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MARY LOU ZELAZNY
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Me
Me
2010
10 x 10
inches
Acrylic, collage on canvas
MLZ 45
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Feign Luster
2010-11
41 x 31
inches
Acrylic, collage, oil on canvas
MLZ 46
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Me
Me #2
2010
10 x 10
inches
Acrylic, collage on canvas
MLZ
49
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Me
Me #3
2010
10 x 10
inches
Acrylic, collage on canvas
MLZ
50
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Binocular Stall
2010-11
41 x 31
inches
Acrylic, collage, oil on canvas
MLZ 51
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Feel
A Part
2010-11
41 x 31
inches
Acrylic, collage, oil on canvas
MLZ 52
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Devil’s
Lake
2008
63.5 x 44
inches
Acrylic,
collage, oil on canvas
MLZ 53
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Whipping Blades
2008
30 x 32
inches
Acrylic, collage, oil on canvas
MLZ 54
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Pink Tide
2009
35 x 40
inches
Acrylic, collage on canvas
MLZ 55
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Made Of Iron
2010
34 x 46 inches
Acrylic, collage, oil on canvas
MLZ 56
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An
Ant Finds A Kingdom
2010
48 x 52
inches
Acrylic, collage, oil on canvas
MLZ
57
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Mars
Flight
2010
48 x 52
inches
Acrylic, collage, oil on canvas
MLZ 58
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The
Cake Lady
2011
48
x 42 inches
Acrylic, collage on canvas
MLZ 59
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Civic Trick
2011
32 x 48
inches
Acrylic, collage, oil on canvas
MLZ 60
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Ball
Of Professors
2011
42 x 48
inches
Acrylic, collage, oil on canvas
MLZ 61
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Images from Previous Exhibitions: |
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Pasquinade
2001
Acrylic, Oil, and Collage on Canvas
50 x 38 ½ inches
MLZ 3
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Who’s Seeing You?
2002
Acrylic, Oil, and Collage on Canvas
50 x 48 inches
MLZ 5
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Someone Else’s Life
2002
Acrylic, Oil, and Collage on Canvas
34 x 55 inches
MLZ 7
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House Proud
2003
Acrylic, Oil, and Collage on Canvas
54 x 66 inches
MLZ 8
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To Her Senses
48" x 50"
Acrylic, oil, collage on canvas
2005
MLZ 24 |
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Drive Forever
50" x 44"
Acrylic, collage on canvas
2005MLZ 25 |
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Silvia
40" x 30"
Acrylic, collage on canvas
2005MLZ 26 |
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Inches Behind
40" x 35"
Acrylic, collage on canvas
2005MLZ 27
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Chowder
24" x 15 ¾"
Acrylic, collage on panel
2005MLZ 28 |
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Submissives
16" x 24"
Acrylic, collage on panel
2005MLZ 29 |
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Yellow Eye
24" x 16"
Acrylic, collage on panel
2005MLZ 30 |
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Rope Beast
16" x 10"
Acrylic, collage, oil on panel
2003MLZ 31 |
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Little Spittle
16" x 10"
Acrylic, collage, oil on panel
2003MLZ 32
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Pookie
15" x 24"
Acrylic, collage on panel
2007MLZ 33
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Harvey
20" x 16"
Acrylic, collage on panel
2007MLZ 34 |
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Henry
20" x 16"
Acrylic, collage on panel
2006MLZ 35 |
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Clyde
20" x 16"
Acrylic, collage on panel
2006MLZ 37 |
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Little Balls of Air
1994
Acrylic, Oil, and Collage on Canvas
44 x 67
MLZ 42
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Crystal Needler
1993
Acrylic, Oil, and Collage
34 x 55 inches
MLZ 43
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Girls of the Gun
27" x 24"
Acrylic, collage on panel
2006 |
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Prima
27" x 24"
Acrylic, collage on panel
2006 |
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Early Shore
27" x 24"
Acrylic, collage on panel
2006 |
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I ♥ I Go
27" x 24"
Acrylic, collage on panel
2006
(Note: This is the artist’s study model for her larger painting which
was selected for the McCormick Place Expansion Project.) |
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Born |
| 1956 |
Chicago |
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Education |
| 1980 |
BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
| 1978 |
California
College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA |
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Academic Affiliation |
| 1990-present |
Adjunct
Professor,
School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
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Selected One Person Exhibitions
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| 2011 |
The Cake Lady Returns,
Carl Hammer Gallery |
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Flags and Swags,
Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL |
| 2009 |
Altogether Mutable: The Work of Mary Lou
Zelazny,
Hyde Park Art Center (catalog)
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Online Exhibition: Altogether Mutable,
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Washington, DC |
| 2003 |
Break the Charm,
Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago |
| 2001 |
What was the Question Again?
IUN Gallery for Contemporary Art, Indiana University,
Northwest, Gary, IN |
| 2000 |
What was the Question?
Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago |
| 1996 |
Phyllis Kind
Gallery, Chicago |
| 1994 |
Soundings,
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago |
| 1992 |
Living with Memorabilia,
Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago |
| 1991 |
Mary
Lou Zelazny: Solo Series,
Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL |
| 1990 |
Roy Boyd
Gallery, Chicago |
| 1988 |
History of Tools,
Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago |
| 1987 |
Peter Miller
Gallery, Chicago |
| 1986 |
Peter Miller
Gallery, Chicago |
| 1984 |
Famous Women and Interesting Men,
Bookspace, Chicago |
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Selected Group Exhibitions |
| 2011 |
Cut Ups,
Peter Paul Luce Gallery, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, IA |
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This is Paul Halupka,
C33 Gallery, Columbia College, Chicago, and Robert F. DeCaprio
Art Gallery, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL (
catalog) |
| 2010 |
Beyond the Arches: Selected Works from
McDonald's Corporate Art Collection,
Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN |
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Chicago Imagism(s),
Natalie and James Thompson Art Gallery
San José State University, San José, CA |
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Faculty Projects,
Betty Rymer Gallery, School of the Art Institute, Chicago |
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Touch and Go: Ray Yoshida and his Spheres of
Influence,
Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute, Chicago
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Twos,
O'Connor Art Gallery, Dominican University, River Forest, IL |
| 2008 |
Ahh, Decadence!
Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute, Chicago |
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Not Just Another Pretty Face,
Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago |
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Girl on Guy,
A+D Gallery, Columbia College, Chicago |
| 2006 |
Creative
Imagining,
The Howard A. and Judith Tullman Collection,
The Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile AL |
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Putting
it All Together, The Art of Collage,
Hinsdale Center for the Arts, Hinsdale, IL |
| 2005 |
All About
Women,
Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago |
| 2004 |
The Flat-Round World,
3Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago |
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The
Reflected/Refracted Self,
Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago |
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Hard Candy: Sextablos, Works on Metal.
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA |
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Time Travel: Truth, Beatuy, and Justice.
Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago |
| 2003 |
Emergence: Women Artists in the New Millenium.
William Bachman Gallery, Munster, IN |
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Color and Form,
Forum Plus Gallery, Chicago |
| 2002 |
Transcultural Visions: Polish-American
Contemporary Art.
National Museum of Szczecin, Poland. |
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Natural History,
Arron Packer Gallery, Chicago. |
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Evoking Histories/Memory of Water: Spoleto
2002,
curated by Mary Jane Jacob and Tumelo Musako, Charleston, SC. |
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Pasted On, a Survey of Collage Strategies.
Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago. |
| 2001 |
Reflections: fifteenth anniversary show.
Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago |
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Transcultural Visions: Polish-American
Contemporary Art,
Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago and Suburban Fine Arts Center,
Highland Park, IL |
| 2000 |
Synthesis, Collage and Mixed Media.
Sonnenschein Gallery, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL |
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Sextablos, Works on Metal.
Barrister�s Gallery, New Orleans, LA |
| 1999 |
Sextablos,
Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago |
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It Looks Easy,
Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago |
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Collage �99,
Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa |
| 1998 |
The Velvet Show,
Caf� Bocci, Chicago |
| 1997 |
Breadth of Aesthetic,
Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago |
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Pink,
Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago |
| 1996 |
International Exhibit of Collage,
Parkland College, Champaign, IL |
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Revelries,
Ford Center for the Arts, Knox College, Galesburg, IL |
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Visual Feasting,
Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL |
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Views of a Lady,
Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York City |
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Pleasure (Beyond Guilt),
Artemisia Gallery, Chicago |
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Selected Works in Collage,
Merwyn-Wakeley Galleries, Illinois Wesleyan University,
Bloomington, IL |
| 1995 |
Some New Faces,
Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago |
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Art About Life: Contemporary American Culture,
Indiana University Fine Arts Gallery, Bloomington, IN, catalog |
| 1994 |
Something in Common, The Women Faculty
in Painting and Drawing from
the School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, catalog |
| 1993 |
A(t)Tension to the Moment,
Bowling Green State University College of Musical Arts,
Fine Arts Center, Bowling Green, OH, catalog |
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Chicago Drawings,
Galleria Porta 33, Madeira, Portugal |
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The Return of the Cadavre Exquis,
The Drawing Center, New York City |
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Chicago Art Group in Frankfurt,
Frankfurt, Germany, catalog |
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Garment as Metaphor,
Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL |
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Collages: Faulkner, Sensemann, Zelazny,
Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago |
| 1992 |
Quotations from America's Studio: Drawing New
Conclusions,
Betty Rymer Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
catalog |
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Face to Face,
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, catalog |
| 1991 |
Spirited Visions: Portraits of Chicago
Artists,
State of Illinois Gallery, Chicago (traveling-1993), catalog |
| 1990 |
The Chicago Show,
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, catalog |
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Indianapolis Collects,
Herron Gallery, Indianapolis Center for Contemporary Art, IN |
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Our Corner of the World: Seventeen Illinois
Artists,
University Galleries Illinois State University, Normal, IL,
catalog |
| 1989 |
Material Matters,
College of DuPage Arts Center Gallery, Glen Ellyn, IL |
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Chicago Artists in the European Tradition,
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, catalog |
| 1988 |
Endangered Species,
Klein Gallery, Chicago |
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Field and Seam,
Roy Boyd Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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Only a Woman Could,
Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago |
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The Truncated Figure,
Artemisia Gallery, Chicago |
| 1987 |
Egg Tempera: Archaic Methods/Modern Minds,
Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago |
| 1987 |
Masks,
Klein Gallery, Chicago |
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Artagogo,
Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago |
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Surfaces: Two Decades of Painting in Chicago,
Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, catalog |
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Endsville,
1480 W. Webster, Chicago |
| 1986 |
New Horizons in Art, 1986,
Chicago Public Library Cultural Center Chicago |
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Self-Portraits: Then or Now,
ARC Gallery, Chicago, catalog |
| 1985 |
Mary Lou Zelazny, Andre Ferella,
Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago |
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UNscene, ARC Gallery, Chicago
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14th Union League Art Competition and
Exhibition,
Artemisia Gallery Chicago |
| 1984 |
Chicago Head, Randolph Street Gallery,
Chicago |
| 1983 |
The Big Pitcher: 20 Years of the Abstracted
Figure in Chicago Art, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago,
catalog |
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Sex Show,
The Northside Auditorium Building, Chicago |
| 1981 |
Some Girls: A Celebration of Chicago Women
Artists,
The Donahue Building, Chicago |
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Visiting Artist |
| 2011 |
Loyola
University Chicago, Chicago |
| 2010 |
Loyola
University Chicago, Chicago |
| 2004 |
Maine College
of Art, Portland, ME |
| 2002 |
Williams
College, Art Department, Williamstown, MA |
| 1998 |
University of
Iowa, School of Art and Architecture, Iowa City, IA |
| 1996 |
De Paul University, Department of Fine Art, Chicago |
| 1994 |
Columbia College, Department of Art, Chicago |
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University of
Chicago, Department of Art, Chicago |
| 1992 |
Northwestern
University, Department of Art, Evanston, IL |
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Oxbow,
Saugatuck, MI |
| 1989 |
Rockford
College, Department of Art, Rockford, IL |
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public commissions |
| 2006 |
McCormick Place Expansion Project, Chicago, IL |
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Awards and Fellowships |
| 2008 |
Illinois Arts Council Special Assistance Grant |
| 2007 |
Faculty Enrichment Grant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
| 2007 |
Illinois Arts Council Special Assistance Grant |
| 2003 |
Margaret
Klimek Phillips Fellowship |
| 1998 |
Faculty
Enrichment Grant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
| 1992 |
Arts Midwest/
National Endowment for the Arts
Regional Visual Arts Fellowship Award |
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Faculty
Enrichment Grant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
| 1986
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Dorland Mountain Colony Residency |
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Selected Collections |
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Elmhurst
College of Art, Elmhurst, IL |
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Museum of
Contemporary Art, Chicago |
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First Chicago
Bank, Chicago |
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Kemper
National Insurance Companies |
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Nagin and
Associates, Miami, FL |
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Prudential
Insurance Company, Newark, NJ |
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Rockford Art
Museum, Rockford, IL |
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Weichman and
Associates, Munster, IN |
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Bibliography |
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Eye Exam: Chicago's Own Surrealist,
Jason Foumberg, New City Art, February 16, 2009 |
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Altogether Mutable: The Work of Mary Lou Zelazny,
Karsten Lund, Flavorpill.com, February 2009 |
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Mary Lou
Zelazny,
Laura Pearson, Timeout.com, Feb 19–25, 2009 |
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Altogether Mutable,
Bert Stabler, Chicago Reader, Feb 2009 |
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The Art
of Collage,
Alan G. Artner,Chicago Tribune, March, 2009 |
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Piecing
perfect puzzles,
Robert Loerzel, Pioneer Press, Chicago April 2007 |
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Artist's Eclecticism Runs More Than
Canvas-Deep,
Kevin Nance, Chicago Sun Times, March 28, 2007 |
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Piecing Perfect Puzzles,
Robert Loerzel, Pioneer Press, Thursday, April 5, 2007 |
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Zelazny's Work Has Come a Very Long Way,
Alan Artner. Chicago Tribune, December 5, 2003 |
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Mary Lou Zelazny, Fred Camper,
Chicago Reader, December 26, 2003 |
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New American Paintings. Number 35,
2001 |
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New American Paintings. Number 11,
1997 |
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Superior And Huron Bring On New Season With
Style,
Hawkins, Margaret: Chicago Sun Times, 09/20/96 |
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Mary Lou Zelazny, Connors, Thomas:
New Art Examiner, November 1996 |
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Art Exhibition Explores Metaphorical Works
Of Four Contemporary Collage Artists
Atterberry, Gisele: News
Gazette, Champaign IL, 1996 |
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Dedicated To Paint,
Jacob, Mary Jane: Something in Common, catalog 1994 |
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Zelazny Takes Giant Step With Latest Show,
Artner, Alan: Chicago Tribune, 09/30/94 |
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A(T)Tension To The Moment
catalog with text by Nathan,Jacqueline;
curator, Bowling Green State University, Fine Arts Center, 1993 |
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Artists Take Collage On A Joyride Of
Perspectives,
McCracken, David: Chicago Tribune, 04/16/93 |
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The Best Art Exhibitions,
Artner, Alan, and McCracken, David: Chicago Tribune, 12/27/92 |
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Mary Lou Zelazny,
Hixson, Kathryn: Flash Art, Summer 1992 |
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Art People: Mary Lou Zelazny's Feminine
Perspective,
Eftekhar, Judith Lin: The Chicago Reader, 03/20/92 |
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Zelazny Seamlessly Blends Collage,Paint,
McCracken, David: Chicago Tribune, 03/13/92 |
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Face To Face, A Chance To Meet 80 Chicago
Artists
As They See Themselves On Canvas,
Artner, Alan, Chicago Tribune, 03/22-92 |
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Mary Lou Zelazny,
Yood, James: Art Forum, Summer 1992 |
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Spriited Visions, Portraits Of Chicago
Artists,
photographs by Carroll, Patty, text by Yood, James.
University of Illinois Press, 1991 |
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Rockford Art Museum Keeps Contemporary,
Kranz, Cindy: Rockford Register, 09/26/91 |
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Mary Lou Zelazny,
Hixson, Kathryn: Arts Magazine, April 1990 |
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Artist�s Latest Works Show She�s Joined The
Major Leagues, Ligocki, Gordon: The Hammond Times,
January 1990 |
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Mary Lou Zelazny,
Holg, Garrett: Art News, April 1990 |
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Zelazny's Work Advances As She Abandons
Coyness,
Artner, Alan: Chicago Tribune, 01/12/90 |
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Our Corner Of The World,
catalog with text by Dahlberg, Laurie; Illinois State
University, 1989 |
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The Persistence Of Modernism,
in Chicago Artists In The European Tradition, catalog with text
by Warren, Lynne, Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
1989 |
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Mary Lou Zelazny,
Artner, Alan: Chicago Tribune, September 1998 |
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Mary Lou Zelazny,
Abell, Jeff: New Art Examiner, December 1998 |
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Mary Lou Zelazny,
Peter Miller Gallery, Spector, Buzz: Art Forum, February 1988 |
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Collages Pictorial Variations On A Theme,
McCracken, David: Chicago Tribune, 03/04/88 |
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Mary Lou Zelazny At Peter Miller,
Taylor, Sue: Art in America, January 1988 |
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Surfaces. Two Decades Of Painting In Chicago:
Seventies And Eighties,
catalog with text by Kirshner, Judith Rossi;
Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, 1987 |
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Two Decades Of Painting In Chicago,
Adrian, Denis: New Art Examiner, December 1987 |
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Review,
Hold, Garrett: New Art Examiner, September 1986 |
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Collages Depict Us As Seekers Of Goods,
Taylor, Sue: Chicago Sun Times, 07/10/86 |
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The Big Pitcher: 20 Years Of Abstracted
Figure
In Chicago Art, catalog 1983 |
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