SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
Control, Grand Theatre Center for the Arts, Tracy, California.
The Ocean Through Our Large Windows, Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, California, July-Sept.
2008
Succession, Gallery SPACE, Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs, Savannah, GA, Aug.-Sept.
Any Given Moment, Gallery Stokes, Atlanta, Georgia, May-June.
Variations of Order, Durham Arts Council, Durham, North Carolina, May-July.
Hybrids: Paintings, Drawings and Etchings, Allied Arts, Marlor Art Center, Milledgeville, GA, Feb.
2005
Residency Fellowship Exhibition, Listagil Gallery, Akureyri, Iceland, July.
2003
Paradise, Once Given: Recent Drawings, Byron Roche Gallery, Chicago, IL, Jan.-Feb.
2000
Works: 1990-2000, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, Illinois, August-October.
1999
New Works, Byron Roche Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, November-December.
1998
Paintings, Drawings, and Etchings, Cliff Dwellers Club, Chicago, Illinois, March.
New Works, Byron Roche Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, January-February.
1997
For Show: Etchings and Drawings, Anchor Graphics Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, Dec.
1996
New Works, University of Minnesota at Morris, Morris, Minnesota, November.
Display and Ritual, Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois, September.
Recent Paintings and Drawings, Erie Museum of Art, Erie, Pennsylvania, Jan.-April.
1995
Habitats, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, November.
1994
The Meticulous Eye: Paintings, Drawings, and Etchings, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, March-May.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
Northern Print Biennale, Laing Gallery, Newcastle on Tyne, United Kingdom.
Spineless Wonders: Invertebrates as Inspiration, University of Southern Maine,
Lewiston, Maine.
Landscape and Industry, Goggleworks, Reading, Pennsylvania.
20th Annual Print Exhibition, Los Angeles Print Society, Los Angeles, California.
Silverpoint Drawing Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences,
Evansville, Indiana.
20th National Drawing and Print Exhibition, College of Notre Dame of Maryland,
Baltimore, Maryland.
Handpulled Prints XIV, Stonemetal Press, San Antonio, Texas.
The Feast, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas.
Manifest International Print Exhibition, Manifest Drawing Space, Cincinnati, Ohio.
2008
Wet Ink, Pei Ling Chan Gallery, Savannah, Georgia.
Creative Drive, Hammond Harkins Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, Sept.-Oct.
2007
New Prints 2007 / Autumn, International Print Center, New York, New York,
Nov.-Dec. Traveled to Columbia College in Chicago, Illinois in
Jan.-Feb. of 2008.
Devils and Beasts, The Art Center, Highland Park. Illinois, October-November.
Works on Paper, Casa de Cultura, Alamos Sonora, Mexico, September.
Flights of Fancy, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, July-August.
On the Mark: Contemporary Drawing, Spencertown Arts Academy Gallery, Spencertown, NY, May-June.
Conservation and Construction: The Evolution of the American Landscape,
Gallery RFD, Swainsboro, Georgia, February.
Paperworks: On or Of Paper, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, Feb.
Florida Printmakers 15th Annual Print Exhibition, Dunedin Fine Arts Center, Dunedin, Florida, Jan.
2006
Print Currents 2006, Print Arts Northwest/Northwest Print Council, Portland, Oregon, Nov.
25th Annual Print Exhibition 2006, Silvermine Guild Gallery, New Canaan, CT, Sept.-Nov.
The Luster of Silver: Contemporary Metalpoint Drawings, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, June-Sept.
Icarus, SCAD Atlanta Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, April.
Pacific States Biennial Print Exhibition, University of Hawai'i, Hilo, Jan.-Feb.
Natural Selection: Works of Curtis Bartone and Dale Clifford, Pinnacle Gallery, Savannah, Georgia, January-February.
2005
My Country, Right or Left, Horton Gallery, San Joachin Valley College, Stockton, California, Nov.-Dec.
Art of the Bookplate, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, Dec. 2005-Feb. 2006.
Prints U.S.A. 2005, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri, Nov.-Jan. 2006.
New Prints 2005 / Summer: Etchings, International Print Center, New York, NY, June-August.
25th Annual National Print Exhibition at Artlink, Fort Wayne, Indiana, May.
Print, Process, Collaboration, Red Gallery, Savannah, Georgia, April-May.
2004
30th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University,
Heuser Art Center Gallery, Peoria, Illinois, Nov. 2004-May 2005.
Southern Printmaking Biennale, North Georgia College and State University, Dahlonega, GA, September.
Gallery Artists’ Summer Group Exhibition, Byron Roche Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, July-Aug.
ArtChicago International Art Fair, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois, May.
Life and Death, Horton Gallery, San Joachin Valley College, Stockton, California, January.
2003
Exquisite Snake, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, December.
2002
Chicago Drawing Salon, Northeastern University Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, August.
ArtChicago International Art Fair, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois, April.
2001
Out of the Garden, Hinsdale Center for the Arts, Hinsdale, Illinois, April.
Prairie Suite: A Sense of Place, Grinnell College Gallery, Grinnell, Iowa, June .
2000
The Mark Applied, Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November.
Gallery Artists’ Group Exhibition, Byron Roche Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, July-Aug.
Gallery Artists’ Group Exhibition, Wright Gallery, New York, New York, July-Sept.
The Object Considered: Contemporary Still Life in Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana, Columbus College of Art Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, February-April.
1999
Botanica, Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, Minnesota, July-October (Traveling).
Birds, Birds, Birds, Byron Roche Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, January.
1998
Animals in Art, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, September.
Parallel Visions: Drawings and Objects, Dittmar Gallery, Evanston, Illinois, Jan.-Mar.
1997
Nature Bruegelesque, Fernwood Botanical Gardens, Niles, Michigan, March-May.
Environmental Themes, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, February-April.
1996
Visual Feasting, Suburban Fine Art Center, Highland Park, Illinois, Nov.-Jan.
Generations: Chicago Printmakers, Suburban Fine Art Center, Highland Park,
Illinois, May.
1995
Poetic Images, Suburban Fine Art Center, Highland Park, Illinois, November.
1994
Food for Thought: Works by Three Artists, Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, Indiana, November-December.
ARC National Print Show, ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, March.
1993
Fit to Print: Chicago Printmakers, Greenview Art Center, Chicago, Illinois, Nov.
Drawing Coast to Coast, Rockville Arts Place, Rockville, Maryland, July.
New Works by Gallery Artists, Lannon-Cole Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, May.
1992
Evanston and Vicinity Exhibition, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois, June.
Gallery Artists: Drawings and Prints, Lannon-Cole Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, May.
1991
Still Alive: Contemporary Still Life, Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois, Oct.-Nov.
Artist of the Day: Five Emerging Chicago Artists, Lannon-Cole Gallery, Chicago,
Illinois, Jul.-Aug.
1990
Spiritual Visions, Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, Indiana, November.
Gil Society Studio Residency Fellowship, Akureyri, Iceland, June-July 2005
Presidential Fellowship for Faculty Development, Savannah College of Art and
Design, March 2005
Illinois Arts Council Finalist Award Grant, December 2000
Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, Chicago, Illinois, July 1994
Illinois Arts Council Finalist Award Grant, December 1991
Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation Grant, New York, New York, November 1991
LECTURES AND DEMONSTRATIONS
Guest Speaker, Gil Society, Akureyri, Iceland, July 2005
Guest speaker, Art First Lecture Series, Savannah College of Art and Design,
May 2003
Visiting Artist, Edinboro State University, Edinboro, Pennsylvania, January 1999
Gallery talk, Byron Roche Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, July 1998
Lecture/etching demonstration, Anchor Graphics, Chicago, Illinois, Dec. 1997
Gallery talk, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois, March 1994
SELECTED REVIEWS/PUBLICATIONS
Allison Hersh, "Art and Soul: Curtis Bartone's Works Explore 'Humanity's
Thoughtless Destruction of Nature,'" Savannah Morning News,
August 24, 2008.
Bertha Husband, "Succession," Connect Savannah, September 9, 2008.
Kate Lieber, “Devils and Beasts,” Artscope.net, October 2007.
Jason Foumberg, "For the Birds," New City, August 16, 2007.
Allison Hersh, "Artists Mine Silverpoint," Savannah Morning News, July 6, 2006.
Holly McCullough, The Luster of Silver: Contemporary Metalpoint Drawings
(exhibition catalog), June 2006.
Allison Hersh, "Survival of the Fittest," Savannah Morning News, Jan. 29, 2006.
Camille Howell, "'Prints USA 2005' Promises Something to Like," Springfield
News-Leader, Dec. 2006.
Ivy Sundell, Crow Woods Press, Living Artists, 2004.
Kate Lieber, “Curtis Bartone: Paradise, Once Given,” Artscope.net, Feb.12, 2003.
Alan Artner, “Curtis Bartone,” Chicago Tribune, February 7, 2003.
Allen Sloan Torpie, “Into the Wild,” UR Magazine, January 16February 12, 2003.
Deanna Isaacs, “Too Much is Not Enough,” The Reader’s Guide to Arts and
Entertainment, August 18, 2000.
Joyce Tumea, “Curtis Bartone’s Paintings are Part Whimsy, Part Warning...,”
Elmhurst Press (Spotlightcover story), August 18-24, 2000
Barbara Buchholz, “Gallerywatch,” Chicago Tribune, February 6, 1998.
Margaret Hawkins, “Body’s Mystery Explored in Art,” Chicago Sun-Times,
February 6, 1998.
Howard Newman, “The Gallery ’97,” River North News, December 20, 1997.
Barbara Buchholz, “Gallerywatch,” Chicago Tribune, December 19, 1997.
Mary Birdsong, “Works of Curtis Bartone at Erie Art Museum,” Erie Daily Times,
March 14, 1996.
Michael Eck, “Sage JCA Gallery is Passionate,” Albany Times Union, May 8, 1994.
Michael Bonesteel, “Stressing the Obsessive,” Pioneer Press, April 7, 1994.
Helen A. Harrison, “Depicting Passion in its Many Guises and Garbs,”
New York Times, March 20, 1994.
Mary McCoy, “Drawings at RAP,” Washington Post, June 26, 1993.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia.
Anchor Graphics, Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois.
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia.
Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Professor, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia,
September 2001- June 2006
Lecturer, Harold Washington College, Chicago, Illinois, January 2001-June 2001
Instructor, Harrington Institute of Design, Chicago, Illinois,
September 1992-June 2001
Instructor, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois, September 1991-June 2001
Instructor, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, Sept. 1990-Jan. 1991
Master of Fine Arts, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1991
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio, 1988
GALLERY AFFILIATIONS
Byron Roche Gallery, 750 North Franklin Street, Suite 105, Chicago, Illinois, 60610, (312) 654-0144, website: byronroche.com
Printworks Gallery, 311 West Superior, Suite 105, Chicago, Illinois, 60610,
(312) 664-9407, website: printworksgallery.com