EAG Winter Show
Elmhurst Art Museum
Elmhurst, IL
“Ideological Engine” EAG Winter Show

2012 

Congregation Beth Shalom
Naperville, IL
Two Woman Show
Angela McElwain & Cheryl Quick

EAG Spring Show
Elmhurst Art Museum
Elmhurst IL
“The Unfamiliar” assemblage

EAG Summer Exhibit 
Elmhurst Art Museum
Elmhurst, IL
“The Child Who Could See the Past From The Future”

EAG Fall Exhibit
Elmhurst Art Museum
Elmhurst, IL
“The Pragmatic View”

Charlie’s Center for the Arts
Charlestown Mall
St. Charles IL
“Victor/Spoils” assemblage
“Beautality” assemblage
“Doll for the 21st Century” assemblage

Vicinity Show 2012
Norris Cultural Center
Norris Art Gallery
St. Charles IL
“The Prayers of the Faithful” assemblage

2011

Next Gallery
Fall Show
St. Charles, IL
“Witness to the Fall of History” Acrylic on canvas
 
Norris Gallery
Vicinity 2011
St. Charles, IL
“Grief“  (”Regret”) mixed media 
 
2002

College of DuPage
Glen Ellyn, IL
Exhibition of Creative Works by Faculty
“Angel to be Reckoned With” oil on board

 1998

Countryside Art Center
Arlington Heights, IL
“The Easy Face of Death” watercolor

1997

Elmhurst Art League
Elmhurst Art Museum
Elmhurst, IL
“The Easy Face of Death” watercolor

 1992

Spice & Easy Café
Glen Ellyn, IL
One Woman Show
“The Easy Face of Death” watercolor
 “The Map is not the Territory” Graphite on paper
 “Afghan Journal” mixed media
 “Beijing Journal” oil on paper
 “Sub Rosa” graphite and colored pencil on paper

 1991

 COD Print Club
 College of DuPage Library
 Glen Ellyn, IL
 “Spike” etching
 “Cherchez La Femme” etching

 1990

Black and White and Grey All Over Exhibition
Countryside Art Center
Arlington Heights, IL
"Two Angels Singing Above the Frozen Tundra”

DuPage Judicial and Office Facility Competition
Wheaton, IL
“Science in the Home I”

Obsessive Art Exhibition
Countryside Art Center
Arlington Heights, IL Angela McElwain
“Rose Song”

CWCA Hangs Together
Artemesia Gallery
Chicago, IL
“Terra Firma”

1988

Women In Art
The Holsum ROC Café and Gallery
Chicago, IL
"The Easy Face of Death” watercolor
 “VM - MT” mixed media installation

 1982

An Extremely Loose Event
Sponsored by the Randolph Street Gallery
“Burial” mixed media installation

1980

Logan Square Library
Chicago, IL
Installation of seven murals representing knowledge acrylic on board

Galerie Triangle Gallery
Washington, D.C. 
“Medusa with Child” collage
3rd Place in Show

Mark Stahler Gallery
Highland Park, IL
“On the Waterfront” watercolor
“Keepers of the Canyon” collage
“Rose Song” watercolor
“Jochebeds Dream” collage
“Dark at the Edge of Town” watercolor

1979

Chicago Art Guild
Chicago, IL
“The Red Ball”

National Miniature Art Exhibit
Nutley, N.J.
“Medusa and Child” collage
“Jochebeds Dream” collage
“Friends” watercolor  

1978

Chicago Art Guild
Chicago, IL
“Medusa and Child” collage 
Honorable Mention

Third Annual American National Miniature Show
Laramie Art Guild
Laramie, WY
“Friends” watercolor
“The Only Thing in Town” pen and ink drawing
“Jochebeds Dream” collage 
Honorable Mention

Miniature Art Society of New Jersey
Nutley, N.J.
“Keepers of the Canyon” collage
Best in Mixed Media
“The Pious Woman” collage
Honorable Mention
“Sun in the Night” pen and ink drawing

 1977

Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Graveurs Society of Washington D.C.
 Washington, D.C.
Dreamweaver” collage

Chicago Art Guild
Chicago, IL
“On the Waterfront” watercolor

Residency
Artist in Resident 1980
Chicago, IL

Teaching
Private students

Lake Park High School, Roselle IL:
Continuing Education Program - Drawing. 

College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn IL:
Kids on Campus Program, taught art to youths in grades three through eight
1990-1991

Museum of Science, Minneapolis MN: After school art teacher, grades five
through eight from 1979-1980

City of Chicago, Artist in Residence: from September 1979 through September
1980. Project included creating a series of murals for Logan Square Public
Library and for the community of Lincoln Square.


Freelance commercial artist from 1979 to present

 
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