Art in Alternative Spaces
Featured Artist
Christine Ilewski
Upcycled Fiber Series
Beach
Mixed Media 72 x 68"
© Christine Ilewski
Redbud
Mixed Media 48 x 24"
© Christine Ilewski
Dream Play Chloe
Mixed Media 32 x 32"
© Christine Ilewski
Dream Play Mariah
Mixed Media 32 x 32"
© Christine Ilewski
Blood from a Stone
Mixed Media 36 x 48"
© Christine Ilewski
Artist's Statement
My work has always been “personal” despite the constant advice against it. I work from my center: my experience as a woman, a mother, a wife; a domestic, intimate life. I often incorporate found personal objects, or paint on these objects such as curtains and tablecloths. I have long been fascinated in the way we leave a bit of our spirit on the things we touch and how these things tell our story after we’re gone.
Is it personal? Yes. How can my audience feel moved by my work if I don’t first feel strongly moved to make it?
Christine received her BFA in Prints and Drawing in 1988 from the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, WI; and her MFA in Prints in 1989 from the University of Southern Illinois; In 1990, she received her BS in Art Education from the University of Southern Illinois and in 1994 another MFA in painting from Lindenwood College in St. Charles, MO. Her exhibition history follows:
2012 Contemporary Women Artists XVI, Longevity, St Louis University Museum of Art, juried
2012 Lay of the Land, St. Louis Artists’ Guild, juried
2012 Feminine Perspectives 5 at Black Door Gallery, Cape Girardeau, MO, invitational
2012 National Crime Victims Rights Week Art Exhibit, Vaughn Cultural Center, juried
2012 Life Blood Exhibit, Black Door Gallery, invitational, curated by Jennifer Weigel,
2012 Loosey Goosey Zine, Chicago, IL "Puppet Master"
2011 The Other Picture, University of Missouri at St. Louis, Gallery FAB, Sept. 24-Nov. 20, invitational, Curated by Michael Behle, Assistant Adjunct Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Missouri-St. Louis
2011 National WCA Conference on Art and Social Justice, Regional Arts Center, St. Louis, MO
2011 Contemporary Narrative, Foundery Art Centre, St. Charles, MO June 19- July 29, 2011, juried
2009-2010 Faces: Portraits of Children Murdered by hand guns, (ongoing solo project) exhibited at the Foundry Art Center, St. Charles, MO, juried by Yolanda Lopez
2009 Ossia Fine Art Space, Chicago, IL, group summer exhibit
2009 Swanson Reed Gallery, Louisville, KY, group exhibit
2009 Brewington Gallery, St. Louis, MO, group exhibit
2009 Jacoby Art Center, Alton, IL, Award of Excellence invitational
2008 Florissant Valley Com. College, Solo Exhibit
2008 Morpho Gallery, Chicago, IL Emerging Artists exhibit
2008-2009 B Studio, Three Oaks, MI, summer group exhibit
2008 Ossia Fine Arts Space, Chicago, IL, Solo exhibit,
2008-2010 WCA International Show, St. Louis, juried
2007 St. Louis Speaks Up, Democracy Now, St. Louis Regional Arts Center, invitational
2007 Gallery of Contemporary Art at Forest Park CC, St. Louis, MO, Solo Exhibit
2007 Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, juried
2006 IL State Gallery-Rend Lake, Color It Pink, Invitational
2005 Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO, Watercolor USA, Juried
2005 Left Bank Books, St. Louis, MO, Solo Exhibit
2004 Northbrook Art Assoc. Northbrook, IL ,Lit, Liberty and Art, juried, poster image
2004 Mosaique Gallery, St. Louis, MO, Solo Exhibit
2003 Women’s Institute and Gallery, New Harmony, IN, Solo Exhibit
2003 Saint Louis Univ. Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, Invitational
2002-2010 IL State Galleries, R.J. Thompson Center, Rend Lake, Springfield; IL State Artisan 2002
2002 WCA, MO, IA, IL, NA, Daughters, Invitational, traveling 1999
2001-3, 2005 Mitchell Museum, Southern IL Biennial, Mt. Vernon, IL Juried
2001 Park Avepnue Gallery, St. Louis, MO—Solo Exhibit
2001 Pensacola Art Museum, Pensacola, FL—Invitational
2001 Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL—Invitational
2001 Millstone Gallery, St. Louis, MO, Dance of Intimacy—Solo Exhibit
2001 Lemp Gallery, St. Louis, MO, Venus Envy III—Invitational
2000 Innsbrook Conference Center, Innsbrook, MO—St. Louis Women Artist Exhibit curated by Olivia Lahs-Gonzales, St. Louis Art Museum—Invitational
2000 JCC Gallery Show, St. Louis, MO–The Eye of the Beholder–Solo Exhibit
2000 Park Avenue Gallery, St. Louis, MO – Solo Exhibit
2000 Skokie Art Center, Chicago, IL—Juried
2000 Lemp Gallery, St. Louis, MO Venus Envy II—Invitational
2000 15th Annual Greater Midwest International Show, Warrensburg, MO–Juried
1999 North Gallery, St. Louis, MO—Solo Exhibit
1999 St. Louis Artist Guild, St. Louis, MO—Missouri Millennium—Juried
1999 WCA International Show, St. Louis, MO—Contemporary Women Artists XI—Juried
1999 Arts Vision Inc., Chicago, IL—The World of the Spiritual—reviewed
1998 Art St. Louis at Hot Locust, St. Louis, MO—Solo Exhibit
1997-1998 Art St. Louis XIII, St. Louis, MO—Juried
1997 Towata Gallery, Alton, IL—Solo Exhibit
1997 University of Missouri/Columbia, Columbia, MO—Missouri Women in the Arts—Invitational
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