Corinne D. Peterson, Chicago ceramic artist, specializing in sculpture and clay tile murals

CORINNE D. PETERSON RESUME

Education

MSW 1980, Jane Addams School of Social Work, University of Illinois Chicago
BRE 1958, North Park College, Chicago
Classes in clay, Lillstreet Art Center, 1986
Numerous classes and workshops since then, including muralmaking at Oxbow, MI, bronzecasting at Anderson Ranch, CO, encaustic at Laurel Delaney studio, Chicago, drawing at Harold Washington College, Chicago, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago. drawing with Janis Pozzi-Johnson, Evanston.

Solo Exhibitions

Distress/Resolve, Project Clench, Gallery 901, Evanston, 2020
Corinne D. Peterson Works, Oliva Gallery, Chicago, 2017
Corinne D. Peterson: The Interior, The Cliff Dwellers, Chicago 2013 curated by Christine Rojek
Corinne D. Peterson: Sentient Stones, Gallery 180: Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago
Between, Noyes Cultural Art Center, Evanston, IL 2008-09 curated by Chie Curley and Barbara Goldsmith
Here I Stand!, Veeck Gallery, Chicago 2007 curated by Janis Pozzi-Johnson
Journey to Now, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago 2005
Deep on the Surface, Gallery 1021, Chicago 2002
Hope, Fear and the Opening, Isis Gallery, Notre Dame University, South Bend, Indiana 1998
Works Following a Trip to Taiwan, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago 1998
Spirals, Twisters, Whirlpools, Wood Street Gallery, Chicago 1996
True Stories and Other Tricks, Dittmar Memorial Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 1995
Against,Through, Behind the Wall, C.G. Jung Institute, Evanston, IL 1994

Group Exhibitions

Truth Be Told, 2 Person Show, Oliva Gallery, Chicago, IL, June 9, 2023
Threaded Together, Alma Art and Interiors, 2022, Chicago, IL, 2022
Earth Abundance, Oliva Gallery, opening on Earth Day, Chicago, IL April, 2022
ALMA ARTS AND INTERIORS, Beginning December, 2021 and continuing
HOME: A Virtual Exhibition, Woman Made Gallery, 2020
BUILD: A Group Sculpture Show honoring Mary Ellen Croteau, Oliva Gallery, 2020
Still Counting, Interior Design Exhibit at SOFA (Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art and Design), Navy Pier, Chicago, 2019
Oliva Gallery Booth, SOFA (Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art and Design), Navy Pier, Chicago, 2019
Dear Earth, at Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, 2019
Small Works, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, 2018
Cairn and Cloud VII: collective expression of trauma and hope, at Citlalin Gallery in Pilsen, Chicago, work from over 500 participants in 56 Shaping Clay, Shaping Life workshops, November-December, 2016
Cairn and Cloud VI: collective expression of trauma and hope, at Oak Park Art League, 500 participants in 48 Shaping Clay, Shaping Life workshops, October-November, 2016
Cairn and Cloud VIb: collective expression of trauma and hope, at Mississauga, Ontario, over 75 participants in six Shaping Clay, Shaping Life workshops in Ontario, October-November, 2016
Cairn and Cloud V: collective expression of trauma and hope, at National Veterans Art Museum, over 375 participants in Shaping Clay, Shaping Life workshops, May-June, 2016
Cairn and Cloud IV: collective expression of trauma and hope, at Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, growing collaboration with Cairn Project co-director, Marsha Baker, and over 250 participants in Shaping Clay, Shaping Life workshops, November-January 2015-2016
Cairn and Cloud III: collective expression of trauma and hope, at Wicker Park Lutheran Church, Chicago, growing collaboration with Cairn Project co-director, Marsha Baker, and over 150 participants in Shaping Clay, Shaping Life workshops, November 2015
CSI Themes in Contemporary Art, at Foster Gallery at the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, October 2015
Cairn and Cloud II: collective expression of trauma and hope, at Art on Armitage, a window gallery, Chicago, growing collaboration with Cairn Project co-director, Marsha Baker, and over 150 participants in Shaping Clay, Shaping Life workshops, August, 2015
Seductive Material, group show, Zhou B Art Center - includes Cairn and Cloud:collective expression of trauma and hope,
2015
2014 Chicago Sculpture International Biennial: Invoking the Absence, Elks Memorial Hall, Chicago 2014
Six Artists, Utopic Gallery, 2014
35 Years of Public Art, Chicago Cultural Center, 2014
Equilibrium: Art for a Changing World, sponsored by Women's Caucus for Art, Woman Made Gallery, 2014
Chicago Artists Interpret Shakespeare in 2014, Beverly Art Center, 2014
Of the Land, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, 2013
From the Earth, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, 2013
Chicago Artists Interpret Shakespeare "As They Like It", Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, 2013
Bridgeport Art Center: CSI Bienniel, Bridgeporst Art Center, Chicago, 2013
Six to the Third, Chicago Sculpture International, Cliff Dwellers, Chicago
Sculpture: Where It's At, Bloomingdale Park District Museum, Bloomingdale, IL, curated by Mimi Peterson,
Entangled Routes: Corinne D. Peterson, Stephen Klassen, Tim Klassen, Swedish American Museum, Chicago 2013
Chicago Artists Interpret Shakespeare "As They Like It", invitational, Carthage College, Kenosha, WI 2013
Invitational: Twenty Jurors, Woman Made Gallery, 2012
Form in Flora III, Lincoln Park Conservatory, Chicago 2012
Alterpolitan: An Indoor Sculpture Show, Inland Steel Lobby, Chicago, 2012
Chicago Artists Interpret Shakespeare "As They Like It", invitational, Beverly Arts Center 2012
Lillstreet and ArtReach Artists, Open Wall at Alderman Pewar's Office, Chicago 2011
Form in Flora II, Lincoln Park Conservatory, Chicago 2011
Six to the Third, Framing Mode Gallery, Chicago 2011
A Testimony to Being, Swedish Covenant Hospital, Chicago 2011
6x6x6: Chicago Sculpture International, Art Chicago, Chicago 2011
40/40: Exhibition celebrating the 40th Anniversary, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art (catalog), 2011
DMA Biennial Sculpture Exhibition, Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, IA 2010-11
Chicago Sculpture International, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL 2010-11
Form in Flora, Garfield Park Conservatory 2010
Antonovych, Niespodziewana, Peterson, Ukrainian Museum of Modern Art (catalog), Chicago, IL 2010; press release here
Searching for Sanctuary, Veeck Gallery at Catholic Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL 2010
Art + Ag, The Nohr Gallery, UW-Platteville, WI 2010
Women in Grains, Woolen Mills Gallery, Reedsburg, WI 2010; video here
River Walk Sculpture, Mid-South Sculpture Alliance, Chattanooga, TN, year-long outdoors 2009-10
Krasl Biennial Sculpture Invitational 2008 (catalog), City of St. Joseph Riverfront Park, St. Joseph, MI 2008-09
National Small Sculpture Invitational, Desert Art Collection & Sculpture Garden, Palm Desert, CA 2008
Feminist Ecology, Koehnline Museum of Art (catalog), Oakton College, Des Plaines, IL,2008
Women’s Caucus for Art Midwest Regional Exhibition, ARC Gallery, Chicago 2008
Chicago Sculpture International 2008 Biennale, Flatfile Gallery (catalog), Chicago 2008
Eggshells and Waxwings, Lillstreet Gallery, Chicago 2008
Amalgamation: an invitational, Funke Fired Art, Cincinnati, Ohio 2007
Contemporary Women Artists XIV:an international juried exhibition, Mad Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO 2007
Sculpture Invasion: Chicago Sculpture International, Koehnline Museum of Art (catalog), Des Plaines, IL 2007
Ragdale 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago 2006-7
People of the Mud, Chicago Tourism Center, Chicago 2005-6
Metamorphosis, Peter Jones Gallery, Chicago 2005
Group Show, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago 2004
Group Show, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago 2003
State of Clay, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 2003
SOFA (Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art), Perimeter Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago 2002
Group Show, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago 2002
Wood Street Gallery Sculpture Garden, Chicago 2002
Kite Show, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago 2000
Sculptures in Clay, Gallery Northwest, Indiana University Northwest, Gary, IN 1998
The Sculptural Narrative, invitational, Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL 1998
International Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago 1998
Carving the Forces of Change, Women’s Caucus for Art Nationall 25th Anniversary Exhibit, Artemesia Gallery, Chicago 1997
19th Biennial Regional, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN 1997
Generations, Wood Street Gallery, Chicago 1996
Ceramics Invitational, Riverside Arts Center, Riverside, IL 1996
The Four Elements, Gallery E.G.G., Chicago 1996
Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 99th Annual Exhibition, National Arts Club, NYC 1995
SOFA (Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art), Sheraton Hotel, Chicago 1994
The Art in Mythology, Wood Street Gallery, Chicago 1994
Seeing With the Inner Eye, Chicago Women's Caucus for Art, NNWAC (catalog), Chicago 1993
Central American Realities, A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago 1993, curated by Corinne D. Peterson
Chicago International New Art Forms Exposition (catalog), Navy Pier, Chicago 1993
Clay on the Wall, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Washington 1993
A Woman's Journey, Chicago Cultural Center and North Lakeside Cultural Center, Chicago 1992
Contours VI, Central Sierra Arts Council (catalog), Sonora, CA 1992
LaGrange National XVII, Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange, Georgia, 1992
Creating Ourselves, Eastern New Mexico University (catalog), Portales, NM 1992

Sculpture Installations

Makers' Marks, Evergreen Academy, 2012
Deep Earth Markers (group of three pillars), Oakton College courtyard, part of Oakton Sculpture Collection, Des Plaines, IL 2010
Intersections (group of three pillars), Prime Elements (group of three pillars),and Places to Rest (group of seven stoneware seats), 6th floor terrace, Kirkland and Ellis, Chicago 2009
Marker Series (group of seven pillars), Meditation Garden, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, IL 2009

Mural Installations

Growing Places, Going Places, Evergreen Academy, collaboration with Evergreen students and teachers, as well as artist assistants. Partners: Chicago Public Art Group and Openlands
Lillstreet Mandala, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago 2010; collaboration with Sonata Kazimieraitiene, Julia Sowles-Barlow, and students
Layers of History, Layers of Meaning, clay/glass mosaic mural, Latin Middle School, Chicago, 2008; with Ginny Sykes
Prairie Roots and Learning Paths, clay mural, Colin Powell School, Matteson, IL, 2007; with Sonata Kazimieraitis
Page On a Journey, carved tile mural, Coonley School, Chicago 2006; partially supported by IAC
The Nature of the Place, clay mural, Portage Park: Senior Satellite Center, assisted by Sonata Kazimieraitiene; city commission,
Imagining the Possibilities, clay mural, Fosco Park, Chicago 2005; assisted by Sonata Kazimieraitiene; CPAG project and Erikson Institute commission
Underwater View, clay mural, Margate Park, Chicago 2004; assisted by Sonata Kazimieraitiene; a CPAG project
Grow! Celebrate!, clay/mirror mosaic, Lutheran General Hospital Family Day Care, Des Plaines, IL 2004; assisted by Sonata Kazimieraitiene; a Shanti Foundation project,
Roots of Life, clay mural and Symbols of World Unity, clay sculpture, Old Orchard Junior High School lobby, Skokie, IL 2004; assisted by Amber Keene and Sonata Kazimieraitiene; Illinois Arts Council (IAC) project
Variations on a Journey, clay mural, Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School, Chicago, 2003; IAC project
El Nido (The Nest) and El Camino (The Path), two clay murals, Los Vecinos lobby, SRO, Chicago, 2003; with artist Karen Patinkin; Archi-Treasures Project
Boogie Woogie Gone Wild, clay and mosaic mural, DuPage Children's Museum, Naperville, IL 2003; with artist Ginny Sykes
Hopes and Dreams, clay and mosaic mural, CTA Rapid Transit link, Roosevelt Road and State Street, 2002; with artist Juan Chavez; a CPAG project, commissioned by Project Millenium and Chicago Department of Transportation
Over the Rainbow, mosaic and clay mural, Stockton School, Chicago, 1999-2001; with artist Ginny Sykes; IAC, Beacon Street Gallery, CPAG and others as partners
River of Life, clay mural, Anderson's Bookshop, Naperville, IL, 1999; Century Walk commission
Rainforest, clay mural, Agassiz School, Chicago, 1998; with Bobbe Schlessinger; Lillstreet Outreach project
To Our Brothers and Sisters who Died too Soon, clay mural, Beth-Anne Life Center, Chicago, 1997; Bethel New Life, CPAG and Gallery 37 project partners
Courtyard Puzzle Wall, clay mural, York Community High School, Elmhurst, IL, 1997; IAC project
From Many Paths We Come, clay tile inserts in mosaic, Sunnyside and Magnolia Streets, Chicago, 1997; CPAG project led by artists Ginny Sykes and Mirtes Zwierzynski

Awards, Grants, Residencies

Tegelgården Clay Studio, near Kåseberga in Skåne, and other sites in Sweden and Norway, summer, 2012
Illinois Art Council, Special Assistance Grants, 2012, 2009 and 2008
Ragdale Foundation residencies 2008, 2006, 2005, 2003
National Taiwan Normal University residency, Taipei, Taiwan, 1998
Chicago Tile Institute of the International Masonry Institute, 2004 Skyline Award: grand prize for tile design, Hopes and Dreams
Chicao Bar Association: Young Lawyer's Section Creative Arts Committee, Public Art Award, Hopes and Dreams, 2003
Chicago Arts Assistance Program Grants, Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Chicago, 1992, 1994, 2003
Illinois Arts Council, selected artist, Arts Roster, 1996-2004, enabling many school residencies
Anderson Ranch Art Center, Paul & Carol Chanin Sculpture Scholarship for bronze-casting class 1993
Central Sierra Arts Council, Sonora, CA Honorable Mention: Contours VI--Expressions for Divided and Desperate, 1992
Second Place Award, Ceramics, John M. Kohler Arts Center, 22nd Annual Arts Festival, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, 1992
Second Place Award, Ceramics, Evanston Lakeshore Arts Festival, Evanston, IL, 1990

Collections

Amoco Corporation
Burrell Communications Group, Chicago
Deloitte, Chicago
Kirkland and Ellis, Chicago
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge
Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton Sculpture Collection, Des Plaines
Unipro Marketing Services, Chicago
David C. Ruttenberg, Chicago
Many private collections in United States, Canada, Taiwan and France

Professional Activities

Blog: Cairn & Cloud Chronicle: news, resources and stories related to the Cairn Project. Editor and Publisher. Begun November, 2017
Presenter: Shaping Clay, Shaping Life workshops in Portland, OR, in collaboration with The Next Cairn
Presenter: Shaping Clay, Shaping Life workshops in collaboration with the Cairn Project, which mounted Cairn & Cloud Installations, 2014-2016
Workshop Developer and Leader: Clay in Nature, Nature in Clay, Kaseberga, Sweden; Shaping Clay, Shaping Life (early edition in the 90s; Lillstreet Art Center; Alternatives, Chicago; Northwest Wisconsin Home Healthcare Agency, Eau Claire, WI; and Northeast Mental Health Center, Atchison, KS
Curator and Juror: Membership Show 2008, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago; Dreams, Myths, Stories in Clay: emerging sculptors of Lillstreet, ARC Gallery, Chicago, 1999, 2003; Central American Realities, bi-lingual exhibit, ARC Gallery, Chicago, 1993.
Instructor: ceramic handbuilding classes ongoing at Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, since 1995; Norris Center Craft Studio, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1994-1995.
Instructor: residencies in Chicago schools--Greenview Academy, Latin Middle School, Stockton Elementary, Coonley Elementary, Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School, Hawthorne Scholastic Academy; and nearby Illinois schools--Matteson School District #159; Naperville Central High School; Old Orchard Junior High, Skokie; Oak Ridge School, Palos Hills; Chippewa School, Bensonville; and York Community High School, Elmhurst.
Presentor: Columbia College, Art Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago, Lane Tech High School, Gallery 37, Evanston Art Center, Gallery Northwest in Indiana University, public art workshop at University of Cincinnati, Associated Colleges of the Midwest Urban Studies Program, Chicago Public Art Group, Chinese Ceramics Association Taiwan
Panelist: Clay and Contemporary Art, Polly Ulrich, moderater, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago; New Dimensions: Five Views, SOFA, Chicago 1998; and other exhibit related panels

Affiliations

Cairn Project and Cairn Project Online Archive, founder and director
Chicago Public Art Group, affiliate artist, former board member
Chicago Women's Caucus for Art, member, former board member
Chicago Sculpture International, member
International Sculpture Center, member
Lillstreet Art Center, teacher
Lillstreet Studios, studio artist
Woman Made Gallery, member

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