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ROLAND KULLA

EDUCATION
1976  Master of Arts, The School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago,
          Chicago, IL
1970  Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2104  George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2012  Fermilab, Batavia, IL
2011  Berliner Liste. ARTexhibitionLink, Berlin, Germany
2010  Urban Patterns. George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2010  ZIA Gallery, Winnetka, IL
2008  International Bridge Conference, Pittsburgh, PA
2007  Bridging New York, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2006  Elemental Boston, Gallery Katz, Boston, MA
2006  Iconic Chicago, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005  Rosewood Arts Center, Kettering, OH
2005  Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL
2004  Rust, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004  Steel Beauty, Steeple Gallery, St. John, IN
2003  Nuts and Bolts, The University Club, Chicago, IL
2003  Bridge Works, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
2002  Constructs, The Union League Club, Chicago, IL
2002  Transitions, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2002  Nuts and Bolts, Fine Arts Building, Chicago, IL
2002  Nuts and Bolts, The Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago, IL
2001  Constructs, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999  Solitude, Bloomingdale Art Museum, Bloomingdale, IL
1999  Local Color, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, IL
1998  Vedanta Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997  J.R. Kortman Gallery, Rockford, IL

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011  Art Chicago. George Billis Gallery, Chicago, IL
2011  3 Person Show. Willis Tower, Chicago, IL
2010  Architectural + Industrial Realism. 3 person show at the Washington County Museum of
          Fine Arts,Hagerstown, Md.
2010  Art Chicago. George Billis Gallery, Chicago, IL
2010  Rockford Biennial. Rockford Museum of Art, Rockford, IL
2010  Incised, Bitten and Gouged. Anchor Graphics and the Chicago Printmakers Collaborative.
          Ukrainian Museum of Art, Chicago, IL
2010  New York Moments. George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2010  Gallery Artists: Selected Works. George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2009  Red. Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago, IL
2009  Architectural Abstractions. 2 person show at the Hinsdale Center for the Arts, Hinsdale, IL
2008  Art Against Aids, Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago, IL
2008  Evanston Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
2007  Art Against Aids, Illonois Institute of Art, Chicago, IL
2007  Roland Kulla and Ed Iverson at Corkscrew Pointe, McHenry, IL
2007  National Art Premeiere 2007, Elmurst Artist’s Guild Gallery, Elmhurst Art Museum,
          Elmhurst, IL
2006 2006  Rockford Midwestern, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
2006  INK, Brickton Art Center, Park Ridge, IL
2006 2006  Biennial: Contemporary American Realism, Fort Wayne Museum of Art,
                   Ft. Wayne, IN
2006  Perceptions of Solitude: 3 Person Show, Ohio State University, Mansfield, OH
2005  5 Chicago Artists, Art Source, Chicago, IL
2005  Contemporary Realism, Prairie State College Christopher Art Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
2005  The Collection Exhibition, Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago, IL
2005  The Modern Landscape, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL
2005  Summer Shorts, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005  Edward Hospital, Naperville, IL
2005  Gallery H, Three Oaks, MI
2005  Structure, Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago, IL
2005  Living Artists Invitational, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005  Art on Paper International Competition, Artlink Gallery, Ft. Wayne, IN
2005  4th Annual Juried Exhibition, Lemon Street Gallery, Kenosha, WI First Place Award
2005  Industrial Landscape, 2 person show, Crown Center Gallery, Loyola University, Chicago, IL
2004  Chicago Art Open, Chicago Artists’ Coalition, Chicago, IL
2004  Short Series, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004  Collector Exhibition, Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago, IL, Purchase Award
2004  Resident/Non-Resident, Chicago Art Source, Chicago, IL
2004  Manhattan Athletic Club, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2004  Industrial Beauty, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2004  Inside/Outside, 2 person show, Brickton Art Center, Park Ridge, IL
2004  Big small Town, Around the Coyote, Chicago, IL
2004  Patterns of Texture, Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago, IL
2004  Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
2003  Right Brain/Left Brain, 2 person show, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL
2003  Male Call, 3 person show, Barrington Area Arts Council, Barrington, IL
2003  Winter Invitational, The Painting Center, New York, NY
2003  Orleans Street Gallery, Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles, IL
2003  Galex 37, Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL, Award of Excellence
2003  13th Annual National Art Competition, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO
2003  Chicago Artists, Viridian Artists, New York, NY
2003  Small Works Show, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002  Let There Be Light, Christopher Gallery, Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL
2002  5th Annual Chicago Art Open, Chicago Artists’ Coalition, Chicago, IL
2002  FAB Gallery Group Show, Steeple Gallery, St. John, IN
2002  NWCC Group Show, Elmwood Park Public Library, Elmwood Park, IL
2002  Vicinity Biennial, Evanston Arts Center, Evanston, IL
2002  Urban Edges VI, Barrington Area Arts Council, Barrington, IL, Honorable Mention
2002  Ragdale 25th Anniversary Show, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002  Spectrum; Contemporary Art of Chicago, Chicago Athenaeum, Schaumburg, IL
2001  Fine Arts Building Show, Fine Arts Building, Chicago, IL
2001  25th Annual Baer Art Competition, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL, Best Figurative Work
2001  Chicago Art Open 2001, Chicago Artists’ Coalition, Chicago, IL
2001  Northern National, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI, Merit Award
2001  Realism III International Exhibition, Period Gallery, Omaha, NE, Special Recognition
          Award
2001  Members and Guests, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001  Reach! Tombo, Chicago, IL
2001  Art Scene Chicago 2000, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001  Art Scene Chicago 2000, Chicago Athenaeum, Schaumburg, IL
2000  Fine Arts Building Group Show, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000  It’s For Real, Norris Gallery, St. Charles, IL
2000  Chicago Art Open 2000, Chicago Artists’ Coalition, Chicago, IL
2000  Ah Men ‘00, Barrington Area Arts Council, Barrington, IL
2000  Opposite Attractions, 2 person show, insideART, Chicago, IL
1999  23rd Annual Baer Art Competition, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL
1999  Chicago Art Open 1999, Chicago Artists’ Coalition, Chicago, IL
1999  Ah Men ‘99, Barrington Area Arts Council, Barrington, IL
1999  Annual Juried Show, Arts for Living Center, Burlington, IA
1999  Regional Show XIV, Southside Art League, Greenwood, IN
1999  Art and Music Festival, Norris Gallery, St. Charles, IL
1999  20th Biennial Exhibition, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
1999  Perceptions of Solitude, 3 person exhibition, Laura Sprague Art Gallery, Joliet, IL
1998  Perceptions of Solitude, 3 person exhibition, Alliance for the Varied Arts, Logan, UT
1998  48th Annual Quad-State Exhibition, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
1998  3rd Annual National Small Works Exhibition, An Art Place, Chicago, IL
1998  Chicago Beyond, Vedanta Gallery, Chicago, IL
1998  Personal Sightings III, Blanden Museum of Art, Fort Dodge, IA
1998  1998 Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
1998  Urban Edges II, Barrington Area Arts Council, Barrington, IL
1997  Perceptions of Solitude, 3 person exhibition, University of Wisconsin-Parkside,
          Kenosha, WI
1997  Informal, Vedanta Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997  Northern National Juried Art Competition, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI
1997  Art and Music Festival, Norris Gallery, St. Charles, IL
1997  12th Annual Juried Art Exhibit, John. G. Blank Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN
1997  Urban Edges, Barrington Area Arts Council Barrington, IL, Best of Show Award
1997  Art of Diversity III, An Art Place, Chicago, IL
1997  Shapes and Images, Norris Gallery, St. Charles, IL
1996  Members’ Show, Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL
1996  Small Works Show, Eclectic Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1996  Vicinity Exhibition, Norris Gallery, St. Charles, IL
1996  National Pastel Painting Exhibition, Hispanic Arts Center, Albuquerque, NM
1996  A Square Deal, Acme Arts Center, Chicago, IL
1996  22nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Shelby Art League, Shelby, NC
1996  Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI
1996  1996 Stateline Vicinity Exhibition, The Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
1995  Vicinity Exhibition, Norris Gallery, St. Charles, IL
1995  19th Annual Baer Art Competition, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL
1995  Harvest Biennial Regional Exhibition, Jay County Arts Council, Portland, IN
1995  20th Annual Members Show, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
1995  Area Invitational Art Exhibition, Aurora University, Aurora, IL
1994  18th Annual Baer Art Competition, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL

PUBLICATIONS
2010  American Collector
2009  American Collector
2007  American Art Collector
2006  American Collector
2005  American Collector
2004  New American Paintings Vol. 53
2004  American Collector
2004  Living Artists. Crow Woods Press
2002  Whetstone (cover art); Barrington Area Arts Council
1999  Art Scene Chicago 2000. Crow Woods Press

TEACHING
2003  Presenter, Self Employment in the Arts Conference, North Central College, Naperville, IL

ARTIST RESIDENCY
2007  Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
2001  Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
2000  Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
1996  Oxbow, Saugatuck, MI

CURATORIAL
2011  Juror, 57th St. Art Fair, Chicago, IL
2006  Juror, 57th St. Art Fair, Chicago, IL
2005  Juror, Fountain Square Art Festival, Evanston, IL
2004  Chair, Exhibition Committee, Fine Arts Building Gallery
2002  Co-director, 5th Annual Chicago Art Open, Chicago Artists’ Coalition

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