John Himmelfarb's Resume

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Art Institute of Chicago
Albrecht Art Museum, St. Joseph, Missouri
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock
Baltimore Art Museum
La Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Blanden Museum of Art, Fort Dodge, Iowa
British Museum, London, England
Boston Public Library Print Collection
Brooklyn Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, Massachusetts
Davenport Art Museum, Iowa
Des Moines Art Center, Iowa
Elvehjem Art Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, Wight Art Gallery, UCLA
Huntington Museum of Art, West Virginia
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Illinois State Museum, Springfield
Illinois State University Museum, Normal
Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Indianapolis University
John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Josyln Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin
Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, Ohio
Milwaukee Art Museum Minneapolis Institute of Art
Art Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Minnesota
Museum of Art, St. Paul
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Mitchell Museum, Mount Vernon, Illinois
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama
Museum of Art, University of Iowa, Iowa City
Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene
Museum of Modern art, New York, New York
Museum of Texas Tech University
Museo Nacional de la Estampa, Mexico City, Mexico
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut
National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.
New York Public Library, New York, New York
Portland Art Museum, Oregon
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
Sackner Archives of Visual & Concrete Poetry
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Sioux City Art Center, Iowa
Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University
Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio
Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
University Art Museum, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson
Western Illinois University Art Gallery, Macomb
Whitney Museum of American Art, Stanford, CT
Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, New York

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Solo Exhibitions

2008	John Himmelfarb, Gallery 72, Omaha, NE
2007	Ideographic Sequence, Luise Ross Gallery, New York, NY
	Multi-Dimensional: John Himmelfarb, FLATFILE Galleries, Chicago, IL
	Calligraphics: John Himmelfarb, Jack Olson Gallery, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL
	John Himmelfarb, Union League Club, Chicago, IL
	John Himmelfarb, River Gallery, Chelsea, MI
	Urban Legends, Ruschman Art Gallery, Indianopolis, IN
2006	The Borrower’s Name, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY
2005	Illuminated, Gallery 72, Oma
	The Borrower's Name, Phyllis Stigliano, New York, NY
	New Work, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
	Large Paintings, Salena Gallery, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY
	Recent Paintings & Prints, College of Lake County, Grays Lake, IL
2003	Inland Romance: Theme and Variation, Cook County Administration Building, Chicago, IL
	The Card Catalog Drawings, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
	John Himmelfarb: Icon Paintings, Gallery 72, Omaha, NE
2002	Wall to Wall, John Himmelfarb, Indiana University Northwest, Gary, IN
	A Decade of Prints , Northern Indiana Arts Association/Indiana University Northwest, Munster, IN
	A Visual Language: John Himmelfarb Prints, Christopher Art Gallery, Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL
	Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001	John Himmelfarb, Inland Romance, William A. Koehnline Gallery, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL
	Lukacs Gallery, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT
	American Grafitti, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, New Zealand
2000	Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
	Riverside Arts Center, Riverside, IL
	Floor to Ceiling, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA
	Chicago Breaks, Galerie d’Art Contemporain, Paris, France
1999	University Club, Chicago, IL
	Spaightwood Gallery, Madison, WI
	Gallery 72, Omaha, NE
1998	Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997	Gallery 72, Omaha, NE
1996	Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
	Inland Romance: Paintings By John Himmelfarb, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
	Recent Drawings, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
	Recent Work, Spaightwood Gallery, Madison, WI
1995	Letters, Documents, and Suspicious Characters, Gallery 1756, Chicago, IL
1994	John Himmelfarb: Images, Graven and Otherwise, Spaightwood Gallery, Madison, WI
	Gallery 72, Omaha, NE
1993	The Letters, Kamrick Art Center Gallery, University of Northern Iowa
1992	Anchor Graphics, Chicago, IL
	Gallery 72, Omaha, NE
1991	Terry Dintenfass, New York, NY
	Paintings & Prints, Cissie Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
1990	Gallery 72, Omaha, NE
	Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
	Focus 6, Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, OH
	Madison Art Center, WI
	Huntington Museum of Art, WV
	About Faces: Paintings & Works on Paper, Brody's Gallery, Washington, D.C.
	Gallery van Vliet, New Buffalo, MI
1989	Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
	Terry Dintenfass, New York, NY
	Tallers Josep Llorens Artigas, Gallifa, Spain
	Contemporaries V, Ball State University Art Gallery, Muncie, IN
1987	Blanden Museum of Art, Fort Dodge, IA
	Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
	Gallery 72, Omaha, NE
	Southwest State University, Marshall, MN
1986	Terry Dintenfass, New York, NY
	Monumental Meetings, John Nichols, New York, NY
	Davenport Art Museum, Davenport, IA
	Paintings, Drawings, & Large Lithographs, Southwest State University, Marshall, MN
1985	Gallery 72, Omaha, NE Gallery 72, Omaha, NE
	Area X Gallery, New York, NY
	Brody's Gallery, Washington, D.C
	Sioux City Art Center, Iowa
1983	Terry Dintenfass, New York, NY
	Gallery 72, Omaha, NE
1982	Barbara Balkin Gallery, Chicago, IL
1980	Fountain Gallery, Portland, OR
	Hull Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1979	Terry Dintenfass, New York, NY
	Gallery 72, Omaha, NE
	Barbara Balkin Gallery, Chicago, IL
	Merwin Gallery, Illinois Wesleyan University, IL
1978	Ball State University Art Gallery, Muncie, IN
	Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, NE
	Albrecht Art Museum, St. Joseph, MO
1976	Dorothy Rosenthal Gallery, Chicago, IL
	The Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, NE
1974	Illinois Arts Council Gallery, Chicago, IL
	Graphics I and Graphics II, Boston, MA
	Paintings & Prints by John Himmelfarb, Don Roth’s Blackhawk Restaurant, Chicago, IL
	Park River Forest High School, Oak Park, IL
1973	Studio Exhibit, 1825 S. Halsted, Chicago, IL
1969	Gallery Commave, Boston, MA
1968	An Exhibition of Drawings, Adams House, Harvard, Cambridge, MA
	Pen and Ink Drawings, Millis Public Library, Millis, MA

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Group Exhibitions

2008	Illiterature, LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, CA
	Nuances of Printmaking, Oakton Community College, William A. Koehnline Gallery, Des Plaines, IL
	New Now: Recent Gifts From Arts/Industry Artists, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
	Visions: Selections from the James T. Dyke Collection of Contemporary Drawings, TRAVELING SHOW: Naples Museum of Art, Naples, Florida (Dec. 2007 - Mar. 2008) Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas (Sept. 2008 - Nov. 2008)
2007	Marks From the Matrix: Normal Editions Workshop, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
	Ink, Tallgrass Arts Center, Park Forest, IL
	Lines of Discovery: 225 Years of American Drawing, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
	Bridge Art Fair Chicago, Flatfile Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006	Lines of Discovery: 225 Years of American Drawing, Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa OK
	Lines of Discovery: 225 Years of American Drawing, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
	Black & White, Flatfile Gallery, Chicago, IL
	Conjeturas, Museo Nacional de la Estampa, Mexico City, Mexico
2005	The Art of Screenprint, Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI
	Art in the Abstract, Illinois State Museum Chicago Gallery, Chicago, IL
	On the Mark: Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
	Currents: 25 Years of Collecting Modern and Contemporary Prints, Block Museum, Evanston, IL
	New Prints 2005/Summer: Etchings, IPCNY, New York
	Information In Formation, University of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
	Normal Editions Workshops: Selected Works, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
	Chopmark II, Carthage College, Kenosha, WI
2004	Wet Paint, William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO
	Group Show - Part 2, Phyllis Stigliano, New York, NY
	Variations on a Theme: Rivers & Other Bodies of Water, River Gallery, Chelsea MI
2003	January White Sale, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
	Himmelfarb, Himmelfarb, Himmelfarb, Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE
	Board Art, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, New Zealand
	Sound and Vision: John Himmelfarb and Philip Trusttum, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch
2002	Paper 5, John Woodward Gallery, New York, NY
	Art Chicago, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001	Reflections: 15th Anniversary Show, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
	Abstract Art in the New Century, Crosman Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI
2000	Black and White, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
	Chicago Collectors Select, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999	Large Drawings from Arkansas Art Foundation Collection, Butler Institute of American Art, OH
	Large Drawings from Arkansas Art Foundation Collection,Columbus Museum, GA
	Large Drawings from Arkansas Art Foundation Collection,Hunter Museum, Chatanooga, TN
	Large Drawings from Arkansas Art Foundation Collection,Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
	Art Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
1998	Minnesota National Print Biennial, U. of M., Minneapolis, MN
1997	Communicazioni Visive Tramite Connessioni Globari, Museum of Contemporary Art, Pal. Massari, Ferrara, Italy
	Juno Moneta, Mindy Oh, New York, NY
1996	Cultured Pearl, Metropolitan Museum of Seoul, Seoul, Korea
	Second Sight: Printmaking in Chicago 1935-95, Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
	Large Drawings & Objects, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
	7th Annual Davidson National Print Exhibition, Davidson, NC
	Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
1995	Mail Art Project, 10th Contemporary Art Ankara-Turkiye, Selvin Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
	Catalyst 95, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL
	Diverse Attractions, College of Lake County, Grays Lake, IL
1994	Plats D'Artists, Fundacio Tallers Josep Llorens Artigas, Gallifa, Spain
	Tandem Press: 5 Years Of Collaboration-Experimentation, Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, WI
	Three Painters, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
	Cultured Pearl, Mindy Oh, New York, NY
	20th Century Prints: The Last 50 Years, Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington D.C.
1993	Query & Vehemance: Works By Eleanor & John Himmelfarb, Arts Council Gallery, Iowa City, IA
	Prints From Normal Editions Workshop, Carlsten Art Gallery, U. of Wisconsin, WI
	Artists & Designers Alumi Show, Carpenter Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
	Society Of American Graphic Artists 65th Exhibition, New York, NY
	Abstract: Chicago, Klein Artworks, Chicago, IL
	Eleanor Himmelfarb, Sam Himmelfarb, and John Himmelfarb, Fermilab, Batavia, IL
	Cast in Carbondale, Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville, IN
	Alechinsky, Miro, & Himmelfarb, Spaightwood Gallery, Madison, WI
	Recent Prints from Stewart and Stewart, Arnold Klein Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
1992	Postcards, Brody's Gallery, Washington D.C.
	Drawing On Experience, Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, OH
	56th Annual Nat. Midyear Exhibition, Butler Inst. Of American Art Youngstown, OH
	Watercolor USA 1992, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
	Prints from Stewart and Stewart, Images Gallery, Toledo, OH
	Mailbox Auction, Smithsonian Institute, Detroit, MI
1991	Recent Acquisitions In Graphic Art, National Museum of American Art
	Cobra and Friends, Spaightwood Gallery, Madison, WI
	A Matter of Scale, Spaightwood Gallery, Madison, WI
1990	Diversity of Line: A Selection from the Permanent Collection, Des Moines Art Center, IA
	Echo Press, A Decade Of Printmaking, Indiana University Art Museum, IN
	Two Generations Chicago: The Influence Of Family, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
	Coming Attractions, Terry Dintenfass, New York, NY
	Tandem Press, Pace Gallery, New York, NY
	Works on Paper, Terry Dintenfass, New York, NY
1989	Prints From Landfall Press, San Antonio Art Institute, TX
	Drawing Conclusions, Southwest Texas State University, TX
	July Prints, Brody's Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1988	The Face, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
	National Drawing Invitational, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
	Blanden Museum of Art, Fort Dodge, IA
	New Editions, Landfall Press, New York, NY
	International Prints II, Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan CT
	Boston Printmakers 40th North American Print Exhibition, Brockton Art Museum, Boston, MA
	Prints from 3 Continents, Brody's Gallery, Washington, D.C, Brody's Gallery, Washington, D.C
	Eleanor Himmelfarb, John Himmelfarb, Vera Klement, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL
1987	Brought Up On Asphaltum, Natl Litho Invitational, Oregon School Arts & Crafts, Portland, OR
	V.E.S. Graduates, Carpenter Center For The Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
	Recent Graphics/American Print Shops, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
	Recent Fine Prints, Brody's Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1986	Monumental Drawings: 20 Contemporary Americans, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
	Contemporary Works on Paper, Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL
	Blockbusters, The Big Impression, John Nichols, New York, NY
	Faces, Area X Gallery, New York, NY
	Chicago International Art Exposition, Chicago, IL
1985	Prints from Soho, Fujii Salon, Tokyo, Japan
	81st Chicago and Vicinity Show, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
	Jungle Fever, Harcus Gallery, Boston, MA
	John Nichols, New York, NY
1984	Too Hot for New York, Area X Gallery, New York, NY
	Summer Exhibit, Brody's Gallery, Washington D.C.
	Original Lithographs from Plucked Chicken Press, Fairweather Hardin Gallery, Chicago, IL
	Ways of Drawing, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL
1983	Hassam and Speicher Fund Purchase Exhibition, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
	Contemporary Chicago Lithographers, Illinois State Museum, IL (and traveling)
	Directors Choice, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
	El Paso National Painting Exhibit, El Paso Art Museum, TX
	Chicago International Art Exposition, Chicago, IL
1982	Barbara Balkin Gallery, Chicago, IL
	Invitational Print Exhibition, Sykes Gallery, Millersville State College, PA
	Chicago International Art Exposition, Chicago, IL
1981	Prints and Multiples, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
	Artists’ Books, Museum of Contemporary Art, Ch
1980	American Drawings in Black and White, 1970-80, Brooklyn Museum, NY
	Selections from George M. Irwin Collection, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL
	Annual International Competition, Philadelphia Print Club, Philadelphia, PA
	Chicago Prospective, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
1979	Prizewinners Revisited, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
	National Small Painting Exhibition, Western Illinois University, IL
	Rockford International Print Exhibition, Rockford College, Rockford, IL
1978	Works on Paper, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
	Works on Paper, Moon Gallery, Berry College, Mt. Berry, GA
	Sculptors Who Paint and Painters Who Sculpt, Paul Wagoneer Gallery, Chicago, IL
1977	19th Annual Exhibition of Prints & Drawings, Oklahoma Art Center, OK
	National Drawing Exhibition, Edinboro State College, Edinboro, PA
1976	19th National Print Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY
	Ball State National Drawing & Sculpture Exhibition, Ball State University Art Gallery, Muncie, IN
	Davidson National Prints & Drawings Exhibition, Davidson College, NC
	New Horizons in Art, North Shore Art League, Chicago, IL
	Chicago Area Show, Union League Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1975	Three Lithographers, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
	Third Hawaii National Print Exhibition, Honolulu, HI
1974	Paintings by Sam, Eleanor, and John Himmelfarb, Bradley Galleries, Milwaukee, WI
	Paintings by Sam, Eleanor, and John Himmelfarb, Rosary College Gallery, River Forest, IL
	Paintings by Sam, Eleanor, and John Himmelfarb, Two Illinois Center, Chicago, IL
	Print & Drawing Show, Artist Guild of Chicago, Chicago, IL
	Art for Young Collectors, Renaissance Society, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
	Ceramic & Other Sculpture, Nancy Lurie Art, Chicago, IL
	27th Illinois Invitational, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
1973	Printmakers: Midwest Invitational, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
	New Horizons in Art, North Shore Art League, Chicago, IL
	Drawings USA, Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN
	Color Print U.S.A., Texas Technical Institute, Lubbock, TX
1972	Drawing Mid-USA III, Spiva Art Center, Joplin, MO
	Del-Mar National Sixth Annual Drawing Show, Del-Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX
	Del-Mar National Sixth Annual Drawing Show, Del-Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX
	Drawings in St. Paul, Minnesota Museum, St. Paul, MN
1971	Prints from Landfall Press, Smithsonian Institute Traveling Exhibit
	Old Town Art Fair, Chicago, IL
	Drawings USA, Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN
	Drawings on Canvas & Paintings, Old Town Triangle Association Arts Center, Chicago, IL
	Brooklyn Museum Fence Show, Brooklyn, NY
	Drawing Mid-USA II, Spiva Art Center, Joplin, MO
	Del-Mar National Fifth Annual Drawing Show, Del-Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX
1968	Drawings USA, Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN
1967	Leverett Festival, Harvard College, Cambridge, MA
1966	Leverett Festival, Harvard College, Cambridge, MA

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Public Art Projects

2007	Bucktown/Wicker Park Library, Installation of library card catalog drawings.
2005	Delta Terminal, Boston Logan Airport, Two paintings installed in main terminal.
2004	Chicago Transit Authority, One ceramic tile mural at Kedzie Station, Douglas Branch, Blue Line .
2002	University of Nebraska, Graduate School of Education, Two ceramic tile murals.
1992	Art Omaha, Two ceramic tile murals for Omaha Public Schools.

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Visiting Artist

2008	The Annual Combined Associates Lecture, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
	University of Florida, Gainesville
	University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, Indiana
2007	Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois
	Arts in Industry Program, Kohler, Wisconsin
2003	Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki, New Plymouth, New Zealand
	Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand
2002	University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
	Illinois State University, Normal, IL
2000	University of Nebraska at Omaha, NE
1998	Center for Contemporary Art, Christchurch, New Zealand
	Buena Vista University, Storm Lake, IA
	Southern Illinois Univerity, Carbondale, IL
	University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
1997	Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA
1992	Indiana University, Northwest, Gary, IN
1991	Illinois State University, Normal, IL
1990	New Masters Workshop, Huntington Museum of Art, WV
	Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI
	Miami University, Oxford, OH
	University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1989	Ball State University, Muncie, IN
1988	Southern Illinois Univerity, Carbondale, IL
1987	Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
	Blanden Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA
1986	Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
	Midway Studios, University of Chicago, IL
	Illinois State University, Normal, IL
1985	Augustana & Sioux Falls Colleges, Sioux Falls, SD
	Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture, Chicago, IL
	Briar Cliff College, Sioux City, IA
	Dordt College, Sioux Center, IA
	Northwestern College, Orange City, IA
	Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA
	University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
	University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
	University of Wisconsin, River Falls, WI
1978	Albrecht Art Museum, St. Joseph, MO
1976	Joslyn Museum, Omaha, NE.

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Awards

2003	Illinois Arts Council Grant
2002	Pollack-Krasner Foundation
1989	Chicago Artists Abroad
1986	Illinois Arts Council Fellowship
1986	Pollock-Krasner Foundation
1985	National Endowment For The Arts
1982	National Endowment For The Arts