Mary Jane Duffy
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Education
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
1988 B.S., Painting major, English minor. Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY.
Awards
1995-6 University Scholarship, Department of Art Theory and Practice, Northwestern University.
1994-5 Full University Scholarship, Department of Art Theory and Practice, Northwestern.
1988 Jesse Solomon Memorial Award, Skidmore College.
Teaching Experience
1997-present Lecturer, Depaul University, Chicago, IL.
1997 Instructor, Multi-level Painting, Summer SIX, Skidmore College.
1995-6 Instructor, Basic Painting (Oil and Watercolor), University College, Northwestern.
Teaching Assistant, 2-D Design, Basic Painting, and Lithography, Northwestern University.
Additional Related Employment
1994-6 -Assistant Master, Jones Fine & Performing Arts Residential College, Northwestern University. Visual Arts programming and advising for undergraduates as well as tutorials in photography, painting and drawing, silkscreen and ceramics.
Solo Exhibitions
2000 "Broken Symmetries," Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL.
1999 "Mary Jane Duffy," University Club, Chicago, IL.
1991 "Mary Jane Duffy," Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL.
Selected Group Exhibitions
1998 "Group Show," Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL.
"Five Artists from Chicago," Talleria Espacio Cultural, Mexico City, Mexico
"Fixing the Metaphor," Prospectus Gallery, Chicago, IL.
1997 "Summer SIX Art Faculty Exhibition," Schick Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY.
"1997 National Competition," juried by Eric Brown, First Street Gallery, NY, NY.
"Personal Visions V," juried by Gladys Nilsson, An Art Place Gallery, Chicago.
"Neolandscape," Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL.
"Rainforest Benefit Exhibition," John McEnroe Gallery, NY, NY.
"Earth, Air, Fire and Water," Ward-Nasse Gallery, NY.
1996 "Art in your Home," InsideArt, Chicago, IL.
"Mediating Spaces," Dittmar Gallery, Evanston, IL.
"Art in the Woods '96," juried by William T. Wiley, Overland Park , KS.
1995 "Graduate Students of the Big Ten," Big Ten Conference Center, Park Ridge, IL.
1992 "5 Ways," Prospectus Gallery, Chicago, IL.
1990 "Salute to Chicago Arts," Cityscape Superior Partnership, Chicago, IL.
1989 "New Talent I," Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL.
Collections
1988 Skidmore College, Saratoga Spring, NY.
Exhibition Reviews and Articles
Cuniff, Joseph, "Art Column," Inside Lincoln Park, December 5, 1990.
Diez, Hector Leon," Fixing the Metaphor, Cultural Exchange and Dialog between Artists and Critics at Talleria Espacio Cultural," La Cronica, February 24, 1998, Sec. b, p. 12. (Reproduction)
Mac Masters, Merry," Talleria, Dialog between Artists from Chicago and Mexico City," La Journada, February 28, 1998, p. 23
Professional or Academic Conferences
Panelist: "Defining Art Communities," Conference, "Mexico City- Chicago Exchange," February 28, 1998, Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City.