Resume


For twenty-five years, Candace Wark has been an engineering professor specializing in the field of aerodynamics and utilizing photography in her research.  Shirley Nannini worked as a high school teacher, coach, and administrator for over thirty years and recently reinvented herself by actively pursuing her passion for photography.

Solo Exhibitions

2017    Fermilab Art Gallery (upcoming exhibit October 2017), Kirk Rd. and Pine St., Batavia, IL

2017    Orland Park Public Library, 14921 S. Ravinia Av., Orland Park, IL

2017    The Saw Room @ The Alley Gallery 1712 Sherman Av., Evanston, IL

2016    I Am Logan Square Gallery, Chicago, IL

2015    Willis (formerly Sears) Tower, 233 S Wacker Dr., Chicago, IL

2014    515 N State St. Lobby, Chicago, IL

2012    Olympia Center lobby, 737 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL


Awards

2015    Gallery Representation, Elisa Contemporary Art, Art Comes Alive 2015 Award

2014   "Award of Distinction", "71st Annual Salon Show", South Shore Arts Center, Munster IN

2014   "Photographic Print of The Year", Art Design Consultants, Art Comes Alive 2014

2013    Winner: Blue Man Group Art Competition

              http://www.broadwayworld.com/chicago/article/Blue-Man-Group-Unveils-Winners-of-2013-Art-Competition-20130826

2013    3rd Place, IL State Fair Professional Art Exhibit


Published Articles

2017    “Flow Visualization”, C. Wark & S. Nannini, Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences, Vol. 21, pg. 113, ISSN 1090-0578


Group Exhibitions

2017    “Layered”, 33 Contemporary Gallery, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL (Curator: Sergio Gomez, Artist and Curator)

2017    “First Friday Openings”, Vivid Gallery, 895 Green Bay Rd., Winnetka, IL

2017    “LEAP Exhibition”, Adams State University, Cloyde Snook Gallery, 208 Edgemont Blvd. Alamosa, CO

2016    “13th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition”, Freeport Art Museum, 121 N. Harlem Av., Freeport, IL (Juror:  Sergio Gomez, Artist and Curator)

2016    "Art In Motion, 2016", Chicago, IL  (Juror: James Rondeau, Director, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL)

2016    “Photospiva, 2016”, Spiva Center for Arts, Joplin, MO  (Juror:  Sean Kernan, photographer, author, teacher, Branford CT.)

2016    “Fourth Annual Art Competition”, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL  (Jurors: William Lieberman & Mary Ellen Croteau Chicago, IL)

2015    "Art In Motion, 2015", Chicago, IL  (Juror: James Rondeau, Curator of Contemporary Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL)

2015    Two Prudential Plaza, Chicago, IL (Curator: Susan Aurinko, Curator & Consultant, Chicago, IL)

2015    “from nature”, The Art Center at Highland Park, Highland Park, IL (Curator: Chuck Gniech, Professor and Exhibition Curator, Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago, IL)

2015    "Art Comes Alive 2015", Art Design Consultants' Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

2015    "72nd Annual Salon Show", South Shore Arts Center, Munster, IN (Juror Brian Byrn, Curator for Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, Indiana

2015    “Third Annual Art Competition”, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL  (Jurors: Monika Wulfers & Amanda Williams, Chicago, IL)

2015    “Shared Creations”, Bridgeport Art Center, Chiceago, IL  (Curator: Lelde Kalmite, Chicago IL)

2015    “Later Impressions 2015” Chicago Cultural Center, Renaissance Court Gallery, Chicago, IL

2015    “The Notion of Motion”, Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago, IL

2015    “New Beginnings” Elisa Contemporary Art, Riverdale, New York

            (Represented by Elisa Contemporary Gallery)

 

2014    "2014 Rockford Midwestern Biennial", Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL      

2014    “Later Impressions 2014”, Chicago Cultural Center, Renaissance Court Gallery,  Chicago, IL

2014    "Emerging Artists 2014 Winter Exhibiton", Morpho Gallery, Chicago, IL

2014    "Common Threads", Open Wall, 47th Ward Aldermans Office, Chicago, IL

2014    "SANS Members Show", Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL

2014    "Art Comes Alive 2014", Art Design Consultants' Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

2014    "71st Annual Salon Show", South Shore Arts Center, Munster IN (Juror: Ron Reason, Ron Reason Consulting, Chicago IL)

2014    "Abstract Show III", Brickton Art Center, Park Ridge, IL (Jurors: Kristin Haas, executive director and director of exhibitions at Brickton Art Center & Darrell Roberts, IL based artist)

2014    "Science and Art", Arterie Fine Arts, Naperville, IL

2013    "ArtFutura, 2013', Chicago, IL.  (Juror: James Rondeau, Curator of Contemporary Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL)

2013    "Open Lens IV", Gallery 7, Joliet, IL

2013    "Nature Abstracted", Emily Oaks Nature Center, Skokie, IL

2013    IL State Fair Professional Art Exhibit, Springfield, IL, (Juror:  Richard Depirro, Art Educator and Artist, St. John, Indiana)

2013    Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL.  (Juror: Staci Boris, Chief Curator, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL)

2013    "Salon Show", South Shore Arts, Munster, IN (Juror: Paul Klein)

2013    Blue Man Group, Briar Street Theatre, Chicago IL, (Jurors: Alison Cuddy, Arts and Culture Reporter, Chicago Public Radio (WBEZ); Tom Galassi, Blue Man Group Chicago Captain; Carolina Jayaram, Executive Director, Chicago Artists Coalition; Stacey Lemp, Hawthorne Scholastic Academy art teacher; Jeff Quay, Associate Director, Blue Man Group Chicago; and Chris Wink, one of the Blue Man Group founders)

2013    WithIn Sight Gallery, Richard Stromberg's Chicago Photography Classes, Chicago, IL

2013    "Bloomingdales Celebrates Ravenswood Art Walk", Bloomingdales on Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL

2013    Smallroom Gallery, Mies van der Rohe campus: Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL

 

Press

Sheryl DeVore, “Retired Evanston teacher starts new career photographing the wind” Chicago Tribune Pioneer Press, 7 April, 2015. http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/evanston/lifestyles/ct-evr-go-windflow-tl-0409-20150407-story.html  

Wetmore, Koren, “Airflow Art” IIT Magazine, Summer 2015. https://magazine.iit.edu/summer-2015/airflow-art 

 “Armour College Professor Candace Wark  ‘Exhibiting Photographs of Fluid Mechanics at Willis Tower” Illinois Institute of Technology, IIT Today, 5 February, 2015. https://iit.edu/news/iittoday/?p=40471     

Lisa Goesling, “In Others Words: Wind Flow Photography”, 28 February, 2015. http://www.lisagoesling.com/in-others-words/

Andy Ambrosius, “Blue Man Group Unveils New Outdoor Art Gallery”, September 2013.  http://lakeview.patch.com/groups/around-town/p/blue-man-group-unveils-new-outdoor-art-gallery-photos

Chicago Critic, “Blue Man Group Announces the Winners of 2013 Chicago Art Competition, September 2013.  http://chicagocritic.com/blue-man-group-announces-winners-2013-chicago-art-competition/

 

Education

Candace Wark

1988    Ph.D. Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology

1984    M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University

1981    B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University

Shirley Nannini 

1977    M.A. Education, Eastern Kentucky University

1976    B.S. Education, University of Wisconsin – La Crosse