Catherine Keebler
Contact Information
Education
B.F.A. - School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
B.A. - Mundelein College, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL
Post-graduate studies, Returning Scholar Program, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Grant to study Cytology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
University of Illinois and St. Luke's Hospital Nursing Program, Chicago, IL
Professional Experience
Curator, The Senior Artists Network Members' Show, South Shore Cultural Center, Chicago, IL (2006)
Workshop Director, Encaustic Monotype Workshop, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL (2002)
Collage Workshop, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL (2004)
Guest Lecturer, Plane Speaking, American Society of Cytopathology, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (2004)
Guest Lecturer, The Encaustic Monotype, Print Department, The School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL
Artist Statement
Catherine Keebler was born in Chicago. She obtained a B.A. from Mundelein College, now part of Loyola University. After her retirement as a technical director of a cytopathology laboratory she was admitted to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, graduating with a B.F.A.
Catherine has worked with encaustic monotypes since taking a workshop associated with the Santa Fe Art Institute in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She also works with water-based ink and often combines inks and encaustic on Asian paper.
The elusiveness of a single moment in time as it is experienced or perceived is where Catherine's interest is. It is her feeling that one rarely is able to comprehend the totality of any one single event as it occurs.
She also brings memories from her childhood, her around-the-world travels, and her previous career as a cytotechnologist to create her mostly imaginary images.
Selected Exhibitions
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Solo Exhibitions
Travels, both Real and Imaginary, 2002, The Cultural Center, Renaissance Court, Chicago, IL - Memory and Myth, 2001, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL
Invitational Exhibitions
Celebrating the Book Arts at Scott Foresman, 2003, Glenview,IL - Opening Show at Artful Gatherings Gallery, 2003, Lemont,IL
- Opening Show at the Orleans Street Gallery, 2003, Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles,IL
- Burning in: Four Encaustic Painters, 2002, College of Lake County, Grayslake,IL
Juried Exhibitions
Fire in the Heart 2003, The Schneider Museum of Art, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR - Jurors: Mary N. Gardiner, Museum Director and Stepen Frazier, Preparator/Registrar - 26th Annual Alice & Arthur Baer Art Competition & Exhibition 2003, New Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL - Jurors: Margaret Buchen and Robin McCown Mumford
- 59th Annual Salon Show 2002, William Bachman Gallery, The Center for Visual and Performing Arts, Munster, IN - Juror: Paul Sierra
- Exploration 2002, 17th Annual Juried Exhibition, The Newberry Library, Chicago, IL
- Later Impressions, 2001, Cultural Center, Renaissance Court, Chicago, IL - Jurors; Charlene Gordon, artist & educator, Aron Paker, Aron Packer Gallery, Sofia Zutautus, Assistant Curator, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
- Earth Works, 2001, Hiestand Art Gallery, University of Miami, Oxford, OH - Juror: Dr. Ellen Longsworth, Chair of Art Department, Merrimack College, North Andover, MA
- Exploration 2001, 16th Annual Juried Exhibition, 2001, The Newberry Library, Chicago, IL - Jurors: Anne Binder, Tim Botts, Mike Kecseg, Rosie Kelly and Pam Paulsrud
Fund-Raising Shows
- Art for Advocacy: An Art Exhibit of Cytopathology Professional to Raise Cervical Cancer Awareness, November 2000, Philadelphia, PA; November 2001, Kansas City, MO; November 2003, Orlando, FL - Jurors: David Kaminsky, M.D., cytopathologist and film maker, Ann Moriarity, M.D., cytopathologist and sculptor and Barbara Mahoney, cytotechnologist and artist
- Bare Walls, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, The Chicago Chapter of The School of the Art Institute Alumni Association, Fund-Raiser for the Alumni Scholarship Fund, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
- Celebrity Charity Chair Auction, November 2001, Drake Hotel, Chicago, IL
Group Shows
SAN Members' Show 2001, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL - Chicago Art Open 2001, 2002 Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago, IL
Honors
Best of Show, 2001, Art for Advocacy Exhibition, Kansas City, MO
Overall Favorite Artwork, 2001, American Society of Cytopathology, Kansas City, MO
People's Choice Award, 2001, American Society of Cytopathology, Kansas City, MO
Honorary Mention, 1994, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
Sc.D. (hon), Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Publications
Artwork illustrated in Visual Journeys, Art of the 21st Century, juried publication of Layerists in Multi-Media, 2010
Artwork illustrated in the Newberry Library Public Programs catalog, spring-summer 2009
Artwork illustrated in the Ashland Gallery Association Gallery Guide 2003, p 12-13
Artwork illustrated in Seasons of Life Calendar 2002: (February), Chicago Cultural Center
Artwork illustrated in The Letter, 2000 - 2003, The Chicago Calligraphy Collective
Affiliations
The Society of Layerists in Multi-Media - Vice President
Senior Artists Network - Board Member
The New Artist's Society, The School of the Art Institute - Member
Chicago Artists' Coalition - Member
Chicago Calligraphy Collective - Member
Woman Made Gallery - Member
School of the Art Institute Alumni Association - Member
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