Lorri Gunn

 

Artist Biography

Profile in Colorage, 2009
colored pencil on paper, 17x19 in.

A Balanced Viewpoint, 2009
colored pencil on paper, 34 x 40 inches


Hoity Toity Hottie, 2008
colored pencil on paper, 24 x 30 inches framed

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Robe Bust Hair La Queen
Whirls Separate Worlds, 2006
colored pencil on paper, 40 x 32.5 inches
colored pencil on paper, 24 x 30 inches framed
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Smile Upside Down, 2006
colored pencil on paper, 32 x 26 inches framed

  
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Turban Turbulence, 2004
 colored pencil on paper, 24 x 20 inches
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Underlying Undulations, 2004
colored pencil on paper, 40 x 32 inches framed
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Our Lady of the Circles, 2003
colored pencil on paper, 30 x 24 inches
 
Education
1964B.A. Valparaiso University, Indiana
 
Major Exhibitions
2006Wirsum-Gunn Family Show: Home Is Where the Art Is (4 Person Show), Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago
2004Retrospective, Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL
2002Featured Artist: Past and Present Work, Hane Mele Gallery, Iron Mountain, MI
1990One-person Show, Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago
1988One-person Show, Artemesia Gallery, Chicago
1985One-person Show, Artemesia Gallery, Chicago
1978-1980Traveling Three-person Exhibition, Illinois and Canada, sponsored by the Worldwide Cultural Awareness Council
1978Recent Drawings (2 Woman Show), Artemesia Gallery, Chicago
1975L Evated Art (3 Woman Show), Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
 
Selected Group Shows
2011Works on Paper, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
2010The Art of the Book Jacket, Printworks Gallery, Chicago
2006Scapes, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago
Relationships, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago
2005Painting the Town Red, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago
The Art of the Bookplate, Printworks Gallery, Chicago
Ed Paschke Tribute Exhibition, Gallery 400, Chicago
cephalic symbols, Judy Saslow Gallery, Chicago
2004That 70's Show, Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, IN
Out of the Blues, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago
Evanston Art Center 75th Anniversary Show, Evanston, IL
1999-2005Sextablos: Traveling Exhibition in Various US Cities
2003Momma Comma Boy, (4 Person Show) ARC Gallery, Chicago
2002Art Expo, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago
2001Art Expo, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago
Reflections, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago
Significant Signifiers, Ukrainian Museum, Chicago
2000Self-Portraits, Printworks Gallery, Chicago
Black and White, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago
1999Cows on Parade (City of Chicago)
Sextablos, HPAC, Chicago
Exquisite Corpse, Printworks Gallery, Chicago
1995Hyde Park Art Center 50-Year Anniversary, Hyde Park Art Center
199320th Anniversary Exhibition, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago
1989Couplings II, Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL
198815th Anniversary Exhibition, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago
Three Person Show, Chicago School of Psychology
1986Artemisia/a Show to Go, Traveling show sponsored by The Illinois Arts Council
1982Selections from the Dennis Adrian Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
1968-1981Various group exhibitions in Chicago and Sacramento, CA
 
Selected Collections
Dennis Adrian Collection, Chicago
Larry and Evelyn Aronson Collection, Glencoe, IL
Charles Baum Collection, Chicago
John Cain Collection, Munster, IN
Tom Corbett and Avena Ward Collection, Chicago
Elmhurst College
Jerry and Carol Ginsberg Collection, Wilmette, IL
Kathleen Holt and Steve Lurie
Ruth Horwich Collection, Chicago
Jeanne Kane Collection, Chicago
Stephen and Roberta Miers Collection, River Forest, IL
Oakton Community College
Gwendolyn E. Osborn Collection, Trout Creek, MI
Michael and Joan Pine Collection, Chicago
Howard Shapiro Collection, Chicago
Howard and Roberta Siegel Collection, Chicago
Michael and Dana Treister Collection, Chicago

 

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