Chris Cosnowski

Education

2000 Northwestern University, Evanston IL - MFA Painting, June 2000

1992 Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus OH – BFA, May 1992

Employment

2003-Present Faculty – Advanced Painting, Intermediate Drawing

American Academy of Art, Chicago

2002-2003 Instructor - 2-Dimensional Design, Basic Drawing

Triton College, River Grove, IL

1999-2000 Instructor - Basic Painting, Basic Drawing

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

1998-2000 Teaching Assistant, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Solo Exhibitions

2010 Apocalypse, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago

2008 Fresh, Lyonswier-Ortt, NYC

2006 Civic-minded, Gescheidle, Chicago

2005 Recent Paintings, Dolby-Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco

Recent Work, Lyonswier Gallery, NYC

2004 Deflated, Gescheidle, Chicago,

2003 New Paintings, Gescheidle, Chicago

New Paintings, Dolby-Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco

2002 Dreams, Lyonswier Gallery, NYC

2001 Colorforms, Gescheidle, Chicago

Cast, Northern Indiana Arts Association, Hammond, IN

Selected Group Exhibitions

2010 Angels, KunzVisGonzales, Chicago, IL

2009 Pulse Miami, Lyonswier Gallery

Upscale/Downsized, Bowling Green University, Bowling Green OH.

The Art Of Play, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco

Playing Around, Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, VT.

Pulse New York, Lyonswier-Ortt.

2008 ArtChicago, Linda Warren Gallery.

2007 Ground Breaking: New Space, New Perspective, Lyonswier-Ortt, NYC

Unseriously/Serious, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago

ArtChicago, Linda Warren Gallery.

Representation 2007, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, NYC

2006 10 Years – A Retrospective, Dolby-Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco

2005 Domestic Disturbance, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL

Sinister, Tarble Art Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL

2004 The Reflected/Refracted Self, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago

The Artist as Collector, Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, IN

(catalogue)

American Realism, Plus One Plus Two Galleries, London

Meat Market, Lyonswier Gallery, NYC

Selected Group Exhibitions (continued)

2003 Group Show, Dolby-Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco

2002 Here and Now, Cultural Center, Chicago (catalogue)

Harboring Beauty, Gesheidle Gallery, Chicago

Art Chicago, Chicago

San Francisco International Art Exposition, San Francisco

2001 Snowglobe Invitational, Gescheidle, Chicago

Pin-up, Lyonswier Gallery, NYC

Welcome to My Dollhouse, Zolla-Lieberman Gallery, Chicago

2001 Subject Matters, Standard Gallery, Chicago (catalogue)

Artists/Alumni, Block Museum, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (catalogue)

Narrative Sampler, Lyonswier Gallery, Chicago

2000 Les Chemical Carnales, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago

Shake the Coat, North Park University, Chicago

Union League Civic and Arts Foundation Scholarship Exhibition, Chicago

1999 Union League Civic and Arts Foundation Scholarship Exhibition, Chicago

Votive Offerings, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago

Juried Exhibitions

2004 Exhibition of American Art, juror: James Rondeau

Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago

2003 Young Painters Competition, juror: Buzz Spector

Miami University, Oxford, OH

60^th Annual Salon Show, juror: Michael Rooks

Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, IN

2001 15th Annual Juried Exhibition, Juror: Dana Miller

Nexus Gallery, NYC

Narration: Emblem and Sequence in Contemporary Art, Juror: Robert Taplin

Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT

Awards

2003 Juror’s Award $500, Northern Indiana Art Association

2001 Finalist award $700, Illinois Art Council

2000 Scholarship $4,000, Union League Civic and Arts Foundation, Chicago

Scholarship $1,000, The Eugene Myers Graphics Artist’s Program

1999 Scholarship $5,000, Union League Civic and Arts Foundation, Chicago

1998-2000 Teaching Assistantship, Northwestern University, Evanston IL

1988 Scholarship $4,000, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus OH

Reviews

2006 Flavorpill CHI, online review, “Civic-minded”

2005 Myrna Petlicki, Diversions, “A Male View of ‘Domestic’ Life”

2004 Fred Camper, Chicago Tribune, “Look into the mirror, and what do you see?”

2003 Margaret Hawkins, Chicago Sun Times, Gallery Glance

Mario Naves, New York Observer, “Stand up painter”

New York Sun, “Toy Story”

Alan Artner, Chicago Tribune, Here and Now

2001 Margaret Hawkins, Chicago Sun Times, “Boys and Their Toys”

Reviews(cont.)

John Brunetti, New Art Examiner, Welcome to My Dollhouse

Margaret Hawkins, Chicago Sun Times, Welcome to My Dollhouse

2000 Cara Glatt, Hyde Park Herald, “Chemical brothers: an arresting exhibit”

1999 Cara Glatt, Hyde Park Herald, “Art as devotion and sacrament”

Publications

2006 The Edge of Realism, American Art Collector, December 2006

Christine Newman, Open House, Chicago Magazine, August 2006

2004 A Spotlight on Living Artists, Crow Woods Publishing

2002 New American Paintings #35, Midwest Edition (cover image)

Collections

Beth DeWoody, NYC

John Cain, Crown Point, IN

Kirkland & Ellis, San Francisco, CA