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About the Artist:Rebecca Gray Smith, born in 1953, is a Chicago based artist, printmaker, and instructor, who has practiced printmaking for over 30 years. Smith holds a MA in liberal arts from the University of Chicago, with undergraduate studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in printmaking, anatomy, drawing, and painting. Smith has taught courses in printmaking and fine art for the University of Chicago, the Chicago City Colleges, the Chicago Park District, and the Chicago parochial school system for children at risk. Smith’s artworks have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in the USA, and Europe. Her work is in private collections in the USA, England, Netherlands, Belgium, India, China, and Japan.
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PurchasesTo purchase art, please contact my gallery at Bert Green Fine Art.
Bert Green Fine Art 8 S Michigan Ave Suite 620 Chicago IL 60603 USA Phone and text 312-434-7544 Email inquiry@bgfa.us |
Curriculum Vitae:
Work Represented:
2014 Bert Green Fine Art, Chicago IL, USA
2004 – 2010 Illinois Artisans Gallery, Chicago IL, USA
1992 – 1997 Frederick Baker Gallery, Chicago IL, USA
1986 – 1988 Chicago Center for the Print, Chicago IL, USA
Media:
Marc Temmerman, Interview, Radio Judaїcia, FM 90.2, Brussels, Belguim, 4 Oct. 2002
La Province, Newspaper interview and review with photograph of the artists, “Mons Exposition des oeuvres de Rebecca Gray Smith: La Double Vision de la
Réalité,” Mons, Belgium, 16 Oct.2002, p. 27
DiManche, Newspaper review with photograph of artwork. “Decourtenay-Galleries á Mons: Rebecca Gray Smith” Mons, Belgium, 30 Sept. 2002, p. 5
SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe) Community Life Magazine, Review “Exhibition of Works by Rebecca Gray Smith,” Vol. 35, No. 17
Mons, Belgium, 26 Sept. 2002, p. 11. Mons Info Tourism Magazine, Exhibition announcement with photograph of artwork, “Expositions à MONS: Rebecca
Gray Smith – Herculean Adventures” Mons, Belgium, Sept. – Oct. 2002, p. 48
Eileen Watkins, New Jersey Star Ledger, Exhibition review, “‘Urban USA’ at Seton Hall: Cityscapes Combine Elegance Violence,” Newark, NJ, 4 October 1996,
n.p.
Artwork in Collections:
The Most Reverend and Rt. Hon. Dr. George L. Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury; UK
Fr. Theodore Hesburg; President Emeritus, Univ. of Notre Dame, USA
Fr. Andrew Greeley; Theologian and Sociologist, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA
The Rt. Hon. Rev. Frank T. Griswold; Bishop Primate 1997 - 2005, Philadelphia, PA USA
Private Collections in the USA, UK, Belgium, Netherlands, Japan, China, and India
Education:
A.M. Liberal Arts University of Chicago 2012
Writing in Business & Professions University of Chicago, Certificate 2003
Printmaking, Intaglio & Relief Chicago City Colleges 1990 – 1996
Printmaking, Lithography School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1983 – 1985
Painting and Anatomy School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1971 – 1973
Painting and Drawing School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1968 – 1970
Teaching:
2013 – present Adjunct Faculty; University of Chicago Division of the Humanities Civic Knowledge Project; Courses on the History and Process of Fine Arts
Printmaking
1997 – 2002 Instructor, Continuing Education Fine Arts Printmaking; Chicago City Colleges
1995 – 1997 Instructor, Fine Arts; St. Gregory Episcopal School (3rd – 8th grades), Chicago
1991 – 1996 Artist in Residence & Teaching Assistant volunteer with Prof. Michael S. Parfenoff, Fine Arts Printmaking Credit Courses, Chicago City Colleges
Harold Washington College
1993 – 1994 City of Chicago, Department of Human Services Visual Arts Youth at Risk Program
1992 Instructor, Visual Arts, Apna Ghar Women’s Shelter, Chicago
1985 – 1990 Instructor, Visual Arts: Children & Adult courses, Chicago Park District, Chicago
2014 Bert Green Fine Art, Chicago IL, USA
2004 – 2010 Illinois Artisans Gallery, Chicago IL, USA
1992 – 1997 Frederick Baker Gallery, Chicago IL, USA
1986 – 1988 Chicago Center for the Print, Chicago IL, USA
Media:
Marc Temmerman, Interview, Radio Judaїcia, FM 90.2, Brussels, Belguim, 4 Oct. 2002
La Province, Newspaper interview and review with photograph of the artists, “Mons Exposition des oeuvres de Rebecca Gray Smith: La Double Vision de la
Réalité,” Mons, Belgium, 16 Oct.2002, p. 27
DiManche, Newspaper review with photograph of artwork. “Decourtenay-Galleries á Mons: Rebecca Gray Smith” Mons, Belgium, 30 Sept. 2002, p. 5
SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe) Community Life Magazine, Review “Exhibition of Works by Rebecca Gray Smith,” Vol. 35, No. 17
Mons, Belgium, 26 Sept. 2002, p. 11. Mons Info Tourism Magazine, Exhibition announcement with photograph of artwork, “Expositions à MONS: Rebecca
Gray Smith – Herculean Adventures” Mons, Belgium, Sept. – Oct. 2002, p. 48
Eileen Watkins, New Jersey Star Ledger, Exhibition review, “‘Urban USA’ at Seton Hall: Cityscapes Combine Elegance Violence,” Newark, NJ, 4 October 1996,
n.p.
Artwork in Collections:
The Most Reverend and Rt. Hon. Dr. George L. Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury; UK
Fr. Theodore Hesburg; President Emeritus, Univ. of Notre Dame, USA
Fr. Andrew Greeley; Theologian and Sociologist, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA
The Rt. Hon. Rev. Frank T. Griswold; Bishop Primate 1997 - 2005, Philadelphia, PA USA
Private Collections in the USA, UK, Belgium, Netherlands, Japan, China, and India
Education:
A.M. Liberal Arts University of Chicago 2012
Writing in Business & Professions University of Chicago, Certificate 2003
Printmaking, Intaglio & Relief Chicago City Colleges 1990 – 1996
Printmaking, Lithography School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1983 – 1985
Painting and Anatomy School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1971 – 1973
Painting and Drawing School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1968 – 1970
Teaching:
2013 – present Adjunct Faculty; University of Chicago Division of the Humanities Civic Knowledge Project; Courses on the History and Process of Fine Arts
Printmaking
1997 – 2002 Instructor, Continuing Education Fine Arts Printmaking; Chicago City Colleges
1995 – 1997 Instructor, Fine Arts; St. Gregory Episcopal School (3rd – 8th grades), Chicago
1991 – 1996 Artist in Residence & Teaching Assistant volunteer with Prof. Michael S. Parfenoff, Fine Arts Printmaking Credit Courses, Chicago City Colleges
Harold Washington College
1993 – 1994 City of Chicago, Department of Human Services Visual Arts Youth at Risk Program
1992 Instructor, Visual Arts, Apna Ghar Women’s Shelter, Chicago
1985 – 1990 Instructor, Visual Arts: Children & Adult courses, Chicago Park District, Chicago