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
2015 Willis 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
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
2013 3rd Place, IL State Fair Professional Art Exhibit
Group Exhibitions
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 “Third Annual Art Competition”, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL (Jurors: Monika Wulfers & Amanda Williams, Chicago, IL)
2015 “The Notion of Motion”, Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago, IL
2014 "Art In Motion, 2014", Chicago, IL (Juror: James Rondeau, Curator of Contemporary Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL)
2014 "2014 Rockford Midwestern Biennial", Rockfort Art Museum, Rockford, IL (Juror: William Lieberman, director of Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, 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 "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