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Frank Piatek

 

 

  Born

1944 Chicago, IL


Education

1971 M.F.A.   School of the Art Institute, Chicago
1967 B.F.A.  School of the Art Institute, Chicago


Selected One Person Exhibitions

  2008 "Archaeology of Knots," Finestra, Fine Arts Building, Chicago
2001 "Frank Piatek," Twelfth Floor Gallery, University Club of Chicago
1998 Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago (also 1996,1990,1987,1985)
1981 Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago
1975 NAME Gallery, Chicago
1974 Merrimac College, St. Louis, MO
1972 Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago
1969 Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago


Selected Group Exhibitions

2005 "art in the abstract," Illinois State Museum Chicago Gallery
2004 "That 70's Show: The Age of Pluralism in Chicago, Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, IN
2002 "Transcultural Visions: Polish American Contemporary Art,"  Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
Hyde Park Art Center and traveled to Poland
Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
2000 "Out of Line," Chicago Cultural Center
1999 "Debardeur: Labor Wearing Images: 2nd Shift Frank Piatek Judith Geichman," NFA Space, Chicago
1998 "Contemporary Abstraction Chicago," Klein Art Works, Chicago
1997 "Don Baum says:; 'Chicago Has Famous Artists'," Hyde Park Art Center Chicago  1996 - 1997
1996 "Art in Chicago, 1945 - 1995," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
"Second Sight: Printmaking in Chicago 1935 - 1995," Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
"Large Drawings from the Permanent Collection Exhibition, Expressive Voices of the Meaningful and Structural Foundations of Clarity," Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
"25 Years of Contemporary Art," Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago
1992 "National Drawing Invitational," Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
"From America's Studio: Drawing New Conclusions," Betty Rymer Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (catalogue)
1991 "Faculty Show," School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1990 "29 Chicago Artists," Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA
1987 "Surfaces: Two Decades of Painting in Chicago," Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, curated by Judith Kirschner
"Works on Paper: Recent Acquisitions," Department of Prints and Drawings, Art Institute of Chicago
1986 "Artists' Alternative Visions," Northern Illinois University Gallery, Chicago
"The Grand Example of La Grande Jatte - Seurat and Chicago Art," curated by Mary Mathews Gedo, Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago
"Fetish Art: Obsessive Expression," curated by Robert Middaugh, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
1985 "Labyrinth, a Group Collaborative," ARC Gallery, Chicago
"Drawings: the 81st Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity," The Art Institute of Chicago
1984 "Illinois Abstracts- A Survey of Sixteen Abstract Artists," Springfield Art Association, IL
"Alternative Spaces: A History in Chicago," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
1983 "Chicago, Some Other Traditions," curated by Dennis Adrian, Madison Art Center, WI (traveling, catalog)
"Chicago Artists, Continuity and Change," Printers' Row, Chicago
1983 "The Fan Show," curated by Ellen Lanyon, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
1982 "Five Abstract Artists," Ukrainian Institute, Chicago
"Selections from the Dennis Adrian Collection," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
"Alumni Who Collect...," Smart Gallery, University of Chicago
 

 

Selected Awards and Grants

1985 Faculty Enrichment Grant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1985 National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Arts Fellowship
State of Illinois Building Fund, Purchase Award
1980 Fellowship Grant, Illinois Arts Council
1967 Francis Ryerson Foreign Travel Fellowship
 

 

Selected Collections

The University of Illinois Foundation College of Health and Human Development Sciences
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Art Institute of Chicago
Borg Warner Corporation, Chicago
David and Alfred Smart Gallery, University of Chicago
Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL
First National Bank of Chicago
Frito-Lay Corporation, Dallas, TX
Illinois State Museum, Springfield
Jupiter Corporation, Chicago
Kemper Group, Long Grove, IL
Main Bank of Chicago
Marina Bank, Chicago
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
State of Illinois Collection
Quartet Manufacturing, Skokie, IL
University Club of Chicago

 


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