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EDUCATION
MFA University of Illinois, Chicago, IL , 1994
BA Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 1984
Syracuse University, Florence Italy, Intensive Study in Art, Architecture, Art History & Photography, 1982-1983
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
A FOREST SHOUTING, Alma Contemporary, Chicago, IL
2022
THE VIOLET HOUR, The Garage Gallery, Beacon, NY
SEA CHANGE , The Schingoethe Museum, Aurora University, Aurora, IL
2021
THE CANARY IN THE LAKE, HOW CLIMATE CHANGE IS AFFECTING FRESHWATER GLOBAL LAKES,
University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
THE SUFFRAGETTE CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS, Freeport Art Museum, Freeport, IL
2019
ALICE HARGRAVE AT FREEHAND, Freehand Gallery, Chicago, IL.
2018
LAST CALLS / ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT … Sonnenschein and Albright Galleries, Lake Forest College, IL
PARADISE WAVERING, Pictura Gallery, Bloomington, IN
2017
PARADISE WAVERING, University Galleries, Bloomington, IL. (Fall 2017)
PARADISE WAVERING, Gallery 555, Boston, MA
2016
PARADISE WAVERING, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL (Monograph)
2014
UNTITLED (EXPEDITIONS), Audible Gallery, Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago, IL
2012
ALICE HARGRAVE (RESIDUALS), Woodlands Academy, Lake Forest, IL
2010
UNTITLED(FAMILY), Audible Gallery, Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago IL
2004
HOME (MOVIES), McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL
2003
NEW PHOTOGRAPHS; ALDEN & HOME(MOVIES), Brushwood Gallery, Ryerson Woods, Deerfield, IL
2000
ALICE HARGRAVE PHOTOGRAPHS, Isis Gallery, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
1998
FECUNDITY, The Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
ALICE HARGRAVE, Barat College Gallery, Lake Forest, IL
1995
ALICE HARGRAVE PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKS, TBA Exhibition Space, Thomas Blackman Associates, Chicago, IL
1994
MATTER, Gallery 400, University of Illinois, Chicago. IL
1991
THE ARCHITECTURE OF MEMORY, The Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
CO-FLOURISH, Hockaday Museum, Kalispell, MT
2022
SILENCED - VIDEO WORKS - THE DRAWING ROOM - ARTS CLUB CHICAGO, Chicago, IL
ARTS CLUB CHICAGO, Artist Members Exhibition, Chicago, IL
SEMBLANCE: UNFOLDED AND BROUGHT TO LIGHT, ALICE HARGRAVE & BARBARA DIENER, Freark Gallery, Riverside Arts Center, Riverside, IL
2021
OPEN AIR AT FLATHEAD LAKE BIOLOGICAL STATION, Bigfork, MT
FLOURISH: Come Hell or High Water, 709 Gallery, Missoula, MT
2020
NOT JUST ANOTHER PRETTY FACE, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
ARTS CLUB CHICAGO, Artist Members Exhibition, Chicago, IL
2019
LIANZHOU FOTO FESTIVAL, Lianzhou, China
MORE PINK NOISE - WORK FROM THE STELLA COLLECTIVE, Var West Gallery, Milwaukee WI.
2018
NEW CATS IN ART PHOTOGRAPHY / HUMBLE CATS; Photoville, Dumbo, Brooklyn NY
CARRIE SECRIST GALLERY / TRUTH CLAIM ; Chicago, IL
IN THE BEGINNING OF SPECIES / THINNING OF SPECIES, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins CO
HOUSTON CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY, Auction Exhibition, Houston, TX
ARTS CLUB CHICAGO, Artist Members Exhibition, Chicago, IL
WE LIKE SMALL THINGS V2, Filter Gallery, Chicago IL
PINK NOISE, Veeck Gallery, Chicago, IL
GALLERY 19, Chicago,IL
SILVER EYE CENTER for PHOTOGRAPHY, Auction Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA
2017
WE LIKE SMALL THINGS, Filter Gallery, Chicago IL
2016
LAWRENCE & CLARK GALLERY, Curated by Jason Pickleman, Chicago, IL
NOT JUST ANOTHER PRETTY FACE, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
ON THE SHELF, Juried by Kelli Connell, Filter Gallery, Chicago IL
2015
FRACTION OF A SECOND, 516 Arts Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
CONTEXT 2015, Juried by Michal Raz-Russo, Filter Gallery, Chicago IL
SKY, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
RADICAL COLOR, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
2014
TROUVÉ, Pavilion, Chicago, IL
STELLA, THE NATURE OF A COLLECTIVE, Ukrainian Museum of Art, Chicago, IL
2013
DEFINE DRAWING, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington IL
THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES, University Galleries of Illinois State University, Bloomington, IL (Book)
2012
STELLA COLLECTIVE ART CART & EXHIBITION, Fine Arts Building Chicago Photography Center, Chicago IL
2010
THE BACKYARD, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington IL
2009
GHOSTLY ECHOES, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
2008
CURIOUSER & CURIOUSER, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington IL
2007
RELATIVE CLOSENESS, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
ART METZ/ PHOTOGRAPHIE, Metz, France
2006
EXPOSED : ENVISIONING THE INVISIBLE BODY ; McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington Il.
RE- ; Gage Gallery, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL.
2004
A ROOMFUL OF IMAGES ; Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Chicago Il.
WITHIN THIS GARDEN; Illinois Wesleyan University; Bloomington, IL.
2002
DIGITALIS; Sonnenschein Gallery, Lake Forest College, IL.
REPO(SESSION) ; Gallery 312 , Chicago
2001
SEVEN MIDWEST PHOTOGRAPHERS, Chicago Athenaeum Museum, Chicago, IL
CITY 2000, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
ZEROS & ONES, University of St. Francis, Moser Gallery, Joliet, IL
SUNFLOWERS, Chicago Botanic Garden Museum, Chicago, IL
CHICAGO & VICINITY WITH A BIAS, Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL
2000
FOREIGN BODIES, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT. (catalogue)
BOTANICA: CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS & THE WORLD OF PLANTS, The Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL. (catalogue)
1999
STARRY NIGHT, Carol Ehlers Gallery, Chicago, IL
ROMANCING THE BRAIN, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, PA. (catalogue)
BOTANICA: CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS & THE WORLD OF PLANTS, Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN
OTHERVILLE, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
1998
SPACE, SITE, SELF, The Smart Museum of Art, Chicago IL (catalogue)
PHOTOGRAPHY’S MULTIPLE ROLES, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL. (catalogue)
CHICAGO ABSTRACTION, Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL
ARTIST MEMBERS, The Arts Club, Chicago, IL
1997
SCIENTIA ARTIFEX, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
TRACE, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
ALICE HARGRAVE & YVETTE SMITH, PHOTOGRAPHS & SCULPTURE, Elgin College Gallery, Two-Person & Catalogue, Elgin,IL
FIGURE, Betty Rumor Gallery, School of The Art Institute, Chicago, IL
1996
PHOTOGRAPHER'S IN THE 90'S, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
A BODY OF ART, Renaissance Society, Chicago, IL
CHICAGO ABSTRACTION, Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL
DON BAUM SAYS: CHICAGO HAS FAMOUS ARTISTS, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
AN UNTITLED SELECTION OF CHICAGO PHOTOGRAPHERS, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
HEAT, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
ARTIST MEMBERS, The Arts Club, Chicago, IL
1995
EXHIBITION & BENEFIT, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
WANDERLUST...ABSTRACTION IN CHICAGO, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
1994
UNKNOWN CHICAGO, Gallery 312, Chicago, IL
(NOT SO) NEGATIVE, Ten In One Gallery, Chicago, IL
1993
ABSTRACT CHICAGO, Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL
JUST GOOD ART, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
LAND, Lannon Cole Gallery, Chicago, IL
1992
MIDWEST SHOW, Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, IA
VISIONS OF HOPE, State of Illinois Center, Chicago, IL
ART ENCOUNTER, Ricky Renier Gallery, Chicago, IL
P.A.C., World Tattoo Gallery, Chicago, IL
AWARDS
2025
CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY PUBLIC ART COMMISSION FOR RED LINE HOLLYWOOD STATION
2024
FLIGHT OF THE BUTTERFLIES - Public Art Commission - The Nature Museum of Chicago
2023
VERMONT STUDIO CENTER - Artist Residency, Johnson VT
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE — TROUT LAKE STATION, Art / Science Artist residency at The University of Wisconsin Center for Limnology Boulder Junction WI
2022
FINALIST E(ART)H CHICAGO - Public Art Commission
2021
FINALIST AWARD UNIVERSITY of ILLINOIS - Public Art Installation for new Mathematics & Data Science Atrium Illini Center
PUBLIC ART FINALIST AWARD — Budlong Branch of The Chicago Public Library
CRITICAL MASS FINALIST
CHICAGO DESIGN MUSEUM & DEPARTMENT of CULTURAL AFFAIRS, COMMISSION for Art promoting Covid Vaccinations
LENSCRATCH, Art & Science Award
2020
ILLINOIS ARTS COUNCIL FELLOWSHIP, In Visual-Based Arts (Photography) 2020 Individual Artist Award
FELLOWSHIP — RAGDALE ARTIST RESIDENCY, Lake Forest IL.
ARTIST RESIDENCY — STUDIOS AT KEY WEST, Key West, Florida
ARTIST RESIDENCY — FLATHEAD LAKE BIOLOGICAL STATION, Missoula, Montana
2019
ILLINOIS ARTS COUNCIL FELLOWSHIP, Individual Artist Finalist Award 2019 Award
THE PRINT CENTER, Semi-finalist 2019 International Competition, Philadelphia, PA
2018
KLOMPCHING GALLERY, FRESH Finalist, Brooklyn, NY
THE PRINT CENTER, Semi-finalist 2018 International Competion, Philadelphia, PA
2015
CRITICAL MASS FINALIST
2011
3 ARTS ARTISTS AWARD, Nominated, Chicago, IL
2000
ILLINOIS ARTS COUNCIL, Individual Artist Grant
1994
FACULTY PRIZE for graduate study, University of Illinois, Chicago
1993
UNIVERSITY FELLOWSHIP, Full tuition waiver & stipend, University of Illinois
1992
UNITED WAY / KODAK, First Place Award, Residency at Center for Computer Imaging, Camden Maine
1991
ILLINOIS ARTS COUNCIL, Special Assistance Grant
COMMUNITY ARTS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM GRANT, Chicago Dept. of Cultural Affairs
GOLDEN CROWN AWARD, Columbia University NY
TEACHING
1994 - 2016
COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO, Adjunct Professor of Photography
2000
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, Visiting Artist, Graduate Advising
1998-1999
COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO, Full Time Professor, Tenure Track
1996-1997
COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO, Full-Time Sabbatical replacement
1995-1998
SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE, CHICAGO, Visiting Artist, Photography
1994
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, CHICAGO, Photography
1992
MARWEN FOUNDATION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2025 THE CANARY IN THE LAKE, Monograph published by Illinois State University (Upcoming)
2024 THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE MAGAZINE, Winter 2024
2023 A FOREST SHOUTING - TERRIBLE BEAUTY, New City, Susan Aurinko, 11/16/23
2021 ALL ABOUT BIRDS, CORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLOGY, Fashion Forward Spectrograms: White Stork Calls Gp Haute Couture
NPR INTERVIEW, Artist’s New Work Melds Science with Art at University Galleries, Laura Kennedy, 3/4/21
EVERYONE QUARTERLY, The Architecture of Sound, 2/21 - ongoing
WHAT WILL YOU REMEMBER, Altered Landscape, 1/19/21
2020
KONK LIFE, Artist Alice Hargrave on “Last Calls: Why Save That Simple Brown Bird?”
THE PRINT CENTER, Online Exhibition featuring the International Award winners
2019
THE PRINT CENTER, Online Exhibition featuring the International Award winners
2018
EIKON; International Magazine for Photography and Media Art; Vienna, Austria
Shifting Layers, On Photography and Memory in the work of Alice Q. Hargrave, Feature by Nela Eggenberger #103 / 2018
NEW CITY; Post-Truth and Proud Of It: A Review of “Truth Claim” at Carrie Secrist Gallery, Lindsay Hutchens 7/30/18
CLASSIC CHICAGO MAGAZINE; The Incredible Arts Club Member Show, Judy Bross 1/31/18
2017
NPR Interview; Paradise Wavering Exhibition, Laura Kennedy, 9/19/17
BNAC Blog; Paradise Wavering Exhibition Review, Sarah Foote, 9/18/17
BOSTON HASSLE, Paradise Wavering, Kevin Choi, 4/29/17
WHAT WILL YOU REMEMBER, The Human Landscape, Highlights from Photolucida 2017, 4/27/17
2016
DAYLIGHT BOOKS, Paradise Wavering, Monograph, Spring 2016
WHAT WILL YOU REMEMBER, Our Favorite Photography Books of 2016, 12/6/16
L'OEIL DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE, Book Review, 7/12/16
WALLPAPER PHOTOGRAPHY MAGAZINE UK, 4/16
NEUE JOURNAL, Alice Q. Hargrave Explores The Melancholic Side of Paradise, 4/6/16
THE COMP MAGAZINE, Memories and The Natural World, 7/16
NEW CITY, Vivid Colors Wash Over Memories,Vasia Rigou, 6/3/16
DAYLIGHT DIGITAL FEATURE, Paradise Wavering, 8/1/16
CLASSIC CHICAGO MAGAZINE, Alice Hargrave: Paradise Wavering, Judy Carmack Bross, 6/25/16
F-STOP MAGAZINE, Paradise Wavering by Alice Hargrave, book review, Cary Benbow, 7/17/16
DON'T TAKE PICTURES, Photo of the Day, Floating Palm, 10/17/16
2015
WHAT WILL YOU REMEMBER, Elin Spring Photography Blog, Everything in Context 3/4/15
HUMBLE ARTS FOUNDATION, Radical Color 2/15
COLUMBIA CHRONICLE, Context 2015 to Feature Work of Columbia Professor 2/2/15
SKY, Griffin Museum of Photography, Exhibition Publication, Paula Tognarelli
2014
F-STOP MAGAZINE, 11/14, Issue #67 Happy Accidents
HUFFINGTON POST, 10/6/14, New Cats in Art Photography
BBC News, 10/23/14, In Pictures: Feline Focus
HUMBLE ARTS FOUNDATION, 10/14, New Cats in Art Photography
JAN TICHY, CHICAGO PROJECTIONS, Images from the permanent collection of The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES, Kendra Paitz
WHAT WILL YOU REMEMBER, Elin Spring Photography Blog 10/29/14, The Nature Of A Collective Review of the Exhibition.
WHAT WILL YOU REMEMBER; Elin Spring Photography Blog 10/28/14, Discovering Stella Review of Stella the Collective
2013
LENSCRATCH, 10/30/13, Featured Artist, Online Daily Photography Journal
FRACTION, Issue 56, Featured Artist, Online Monthly Photography Journal
2010
NEW CITY, 6/10, Review of Exhibit Untitled (family), Michael A. Weinstein
2009
EVANSTON PIONEER PRESS, 9 /3, review of Ghostly Echoes, J.T. Morand
2002
ARTNET MAGAZINE, 1-02, Prairie Smoke, Victor M. Cassidy
2001
ARTNET MAGAZINE, 6-01, See It Fresh, Victor M. Cassidy
2000
NEW YORK ARTS, 12-00, Mark Cohen
YALE DAILY NEWS, 1-11-00, Benita Jones
NEW HAVEN REGISTER, 11-5-00, Judy Birke
1999
BOTANICA, Catalogue published by The Tweed Museum of Art
ROMANCING THE BRAIN, Catalogue, Pittsburgh Center for the Art
NEW ART EXAMINER, 1-99, Tony Neuhoff
THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 1-1-99, Alan Artner
1998
PHOTOGRAPHY’S MULTIPLE ROLES, Book, Museum of Contemporary Photography’s Permanent Collection
SPACE, SITE, SELF, Catalogue The Smart Museum of Art
CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 9-21-98, Connie Lauerman.
U-TURN, Online Art Review, Featured Artist
C- INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ART, #57 - 98, Corey Postiglione
1997
ARTNET MAGAZINE, 7-28-97, Victor M. Cassidy
THE SUN TIMES, 4-4-97, Delia O’Hara.
1996
THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 6-27-96, Alan Artner
THE READER, 1-19-96, Fred Camper.
1995
NEW ART EXAMINER, 5-95, Deborah Wilk
1994
THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 10-30-94, Barbara Brotman
1992
NEW CITY, 12-24-92, Michael A. Weinstein
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, 9-13-92, Chris Vartanian
1991
THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 2-1-91, Abigail Foerstner
TIA CHUCHA PRESS, Collaborative book published with poet Jean Howard
NEW CITY, 3-7-91, Michael A. Weinstein
CHICAGO MAGAZINE, 1-90, Special issue on Chicago Photographers
1989
THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 10-11-89, James F. Quinn
CHICAGO ARTISTS COALITION NEWS, 3-89, Jean Fulton
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY
THE RUTTENBERG COLLECTION
THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, JOAN FLASCH ARTISTS' BOOK COLLECTION
AURORA UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM
WILLIS TOWER
FOUR SEASONS COLLECTION
HYATT CORPORATION
NUVEEN CORPORATION
OUTER CIRCLE CORP
RUSH PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2023 ARTIST TALK, Alma Art
2022 ARTIST TALK, Riverside Arts Center, Riverside, IL
ARTIST TALK, Visiting Artist SEA CHANGE Aurora University, Aurora, IL
2021
CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND THE CHICAGO DESIGN MUSEUM, Commission to produce art work for Chicago’s Vaxination Campaign.
ARTS CLUB OF CHICAGO, Virtual exhibition tour and talk
2020
ARTIST TALK, Florida Keys Audubon Society
ARTIST TALK, Ragdale Residency, Lake Forest, IL
VISITING ARTIST, College of Dupage, Glen Ellyn, IL
2019
COMMISSIONS, Three Patrons commissioned work for The Hyde Park Art Center - Not Just Another Pretty Face
2018
ARTIST TALK, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Benefit Auction Preview
ARTIST TALK, Pictura Gallery, Bloomington, IN
ARTIST TALK, The Role of Artists and Artistic Practice In an Upside Down World, Lake Forest College, IL
ARTIST TALK, Gallery 19, Chicago, IL
2017
ARTIST TALK; Illinois State University
COMMISSION; Concept and design for photographic installations, Wall scaled canvas photographs and pigment prints, Minos Italian
COMMISSION; Hyatt Corporation, River Triptych for new building, Chicago, IL.
2016
COMMISSION, Patron of Hyde Park Art Center for Not Just Another Pretty Face
ARTIST TALK and BOOK SIGNING, Museum of Contemporary Photography
ARTIST TALK and BOOK SIGNING, Hyde Park Art Center:The Elusive Present with MoCP Curator Allison Grant
ARTIST TALK and PANEL, Hyde Park Art Center: Time Keeps on Slipping… with Karen Reimer and
Climatologist Elisabeth Moyer
ARTIST TALK and BOOK SIGNING, San Francisco Camerawork
ARTIST TALK and BOOK SIGNING, Filter Photo Festival
2008-present
STELLA PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTIVE; participation artist
1996 - present
MIDWEST PHOTOGRAPHERS PROJECT, Portfolio at the Museum of Contemporary Photography Print Study Room
2007
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY, Fine Print Program, Commissioned Edition of fifty prints
2001
PHOTOGRAPHIC RESEARCH RESIDENCY at Chicago Botanic Garden
2000
VISITING ARTIST, UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME, South Bend Indiana
1999
VISITING ARTIST, SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE
1998
GUEST LECTURER, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, CHICAGO
GUEST LECTURER, BARAT COLLEGE, Lake Forest, IL
1997
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Art On The Move, Studio Visit
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY, Dangerous Beauty, Lecture, Chicago, IL
1994 - 2001
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, appointed member of the Visiting Committee for The Visual Arts