1527 Otto Blvd
Chicago Heights
IL 60411
Phone
708 754 2601 |
Union Street
Gallery is a
not-for-profit
501 (c)3
organization
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Studio Artist
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Marikay Peter Witlock
Painting and Drawing Studio
phone 708 | 755 1073
mpwitlock@sbcglobal.net
www.caconline.org
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| Artist Statement |
Let the earth speak for me.
Let the earth tell my stories,
express my sense of awe, my sense of loss,
my sense of rejoicing.
The earth holds my memories and dreams.
@2000 Marikay Peter Witlock |
Solo
Exhibition
1999 to Present* |
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2009
2005
2004
2003
2001
2000
1999 |
McCord Gallery, Palos Park, IL
Shimmery Gallery, Munster, IN
Grand Beach/Grand View, Grand Beach, MI
Ward Gallery, Harbour Springs, MI
bulthaup corporation, Chicago, IL
Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
Kirkland Fine Arts Center, Millikin University, Decatur, IL
Christopher Gallery, Prairie State College,
Chicago Heights, IL
Northern Indiana Arts Association, Crown Point
Community Art Center, Crown Point, IN
Union League Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Arts Club of Washington, Washington, D.C.
Vogt Visual Arts Center, Tinley Park, IL
Dorothea Thiel Gallery, South Suburban College,
South Holland, IL
18 Artists Gallery, Chesterton, IL |
Selected
Juried Shows and
Invitationals
2002 to Present* |
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| 2005, 2003 |
"Chicago Art Open", Chicago, IL
"1st Annual International Juried Exhibit", Twain Center
Flushing, NY
"Pastels USA", Pastel Society of the West Coast, Dan Luis
Obispo Art Center, San Luis Obispo, CA
"The Landscape", Art at the Center, Overland Park, KS |
| 2004 |
"Allied Artists of America 91 st Annual Exhibition"
The National Arts Club, New York, NY
"Hilton Head Art League 2004 Nat'l. Juried Art Exhibition"
W.Greer Gallery, Hilton Head Island, SC
"Municipal Art League of Chicago Biennial-Midwest Fine Art Comp.", Beverly Arts Ctr., Chicago, IL
"Works on Paper",Christopher Gallery, Prairie State College Chicago Hts, IL (Merit Award)
"Culture and Agriculture", New Visions Gallery, Marshfield
Clinic, Marshfield, WI
"Northern Indiana Art Association Salon Show"
Munster, IN 2004 (Merit Award) |
| 2003 |
"Pastels Only", Pastel Society of America
New York, NY (Allied Artists of America Award)
"26 th Alice & Arthur Baer Competition & Exhibition",
Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
"16 th Annual Women's Works", NW Area Arts Council
Old Court House Arts Ctr, Woodstock, IL
"Portrait of Music", Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra
Governors' State University, University Park, IL
"Planet Earth: Landscapes & Vistas", Christopher Gallery
Prairie St. College, Chgo Hts, IL (Best of Show)
"Area Artists Assoc. Annual Juried Exhibit"
Blank Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN
"Annual Juried Exhibition", The Art Barn
Valparaiso, IN (2 nd Place), 02 |
| 2002 |
"Culture and Agriculture", New Visions Gallery, Marshfield
Clinic, Marshfield, WI
"Annual Juried Exhibition", The Art Barn
Valparaiso, IN (2 nd Place), 02
"Interpreting Landscape", Fulton Street Gallery, Troy, NY
"Motherhood International Exhibition", Period Gallery
Omaha, NE
"Liturgical and Sacred Art", Springfield Art Center
Springfield, IL (Merit Award)
"Illiana Artists Annual Regional Exhibition", Gary, IN
"Gallery 2002", DeCaprio Art Gallery, Moraine Valley Community
College, Palos Hills, IL
"Art Comp 2002", Chesterton Art Center
Chesterton, IN (Merit Award)
Artist-in-Residence Programs: National Park Service
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Porter, IN
"The Fields Project, Bringing Artist and Agriculture
Together" Oregon, IL |
| 2001, 2000 |
"The Fields Project, Bringing Artist and Agriculture
Together" Oregon, IL |
Volunteer
Curatorial
Experience |
Chicago Southland Visual Arts Coalition, Coordinator of "Art Trek"
A Studio and Gallery Walk, 1995-2000; Union Street Gallery
Curatorial Staff , 1998 through 2003, Boardmember 2004;
Speaker, Careers in the Arts, Chicago Southland Jr. High
and High School Districts, 1999 to present |
| Education |
Millikin University, Decatur, IL Bachelor of Fine Arts;Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA graduate art history; Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD studio arts; and graduate art history
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| Awards |
26 awards including several Best of Show & 1st Place
Listings available upon request |
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*Listing of solo exhibitions prior to 1999 and selected group shows prior to 2002 are available upon request. |
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