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
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