CV/RESUME
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 So Quick Bright Things Come to Confusion, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Casella Gallery,
Boston, Massachusetts.
2012 Reclamation: Etchings and Lithographs, Alberta Printmakers' Society, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
2011 Domain: Drawings, Etchings, and Lithographs, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia.
Toward Complexity: Paintings, Drawings, and Prints, Charleston City Gallery, Charleston, South Carolina.
2009 The Ocean Through Our Large Windows, Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, California.
Control, Grand Theatre Center for the Arts, Tracy, California.
2008 Succession, Gallery S.P.A.C.E., Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs, Savannah, Georgia.
Any Given Moment, Gallery Stokes, Atlanta, Georgia.
Variations of Order, Durham Arts Council, Durham, North Carolina.
Hybrids: Paintings, Drawings and Etchings, Allied Arts, Marlor Art Center, Milledgeville, Georgia.
2005 Residency Fellowship Exhibition, Listagil Gallery, Akureyri, Iceland.
2003 Paradise, Once Given: Recent Drawings, Byron Roche Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
2000 Works: 1990-2000, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, Illinois.
1999 New Works, Byron Roche Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
1998 Paintings, Drawings, and Etchings, Cliff Dwellers Club, Chicago, Illinois.
New Works, Byron Roche Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.1997
For Show: Etchings and Drawings, Anchor Graphics Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
1996 New Works, University of Minnesota at Morris, Morris, Minnesota.
Display and Ritual, Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois.
Recent Paintings and Drawings, Erie Museum of Art, Erie, Pennsylvania.
1995 Habitats, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
1994 The Meticulous Eye: Paintings, Drawings, and Etchings, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 Star-crossed Lovers, Morrissey Gallery, St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa.
2016 Graphicall 2016, 4bid Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Impending Future, Lycoming College Art Gallery, Williamsburg, Pennsylvania.
99 Problems, Southern Gallery, Charleston, South Carolina.
Emmanuel College Summer Residency Exhibition, Emmanuel College, Boston, Massachusetts.
Highlighting Contemporary Art in Georgia: Pushing the Press, Printmaking in the South,
Georgia Museum, Athens, Georgia.
Immediate Impressions: Prints by Kandy Lopez, Florin Hategan, and Curtis Bartone, Larson
Gallery, Broward College, Davie, Florida.
2015 The Future, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica di Venezia, Venice, Italy.
National Print Exhibition: Vantage Points, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington.
Return of Exquisite Corpse-35th Anniversary Exhibition, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
2014 Layers of Identity II, Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem, Israel.
Kingdom: The Animal in Contemporary Art, Manifest Drawing Space, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Grafiikan Mestareita (Masters of Printmaking), Galleria Dix, Helsinki, Finland.
69 Visions of Love, University of Colorado's Visual Arts Complex, Boulder, Colorado.
2013 21st Annual LAPS Print Exhibition, Los Angeles Print Society, California State University
Northridge Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
Boston Printmakers 2013 Print Biennial, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.
Eläin (Animal), Haiharan taidekeskus, Tampere, Finland.
Prominent Printmakers II, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire.
2012 RE Open, Royal Society of Painters and Printmakers, Bankside Gallery, London, UK.
Studio Dei Nipoti, Hillyer Art Space, Washington, DC.
Common Space: Invitational Print Exhibition, Rueff Galleries, Purdue University, West Lafayette,
IN.
2nd Annual Print Exhibition, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, New York.
15th Annual Juried Print Exhibition, Washington Printmakers Gallery, Washington D.C. (Graphic Chemical and Ink Purchase Award).
Handmade Prints II, One Horse Press, Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston Illinois.
Beauty…It's Not Pretty, Grand Theatre Center for the Arts, Tracy, California. (First Prize).
New York Society of Etchers 2nd Annual Exhibition, National Arts Club, New York, New York.
Southern Discomfort: Art Inspired by Flannery O'Connor, 1704 Gallery, Savannah, Georgia.
2011 New Prints 2011 / Autumn, International Print Center, New York, New York.
Giving Pause, Reflecting, Still, Printmaking Center of New Jersey, Branchburg, New Jersey.
Gallery Artists Summer Exhibition, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
Oil and Water, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Picturing the Beast, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
New Prints 2010 / Spring, International Print Center, New York, New York.
2010 Cover Stories: The Art of the Book Jacket, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
Politics of Fear, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Planet Home, Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, Georgia.
Picturing the Beast, Hall Street Gallery, Savannah, Georgia.
Animal Farm, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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, MD.
Handpulled Prints XIV, Stonemetal Press, San Antonio, Texas. (First Prize)
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.
On the Mark: Contemporary Drawing, Spencertown Arts Academy Gallery, Spencertown, New York.
Conservation and Construction, Gallery RFD, Swainsboro, Georgia.
Paperworks: On or Of Paper, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida.
2007 New Prints 2007 / Autumn, International Print Center, New York, New York.
Devils and Beasts, The Art Center, Highland Park. Illinois.
Works on Paper, Casa de Cultura, Alamos Sonora, Mexico.
Flights of Fancy, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
2006 Print Currents 2006, Print Arts Northwest/Northwest Print Council, Portland, Oregon.
25th Annual Print Exhibition 2006, Silvermine Guild Gallery, New Canaan, Connecticut.
The Luster of Silver: Contemporary Metalpoint Drawings, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia.
Pacific States Biennial Print Exhibition, University of Hawai'i, Hilo, Hawai'i.
Natural Selection: Works of Curtis Bartone and Dale Clifford, Pinnacle Gallery, Savannah, Georgia.
25th Annual National Print Exhibition at Artlink, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Print, Process, Collaboration, Red Gallery, Savannah, Georgia.
2005 My Country, Right or Left, Horton Gallery, San Joachin Valley College, Stockton, California.
Art of the Bookplate, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
Prints U.S.A. 2005, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri.
New Prints 2005 / Summer: Etchings, International Print Center, New York, New York.
2004 30th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, Heuser Art Center
Gallery, Peoria, Illinois, (traveling).
Southern Printmaking Biennale, North Georgia College and State University, Dahlonega, Georgia.
Gallery Artists’ Summer Group Exhibition, Byron Roche Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
ArtChicago International Art Fair, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois.
Life and Death, Horton Gallery, San Joachin Valley College, Stockton, California.
2003 Exquisite Snake, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
2002 Chicago Drawing Salon, Northeastern University Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
ArtChicago International Art Fair, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois.
2001 Out of the Garden, Hinsdale Center for the Arts, Hinsdale, Illinois.
Prairie Suite: A Sense of Place, Grinnell College Gallery, Grinnell, Iowa, (Traveling).
2000 The Mark Applied, Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Gallery Artists’ Group Exhibition, Byron Roche Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
Gallery Artists’ Group Exhibition, Wright Gallery, New York, New York.
The Object Considered: Contemporary Still Life, Columbus College of Art Gallery, Columbus, Ohio.
1999 Botanica, Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, Minnesota, (Traveling).
Birds, Birds, Birds, Byron Roche Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
1998 Animals in Art, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
Parallel Visions: Drawings and Objects, Dittmar Gallery, Evanston, Illinois.
1997 Nature Bruegelesque, Fernwood Botanical Gardens, Niles, Michigan.
Environmental Themes, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.
1996 Visual Feasting, Suburban Fine Art Center, Highland Park, Illinois.
Generations: Chicago Printmakers, Suburban Fine Art Center, Highland Park, Illinois.
1995 Poetic Images, Suburban Fine Art Center, Highland Park, Illinois.
1994 Food for Thought: Works by Three Artists, Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, Indiana.
ARC National Print Show, ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
1993 Fit to Print: Chicago Printmakers, Greenview Art Center, Chicago, Illinois.
Drawing Coast to Coast, Rockville Arts Place, Rockville, Maryland.
New Works by Gallery Artists, Lannon-Cole Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
1992 Evanston and Vicinity Exhibition, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois.
Gallery Artists: Drawings and Prints, Lannon-Cole Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
1991 Still Alive: Contemporary Still Life, Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois.
Artist of the Day: Five Emerging Chicago Artists, Lannon-Cole Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
1990 Spiritual Visions, Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, Indiana.
GRANTS, AWARDS, AND AWARDED RESIDENCIES
Emmanuel College Artist Residency (ECAR), Completed suite of ten multiple-plate etchings based on the Plagues of Egypt, Boston, Massachusetts, June-August 2016.
Resident/Visiting Artist, Edition of lithographs printed by LSU graduate students, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, March 2015.
Printmaking Residency/Collaboration, Large-scale color intaglio, Straw Hat Press, Atlanta, Georgia, March 2014.
2nd Prize, "21th Annual LAPS Print Exhibition," Los Angeles Print Society, Los Angeles, California, 2013.
Printmaking Residency, Large-scale intaglio triptych, Venice Printmaking Studio, Murano, Italy, September-October 2012.
Graphic Chemical and Ink Purchase Award, "15th Annual Print Exhibition", Washington Printmakers, August 2012.
First Prize, "Beauty…It's not Pretty" Exhibition, Grand Theatre Center for the Arts, Tracy, California, June 2012.
First Prize, "Hand Pulled Prints XIV", Stonemetal Press, San Antonio, Texas, May 2009.
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
Gallery talk and classroom visits, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts, October 2016.
Photopolymer intaglio demonstration, Emmanuel College, Boston, Massachusetts, October 2016.
Slide presentation, Emmanuel College, July 2016.
Gallery Talk, Broward College, Davie, Florida, April 2016.
"Topias in Print," Paper delivered at Impact8 Printmaking Conference, Dundee, Scotland, September 2013.
Visiting Artist, Silverpoint drawing and Egg Tempera Workshop, John Tyler Community College, November 2012.
Gallery Talk, Telfair Art Museum, Savannah, Georgia, May 2011.
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, December 1997.
Gallery talk, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois, March 1994. Video shown on Public Access Television.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Curtis Bartone, "Beauty By Mistake," Contemporary Impressions, The Journal of the American Print Alliance (www.PrintAlliance.org), Summer 2011, vol. 19 #1, pp. 2-8.
Allison Hersh, "Art and Soul: Bartone Goes Into the Wild," Savannah Morning News, February 13, 2011.
Allison Hersh, "Art and Soul: Curtis Bartone's Works Explore 'Humanity'sThoughtless 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, January 29, 2006.
Ivy Sundell, Crow Woods Press, Living Artists, 2004.
Kate Lieber, “Curtis Bartone: Paradise, Once Given,” Artscope.net, February 12, 2003.
Alan Artner, “Curtis Bartone,” Chicago Tribune, February 7, 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 (Spotlight—cover 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.
Mary Birdsong, “Works of Curtis Bartone at Erie Art Museum,” Erie Daily Times, March 14, 1996.
Michael Bonesteel, “Stressing the Obsessive,” Pioneer Press, April 7, 1994.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Emmanuel College, Boston, Massachusetts
Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia.
Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
University of Colorado, Boulder.
Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa.
Purdue University, LaFayette, Indiana.
Anchor Graphics, Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois.
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia.
Graphic Chemical and Ink Company, Villa Park, Illinois.
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Lithography Instructor, Penland School of Crafts, June 2016.
Adjunct Printmaking Instructor, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia, September 2006-Present.
Drawing Instructor, Penland School of Crafts, August 2010.
Instructor (Foundations and Printmaking), 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, September 1990-January 1991
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1991.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio, 1988.
GALLERY AFFILIATION
Printworks Gallery, 311 West Superior, Suite 105, Chicago, Illinois, 60610, (312) 664-9407
website: printworksgallery.com