JILL KING STUDIO {Mixed Media Sculpture, Public Art}
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RESUME
EDUCATION:
Master of Arts, Painting Emphasis, 1986
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture Emphasis, 1984
Northern Illinois University
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GALLERY AFFILIATIONS:
Alma Art+Interiors, 3636 S, Iron St., Chicago, IL, 2023-2022
Spring Board Arts, 1910 W. North Ave, Chicago, IL, Start date: June 2020
Space 900, Core Member, 816 Dempster St, Evanston, IL. (The gallery provides core members and
other artists in the community exhibition opportunities and performance space), 2018- 2021
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Education Chair: Chicago Sculpture International, 2015 - 2018
ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS:
Helen Coburn Meier and Tim Meier Charitable Foundation for the Arts, 2017
Art Comes Alive, Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, OH - National Competition, 2014
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Fusion Academy, Art Teacher-Junior High and High School, Evanston IL, 2020-2021
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Drawing Professor: Sabbatical Replacement, 2016
Oakton Community College, Skokie Campus, Skokie IL
Art Instructor: Drawing & Painting, 2008 - 2020
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
Art Instructor, Sculpture in Mixed Media, Summer 2019 - 2020
The Art Center Highland Park, Highland Park, IL.
Interactive Arts Tour Guide, Art Instructor, 1998 - Present
Art Encounter, Non-Profit, Arts Enrichment Organization, Evanston, IL.
Director/Instructor: Drawing, Painting, Mixed Media Sculpture, 2009 - 2015
Artist Seeds, Evanston, IL
MEMBERSHIP
Chicago Sculpture International, Chicago, IL, 2010 - Present
International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, NJ, 2010 - Present
PUBLIC PROJECTS
Blue Rose, Wall sculpture/installation created for Mather Tysons, 7901 Branch Dr. #110, Mclean VA, Commissioned by Studio121 Nashville TN, 2024
Fantastical Forest, Finalist, Whitlock Elementary School Discovery Center, Commissioned by Department of General Services, DC, 2023
White Rabbit, 8’ suspended leaping rabbit created for the BD|NY convention and the Javits Center, Manhattan, NY, Commissioned through Farmboy International Art Advisory, Vancouver BC. Created for Simeone Deary Design Group, November, 2023.
Iron Rose, Installation, Charleston Mills Hotel, Charleston, SC, Commissioned through Soho Myriad, Atlanta GA, 2022
Interconnections, Permanent Sculptural Wall Installation, Meta Data Center, Dekalb IL, 2022
Cosmic Roses, Commission through Marc-Michaels Interior Design, Inc. Winter Park Florida, 2022
Nebula, suspended sculpture, Student Success Center, Richland College, Decatur, IL, 2019
Water Whirled, Finalist, indoor suspended sculpture, University of North Florida, Jacksonville FL, 2018
Whirled, suspended sculpture, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, Aurora, IL, 2017
Fall Gallery Walk, custom pieces for Toto- River North Design District, Chicago, 2017
Evanston Odyssey, permanent sculptural, light installation, Lorraine Morton Civic Center, Evanston IL, 2017
Asteroid, suspended sculpture, Lewis University Science Building, Romeoville, IL, 2016
Food As Art - Chicago Gourmet, 8 piece suspended installation, Harris Theater, Millennium Park Chicago, IL 2016
Galaxy & Whirled, Art Prize, Convention Center, Grand Rapid Public Museum, MI, 2011 & 2013
Form in Flora I, II, and III, Lincoln Park, Garfield Park Conservatories, Chicago, IL, 2010 & 2012
Cool Globes, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Field Museum, 2007
Life Cycles, Finalist: Chicago CTA, Arts-In-Transit Program, CTA Kimball Station - exterior wall, Chicago, IL 2006
Comedia Delle Arte Murals, Banbury Properties, LLC, Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, Arlington Heights, IL, 2000
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
Jill King at the Contemporary Art Center of Peoria, Peoria, IL, May, 2020
Whirleds, Guest Artist/Speaker at Adlai Stevenson High School, Libertyville, IL, 2019
Real or Imagined- Jill King and Joanna Pinsky, Space 900 Gallery, Evanston, IL, 2018
Jill King- Faith, Form and Fate, Lewis University, Romeoville, 2016
Jill King, Eye on Art Gallery, Carmel, IN, 2014
Jill King- Whirleds and Works, Orland Park Library, Orland Park, IL, 2011
Jill King & Students, Art Under Glass, City of Evanston, IL, 2010
Jill King New Life Forms, Gwenda Jay/Addington Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2000 - 2001
A Change in Momentum, Chicago, IL, 1995
Jill King Recent Drawings, Morton College, Cicero, IL, 1993
Chalice, Eastern Illinois University, Tarble Arts Center, Charleston, IL, 1993
Jill King Recent Works, Wright Street Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, 1989
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
Color and Form, CSI Exhibition, Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art at the College of Lake County, 2023
Alma Art +Interiors, Chicago, IL, 2022/23Alm
​Craft Invitational, Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, Iowa, 2022
Constructed Visions, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL, 2019-2020
Summer Works- Nearly Four Decades Later, Space 900 Gallery, Evanston IL, 2019
Art Attitude, Three person invitational at Workshop 4200, Chicago IL, 2019
Core Member, group shows, Space 900 Gallery, Evanston, IL, 2018 - Present
Faculty Exhibitions, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL. & The Art Center Highland Park, IL, 2009-Present
Skin & Bones, Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston IL, 2017
River North Gallery Walk, Benefits the River North Design District, Exhibited at Toto, 500 N. Wells,
Curated by Daniel Kinkade Fine Arts, 2017
Interaction, Christopher Art Gallery, Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL, 2017
Metal+, A four person invitational exhibition, Lill Street Art Center, Chicago, IL, 2017
Making Nature, Northeastern IL. University, Chicago IL, 2016
CSI Themes in Contemporary Sculpture, Foster Gallery, Univ. of Wisc. Eau Claire, 2015
Sculpture Invasion, Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton College, Des Plaines, IL, 2015
Chicago Sculpture International (CSI), Lewis University, Romeoville, IL, 2015
R^4-Recycled/Reclaimed/Reused/Recrafted, Nicholas Conservatory, Rockford IL, 2014
Experiences of War, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY, 2014
Spiritus, Mary-Frances & Bill Veeck Gallery, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, IL, 2013
Art Prize (Top 100), Convention Center, Grand Rapids MI, 2013
Chicago Sculpture International, The Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL, 2013
Out of Darkness Comes Light, The Project Room Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2013
Form in Flora, Garfield Park and Lincoln Park Conservatory, Chicago, IL, 2010 - 2012
Process of Scale, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago IL, 2012
Six to the Third, CSI exhibition, Expo Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL, 2012
Art Prize (national competition), Grand Rapids Public Museum, MI, 2011
Artropolis, 6 to the 3rd, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL, 2010
Art Loop Open, Chicago Artists Coalition event, Palmer House, Chicago, IL, 2010
PUBLICITY/PUBLICATIONS:
Wescover: https://www.wescover.com/creator/jill-king-studio
Jill King - Chicago Sculptor, https://youtu.be/_ZWjgL5JFDk
Picturing Evanston, 2019, https://picturing-evanston.com/jill,
Voyage Chicago, 2018, http://voyagechicago.com/interview/art-life-jill-king/
Transformative Walls II, Coda Magazine, March 2016, https://www.codaworx.com/project/dusty-rose-the-carrigtons
Suspended in Space II, Coda Magazine, Feb. 2016, https://www.codaworx.com/project/quot-galaxy-quot-de-vos-convention-center-art-prize
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