JACKIE KAZARIAN
EDUCATION
1989
1981
M.F.A. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
B.S. Zoology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
SELECTED ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2012
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2004
1998
1996
1994
1993
1991
Jackie Kazarian, Bellvitge Art, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
Expect Nothing: New Works by Jackie Kazarian, Chicago Cultural Center
Jackie Kazarian, Damascus, Syria
Jackie Kazarian, Lattakia, Syria
Jackie Kazarian, Union League Club of Chicago
Jackie Kazarian, exhale, Alfedena Gallery, Chicago
Jackie Kazarian: breath, Stubbs, Chicago
Jackie Kazarian, The Artist Project, Artropolis, Chicago
Jackie Kazarian, The Artist Project, Artropolis, Chicago
Focus 5, Illinois State Museum Gallery, Chicago
Gebben Gray Gallery, Fennville, MI
Don’t Blink, Three Arts Club, Chicago
From Mariam’s kitchen--the wallpaper series, Boyadjian Gallery,
AGBU Alex Manoogian Center, Pasadena, California
Jackie Kazarian, The Garden Wall Papers, Klein Art Works, Chicago
Klein Art Works, Chicago
55 Mercer, New York, New York
Klein Art Works, Chicago
Klein Art Works, Chicago
1935 Gallery, Chicago
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012
2011
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2003
2002
2000
1999
1998
1997
Jackie Kazarian, Carol Ysla and Ron Ysla, Ysla Gallery, Wilmette, Illinois
More is More, Jackie Kazarian, Daryl Morris and Sandra Perlow, Berverly Arts Center, Illinois
39 Verbs, project of Industry of the Ordinary, Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago
Rhythms Occupy: four painters examine the Nature within our surroundings, Art Center of
Highland Park, Illinois
Giving Form to Faith: Art at the Cathedral, St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral, New York
Sheets, Planes and Pulp:Works on (and of) Paper, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois
Gebben Gray Gallery, Bridge Art Fair, Miami
Outlaw A, Nova Art Fair, Chicago
Gebben Grey Gallery, Fennville, Michigan
Copy Cat, LIPA Gallery, Chicago
Not Just Another Pretty Face, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
Memento Mori, L.I.P.A. Gallery, Chicago
Interior Spaces Still Lives, McLean County Arts Center , Bloomington, Illinois
Botanica: Contemporary Art and the World of Plants, Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, Deluth
Abstraction Chicago, Klein Art Works, Chicago
Abstraction: Group Show, Klein Art Works, Chicago
Contemporary Abstraction, Klein Art Works, Chicago
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1996
1994
1993
1992
Paper Chase, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago
Abstractions Now, Klein Art Works, Chicago
Contemporary Abstraction, Klein Art Works, Chicago
Aquatic Visions: Contemporary Works by Midwest Artists, Shedd Aquarium, Chicago
Grit and Polish: Art and Space, State of Illinois Art Gallery, Chicago
Small Abstraction, Margulies-Taplin Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida
Armenian Artists Exhibition, Dittmar Memorial Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
PROJECTS AND COLLABORATIONS
2008
2007
2006
2004
2003
2002
Monument, video created with Doug Stapleton for The Seldoms, Chicago
Overflow, video created for The Seldoms, Chicago
Wall of Invisible Difference with The Seldoms , Flatfile Galleries, Chicago
Public Domain, Open Studio Program, City of Chicago
The Home Show, Cincinnati, Ohio
Fertile Muck, performance and installation with Ginger Farley, Chicago
The Welcome Project, exhibition in collaboration with the Program for Refugee Women
from African and Middle Eastern Countries, Roosevelt University, Chicago
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
2004
2004
2004
1996
Pomegranate I/II, United States Embassy, Yerevan, Armenia
Chicago Landscape I/II, Chicago Police Department, 17th District Station, City of Chicago
The Tall Tale Tree Project, Town of Huntington, New York
Women’s Work, Chicago Public Library, Independence Branch
AWARDS AND PUBLIC SERVICE
2010
2008
Visiting Artist, United States Embassy, Damascus, Syria
Fellowship, Ellen Stone Belic Institute for the Study of Women & Gender in the Arts & Media,
Columbia College, Chicago.
1996-04 Advisory Board, Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago
1998-04 Exhibition Advisory Committee, Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago
1997-04 Grants Panelist (Chair), City Arts Program, City of Chicago
1991
Community Artist Assistance Program Grant, City of Chicago
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Waxman, Lori. “Jackie Kazarian: Con Abrazos, Abraçades, Hugs,” catalog essay, 2012.
Waxman, Lori. “Stormy Weather, Antarctic Dreams,” Chicago Tribune, September 3, 2010.
Darrell Roberts, “Jackie Kazarian Mammoth Abstraction @ the Chicago Cultural Center,” artexaminer.com,
Paul Klein, artletter.com, July 9, 2010.
Karissa Lang, “Jackie Kazarian at Alfadena Gallery,” Newcity Chicago, March 27, 2008.
Lauren Weinberg, “Focus 5,” Time Out Chicago, December 14-27, 2006.
Leah Pietrusiak, “The Seldoms at Flatfile Galleries,” Time Out Chicago, October 12-18.
Tony Sarabia, “Copyright,” interview at Public Domain for Chicago Public Radio, May 21, 2004.
Not Just Another Pretty Face (catalogue), Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago.
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Alan Artner, “Preserving passing cultures, Momento Mori.” Chicago Tribune, July 12, 2002.
Richard Christiansen, “Memory lane joyfully leads to local libraries.” Chicago Tribune, January 20, 2002.
Peter F. Spooner, Botanica: Contemporary Art and the World of Plants, (catalogue), 1991, Tweed Museum of Art,
University of Minnesota, Deluth
Lynn Van Matre, “At Hindsdale show, art is full bloom.” Chicago Tribune, April 19, 2001
Phil Smith, “Interior spaces still lives,” Dialogue, September/October 2000.
Laura Stoland, “Interior spaces still lives.” New Art Examiner, September 2000.
Alison J. Hatcher. Interior Spaces Still Lives. (catalogue), 2000, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, Illinois
Janet Samuelian, “AGBU presents Chicago innovator, artist Jackie Kazarian.” The Armenian Reporter International,
August 8, 1998.
“Openings.” Art and Antiques. December 1994.
Michael Muster, “Jackie Kazarian.” New Art Examiner, April 1992.
Kathryn Hixson, “Chicago in review.” New Art Examiner, March 1992.
David McCracken, “Jackie Kazarian marks a good beginning.” Chicago Tribune, Dec.27,1991.
Michael Bonesteel, “Ex-zoologist makes organic art.” Lake Forester, January 24, 1991.