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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Animals are Outside Today, City Gallery Historic Water Tower, Chicago, IL, 2009
Animals are Outside Today, Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO, 2009
Urban Nature, Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago, IL, 2007
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
Mixtape, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, NY
Mus-Mus @Paris, online exhibition juried by Stephen Shore, Gil Blank and Denise Wolff
The Un-Natural Nature of Food, Fraction Magazine, Melanie McWhorter curator
Anthology, Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona, FL
Colleen Plumb and Zachariah Reike, van Straaten Gallery, Denver, CO (two-person exhibit)
Photo-Op, 14th Annual Exhibit, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
15th Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Catherine Edelman juror, Winchester, MA
Art Chicago 09, Riverhouse/van Straaten Gallery, Denver, CO
2008
Hey Hot Shot, Volume I, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, NY
Beyond the Backyard, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
19th Evanston Biennial, Evanston, IL
2007
Bridge Art Fair, with Standard Usage Project, Miami, FL
A Field Guide to the N. American Family Pin-up Show, Humble Arts Foundation, Gallery Bar, NY
Power of Plants, Museum of the Earth, Ithaca, NY
Power of Plants, Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, IL
2006
InSight: Recent Additions to the Permanent Collection, MoCP, Chicago, IL
New Chicago Photography, Version Fest, Iron Studios, curated by Jon Gitelson and Brian Ulrich, Chicago, IL
Fresh StART, Santa Monica Art Studios, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Contemporary Condition, Hokin Center, curated by Paul D’Amato, Chicago, IL
Click Art, Woman Made Gallery, curated by Whitney Bradshaw, Chicago, IL
2005
PROOF, SPE regional conference exhibit, George Mason University, Chan Chao juror, Fairfax, VA
Power of Plants, traveling exhibit, United States Botanic Garden, Washington, D.C.
BIRDS 2005 International Exhibit, Beijing Natural Cultural Center, Beijing, China
The Chicago Project, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004
Frozen in Light, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Chicago Land/Space/Place, Curated by Greg Foster-Rice, Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003
Movement Auction, The Renaissance Society, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Art to Fear, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001
You Are Here, Chicago in the Year 2000, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
2000
Our Town, CITY 2000, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, IL
A Year in the Life, City Gallery Historic Water Tower, Chicago, IL
CITY 2000, inaugural exhibit, Gallery 312, Chicago, IL
1999
Photosynthesis, Three Arts Club, Chicago, IL
Online
Catherine Edelman Gallery, The Chicago Project, www.edelmangallery.com
Photo-Eye, Photographer's Showcase, www.photoeye.com
Flak Photo, www.flakphoto.com
20x200 Editions, A Jen Bekman Project
Collections
2003-Present: MoCP, Chicago: Midwest Photographers Project, mocp.org
Museum of Contemporary Photography permanent collection, Chicago, IL
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL
Beijing Natural Cultural Center, Beijing, China
Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago, IL
Ruttenberg/Belagravia group, Chicago, IL
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
Private Collections
Awards and Grants
2009 awarded Ne Plus Ultra and representation by Jen Bekman Gallery
2008 Blurb, Photography.Book.Now HONORABLE MENTION
2008 CENTER: Review Santa Fe attendee, www.visitcenter.org
2008 Driehaus Foundation Individual Artist Award Nominee
2007 Urban Nature named No. 1 Museum Photography Exhibit in
NewCity, Chicago by Michael Weinstein
2006 CAAP Grant, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
2005 Beijing National Cultural Center, Honorable Mention Award
2002 Part-time Faculty 'Black Box Award'
1998 Stuart Baum Project Completion Grant
1997 Albert P. Weisman Scholarship
Reviews/News
Hey Hot Shot blog: An Afternoon in @Paris, Younga Park
The Rumpus, Stephen Elliot
FLAVORWIRE, Sara Distin
Personism, Jen Bekman, Pairing: Plumb+Whitman
NewCity Chicago, ANIMALS ARE OUTSIDE TODAY, City Gallery, Michael Weinstein
Blog: Hey Hot Shot, Water Tower Show
Art Slant, Review of Beyond the Backyard by Abraham Ritchie
Blog by Darius Himes, re: Review Santa Fe
Blog by Mel Tritten, Cigarettes and Purity
Hey Hot Shot Blog, Jen Bekman
NewCity Chicago, Eye Exam, For the Birds, Jason Foumberg
NewCity Chicago, Tip of The Week, Michael Weinstein
Bibliography
2009 HotShoe International, June 09 issue, The Second Life of Jen Bekman, Gallerist
2009 PDN, Exposures, February 2009, by Alia Akkam, Edited by Conor Risch
2009 PDN, Chicago's Photography Scene, June issue
2009 PDN Online, Exposures: All Booked Up, February 2009, by Conor Risch
2008 Artists' Showcase, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO, essay by Darius Himes
2007 Light and Lens: Photography in the Digital Age, Edited by Robert Hirsch, Elsevier's Focal Press
2007 Field Guide to the North American Family, by Garth Risk Hallberg, Mark Batty Publisher
2006 CITY 2000, Edited by Teri Boyd and Gary Comer, University of Illinois Press, Champaign
2006 Photography Now: 100 Portfolios, International Survey DVD-ROM www.wright.edu/photonow/
2005 SHOTS, 2005 Portfolio Issue
2005 NATURE, Cover and interior, 6x6 Series published by Columbia College
Teaching Experience
2000-current Columbia College Chicago, Part-time Faculty
2002 Jones Day College Prep, Chicago, Digital Workshop
2001 Marwen Foundation, Chicago, lecturer www.marwen.org
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