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DAVID KROLL

EDUCATION
1984-86  M.F.A., The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
              
Concentration: Painting and Drawing. 

1977-80  B.F.A., San Francisco Art Institute. San Francisco, CA.             
               Concentration: Painting, Drawing, and Printmaking.    
1976-77  The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD.
               Concentration: Painting and Drawing.

ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2010  Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
          Hidell/ Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2009  Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA
          Littlejohn Contemporary, New York, NY
2008  Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
          Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
          Hidell/Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2007  Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA
          Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
          Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2006  Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
          Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
          Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle,WA
          Littlejohn Contemporary, New York, NY
          Hidell/ Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC
          Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
          Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
2004  Painted Ceramic Vessels, Clarke House Museum, Chicago,IL
          Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago,IL
          Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN                                                      
          Littlejohn Contemporary, New York, NY                      
          Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA
2003  Hidell/Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC
          Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
          Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
2002   Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL (catalog)
           Littlejohn Contemporary Art, New York, NY
          Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
2001  Hidell/Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC
          Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle,WA
          Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
          Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR (catalog)
2000  Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
          Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
          Littlejohn Contemporary Art, New York, NY
1999  Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA
          Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
          Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL (catalog)
          Littlejohn Contemporary Art, New York, NY
1997  Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA
          Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
          Littlejohn Contemporary Art, New York,NY
1996  Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
          Littlejohn Contemporary Art, New York, NY
          Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA
          Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1995  Littlejohn/Sternau Gallery, New York, NY
          Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Art Fair/ Seattle,Seattle,WA
1994  Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL
          Littlejohn/Sternau Gallery, New York, NY
1993  Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL
1992  Jamison/Thomas Gallery, New York, NY
1991  Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL (catalog)
1989  Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL
1988  N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, IL
1985  The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010  Surface Tension, Tradition and Innovation in Contemporary Painting, South Bend Museum of Art. South Bend, IN.                      
          The Things Themselves, Pelham Art Center. Pelham, NY.
2009   Maxmuliple, Devening Projects, Chicago, IL
2006   Referencing Nature, Seattle Art Museum R/S Gallery, Seattle, WA
2005   Scope Art Fair, Littlejohn Contemporary, London
2004   Birdspace,Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
           Birds & B(ees), Geschidle Gallery, Chicago, IL
           IV Centuries of Birds,Clarke Galleries,Stowe VT, Palm Beach FL, New York, NY
2003   Contemporary Art from Nashville Collections, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN
2002   Living in the Presence of the Buddha, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ..
2001   All-Terrain, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA.
2000   Fifteen Year Anniversary Exhibition”, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ.
           Fins, Fangs, and Feathers, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN,
1999   Contemporary Realism, Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN.
           The Art of Landscape, Adam Whitney Gallery, Omaha, NE.
           Food For Thought, Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC.
1998   Remembering Beauty: The Seductive and Nostalgic Nature of American                               Landscape, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN. catalog.
           Inaugural Group Exhibition,Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC.
           Maria Tomasula,David Kroll, Northern Illinois University Art Museum, Dekalb, IL.
1998   Artists of the Midwest, Northern Michigan University Art Museum, Marquette, MI.
1997   Out of Eden, The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art & Design, Kansas City, MO.
catalog.
1997   Charles Carraway, Sylvia Hyman, and David Kroll, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN.
           Landscape, Seen and Unseen, Pratt Institute Galleries, Manhattan and Brooklyn, NY.
           In Memory of Pleasure, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygen, WI.
1996   Unearthly Delights, State of Illinois Gallery, Chicago, IL and Illinois State Museum,
Springfield, IL.
           Natural Selection, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ.
           Ronald Cohen, David Kroll, Ken Warneke, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL.              1995   Contemporary  Still Life and Beyond, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville,TN.
           Pulp Fictions: Works on Paper, Gallery A, Chicago, IL.
           Paper View, Cohen/Berkowitz Gallery, Kansas City, MO.
           David Kroll, James Lavadour & Victoria Adams, Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA.
           Goodbye, Betsy Rosenfield Gallery,Chicago,IL.
           The Eloquent Flower,Gail Severn Gallery,Ketchum, ID.         
1994   In A Budding Grove, Littlejohn/Sternau Gallery, New York, NY.
           Small Works Exhibition, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ.
           Contemporary Still Life, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND.
           Bookmarks, Northern Illinois Art Gallery, Chicago, IL.
           Artfair/Seattle, Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Seattle, WA.
1993   Art Chicago International, Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL.
           Faculty Show, University of New Hampshire Art Gallery, Plymouth, NH.
1992   Nature Fabrilis, curated by Devon Golden, Steibel Modern, New York, NY.
           May 1992, Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL.
           From America's Studio: Drawing New Conclusions, curated by James                                   Yood, Betty Rymer Gallery, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago,IL.
           Light, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI.
           Views, Levinson Kane Gallery, Boston, MA.
           Intimate Relations, Jamison/Thomas Gallery, New York, NY.
           Still Alive: Contemporary Still Life, Rockford College Art Gallery, Rockford, IL.
1991   Revelations: Artists Look at Religion, Gallery 2, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
           Twenty-Four x Twenty-Four, Parkland College of Art Gallery, Parkland College, Champaign, IL.
           Summer 1991, Levinson Kane Gallery, Boston,
           Sum of the Parts, Jamison/Thomas Gallery, New York, NY.
           New Work, Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago IL.
           The Landscape in Art: New Traditions & Extended Meanings, Rockford Art Museum,
Rockford, IL.
1990   Still Life Anthology, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New  York, NY.
           Nature/nature, co-curated by Linda King and Karen Indeck, Gallery 400, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL.
1990   The Chicago Show, The Chicago Public Library Cultural Center, Chicago, IL.
1989   Small Format, Lang & O'Hara Gallery, New York, NY.
           Preview, Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL.
1989   Resurgence: Surrealism Inferred, Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL.
           Milano Internazionale D'Arte Contemporanea, Milan  Italy.
1987   Art from Chicago, St. Mary's College Art Gallery, Notre Dame, IN.
1987   Fifteenth Union League Club Exhibition, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL.
1986   New Horizons in Art 1986, The Chicago Public Library Cultural Center, Chicago, IL.
           Self-Portraits, A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, IL.
           Recent Art from Chicago, Artists Space, New York, NY.
           Emerging 1985, State of Illinois Art Gallery, Chicago, IL.

SELECTED COLLECTIONS                
American Airlines, Admirals' Club, Chicago,IL.

AT&T, Midwest Corporate Headquarters, Chicago, IL.
Deloitte & Touche, Chicago, IL.           
First National Bank of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
The Gund Collection, Cambridge, MA.
MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, IL.
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA.
Nordstrums,Seattle,WA.
Novak & Macey, Chicago, IL.
Phillip Morris Management Corporation, New York, NY.
Prudential Insurance Company, Newark, NJ.
South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN.
Sprint, Overpark, KS.
Union League Club, Chicago, IL.
United States Trust Company, New York, NY.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2009    Artner, Alan, “David Kroll Show Delights”, Chicago Tribune, January 16, 2009.
            Miller, Chris, “Review: David Kroll/ Zolla Lieberman Gallery, New City Jan. 26, 2009.
2008    Friskics-Warren, Bill, “New Paintings By David Kroll Contemplate Humanity’s Place In Nature, Our Impact On It.”, The Tennessean, September 14, 2008.    
2006    Wagonfeld, Judy, “David Kroll’s Meticulously Painted Oils are Old-Master Style Statements of Foreboding”, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, January 20, 2006.
2002     “(Un) earthly Delights: Paintings by David Kroll”, Orion People and Nature: Twentieth
Anniversary Issue, Summer 2002.
             Knowles, Susan W, “David Kroll and Barry Buxkamper”, Art Papers Magazine, July/August‘02.
             Marschal, Richard, “Diverse Approach To Realism”, Charlotte Observer, June 22, 2001.
2001    Brown, Linda Luise, “Imaginary Science, David Kroll Paints a Paradise Lost”, Creative Loafing Charlotte, June 13-19, 2001.
2000    Bell, J. Bowyer, “David Kroll, New Paintings”, Review, February 15, 2000.
            Bostick, Alan, “Kroll, Stryk Nestle Work at Cumberland Gallery”,  The Tennessean, 5/14/2002.
            Snodgrass, Susan, “Painter David Kroll at Zolla/Lieberman Gallery”, International
Contemporary Art, May-August 1999.
            Holg, Garrett, “David Kroll”. Art News, March 1999.
            Koeppel, Frederic, “Evocations of Dutch Still Life Intensify Anemia of Modernity”, Memphis Commercial Appeal, May 29, 1999.
            Yood, James, "The Dark Side of Nature", Southwest Art, March.
           Hawkins, Margaret, Painter David Kroll Walks on the Wild Side of Nature”, Chicago Sun-Times, December 18,1998.
1998    Artner, Alan, “Kroll Continues His Twist of Perspective”, Chicago, Tribune, Dec., 1998.
1997    Self, Dana, "Out of Eden", The Kemper Museum of Art & Design (catalog).                
            Hewett, Heather, "In Memory of Pleasure", Art Papers,September-October.
            Wasserman, Nadine, "In Memory of Pleasure", New Art Examiner, June.
            Auer, James, "Young Artists Take Look Back With Wit, Technical                                             Mastery", Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 19.
1996    Kuspit, Donald, "Sinister Beauty, or the Return to Pleasures of the Imagination: Five Illinois Painters", Illinois State Museum (catalog).                 
            Weins, Ann, "(Un)Earthly Delights", The New Art Examiner, September.          
            Bauer, Monica, "Ronald M. Cohen, David Kroll, Ken Warneke", The New Art Examiner, March.
            Green, Nick, "Triumph of Hyde Park Art Center", The Chicago Maroon, University of Chicago, January 30.
            Glatt, Cara, "Local Art center Hosts Provocative Show", Hyde Park Herald, January 14.
            Melrod, George. "Back to Nature", Art and Antiques, February.
1994    Yood, James. "David Kroll", Artforum, November.
            Riddell, Jennifer. "David Kroll", New Art Examiner, November.
            Artner, Alan. "Ominous Hints", Chicago Tribune, September 15.
            Lone Fitht, Tony. "Still Life is Not Just a Bowl of Fruit", North Dakota Herald, January 12.
1993    Artner, Alan. "Man and Nature", Chicago Tribune, May 6.
1992    Cotter,Holland. "Nature Fabrilis", The New York Times, Arts in Review, July 3. 
            Paine, Janice T. "'Light' Shines on Artists", Milwaukee                                                             Sentinel, Let's Go, Friday, February 7.
            Snodgrass, Susan. "Chicago: David Kroll at Betsy Rosenfield", Art  in America, January.
1991    Wilson, Wade, "David Kroll", New Art Examiner, December.
            Schneeman, Liane. "Still Alive: Contemporary Still Life", Rockford College Art Gallery,
Rockford IL, (catalog).
            Mella, Joseph. "The Landscape in Art: New Traditions and Extended Meanings", Rockford Art Museum, Rockford IL, (brochure/essay).
1990    Postiglione, Corey. "Nature/nature", Dialogue, May/June.
1989    Snodgrass, Susan. "Resurgence", New Art Examiner, September.
            "Primavisione: New Exper by Young Italian and
1989    American Artists", City of Chicago Twined with the City of Milan, Italy, (catalog).
            Halvorsen, Steve. "David Kroll", Dialogue, March/April.
1987    Robinson, Walter. "State of the Art: Young, Gifted, and Affordable", Metropolitan Home,
November.
1986    Yood, James. "Recent Art From Chicago", Artists Space, New York, NY, (catalog).

AWARDS
1996-1997  Arts Midwest/NEA  Regional Visual Artist Fellowship Award
1991  Artist Fellowship Award, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago, IL.
          Jurors Prize "The Chicago Show", Chicago Public Library Cultural Center, Chicago, IL.
1987   Silliman Merit Award/ Anthony Mourek Purchase Prize Union League Club Exhibition, Chicago, IL

 

 


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