| Born | |
| 1956 | Chicago |
| Education | |
| 1980 | BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
| 1978 | California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA |
| Academic Affiliation | |
| 1990-present | Adjunct Associate Professor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
| Selected One Person Exhibitions | |
| 2007 | The Union League Club, Chicago, IL |
| Repeating the Habit, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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| 2004 | Next in the Gallery, |
| 2003 | Break the Charm, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago |
| 2001 | What was the Question Again?
IUN Gallery for Contemporary Art, Indiana University, Northwest, Gary, IN |
| 2000 | What was the Question?
Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago |
| 1996 | Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago |
| 1994 | Soundings, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago |
| 1992 | Living with Memorabilia,
Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago |
| 1991 | Mary Lou Zelazny: Solo Series,
Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL |
| 1990 | Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago |
| 1988 | History of Tools, Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago |
| 1987 | Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago |
| 1986 | Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago |
| 1984 | Famous Women and Interesting
Men, Bookspace, Chicago |
| top | Selected Group Exhibitions |
| 2007 | Fresh Takes: Re-visiting Early Work
of Some Familiar Faces,
Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| Girl on Guy, A+D Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| 2006 | Creative Imagining, The Howard A. and Judith Tullman Collection, The Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile AL |
| Putting it All Together, The Art of
Collage, Hinsdale Center for the Arts, Hinsdale, IL |
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| 2005 | All About Women, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago |
| 2004 | The Flat-Round World, 3Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago |
| The Reflected/Refracted Self, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago |
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| Hard Candy: Sextablos, Works on Metal.
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA |
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| Time Travel: Truth, Beatuy,
and Justice. Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago |
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| 2003 | Emergence: Women Artists in
the New Millenium. William Bachman Gallery, Munster, IN |
| Color and Form, Forum Plus Gallery, Chicago | |
| 2002 | Transcultural Visions: Polish-American
Contemporary Art. National Museum of Szczecin, Poland. |
| Natural History, Arron Packer Gallery, Chicago. |
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| Evoking Histories/Memory of
Water: Spoleto 2002, curated by Mary Jane Jacob and Tumelo Musako, Charleston, SC. |
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| Pasted On, a Survey of Collage
Strategies. Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago. |
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| 2001 | Reflections: fifteenth anniversary
show. Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago |
| Transcultural Visions: Polish-American
Contemporary Art, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago and Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL |
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| 2000 | Synthesis, Collage and Mixed
Media. Sonnenschein Gallery, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL |
| Sextablos, Works on Metal.
Barrister�s Gallery, New Orleans, LA |
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| 1999 | Sextablos, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago |
| It Looks Easy, Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago |
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| Collage �99, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa |
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| 1998 | The Velvet Show, Caf� Bocci, Chicago |
| 1997 | Breadth of Aesthetic,
Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago |
| Pink, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago |
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| 1996 | International Exhibit of
Collage, Parkland College, Champaign, IL |
| Revelries, Ford Center for the Arts, Knox College, Galesburg, IL |
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| Visual Feasting, Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL |
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| Views of a Lady, Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York City |
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| Pleasure (Beyond Guilt),
Artemisia Gallery, Chicago |
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| Selected Works in Collage,
Merwyn-Wakeley Galleries, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL |
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| 1995 | Some New Faces, Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago |
| Art About Life: Contemporary
American Culture, Indiana University Fine Arts Gallery, Bloomington, IN, catalog |
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| 1994 | Something in Common, The Women
Faculty in Painting and Drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, catalog |
| 1993 | A(t)Tension to the Moment, |
| Chicago Drawings, Galleria Porta 33, Madeira, Portugal |
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| The Return of the Cadavre
Exquis, The Drawing Center, New York City |
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| Chicago Art Group in Frankfurt,
Frankfurt, Germany, catalog |
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| Garment as Metaphor,
Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL |
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| Collages: Faulkner, Sensemann,
Zelazny, Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago |
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| 1992 | Quotations from America's
Studio: Drawing New Conclusions, Betty Rymer Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, catalog |
| Face to Face, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, catalog |
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| 1991 | Spirited Visions: Portraits
of Chicago Artists, State of Illinois Gallery, Chicago (traveling-1993), catalog |
| 1990 | The Chicago Show, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, catalog |
| Indianapolis Collects,
Herron Gallery, Indianapolis Center for Contemporary Art, IN |
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| Our Corner of the World: Seventeen
Illinois Artists, University Galleries Illinois State University, Normal, IL, catalog |
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| 1989 | Material Matters, College of DuPage Arts Center Gallery, Glen Ellyn, IL |
| Chicago Artists in the European
Tradition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, catalog |
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| 1988 | Endangered Species,
Klein Gallery, Chicago |
| Field and Seam, Roy Boyd Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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| Only a Woman Could,
Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago |
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| The Truncated Figure,
Artemisia Gallery, Chicago |
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| 1987 | Egg Tempera: Archaic Methods/Modern
Minds, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago |
| 1987 | Masks, Klein Gallery, Chicago |
| Artagogo, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago |
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| Surfaces: Two Decades of Painting
in Chicago, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, catalog |
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| Endsville, 1480 W. Webster, Chicago |
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| 1986 | New Horizons in Art, 1986,
Chicago Public Library Cultural Center Chicago |
| Self-Portraits: Then or Now,
ARC Gallery, Chicago, catalog |
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| 1985 | Mary Lou Zelazny, Andre Ferella,
Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago |
| UNscene, ARC Gallery, Chicago | |
| 14th Union League Art Competition
and Exhibition, Artemisia Gallery Chicago |
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| 1984 | Chicago Head, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago |
| 1983 | The Big Pitcher: 20 Years of the Abstracted Figure in Chicago Art, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, catalog |
| Sex Show, The Northside Auditorium Building, Chicago |
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| 1981 | Some Girls: A Celebration
of Chicago Women Artists, The Donahue Building, Chicago |
| top | Visiting Artist |
| 2004 | Maine College of Art, Portland, ME |
| 2002 | Williams College, Art Department, Williamstown, Massachusetts |
| 1998 | University of Iowa, School of Art and Architecture, Iowa City, Iowa |
| 1996 | De Paul University, Department of Fine Art, Chicago |
| 1994 | Columbia College, Department of Art, Chicago |
| University of Chicago, Department of Art, Chicago | |
| 1992 | Northwestern University, Department of Art, Evanston, Illinois |
| Oxbow, Saugatuck, Michigan | |
| 1989 | Rockford College, Department of Art, Rockford, Illinois |
| public commissions | |
| 2006 | McCormick Place Expansion Project, Chicago, IL |
| Awards and Fellowships | |
| 2007 | The Grainger Foundation Faculty Research Grant, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
| 2003 | Margaret Klimek Phillips Fellowship |
| 1998 | Faculty Enrichment Grant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
| 1992 | Arts Midwest/ National Endowment for the Arts
Regional Visual Arts Fellowship Award |
| Faculty Enrichment Grant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago | |
| 1986 | Dorland Mountain Colony Residency |
| Selected Collections | ||
| Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago | ||
| First Chicago Bank, Chicago | ||
| Kemper National Insurance Companies | ||
| Nagin and Associates, Miami, FL | ||
| Prudential Insurance Company, Newark, NJ | ||
| Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL | ||
| Weichman and Associates, Munster, IN | ||
| top | Bibliography | |
| Artist's Eclecticism
Runs More Than Canvas-Deep, Kevin Nance, Chicago Sun Times, March 28, 2007 |
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| Piecing Perfect
Puzzles, Robert Loerzel, Pioneer Press, Thursday, April 5, 2007 |
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| Zelazny's Work Has Come a
Very Long Way, Alan Artner. Chicago Tribune, December 5, 2003 |
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| Mary Lou Zelazny, Fred Camper,
Chicago Reader, December 26, 2003 |
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| New American Paintings. Number 35, 2001 | ||
| New American Paintings. Number 11, 1997 | ||
| Superior And Huron Bring On
New Season With Style, Hawkins, Margaret: Chicago Sun Times, 09/20/96 |
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| Mary Lou Zelazny, Connors,
Thomas: New Art Examiner, November 1996 |
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| Art Exhibition Explores Metaphorical
Works Of Four Contemporary Collage Artists Atterberry, Gisele: News Gazette, Champaign IL, 1996 |
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| Dedicated To Paint,
Jacob, Mary Jane: Something in Common, catalog 1994 |
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| Zelazny Takes Giant Step With
Latest Show, Artner, Alan: Chicago Tribune, 09/30/94 |
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| A(T)Tension To The Moment
catalog with text by Nathan,Jacqueline; curator, Bowling Green State University, Fine Arts Center, 1993 |
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| Artists Take Collage On A
Joyride Of Perspectives, McCracken, David: Chicago Tribune, 04/16/93 |
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| The Best Art Exhibitions,
Artner, Alan, and McCracken, David: Chicago Tribune, 12/27/92 |
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| Mary Lou Zelazny, Hixson, Kathryn: Flash Art, Summer 1992 |
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| Art People: Mary Lou Zelazny's
Feminine Perspective, Eftekhar, Judith Lin: The Chicago Reader, 03/20/92 |
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| Zelazny Seamlessly Blends
Collage,Paint, McCracken, David: Chicago Tribune, 03/13/92 |
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| Face To Face, A Chance To
Meet 80 Chicago Artists As They See Themselves On Canvas, Artner, Alan, Chicago Tribune, 03/22-92 |
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| Mary Lou Zelazny, Yood, James: Art Forum, Summer 1992 |
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| Spriited Visions, Portraits
Of Chicago Artists, photographs by Carroll, Patty, text by Yood, James. University of Illinois Press, 1991 |
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| Rockford Art Museum Keeps
Contemporary, Kranz, Cindy: Rockford Register, 09/26/91 |
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| Mary Lou Zelazny, Hixson, Kathryn: Arts Magazine, April 1990 |
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| Artist�s Latest Works Show She�s Joined The Major Leagues, Ligocki, Gordon: The Hammond Times, January 1990 | ||
| Mary Lou Zelazny, Holg, Garrett: Art News, April 1990 |
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| Zelazny's Work Advances As
She Abandons Coyness, Artner, Alan: Chicago Tribune, 01/12/90 |
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| Our Corner Of The World,
catalog with text by Dahlberg, Laurie; Illinois State University, 1989 |
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| The Persistence Of Modernism,
in Chicago Artists In The European Tradition, catalog with text by Warren, Lynne, Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago 1989 |
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| Mary Lou Zelazny, Artner, Alan: Chicago Tribune, September 1998 |
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| Mary Lou Zelazny, Abell, Jeff: New Art Examiner, December 1998 |
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| Mary Lou Zelazny, Peter Miller Gallery, Spector, Buzz: Art Forum, February 1988 |
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| Collages Pictorial Variations
On A Theme, McCracken, David: Chicago Tribune, 03/04/88 |
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| Mary Lou Zelazny At Peter
Miller, Taylor, Sue: Art in America, January 1988 |
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| Surfaces. Two Decades Of Painting
In Chicago: Seventies And Eighties, catalog with text by Kirshner, Judith Rossi; Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, 1987 |
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| Two Decades Of Painting In
Chicago, Adrian, Denis: New Art Examiner, December 1987 |
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| Review, Hold, Garrett: New Art Examiner, September 1986 |
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| Collages Depict Us As Seekers
Of Goods, Taylor, Sue: Chicago Sun Times, 07/10/86 |
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| The Big Pitcher: 20 Years
Of Abstracted Figure In Chicago Art, catalog 1983 |
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