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
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
