| Education |
| 1983 |
MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
| 1981 |
BFA, Grand Valley State Colleges, Allendale Michigan |
| 1979 |
Slade School of Art, University College London |
| Solo Exhibitions |
| 2007 |
“Close-Ups and Stick-Ups”, Old Gold, Chicago |
| 2006 |
"Are You Ready?", ArtLedge, Chicago |
| 1998 |
“Scar Stories”, Inova (Institute For Visual Arts), Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| 1997 |
“Ducks in a Row”, Tough, Chicago |
| 1995 |
“Frozen Turkey Dinners”, Tough Gallery, Chicago
“Clepsydras”, Gahlberg Gallery, College of Dupage, Glen Ellyn, Il. |
| 1994 |
“A Charm Bracelet”, I Space, Chicago |
| 1993 |
“Inflorescence”, Tough Gallery, Chicago
“Oil Spills”, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Il. |
| Two Person Exhibitions |
| 2007 |
“Jo Hormuth and John Phillips -No Blind Date”, Grand Valley State University, Allendale MI |
| 2000 |
“Jo Hormuth and Gail Fitzgerald”, Deven Golden Gallery, New York, NY |
| Selected Group Exhibitions |
| 2007 |
“Bright”, I Space, Chicago
“Guns and Ammo”, Gallery 40,000, Chicago, IL
“I am the Walrus”, Gallery 40,000, Chicago, IL |
| 2006 |
“To London From Chicago With Great Love”, I Cabin, London |
| 2005 |
“Spooktacula”, private residence, Chigago |
| 2004 |
“All the Right Moves,” Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL |
| 2002 |
“Round/Rounded”, S. Cano, Brooklyn |
| 2001 |
“Sculpture in Chicago Now”, Glass Curtain Gallery, Columbia College, Chicago
“Ego-berry”, Nagoya University of Arts, Nagoya, Japan
Traveling - University of Kyoto, University of Osaka, Japan |
| 2000 |
“Electraslip Knife”, private loft, Chicago
“Libidinal” TBA, Chicago
“Observation/Revelation"”, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, ID
“Interior Spaces/Still Lives”, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL |
| 1999 |
“Donald Young Invitational”, Donald Young Gallery, Chicago
“San Miguel Art Project”, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL.
“Sextablos”, Hyde Park Art Center, Hyde Park Illinois |
| 1998 |
“Taste of Chicago”, Post, L.A., California
“Reality Bites”, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago
“The Harry Carey Show”, Diverse Works, Houston, Texas
“Warm”, I Space, Chicago |
| 1997 |
Sculpture Garden, Klein Gallery Chicago,
“Art Chicago”, Navy Pier, Chicago |
| 1996 |
“Thing”, Deven Golden Fine Art, New York, New York |
| 1996 |
“Arco International”, Madrid, Spain
“10th Anniversary Ex.”, Gahlberg Gallery, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Il.
“Art Chicago”, Navy Pier, Chicago |
| 1995 |
“Uncomfortable Show 2”, MWMWM Gallery, Chicago
“Art Chicago”, Navy Pier, Chicago
“Home: Domestic Narratives”, NIU Art Museum, Dekalb, IL. |
| 1994 |
“New Museum, Invitational Exhibition and Benefit”, NY, New York
“Post Haste”, Tough Gallery, Chicago
“Real Small (Little Things)”, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago,
Traveling Exhibition, Memphis, New York, Budapest |
| 1993 |
“Alterniture”, Lorenzo Rodriquez Gallery, Chicago |
| 1993 |
“Chicago Drawings”, Galleria Porta 33, Funchal, Portugal
“A Sequence of Forms: Sculpture by Illinois Artists”, Chicago Cultural Center
“Living Room”, Betty Rymer Gallery, The School of the Art Institute, Chicago |
| 1992 |
“Not Working in L.A., Nomadic Site Project”, Pasadena, California
“Forecast”, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago
“Installations”, Prairie Avenue Gallery,
“Chicago“Personal PAC-Target Choice”, Exhibition and Benefit, World Tattoo, Chicago |
| 1991 |
“Buy / Low”, Prairie Avenue Gallery, Chicago
“Home Sweet Home”, Columbia College Art Gallery, Chicago |
| 1990 |
“Looking at Labor: What Price Beauty?” Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago |
| Grants/Fellowships |
| 2004 |
Nominee Dreihaus Award |
| 1995 |
Illinois Arts Council Fellowship Grant |
| 1979 |
Alexander Calder Fine Arts Scholarship |
| Public Collections |
| Museum of Contemporary Art |
| The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation |
| Chicago Transit Authority, Red Line Station at 47th Street |
| City of Chicago for the Rogers Park Library |
| Art Institute of Chicago, prints and drawings |
| Grand Valley State University, Allendale Michigan |
| Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center, Muskegon |
| Shedd Aquarium |
| Betzold Investment Group, Chicago |
| Teaching Experience |
| 1997-9 |
Visiting Artist, Painting and Drawing, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
| 1997 |
Co-taught Advanced Painting, SAIC |
| 1995 |
Adjunct Professor, Sculpture, The University of Illinois, Chicago |
| 1993 |
Graduate Advisor, Sculpture, The School of the Art Institute, Chicago |
| 1992-2007 |
Lectures, and critiques: SAIC, UIC, GVSU, COD |
| Curating Experience |
| 1991-1996 |
Exhibitions Committee Member, N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago |
| 1995 |
Co-Curator “VAST”, N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago |
| 1995 |
Co-Curator “You Are Here” The School of the Art Institute, Gallery 2, Chicago |
| Selected Bibliography |
| 2007 |
Artner, Alan “Fun, form and color in ‘Bright’ group show” Chicago Tribune,,
Dec.14, p.20, sec. 7 photo |
| 2000 |
Humphrey, David “Gail Fitzgerald and Jo Hormuth”, Art Issues, March/April pg.36 photo
Johnson, Ken “Gail Fitzgerald and Jo Hormuth”, New York Times, Jan. 14, page B45. |
| 1999 |
Artner, Alan. “Strong Physical Impulses Mark Hormuth’s exhibit”, Chicago Tribune, July 22.
Snodgrass, Susan. “Report From Chicago”, Art in America, pgs.81-87 color photo pg.81
Catalog,”Sextablos” Traveling Exhibition, Luna Books color photo page34. |
| 1998 |
Camper, Fred. “Not Quite Normal”, Reader, May 29, pages 28 and 29.
Estep, Jan. Review: “Ducks in a row”, New Art Examiner, Feb. pgs.47-48 photo.
Knode, Marilu. “The Harry Carey Show”, Show Catalog, Diverse Works, p.8 photo p.12.
Weins, Ann. “Ducks in a row”, New City, October 16
Wolf Kranz, Claire. “Reality Bites”, The CACA Newsletter, Spring 1998 Vol.1 Number1 |
| 1997 |
Drucker, Johanna. “Thingness and Objecthood”, Sculpture, April, pages 20-23 photo.
McCracken, David.”Jo Hormuth@Tough”, Hip Pocket, Sept./Oct.,page 8. |
| 1996 |
Artner, Alan. “Not Obvious But First-Rate”, Chicago Tribune, Nov.29, p.61, sec.7photo
Bell, J. Bower. “Thing”, Review Art, Oct. 15, p. 31.
Cavallero, Janet. Review: “Frozen Turkey Dinners”, New Art Examiner, Jan. p.37-38. photo |
| 1995 |
Artner, Alan. “Hormuth's zoo teems with complex readings”, Chicago Tribune, Nov. 17, p.70. photograph.
Artner, Alan. “Betting on a winner”, Chicago Tribune, Sept. 8, p.30.
Camper, Fred. “Art People: Jo Hormuth's funny farm”, Reader, Nov.3, sec.1, p.9. Photos.
Carroll, S.R. “Artist's project goes with the flow”, Chicago Tribune, Nov.6, sec.2 p.3 photo
Snodgrass, Susan. Catalog essay for “Clepsydras”
Stein, Lisa. “1995's Top 5 Gallery Shows”, New City, Dec. 28, p.30.
Stein, Lisa. “Balloon Magic”, New City, Oct. 26, p. 32. Photograph
Walker, Hamza. “All That Gravity Will Allow or Ode to Joy Revisited” essay for the book Frozen Turkey Dinners. |
| 1994 |
Snodgrass, Susan. “Inflorescence”, Art in America, March, p.105-106. Photograph.
Wilk, Deborah. Review: “Barney's New York Holiday Windows”, New Art Examiner, Feb. p.32. |
| 1993 |
Artner, Alan and McCracken, David.” The Arts in '93- 10 Best Exhibits” Chicago Tribune, Dec. 26, Arts sec. p.7
Artner, Alan. “Artists on View”, Chicago Tribune, Profile, Sept. 17, Arts Section, pgs. 32 & 53 photographs.
Artner, Alan. “Art in 3-D”, Chicago Tribune, Feb. 7, Arts sec.,p.15.
Bonesteel, Michael. “Fun and Games Hit Evanston”, Pioneer Press, Northwestern University, Jan. 14, p. B-5. Photograph.
Bulka, Michael. Review: “Inflorescence”, New Art Examiner, Dec. p.28, photograph.
Holg, Garrett.”Sculptors Make Statements With Everyday Objects”, Chicago
Sun Times. March 7, p. B-13.
Lobdell, Diane. “Expose Yourself”, F, April, p.6
Lobdell, Diane. “Inflorescence”, Dialogue, March. Photograph.
McCracken, David. “Hormuth Dresses Up a Garden of Subterranean Delights”,
Chicago Tribune, Oct. 15, Arts sec. p.70, photographs.
McCracken, David. “Hormuth's Oil Spills a Rich Pool”, Chicago Tribune, Feb.19, Arts sec. p. 15, photographs.
McLaughlin, Bonita. “Sense of Site”, Reader, Jan. 29, p. 30, photograph.
Stevens, Mitchell. “Forms to Warm the Heart” Reader, Feb. 19, p. 29.
Yood, James. “Sculptural Assets”, New Art Examiner, May, p.30-31, photograph.
Zdanovics, Olga. Review: “Living Room”, New Art Examiner, summer, p.35, photo, 1992.
Artner, Alan. “Installations the Thing to Catch the Eye and Ear”, Chicago Tribune,
July 24, Arts sec. p.72, photograph.
Morrison, Mandy. “The Harder They Drum”, Reader, Aug.14, p.35, photographs. |
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