Deanna Krueger: Shimmer February 27 to April 5, 2015
Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art
Detail: Alcyone 2011
Deanna Krueger “I work abstractly at the juncture where sculpture and painting intersect. The resulting pieces are hybrids. The process for my current series begins with recycled medical diagnostic film layered with acrylic monotype prints. The film is then torn apart and the shards are reconnected into new configurations using thousands of staples. The visual aesthetic is at once high-tech and primordial. Serving as a marker of this time of transition, the materials speak to the recent evolution of information storage. When virtual documents replace paper, the lowly staple will become an artifact of an earlier information age. Modes of diagnostic imagery are shifting as well: X-rays and MRI scans are increasingly being recorded solely in the digital realm. Striving for the elusive and the intangible, my work explores the boundaries between reality and that which is not yet known. It evokes a multitude of associations: aquatic life forms, otherworldly geological formations, surreal vegetation, scientific images of the miniscule, visions of the cosmos. I am interested in humanity’s collective search for meaning in the absurdity that is this life, and in the pleasure to be found in the various manifestations of that search.”
Cover Art: Atlantis 2014 45” x 63”
Deanna Krueger has exhibited in Museum of Santa Severa, Italy; Berliner Liste 07; Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Ind.; Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Ill.; Lighthouse Center for the Arts, Tequesta, Fla; Gallery UNO Projektraum, Neukölln, Berlin; South Shore Arts, Munster, Ind.; and numerous other venues. Both the Chicago Tribune and Newcity: Art reviewed her solo show, “Fields,” at The Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago. In 2014, the Fort Wayne Museum of Art purchased one of her “Shards” pieces for their permanent collection. Her work also resides in many corporate and private collections across the United States. Krueger received her B.F.A. summa cum laude from the University of Michigan in 2002, her M.F.A. from Eastern Michigan University in 2004 and studied abroad in Italy in spring 2003. She has received several awards and professional development grants and has taken part in artist residencies at Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts in Saratoga, Wyo.; Ragdale in Lake Forest, Ill. and at Contemporary Artists Center in North Adams, Mass. Krueger lives in Chicago where she also teaches art and design courses at Northeastern Illinois University. 1
FeS2 2015 45” x 45”
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Storm 2014 36” x 54”
Neptune 2011 63” x 63”
Endless Poppies 2009 54” x 63” 3
Constellations 2013 45” x 45”
Turbidite 2011 63” x 63” 4
Prospicio 2012 45” x 45”
Alcyone 2011 63” x 63” 5
Deanna Krueger Education: 2002 B.F.A., University of Michigan, summa cum laude 2003 Studied art in Italy: Rome, Pompeii, Padua, Venice, Ravenna, Florence, Milan, Siena 2004 M.F.A., Eastern Michigan University Solo Exhibitions: 2013 Night and Day, Studio D, Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts, Saratoga, Wyo. 2011 Translucent/Opaque, Gallery H, Three Oaks, Mich. 2010 Fields, Gallery 180 at The Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago 2008 Momently, Elk Terminal, Buffalo, N.Y. 2007 Swell, Parkland College Art Gallery, Champaign, Ill. Hydrosphere, Gallery UNO, Fine Arts Building, Chicago 2006 Resonance I, Rotunda Gallery, Pfizer Global Research and Development Center, Ann Arbor, Mich. Resonance II, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Mich. 2005 Specimen, Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, Mass. Krueger: Shards, River Gallery, Chelsea, Mich. 2004 Consumed, Ford Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Mich. 2000 That Week Last June, Ann Arbor Art Center – off site, Ann Arbor, Mich. Group Exhibitions: 2015 Meditative Surfaces, four-person exhibition, (forthcoming), The Art Center, Highland Park, Ill. NEIU Studio Art Faculty Biennial, The Fine Arts Center Gallery, NEIU, Chicago 2014 Meditative Surfaces, three-person exhibition, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Ind. 2014 Rockford Midwestern Biennial, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Ill. Summer Group Show, Gallery H, Three Oaks, Mich. 2013 Transition: 2013 Alumni Exhibition, Work/Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Summer Group Show, Gallery H, Three Oaks, Mich. NEIU Studio Art Faculty Biennial, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago 2012 Aqua Art Miami - contemporary art fair, with ZIA Gallery, Winnetka, Ill. Form in Flora III, Lincoln Park Conservatory, Chicago Lay of the Land - National Juried Exhibition, St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, Mo. Deanna Krueger and Carl Wilen, ZIA Gallery, Winnetka, Ill. Color – National Juried Exhibition, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, N.Y. Gallery Artists Group Exhibition, ZIA Gallery, Winnetka, Ill. The Abstract Show, Brickton Art Center, Park Ridge, Ill. Collector’s Choice 2012, Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, Calif. The Art of Human Rights Exhibition and Silent Auction, Coalition Gallery, Chicago 6
The Art of Human Rights Exhibition, ZIA Gallery, Winnetka, Ill. One Inspired Evening, Stephen M. Bailey Auditorium at Chicago Journeymen Plumbers Union Hall, Chicago 2011 Art Now Fair, Miami Beach, Fla., with ZIA Gallery, Winnetka, Ill. Gallery Artists Group Exhibition, ZIA Gallery, Winnetka, Ill. Seven x 11: Art for Art, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, Mich. Salon Show, South Shore Arts, Munster, Ind. Reflections, works by Charles Gneich, Deanna Krueger and Maggie Meiners, three-person show, ZIA Gallery, Winnetka, Ill. Feast on Art, Revolving Collections Gallery – Feast, Chicago Michigan Masters, River Raisin Gallery, Tecumseh, Mich. Sleeping with the Artist, Revolving Collections Gallery – Hotel Palomar, Chicago Art Faculty Exhibition, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago 2010 University of Michigan Club of Chicago’s Alumni Art Show, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago *Best in Show The Art of Film: Not Immediately Transparent, Lighthouse Center for the Arts, Tequesta, Fla., three-person show The Green Show, Janice Charach Gallery, West Bloomfield, Mich. From Tradition to Innovation, Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan Group Show, 1010 W. George, Chicago Interstices: The Space Between, Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan 2009 Eröffnung, Gallery UNO Projektraum, Neukölln – Berlin, Germany The Synesthetic Plan of Chicago, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago Cephalic Symbols 4, Judy A. Saslow Gallery, Chicago Meditative Surfaces, Schoenherr Art Gallery, North Central College, Naperville, Ill., three-person show 3rd Annual A&D Alumni Show, Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Open Call, Location One, New York, N.Y. The Language of Art, Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. From Nature, Gallery 180 at The Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago Studio Art Faculty Exhibition, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago 2008 Rockford Midwestern, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Ill. Connecting 2008, Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Gallery Artists Group Exhibition, River Gallery, Chelsea, Mich. 2007 Berliner Liste 07 - Messe für aktuelle Kunst, Berlin, Germany ARWI 07, San Juan, Puerto Rico Summer Show 2007, Castello di Santa Severa, Province of Rome, Italy Coming of Age, Cultural Arts Council of Douglasville, Douglasville, Ga. Reconnecting: The U-M Art & Design Alumni Show, Jean Paul Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Adam and Eve, Freeark Gallery, Riverside, Ill. Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg, Va. Annual Faculty Exhibition, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago
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2006 2005 2004 2003
Minimal Maximum, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, Mich. Endless Forms: Engaging Evolution, Work, Ann Arbor, Mich. 19th Annual Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, Wis. Gallery Artists Group Exhibition, River Gallery, Chelsea, Mich. Adam and Eve, Riverside Arts Center, Ypsilanti, Mich. Adam and Eve, Armstrong Gallery, Holland Area Arts Council, Holland, Mich. Adam and Eve, Creative Arts Center, Pontiac, Mich. Annual Employees Show, Gifts of Art, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Mich. Art Masters Association Invitational Exhibition, Riverside Arts Center, Ypsilanti, Mich. Made in NA MA, Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, Mass. Lure of the Local, Great Lakes Region: Juried Exhibition, River Gallery, Chelsea, Mich. (Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, University of Michigan Museum of Art) Grand Opening Show, Natural Canvas Gallery, Ann Arbor, Mich. Annual Employees Show, Gifts of Art, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Mich. Friends of Miho, Tabor Hill Gallery, Ann Arbor, Mich. Art Faculty/Student Invitational, Gallery One, Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, Mich. Graduate Student Exhibition, Ford Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Mich. Annual Employees Show, Gifts of Art, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Mich. The Dirty Dozen, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Mich.
Grants, Awards, Residencies: 2012 Ragdale Artist Residency, Lake Forest, Ill. First Place in Established Category, One Inspired Evening, Inspiration Corporation 2011 Ellen V. Surovek Award (top award), South Shore Arts, Munster, Ind. Juror: Lanny Silverman, Curator of Exhibitions, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs 2009 People’s Choice Award, 3rd Annual A&D Alumni Show, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. 2008 People’s Choice Award, 2nd Annual A&D Alumni Show, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. 2006 Juror’s Commendation Award, Eastern Michigan University - Art Masters Association, Ypsilanti, Mich. 2005 Fellowship Award for Residency, Contemporary Artists Center, affiliate of Mass. MOCA, North Adams, Mass. 2005 Faculty Grant for Professional Development - Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, Mich. Attended Foundations in Art: Theory and Education Biannual Conference, hosted by Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio. 2002 Faculty Grant for Professional Development - Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, Mich. Attended Art at the Center, a workshop and retreat for art educators, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, Mich. 2002/ 2003 Dorothy Laming Scholarship, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Mich. 2002 Bachelor of Fine Arts Award of Excellence, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Ann Arbor Street Art Fair Association, Annual Merit Scholarship, Ann Arbor, Mich. 1999 Best of Show, Michigan Textiles 99, Lansing Art Center, Lansing, Mich. 8
Bibliography: Swinkels, Dorothé, “Sign@Lement,” Textiel Plus, (Netherlands), May 2011 Browning, Laura M., “Reflections,” Sheridan Road Magazine, Feb./March 2011 Schriner, Caitlin, “Deanna Krueger at Gallery 180,” Chicago Art Magazine, May 21, 2010 Viera, Lauren, “Deanna Krueger at Gallery 180,” Chicago Tribune, May 20, 2010 Weinstein, Michael, “Review: Deanna Krueger/Illinois Institute of Art Gallery,” Newcity Art, May 4, 2010 Gneich, Chuck, “Meditative Surfaces,” Chicago Fine Art (blog by exhibition curator, Gallery 180 of The Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago) May 19, 2009 Gneich, Chuck, “From Nature,” Chicago Fine Art, April 20, 2009 Gneich, Chuck, “Kismet,” Chicago Fine Art, February 11, 2009 Berliner Liste 07 (exhibit catalog) Berlin, Germany, 2007 KUNST Magazin Berlin (image featured), September 2007 Merli, Melissa, “Medical castoffs provide color for Parkland exhibit,” The News Gazette, Champaign, Ill., July 2007 Cantu, John Carlos, “Big-picture Minimalism at Gallery Project: ‘Minimal Maximum’ features strong work from local artists,” Ann Arbor News, Ann Arbor, Mich., April 9, 2006 Cantu, John Carlos, “Adam and Eve theme unites varied works,” Ann Arbor News, Ann Arbor, Mich., January 22, 2006 Cantu, John Carlos, “Krueger’s work gets a wider showing at River Gallery,” Ann Arbor News, Ann Arbor, Mich., December 25, 2005 Cantu, John Carlos, “Lure of the Local’ features Great Lakes Art: Deanna Krueger of Ann Arbor wins best of show,” Ann Arbor News, Ann Arbor, Mich., July 10, 2005 Cantu, John Carlos, “Traveling Clothes,” Ann Arbor News, Ann Arbor, Mich. May 14, 2000 Gopwani, Jewel, “Wall Dressing,” Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich., June 17, 1999 Visiting Artist, Panelist, Lectures: 2011 Northeastern Illinois University Faculty Research and Creative Activities Symposium 2008 University of Michigan School of Art and Design: Panel discussion: Professional Practices for Emerging Artists 2007 Parkland College, Champaign, Ill. Robert Morris College, Chicago 2006 Basic Design Workshop, Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, Mich., in conjunction with Gallery One exhibition and book release of Josef Albers: To Open Eyes: The Bauhaus, Black Mountain College, and Yale, by Frederick A. Horowitz, Brenda Danilowitz, Phaidon, 2006. 1999 University of Michigan, Lloyd Hall Scholars Program Teaching: 2006-present: Instructor, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago Courses: 2D Design, 3D Design, Painting, Drawing, Graphic Design, Professional Practices 1999-2006: Adjunct Instructor, Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, Mich. 2004: G.A. - Instructor of Record, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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DEANNA KRUEGER: SHIMMER FEBRUARY 27 TO APRIL 5, 2015
Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art College of Lake County, 19351 W. Washington Street, Grayslake, Il 60030
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