Matthew Schaefer


Education

/ 1971 Silvermine College of Art, New Canaan, Ct.

One Person Exhibitions 

/ 2023 Vivid Art Gallery, Winnetka, IL

/ 2022 Vivid Art Gallery, Winnetka, IL

/ 2020 Group Show, Vivid Art Gallery, Chicago, IL

/ 2018 Group Show, Vivid Art Gallery, Chicago, IL

/ 2017 Group Show, Vivid Art Gallery, Chicago, IL

/ 2012 Prudential Building Lobby, Chicago, Il.

/ 2010 Prudential Building lobby, Chicago, Il.

/ 2007 FLATFILEcontemporary Accumulations Chicago, Il.

/ 2006-2008 Webster Wine Bar, Gallery Chicago, Il.

/ 2006 Star Bar Gallery, Chicago, Il.

/ 2006 Hot Chocolate Restaurant, Gallery, Chicago, Il.

/ 2003 FLATFILEcontemporary Full Spectrum Chicago, Il.

/ 2002 Mercantile Exchange Building. Chicago, Il.

/ 2001 Shure microphone Building ( Murphy / Jahn ) Niles, Il.

/ 2001 Loyola Academy, Ò The Stations of the Cross Ò Wilmette, Il.

/ 2000 the Skokie Public Library, Skokie, Il.

/ 1998 Art Encounter studio visit, Evanston Il.

/ 1997 Peter Jones Gallery, Chicago, Il.

/ 1995 Rush Presbyterian St. Luke Hospital, Chicago, Il.

/ 1994 The Third Coast, Chicago, Il.

/ 1992 Art Encounter Studio Visit, Chicago, Il.

/ 1992 Cheney Mansion Art Show. Oak Park, Il.

/ 1992 Lindsey Gallery, Oak Park, Il.

/ 1991 The Third Coast Intemezzo, Chicago, Il.

/ 1989 The Corner Gallery, World Trade Center, New York, N.Y.

/ 1988 The Wellington Art Market, Chicago, Il.

/ 1987 The Grove Street Gallery, Evanston, Il.

Group Exhibitions  

/ 2022 Vivid Art Gallery, Winnetka, IL 

/ 2021 Vivid Art Gallery, Winnetka, IL

/ 2020 Vivid Art Gallery, Winnetka, Il.

/ 2018 Vivid Art Gallery, Winnetka, IL

/ 2017 Vivid Art Gallery, Winnetka, Il.

/ 2013 Bridgeport Art Center, Words and Gestures, Chicago, Il. 

/ 2009 River East Art Center, Chicago, Il. 2- person show, Black and White

/ 2007 Susan O’Conner Creevy Art Gallery, Evanston, Il.

/ 2006 FLATFILEcontemporary, Black and White Chicago, Il.

/ 2005 Cafe Ambrosia, Evanston, Il.

/ 2004 Transformers , Evanston, Il.

/ 2003 FLATFILEcontemporary, Inaugural Exhibition, Chicago, Il.

/ 2002 FLATFILEphotography, Devotion Show  Chicago, Il.

/ 2001 FLATFILEphotography, Politically Incorrect, Chicago, Il.

/ 2000 The D Gallery, Group Show, Evanston, Il.

/ 2000 The D Gallery, Group Show with The Stations of the Cross, Chicago, Il.

/ 1998 Beverly Art Center, Bauer Juried Show, Beverly, Il.

/ 1997 Beverly Art Center, Three Man Show  Beverly, Il.

/ 1997 Peter Jones Gallery, Group Show, Chicago, Il.

/ 1995 David Barnett Art Gallery, Two Person Show, Milwaukee W

/ 1994 John Hancock Center Gallery, Chicago, Il.

/ 1993-1994 The Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, Fl.

/ 1993 Wilmette Arts Guild, Wilmette, Il.

/ 1993-1994 Gallery 1633, Chicago, Il.

/ 1992-1999 Around The Coyote, Chicago, Il.

/ 1991-1996 Chiaroscuro Gallery, Chicago, Il.

/ 1992 Skokie Fine Arts Commission Juried Art Show, Skokie, Il.

/ 1991 Chicago Artist Guild, Chicago, Il.

/ 1990 The Looking Glass, Chicago, Il.

/ 1988 The Limelight, Jungle Dreams  Chicago Il.

/ 1976-1977 The John Slade Ely House, New Haven Ct.

Awards

/ New Haven Paint And Clay Club, Jury Judges, Deane Keller, Margot Rosenthal

Publications

/ 1992 Urban CafŽÕ, Chicago Cable Production Video, Chicago Il.

/ 1991 Pioneer Press, Home and Design Section, Dorothy Andries

/ 1989 Nelson-Hall Inc., Herson / Bollard, The Urban Web Cover Painting

/ 1976 Yale University, The John Slade Ely House, New Haven Ct.

Selected Collections

/ Hinshaw and Culbertson, LLP, Chicago, Il.

/ Glen Voysey, Glencoe, IL

/ David Kleinman, Evanston, Il.

/ Kelly and Daniel Laszlo, Winnetka, Il.

/ Jenny Morehead, Winnetka, Il.

/ Stephanie Coolidge, Glencoe, Il.

/ Art Enterprises Inc., Chicago, Il.

/ Shure Incorporated, Niles, Il. 

/ Susan Aurinko, Chicago, Il.

/ Allyson Hunter, Chicago Il.

/ Kurt Gutfreund, Chicago, Il.

/ Mr. and Mrs. Nerenberg, Evanston, Il.

/ Larry and Abby Block, Highland Park, Il

/ Joel Kanter, Mclean, Va.

/ Santiago Calatrava, Chicago Spire building, Chicago Il. Painting for lobby.