Dan Devening

Born

1958

Fort Walton Beach, FL

Education

1983

M.F.A. University of Illinois, Chicago (Painting and Drawing)

1980

B.F.A. University of Nebraska at Omaha (Painting and Printmaking)

One Person Exhibitions

2002

Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI

2001

Twelfth Floor Gallery, University Club of Chicago

"Line Work," Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago

1999

Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago

1998

Bradley University, Peoria, IL

1997

Scales Fine Arts Gallery, Wake-Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC

"Dot, Dash, X and Grid," Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL

1996

"Strategic Enticement," Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago

Visual Arts Gallery, University of Illinois at Springfield

UNO Art Gallery, University of Nebraska at Omaha

1994

Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago

1993

University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

1991

Center for Contemporary Art, Chicago (also 1990)

1986

Merwin Gallery, Illinois Wesleyen University, Bloomington, IL

1985

University Club of Chicago Gallery, Chicago

1983

A. Montgomery Ward Gallery, University of Illinois, Chicago

Group Exhibitions

2009

"Push, Pull, Scrub, Drip...Drip: Contemporary Artists Explore 'Surface'," NIU Art Museum, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL

2003

"Dan Devening/ Richard Rezac," Kunstverein, Recklinghausen, Germany

"En/Of Editions," Heeresbaeckerei- Kultur, guestroom, Berlin, Germany

2002

"Repetitive," Fine Arts Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

"Abstract Truths," Hinsdale Center for the Arts, Hinsdale, IL

"Roy Boyd Gallery 30th Anniversary Exhibition," Chicago

2001

"Almost Giddy," Clough-Hansen Gallery, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN

2000 

"Seems: Work at the Edge of the Exhibition Space," Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (4 Artists: site installations throughout the museum)

"Out of Line," Chicago Cultural Center

1999 

"Tabula Non Rasa: Dan Devening Brian Sikes Amy Yoes," ISPACE, Chicago, The John Herron Inst., 

Indianapolis, Gahlberg Gallery, Arts Center, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL

1998 

"Contemporary Abstraction Chicago," Klein Art Works, Chicago

1997 

"25th Anniversary Exhibition," Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago

Byron Roche Gallery, Chicago

1995 

"More Than Real," Gallery 400, University of Illinois, Chicago

"Social Function," Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago

"Goodbye," Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago

1993 

"Once Upon a Time..., a Loose Form of Narrative," Gallery A, Chicago

"Nine on View," John Sommers Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

"Artists on Silk: A Benefit Exhibition&Auction," Evanston Art Center

1991 

"Spirited Visions," State of Illinois Gallery, Chicago

"Source Material," Center for Contemporary Art, Chicago

"Human," Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL

"Home Sweet Home," Columbia College Art Gallery, Chicago

"The Light Show," Evanston Arts Center, Evanston, IL

1990 

"The Chicago Show," Chicago Cultural Center in conjunction with the 

Museum of Contemporary Art and the Art Institute of Chicago

"Nature/nature," Gallery 400, University of Illinois, Chicago

1989 

"Our Corner of the World," Illinois State University, Normal, IL

"Tenth Anniversary Show," Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago

"Looking Out: The Rockford Art Museum Invitational, Rockford, IL

"Small Works, Big Ideas," William Rainey Harper College, Palatine, IL

"Sex, Death and Jello," Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago

"The Flower Show," Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago

"Chicago Buy the Square Foot," Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago

1987 

"Surfaces: Two Decades of Painting in Chicago: Seventies and Eighties," 

Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago

"Individuals," CompassRose Gallery, Chicago

"A New View," The University Club of Chicago Gallery, Chicago

1986 

"Small Works Invitational,"  NAB Gallery, Chicago

"Art for Young Collectors," Renaissance Society, University of Chicago

"A New Message," Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago

1985 

"Confluence Without Influence," Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago

"Broido Collection," Fermilab Gallery, Chicago

1984 

"Tenth Annual Exhibition/Illinois Artists," N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago

"Indicators," N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago

1983 

"Emerging," Bergman Gallery, Renaissance Society, University of Chicago

"Four Painters," Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago

"Seen, Unseen, Underseen," N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago

"New Chicago Artists," Sears Tower Exhibition Space, Chicago

"Echo," Diverse Works Gallery, Houston, TX

1982 

"Extensions," Circle Center Gallery, University of Illinois, Chicago

"Twelve '82," A. Montgomery Ward Gallery, University of Illinois, Chicago

1980 

"Using Paper," Yellowstone Art Center," Billings, Montana

"Marshall Minnesota Annual Print and Drawing Exhibition"

"Rutgers National Print and Drawing Exhibition," 

Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University

Awards and Honors

2002

Illinois Arts Council Grant

1997 

Faculty Enrichment Grant, School of the Art Institute, Chicago

1996 

Faculty Research Grant, Northwestern University

Chicago Community Arts Assistance Program (also 1992)

1994 

Arts Midwest/NEA Regional Visual Arts Fellowship

Illinois Arts Council

Faculty Enrichment Grant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

1990 

William Clussman Award, "The Chicago Show," Chicago Cultural Center

1987 

Art Matters, Inc.

1976 

AK-SAR-BEN Foundation Fellowship, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Collections

SAFECO, Seattle, WA

The University of Illinois Foundation  College of Health & Human Development Sciences

Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL

AT&T, New York and Chicago

First National Bank of Chicago, London Branch, England

Prudential Insurance Company, Newark, NJ

United States Trust Company, New York

Richland Community College, Decatur, IL

Near North Insurance Company, Chicago

The Bishop-Freeman Company, Evanston, IL

Sioux City Art Center, Sioux  City, IA

Four Seasons Hotel, Scottsdale, AZ