Gladys Nilsson
BORN
1940 Chicago, IL
RESIDES
Chicago, IL
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EDUCATION
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| 1962 |
Graduated from School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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| 2006 |
Tarble Art Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL |
| 2005 |
Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
University Art Gallery, Saginaw Valley State University, University Center, MI |
| 2004 |
Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI |
| 2003 |
Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
Adrian College, Adrian, MI (with catalogue) |
| 2002 |
Fleisher/Olman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA |
| 2001 |
Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA |
| 2000 |
Rosemont College, Rosemont, PA
Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 1998 |
A Print Survey, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL
Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 1997 |
Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA |
| 1996 |
University Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Braunsten/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 1994 |
Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, IL
Ovsey Gallery, La Brea, CA
Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, WI |
| 1993 |
Dine Museum, BIG CAT Press, Chicago, IL |
| 1991-93 |
Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1992 |
Ovsey Gallery, La Brea, CA 1992 Xochipilli Gallery, Birmingham, MI |
| 1991 |
Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 1987 |
Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, NY
Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 1985 |
Galerie Bonnier, Geneva Switzerland |
| 1984 |
Gladys Nilsson: Greatest Hits from Chicago, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 1983 |
Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 1981 |
Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 1979-80 |
Survey of Works on Paper 1967-1979, Wake Forest Fine Arts Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC; Corpus Christi State University, TX; Western Museum of Fine Art, Racine, WI |
| 1979 |
Portland Visual Arts Center, OR |
| 1978 |
Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 1977 |
Susan B. Anthony Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 1974 |
Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 1973 |
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
| 1971-73 |
Candy Store Gallery, Folsom, CA |
| 1971 |
Chico State College Gallery, Chico, CA |
| 1970 |
Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 1969 |
San Francisco Art Institute, Clay Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 1966 |
Marjorie Dell Gallery, Chicago, IL
Kendall College, Evanston, IL |
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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| 2005 |
25th Anniversary Show, Block Museum, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
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| 2004-05 |
"Painting the Town Red," Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 2004 |
Faculty Sabbatical Exhibition, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
The 179th Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, National Academy Museum,
New York, NY
Rocks, Paper, Scissors, Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL |
| 2003 |
The Ganzfeld (unbound), Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY
January White Sale, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
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| 2002 |
Art Chicago 2002, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL |
| 2001 |
Reflections: 15th Anniversary Show, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 2000 |
Biennial, Ft. Wayne Museum of Art, Ft. Wayne, IN
Whitney Museum of American Art. Stanford, CT
D.C. Moore Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1999-00 |
Illinois Women Artists: The New Millenium, Illinois Committee for the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC |
| 1999 |
Jim Nutt/Gladys Nilsson, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI |
| 1998 |
Making Marks, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI |
| 1997 |
Gladys Nilsson and Jim Nutt - Works on Paper, Butler Institute of American Art,Youngstown, OH
Trends in Postwar Chicago Art, Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, IL
Humor Us, Nevada Institute of Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, NV
Chicago Imagists, Then and Now, Selby Gallery, Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
Chicago: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Milwaukee Art Museum, WI
Art and Provocation: Images from Rebels, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
Serieserieseries, Rockford College Art Gallery, Rockford, IL |
| 1996 |
Deep Water! Watercolor Stretching the Envelope, Sarasota Visual Art Center, FL
Watercolor USA, Springfield Art museum, Springfield, IL
1968 Betty Rymer Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Domestique: Gladys Nilsson and Claudia DeMonte, Leedy Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Gladys Nilsson and Jim Nutt, University Art Gallery, Staller Center for the Arts, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Art in Chicago: 1945-1995, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Second Sight: Modern Printmaking in Chicago, Mary & Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL |
| 1995 |
Bring Your Own Barbie Party, The World Financial Center Arts & Events Program, NY, NY
Four Artisans in Monotype: Nick Dematties, Gladys Nilsson, Italo Scanga, and Jim Waid, Quartet, Pensacola, FL
Transparent and Opaque: Watercolors from the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE
Phyllis Kind Gallery Revisited, The Foster Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, |
| 1994 |
Small Details: Intimate Images through Artists' Eyes, curated by John Heintzman, Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences
The Aesthetics of Athletics: Artists View Games, Sports, and Exercise, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Art |
| 1993 |
International Critics' Choice, Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL
BIG CAT Presents, Bridgewater/Custbeng Gallery, New York, NY
Bout Bicycles, American Bicycle and Cycling Museum, Sacramento, CA in collaboration with the Institute for Design and Experimental Art (IDEA) |
| 1992-93 |
Parallel Vision: Modern Artists and Outsider Art, Los Angeles County Museum (trav.exh.)
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| 1991-93 |
Spirited Visions: Portraits of Chicago Artists by Patty Carroll, The State of Illinois Art Gallery, Chicago and traveling exhibition |
| 1991 |
Artists and the American Yard, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI |
| 1990-91 |
Works on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
| 1990 |
Watercolor Alternatives: Four Chicago Artists/Gaines, Meyer, Nilsson, and Tenuta, South Bend Art Center, South Bend, IN
Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
For the Birds, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI |
| 1989 |
Just Like a Woman, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC |
| 1987 |
The Chicago Imagist Print, David and Alfred Smart Gallery, The University of Chicago, IL
Of New Account: The Chicago Imagists, The School Art Gallery, Bowling Green State University, Ohio
Drawings of the Chicago Imagists, The Renaissance Society, Chicago, IL
The Years of Passage: 1969-1975, Fresno Arts Center and Museum, Fresno, CA |
| 1986 |
Recent Drawing Acquisitions, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
| 1984 |
Nilsson, Nutt, Paschke, Rocca, Wirsum, Galerie Bonnier, Geneva, Switzerland
Contemporary Images in Watercolor: 1983, Priebe Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Osh Kosh
Contemporary Chicago Imagists, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL
Invitational Exhibit for the Benefit of the Hyde Park Art Center, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL |
| 1983 |
Two Hundred Years of American Painting from Private Chicago Collections, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, IL |
| 1982-83 |
Selected Women Painters, The Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, NY |
| 1982 |
Chicago Imagists, Kansas City Art Institute, MO; Saginaw Art Museum, MI |
| 1980-82 |
Who Chicago" An Exhibition of Chicago Imagists, Sunderland Arts Centre, Ceolfrith Gallery, England; and traveling to Camden Arts Centre, London; Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, Scotland; The Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh; The Welsh Arts Council, Glynvivian Gallery, Swansea, Wales; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA; Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA |
| 1981 |
Alternative Realities in Contemporary Painting, Katherine E. North Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
A Woman's Place, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI |
| 1980 |
Six Artists From Chicago, James Mayor Gallery, London, England
Renderings of the Modern Woman, The Joseloff Gallery of the University of Hartford, CT
Some Recent Art From Chicago, Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Contemporary Drawings and Watercolors, Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, NY |
| 1979 |
The Koffler Foundation:Chicago Currents, National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. |
| 1976-77 |
The Chicago Connection, E.B. Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA travelling |
| 1974-73 |
XII Bienal de Sao Paulo, Sau Paulo, Brazil traveling throughout South America (Enlarged exhibit titled Made in Chicago was installed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C. and Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL) |
| 1971 |
Poetic Fantasy, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA |
| 1970-69 |
Human Concerns/ Personal Torment, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; University of California at Berkely, Berkely, CA |
| 1969 |
Spirit of Comics, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Don Baum Sez "Chicago Needs Famous Artists", Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
da Hairy Who", Dupont Center, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. |
| 1968 |
Whitney Annual, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
The Hairy Who, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
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| 1968-66 |
The Hairy Who, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL |
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SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
Continental Bank. Chicago, IL
First National Bank of Chicago, IL
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
Kendall Gallery, Ferris State University, Grand Rapids, MI
Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, IN.
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Museum Modern Kunst, Vienna, Austria
National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C.
New Orleans Museum of Art
Owens-Corning Fiberglass, Toledo, OH
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Phoenix Art Museum Phoenix, AZ
State of Illinois Collection, Chicago, IL
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, UNC, Greensboro, NC
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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