Claudia Craemer

claudiacraemer@aol.com

During the last few years I have been interested in multi-part, multi-frame drawings and paintings, grid formats, repetitions and variations, and series of related works that may suggest transformations or the passage of time.

I have lately become more interested in ways to suggest states of mind – changes in attitude, making decisions, the loss of memory, gaps in thought process, opposite and simultaneous points of view.

I am often inspired by plant forms – blooms, bulbs, roots, leaves – as well as paper and cloth forms.  The works suggest organic layers or veils, peeling away, tearing, hiding and revealing, opening and releasing, and they usually develop in a layered, organic way as well, through a process of both spontaneous mark-making and deliberate decisions, of both intuition and choice.

I have been working more and more with combinations of both wet and dry media, after a period of several years of working primarily in oils on canvas or oil pastels or colored pencils on paper.

MA in Painting

BS in Education

Other Art Studies

Governors State University

Illinois State University

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Northern Illinois University

Saint Xavier University

“Image Attitude Impression”, National Juried Exhibit, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL

“Studio and Guild Artists Exhibit – Winter”, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL

“Twelfth Month”, Regional Exhibit, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL

 “Cephalic Symbols 4”, Benefit Auction for Ed Paschke Foundation, Judy Saslow Gallery, Chicago, IL

“red” – Purchase Award, Gallery 180 of the Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago, IL            

“66th Annual Salon Show” – Suzanne Cooley Award of Excellence, South Shore Arts at the         Center for Visual and Performing Arts, Munster, IN

“10th Annual Juried Fall Art Exhibit” - Second Place Award, Gretchen Charlton Gallery, Kankakee, IL

“Here and Now”, Annual Gallery Artists Exhibit, Tall Grass Arts Association, Park Forest, IL

“50/50” – Regional Invitational Exhibit, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL

“Gallery 2009” – Juried Exhibit – Best of Show, Robert F. DeCaprio Gallery, Palos Heights, IL

“Multiplicity”, Spring National Juried Exhibit, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL

“Studio and Guild Artists Exhibit – Spring”, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL

“Process”, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL

“Halleluiah”, Regional Art Exhibit, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL

“Winter Solstice”, Tall Grass Arts Association, Park Forest, IL

“9th Annual Juried Fall Art Exhibit” – 1st Place, Gretchen Charlton Gallery, Kankakee, IL

“Studio and Guild Artists Exhibit – Fall”, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL

“Whiskers & Tails”, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL

“53rd Annual Gallery Artists Exhibition”, Tall Grass Arts Association, Park Forest, IL

"Gallery 2008” – Juried Exhibit – 3rd Place, Robert F. DeCaprio Gallery, Palos Heights, IL

“Dreams&Visions”, Fall National Juried Exhibit, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL

“Studio and Guild Artists Exhibit – Spring”, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL

“The Essence of Color”, McCord Gallery and Cultural Center, Palos Park IL. 

“Studio and Guild Artists Exhibit – Winter”, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL

“Halleluiah”, Regional Art Exhibit,  Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL

"8th Annual Juried Fall Art Exhibit”  –  2nd Place, Gretchen Charlton Gallery, Kankakee, IL

“Collaborative Arts Guild Exhibit - Fall”, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL

“Collaborative Arts Guild Exhibit”, Fresh Starts Restaurant, Flossmoor, IL          

“Crossroads – Altered History” – Regional Invitational Exhibit, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL

"52nd Annual Gallery Artists Exhibition”, Tall Grass Arts Association, Park Forest, IL

“Gallery 2007” – Juried Exhibit, Robert F. DeCaprio Gallery, Palos Heights, IL

“Out of the Box”, Invitational Exhibit, Christopher Art Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL

“Square Art Competition”, Sanctuary Gallery, Clifton, IL

“Collaborative Arts Guild Exhibit - Spring”, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL   

"2nd Annual Artists Who Teach Exhibit”, Gallery Two Eighteen, Oak Lawn, IL

“This Brand New Day”, Solo Exhibit, Finestra Art Space, Fine Arts Building, Chicago, IL

“Second Year Anniversary Invitational Exhibit”, 33 Collective Gallery, Chicago, IL

“Aha! Epiphanies & Breakthroughs”, National Juried Exhibit, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL

“7th Annual Juried Fall Art Exhibit”, Gretchen Charlton Art Gallery, Kankakee, IL

“51st Annual Juried Artists Exhibition”, Tall Grass Arts Association, Park Forest, IL

“Gallery 2006” – Juried Exhibit, Robert F. DeCaprio Gallery, Palos Heights, IL

“Home and Garden”, Invitational Water Media Exhibit, Tall Grass Arts Association, Park Forest,IL   

“2nd Annual National Juried Self-Portrait Exhibit”, 33 Collective Gallery, Chicago, IL

“Inaugural Group Exhibition”, EXPGallery, Chicago, IL

“Uno”, First Year Anniversary Invitational Exhibit, 33 Collective Gallery, Chicago, IL 

“6th Annual Juried Exhibit” - Third Place, Gretchen Charlton Art Gallery, Kankakee, IL  

“62nd Annual Salon Show” – Award of Merit, Northern Indiana Center for the Visual and Performing Arts, Munster, IN  

“Gallery 2005” –Juried Exhibit - Honorable Mention, Robert F.  DeCaprio Art Gallery, Palos Heights, IL

Juried Drawing Exhibit  -  Honorable Mention, Christopher Art Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL

 “5th Annual Juried Exhibit”  –  Third Place, Gretchen Charlton Art Gallery, Kankakee, IL

“One Clear Moment”  –  Solo Exhibit, Larsen Fine Arts Gallery, Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, IL

“Gallery 2004” - Juried Exhibit, Robert F. DeCaprio Gallery, Palos Heights, IL

“Installation Show”, Visual Arts Gallery, Governors State University, University Park, IL

Annual Student Art Exhibit, Visual Arts Gallery, Governors State University, University Park, IL    

“SICA Conference High School Faculty Art Exhibit”, Lee Dulgar Art Gallery, South Holland, IL   

“4th Annual Juried Exhibit”  -  Best of Show, Gretchen Charlton Art Gallery, Kankakee, IL

“Gallery 2003” - Juried Exhibit  -  Honorable Mention, Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery, Palos Heights, IL 

Annual Student Exhibit, Visual Arts Gallery, Governors State University, University Park, IL    

“SICA Conference High School Faculty Art Exhibit”, Lee Dulgar Art Gallery, South Holland, IL

“Let There Be Light” - Juried Exhibit, Christopher Art Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL

“A View of Elegance” - 3rd Annual Juried Exhibit, Gretchen Charlton Art Gallery, Kankakee, IL

“Gallery 2002” - Juried Exhibit  -  Honorable Mention, Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery, Palos Heights., IL

Annual Student Art Exhibit, Visual Arts Gallery, Governors State University, University Park, IL

“SICA Conference High School Faculty Art Exhibit”, Lee Dulgar Art Gallery, South Holland, IL

“Governors State University Faculty and Select Alumni Exhibit”, Northern Indiana Center for the Visual and Performing Arts, Munster, IN

“SICA Conference High School Faculty Art Exhibits” – 1998 -2001, Lee Dulgar Art Gallery, South Holland, IL    

Annual Student Exhibits – 1991-94, 1996-98, 2000-01, Visual Arts Gallery,GSU, University Park, IL

“Seeking Balance” - One Person Exhibit – 1994, Visual Arts Gallery, GSU, University Park, IL

Two-Person Exhibit - 1994, Northern Indiana Center for the Visual and Performing Arts, Munster, IN

“Annual Salon Shows” - Juried Exhibits – 1992, 1994, Northern Indiana Center for the Visual and Performing Arts, Munster, IN

Kankakee Area Juried Art Exhibit – 1993,  Best of Show, Kankakee, IL  

Kankakee Area Juried Art Exhibit – 1992,  Honorable Mention, Kankakee, IL

Community High School District 218

Teacher:

AP and Honors Art Studio, Drawing and Painting, Advanced Drawing and Painting, Art Fundamentals

Sponsor/Organizer:

H. L. Richards Art Club; Richards Annual Student Art Exhibit; High School Student Exhibitions at Northern Illinois University, South Suburban College, Moraine Valley Community College,      Scholastics Art Awards at Elmhurst Art Museum and other venues     

Member: 

Richards Principal’s Council, All-American Day Committee School Improvement Committee, Reading Improvement Committee, and various Curriculum Committees

Union Street Gallery – 2007 – 2010 Studio Artist   (new date)

Studio Artist

Member, Collaborative Arts Guild

Tall Grass Arts Association – 2005-2009

Curator: "LAND MARKS: Restoration & Regeneration", Spring, 2009                                

Curator:"MOONLIGHT TALES - Sculptures & Installations by Nnenna Okore” Fall, 2008

Co-Curator: “this good earth”  Summer, 2008

Curator:  “INK, Works from the Chicago Printmakers Collaborative”  Fall, 2007

Curator:  “LAYERS, Works by Artists from the Midwest Collage Society” Spring, 2007          

Co-Curator: “WITHIN AND BEYOND: Interpretations of the Grid”   Fall, 2006

Designer: Gallery Exhibits

Manager: Tall Grass Gift Shop

Member:  Gallery, Program and Installation Committees

Tall Grass Juried Gallery Artist

Educational Outreach Director

Docent: exhibit tours – elementary, secondary, college and adult levels     

Contributor:  articles to area newspapers, Tall GrassNewsletter

Creator:  informational flyers sent regularly to area art educators, artists, and Tall Grass members 

Gallery Volunteer

Beverly Art Center – 2007

Judge:  South Suburban Conference High School Art Exhibit