Janet Bloch
Contact Information
Education
1980 MFA - School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Chicago, IL
1978 BFA - School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Chicago, IL
Work Experience
2000 - present: Senior Advisor, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000 - present: Fascilitator, Career Development Workshops for Artists
2001 - 2003: Grantwriter, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
1993 - 2000: Gallery Director, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Artist's Statement
As an Indiana artist transplanted from Chicago, I am acutely attuned to the peculiarities and uniqueness of this region’s landscape. My home in Chesterton is situated half way between Chicago and Southwest Michigan. These areas have presented me with a new vocabulary of forms, both industrial and natural. Power lines that come in an assortment of configurations remind me of stoic totem poles, carnival rides and human personalities. These structures rise up from the landscape next to sand dunes, Blue Heron and Lake Michigan.
I behold and appreciate the industrial for its atypical beauty while aware of its implications on nature. My intent is to explore and present this subject matter mingling reality and whimsy. I make up my own narratives and develop symbols for showing unseen forces such as electrical power and genetics. I’ve engineered optimistic landscapes where industry, nature and fictitious species happily coexist.
Selected Exhibitions
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Solo Exhibitions
2004
gescheidle - Chicago, IL
2002
Woman Made Gallery - Chicago, IL
Grand St. Windows - Phoenix, AZ
2000
LyonsWier Packer Gallery - Chicago, IL
1999
Lyons Wier Gallery - Chicago, IL
1998
Sioux City Arts Center - Sioux City, IA
1997
Lyons Wier Gallery - Chicago, IL
Selected Exhibitions
2006
ART CHICAGO, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
Nova Art Fair, Belmont Suites Hotel, Chicago, IL
2005
SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2003
Art Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
A.I.R. Biennial, A.I.R. Gallery- New York, NY (Juried by Shamim Momim, Curator, Whitney at Altria)
2002
2 Person, ACME - Columbus, OH
2001
Midwest Open, Sioux City Art Center - Iowa, First Prize
2000
International, San Diego Art Institute - San Diego, CA
1999
Fragments, Spruill Center for the Arts - Atlanta, GA
Identity, Cardinal Stritch University - Milwaukee, WI
1998
Two-Person Show, College of Lake County - Grayslake, IL
1996
Self Objects - Two-Person Show, South Bend Regional Museum of Art - South Bend, IN
Evanston and vicinity 13th Biennial, Evanston Art Center - Evanston, IL
1995
Indianapolis Regional, Indianapolis Art Center - Indianapolis, IN -
juried by Thelma Golden, former Assoc. Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art
Phoenix Gallery's National Juried Exhibition, Phoenix Gallery - New York, NY
Awards & Grants
2007
Individual Artist’s Grant - Indiana Arts Commission
2005
Martha Woodward Award - Salon Show juried by Karl Wirsum, Northern Indiana Arts Association
2001
First Prize - Nine State Open, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA
1997
Grant - Illinois Arts Council, Visual Artists Fellowship
1996
Grant - Arts Midwest/NEA Regional, Visual Artists Fellowship
1996-1995-1991
Grant - Community Artists Assistance Program, Chicago Council of Fine Arts, Department of Cultural Affairs
1995
Juror's Award - Art and Social Justice, Colfax Cultural Center, South Bend, IN - Juried by Susan Vissor, Exec. Director, SBRMA
Collections
Appalachian State University - Boone, NC
Deloitte, Chicago, IL
Sioux City Art Center - Sioux City, IA
South Bend Regional Museum of Art - South Bend, IN
Howard Tullman Collection - Chicago, IL
Publications
Harper's Magazine - February, 1999
New American Paintings #17 - 1998
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