Bobbi Meier
Contact Information
Education
2011 - MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago/Fiber & Material Studies
2000 - MAAE, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, K-12 Professional Certificate
1977 - BFA, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, Visual Communication
2010 - Study Abroad, Study trip to India, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1997-1998 - University of Illinois Chicago, Studio Art and Art Education
Artist's Statement
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Bobbi Meier is a Chicago-based visual artist working in a variety of media. Subversion and ambiguity are re-occurring themes in her work, as she engages sensibilities involving seduction, mystery and discomfort. Integrating disciplines of photography, sculpture, drawing, and painting; she manipulates materials and point of view to challenge perception.
Her work has been exhibited in many Chicago-based venues, including: The Hyde Park Art Center, The University of Illinois at Chicago, ARC Gallery, Woman Made Gallery, The Museum of Surgical Science, Beacon Street Gallery, Brickton Gallery, and additionally in Florida at The Studios of Key West, and Amos Joseph Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Ms. Meier has been awarded residencies at Ragdale, Lake Forest, Illinois, Ox-Bow, Saugatuck, Michigan and Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, Colorado. Her work has been published in Woman Made Gallery's Her Mark calendar, in the Pioneer Press, and in Drawing Magazine. She earned an MA in Art Education from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2000, and has recently completed her MFA at SAIC through the Fiber and Material Studies Department.
Solo Exhibitions
2009
Oak Park Area Arts Council, Wm. B. Sullivan Gallery, Oak Park, IL
2007
Botanica, two person show, Gallery Botanica, Oak Park, IL
2006
Wallflowers, Brickton Art Center, Park Ridge, IL
Monsters in my Garden, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999
One Person Juried Show, Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago, IL
1995-2001
Recent Works, River Forest Public Library, River Forest, IL
Selected Group Exhibitions
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2011
Intimacy, ARC Gallery, Chicago IL
14th International Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago IL
2010
Mischief Night, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
Creativity in the Workplace,Chicago IL
Chicago Works on Paper, The Studios of Key West, Key West, FL
2007
Chicago Art Open, Iron Street Studios, Chicago, IL
Time Interpreted, Brickton Art Center, Park Ridge, IL
24th Anniversary Show, Manhattan Arts Gallery, Award of Excellence on-line exhibition
2006
Ink, printmaking group exhibition, Brickton Art Center, Park Ridge, IL
Pure Painting, group exhibition, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL; Juror: Gladys Nilsson
Opt-In, Revisioning America, Chicago Music Garage, Chicago, IL
2005
Self-Portraits, 33-Collective Gallery, Chicago, IL
Strictly Drawing, School of the Art Institute alumni 2-D exhibition, Bloomingdale, IL
Home is Where the Art is, O'Connor Art Gallery, Dominican University, River Forest, IL
Side by Side: ensuring art for the future, Open Door Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003
Maine South Artist/Ecucators Show, Brickton Art Center, Park Ridge, IL
2000-2006
Bare Walls Benefit Auction, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2000-2002
Art on Harrison, Surface Deep Studio, Spring, Winter and Fall exhibits, Oak Park, IL
2000
Artistudenteacher, Thesis show of works by K-12 artists/educators, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1998-2006
Members' Show, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
1998
UIC Undergraduate Juried Show, Chicago, IL
1997
11th National Juried Show, Midwest Pastel Society, Schaumburg, IL
1996
Natioanal Juried Egg Tempera Show, Amos Joseph Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
1995-2001
Two Person Show, River Forest Public Library, River Forest, IL
Publications
2011
Studio Visit Magazine (Volume 6). The Open studios Press, article, Juror: Michael Klein
2006
Woman Made Gallery, Her Mark, yearly calendar, Chicago, IL
Sullivan, Catey. Garden of Unearthly Delights, article, Pioneer Press, April 5, Diversions, B5
2005
Sullivan, Catey, Art Spotlights Village’s Anniversary, article, Pioneer Press, June12, Diversions, B1
2003
Petlicki, Myrna. Going to the Head of the Class, article, Pioneer Press, April 17, Diversions, B5
2000
Petlicki, Myrna. Lines Blur for ‘Artistudenteacher’, article, Pioneer Press, September 6, Diversions, B5
1996
Mauro, Lucia. Friends Create Art Out of Chaos, article, Pioneer Press, October, Diversions, B3
Awards & Residencies
Awards
2011 School of the Art Institute, Certificate of Recognition, Leadership Award
2009-2011 School of the Art Institute of Chicago/Enrichment Scholarship
2010 School of the Art Institute of Chicago/Loretta Grellner Scholarship
2009 Illinois Art Education Association/IAEA Graduate Studies Scholarship
2008 Inspiration Benefit/Juried by Carrie Secrist, Second Place Award
2007 Chicago Art Open/Curator’s Choice Award
2007 Manhattan Arts International/Award of Excellence Residencies
2011 Ragdale, Lake Forest, Illinois/Professional Artist in Residence
2010 Ox-Bow, Saugatuck, Michigan/MFA Graduate Student Artist in Residence
2010 Sanskriti, Delhi, India/Student Artist in Residence
2009 Art Educator Institute Residency/Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Scholarship Study
2003 Ox-Bow, Saugatuck, Michigan/Professional Artist in Residence
Teaching/Committees
2000-present Art Educator, Maine South High School, Park Ridge, IL
2010 Teaching assistant to Marianne Fairbanks, Introduction to Fiber and Material Studies, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2010 Teaching assistant to Marianne Fairbanks, To Dye For, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2010-11 Exhibitions and Events committee, Student Representative, SAIC, Chicago, IL
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