Artist

Works on paper – prints (intaglio, relief, monotype), drawings and mixed media
1981 – present: See attached exhibition record

Education

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
M.F.A., 1981, Printmaking (minor in Art History)
- Studied under: Malcolm Myers, Karl Bethke and Jerald Krepps
- Named "Most Outstanding T.A.” in Studio Arts

Carthage College, Kenosha, WI
B.A. (cum Laude, and Honors in Art), 1978, Majors in Art and in Religion
- Leadership Award, 1978 (awarded to the most outstanding student leader of the graduating class)

Professor

Concordia University Chicago, 2002 to present
- Professor of Art (tenure track) - Range of courses regularly taught: printmaking, drawing, painting, two-dimensional basic studio design, art appreciation, and independent study
- Director, Ferguson Art Gallery, 2002 to present - Responsible for artist selection, curating and technical work involved in mounting the shows of six professional visiting artists per year; also co-curate three additional shows each year - for art students, graduating art majors, and art faculty; coordinate all gallery artists’ talks, demonstrations and workshops
- Curator, University’s Permanent Art Collection, 2002 to 2006 - Made artistic decisions involving placement, and oversaw the appraisal, upkeep and housing of over 250 works of art in the University’s permanent art collection

Arts Educator

Mocek Art Studio, 1989 to present
- Speaking engagements on artistic expression and on the business of being an artist
- Juror, curator, and private instruction and workshops at Greektown area art studio (1989 - 2002)

Chicago Artists’ Coalition, Chicago, 1985 to 2002
- Numerous speaking engagements on various aspects of the business of art, including at Columbia College through the Arts and Urban Policy program, the Chicago Bar Association, the American Academy of Art (Chicago), the Des Moines (Iowa) Public Schools/Continuing Education, and the Rock Island (Illinois) Public Schools on behalf of the Illinois Arts Council
- Workshop engagements for the Chicago Public School System’s high school art teachers on the business of art, finding business resources and survival techniques

Gallery 37/After School Program of the City’s Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, 1996
- In affiliation with Anchor Graphics

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Summer 1996
- Substitute Instructor - drawing

Paper Press, Chicago, 1989 to 1992 (this organization is now Columbia College’s Department of Book and Paper Arts)
- Instructor of Art - monoprint, relief, intaglio and silkscreen courses

Evanston Art Center, Evanston, 1985 to 1994
- Instructor of Art - beginning and advanced silkscreen, relief and intaglio courses

Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, 1985 to 1987
- Instructor of Art - drawing, two-dimensional design, relief (linoleum/wood) and studio arts introduction courses

College of Saint Teresa, Winona, MN, 1981 to 1984
- Assistant Professor, tenure-track - all print media courses, drawing, painting, two-dimensional design, introduction to studio art, composition, color theory, art appreciation and art history survey courses; also taught off-campus elective art classes to nursing majors

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1978 to 1981
- Teaching Assistant, Printmaking Department -- all intaglio and relief courses (taught a total of 60 credit hours)
- Co-developed new relief printmaking program
- Co-built new relief studio

Arts Employment and Advocacy

Chicago Artists' Coalition, Chicago - The preeminent not-for-profit service, education and advocacy organization in the Midwest for artists in the visual arts
- Director, Chicago Art Open, 1998 to 2002: created the concept and supervise all logistics of the country’s largest annual non-juried art exhibition under one roof, showing the work of 300 student, emerging, mid-career and prominent Chicago artists in an 18,000 square-foot gallery
- Member, Advisory Board, 2002 to present
- Membership Director, 1998 to 2002: coordinate all members’ needs and services; liaison to the Board and several committees; maintain 2,300-member database; represent the organization publicly
- Chairperson of the Board of Directors, 1992 to 1996
- Officer, 1985 to 1998 (including Secretary, Treasurer, and Director of Development)
- Member, Board of Directors, 1985 to 1998

Skyline Art Studios, Inc., Chicago, 1998 to 2005
- President of company that owned, leased out and managed 14 fine art studios

Editorial Cartoonist, for a Chicago community newspaper, 2001 to present

Paper Press, Chicago - non-profit school, gallery and studio for papermaking and related media (this organization is now Columbia College’s Department of Book and Paper Arts)
- Member, Board of Directors, 1989 to 1992

Chicago Center for the Print/Hunt-Wulkowicz Graphics, Chicago, 1987 to 1989
- Gallery Director, representing over 140 printmakers, jurying and organizing regular shows, and managing retail operations, advertising and public relations
- Sales Representative, managing wholesale distribution of Susan Hunt-Wulkowicz prints to over 100 galleries nationwide

Arts Jurying and Consulting

Naperville Riverwalk Fine Arts Fair, Naperville, IL, 2007
57th Street Art Fair Hyde Park, Chicago, 2007
All-City Chicago Public High School Arts Competition, Chicago, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
The Gallery at the Fine Arts Building, Chicago, 2005
Lewis University External Program Review of the Department of Art and Design, Joliet, Illinois, 2004
Old Town Art Fair, Old Town Triangle Association Chicago, 2003
Wells Street Art Fair, Chicago, 2000, 2002
Community Arts Assistance Program (CAAP Grants), Chicago, 1995-1996, 1999-2001 (Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs)
(State of) Illinois Artisans Programs, Chicago, 1992, 1997
Polish Arts Club Annual Exhibition, Chicago, 1992, 1997, 1999
New Eastside Art Works Fair, Chicago, 1997
Wells Street Art Fair, Chicago, 1995, 1997
National Small Works Exhibition, An Art Place Gallery, Chicago, 1996
“Chicago United” Art Contest, Cluster Initiative Schools, Chicago, 1994
Fine Art Fair, Homewood-Flossmoor, IL, 1994
Marwen Foundation Arts Awards, 1992
Youth Communication Publications, Chicago, 1991, 1992 (public high school art exhibition at Chicago Cultural Center)
Evanston YMCA Young Artists Exhibition, Evanston, IL, 1989