LINDA LEWIS KRAMER
EDUCATION:
1981 M.F.A. School of the Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois
1959 B.A. Scripps College, Claremont, California
GALLERIES:
2005-2010 Corbett vs Dempsey Gallery, Chicago Illinois
1999-2016 Printworks Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1989-1991 Gwenda Jay Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1973-1980 Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1972 Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
ART PROGRAMS:
1980 - Director for “Art After 5”program at Evanston Art Center, Evanson , Illinois
2013 Director for “70+ Chicago Visual Artist Oral Archive “ housed at the Ryerson
Burnham Libraries at the Chicago Art Institute
EXHIBITIONS:
2018 " New to Mia Art From Chicago" , MInneapolis
"Linda Kramer" at the Ed Paschke Art Center. Chicago, Illinois
2016 "The Illiad" collaboration with Carol Harmel, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2015 "Return of the Exquisite Corpse" Printworks Gallery, Chicago,Illinois
2015 " Women Artists "1940-1960" Riverfront Museum, Peoria Illinois
2014 “Inner Sight / Insight: Driven to Dare” Group Show, Governor’s State University, University Park, Illinois
2014“Collaborations II” Group Show, Printworks Gallery, Chciago, Illinois
2013“Linda Kramer, Retrospective” Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois
2012“Face Forward” The Art of the Self Portrait, Printworks Gallery, Chicago Illinois
“Figurism,” Illinois State Museum” Chicago, Illinois
2011 “Portraits of Chicago Artists” a collaboration with Carol Harmel ,Printworks Gallery,
Chicago, Illinois
“Cover Stories ” Printworks Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2009 “Stray Flowers” Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago , Illinois
2008 “Linda Kramer”Printworks Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2007 “Exquisite Snake” Block Museum” Evanston, Ilinois
2006 “Full Frontal” Corbett vs. Dempsey Gallery, Chicago,Illinois
“ Bookplates” Printworks Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2005 “Atomically Correct Woman” Corbett vs Dempsey Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
“National Biennial Watercolor Invitational” Parkland Art Gallery,
Champaign, Illinois and Highland Park Art Center, Highland Park, Illinois
2004 “The Artist as Collector” Northern Indiana Arts Association ,Munster Indiana
2003 “Linda Kramer, China Series”works on paper. Evanston Arts Council , Noyes
Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, Illinois
2001 “Through The Artists Eye” Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park , Illinois
“Black and White” Jean Albino Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
“Face Off” Betty Rymer Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
“Me, Myself and I” Barrington Art Center, Barrington, Illinois
2000 “Selections From Allan Chasanoff Ceramic Collection”
Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, North Carolina
“Artists of the New Millennium”Rockford Art Museum, Rockford , Illinois
“Pages” Center for Book and Paper Arts, Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois
“Self Portraits 2000”, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1999 “Linda Kramer Retrospective”, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
“Cows on Parade” Chicago, Illinois
1998 “Pier Walk 1998-International Scultpure”, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
1997 “Pier Walk 1997,” Chicago, Illinois
“The Artist and the Urban Environment” Art Gallery of Slovenj, Gradec, Slovania
1996 “Self-Portraits”, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1996 “Joy.” 900 N. Franklin, Chicago, Illinois
1995 Group Show, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Group Show, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1994 “Pool,” Installation, Franklin Square Galery, Chicago, Illinois
1993 “Luminous Light,” Installation, Tough Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
“Solo American, A Delicate Balance,” Linda Kramer installation at Loyola
University Fine Arts Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1992 “New Horizons in Art” Chicago, Illinois, Juried Show
“Flora” Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, Illinois Juried Show
“Amalgamations” School of the Art Institute, Gallery 2, Chicago, Illinois
“Landscapes” Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
“From America’s Studio-Drawing New Conclusions” curated by James Yood,
Betty Rymer Gallery, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois
1991 “Spirited Visions, Portraits of Chicago Artists” by Patty Carroll, State of Illinois Art
Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
“Solo American,” Installation, Franklin Square Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1990 “Still Light, “ Installation, Octagon Gallery - Evanston Art Center
Invitational - Evanston, Illinois
1989 “Linda Kramer,” Gwenda Jay Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
“Group Invitational,” Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1987 “Chicago Contemporary Sculpture,” CAGE Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
“New Art Forms,” Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
“Frida y Diego,” Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
“Contemporary Ceramics,” Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois
1986 “Her Infinite Variety,” Sculpture Invitational, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
“Materials and Metaphor,” National Ceramic Sculpture Invitational, Chicago Cultural
Center, Chicago, Illinois
1985 “Survey,” Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
“Egypt,” Linda Kramer at Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1984 “Six Nuclear Cultures,” Chicago Sculpture International Mile 3 Art Expo, Navy Pier,
Chicago, Illinois
“80th Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity,” The Art Instutute of Chicago, Levy
Fund Prize,Chicago, Illinois
“Linda Kramer,” Lawton Gallery Invitational, University of Green Bay, Wisconsin
“Alternative Spaces, a History of Chicago,” Museum of Contemporary Art,
Chicago, Illinois
“Scripps College Invitational, International Ceramics,” Claremont, California
“Linda Kramer,” Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, Tuscon, Arizona
1983 “Energy Field,” Chicago Sculpture International, Mile 2, Art Expo, Navy Pier,
Chicago, Illinois
“Linda Kramer,” Reicher Gallery, Barat College,Invitional, Lake Forest, Illinois
“Eleven Chicago Artists,” The Museum of Contemporary Art and N.A.M.E. Gallery,
Educational Outreach Program, Chicago, Illinois
1982 “Current Energy,” Linda Kramer, Columbia College, Invitional,Chicago, Illinois
“Fire and Water,” Linda Kramer, The Chicago Public Library Cultural Center, Invitional
Chicago, Illinois
“Magic Mystery Tour,” Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Invitional,Barnsdall Park,
Los Angeles, California
“Survey of Illinois Clay,” Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, Illinois
1980 “78th Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity,” The Art Institute of Chicago,
Arts and Riverwoods Award, Chicago, Illinois
“Illinois State Museum Invitational,” Painting and Sculpture, Sprigfield, Illiinois
1978 “Painting and Sculpture Today 1978 ,” Contemporary Art Society of The Indianapolis
Museum of Art, Indiana
“7 x 9,” N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, Illionis
“American Chairs” Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan,Wisconsin
“Chicago Self Portraits” Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1977 “Linda Kramer,” Park Forest Art Center, Invitional, Park Forest, Illinois
“76th Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity,” The Art Institute of Chicago,
Eisendrath Prize , Chicago , Illinois
“Contemporary Chicago Sculpture,” Invitational,Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan
1980 “Annual Show,” Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1973 “Ceramics Invitational,” Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
“New Horizons in Art,” Chicago, Illinois
1969 “72 Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity,” The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
1958 “Linda (Lewis) Kramer,” Invitational,La Jolla, California
TEACHING:
2015 Making Their Mark, Panel, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois
2010-1013 70+Chicago Visual Artists Oral History Archives , Director, Housed at the Ryerson
Burnham Library , Chicago Art Institute Archives. Chicago, Illinois
1997 Master Class for Professionals at Urban Gateways, Chicago, IIlinois
1995 Graduate Critiques - School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago ,Illinois
1993 Site specific installations, workshop — Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois
1986 Visiting Artist, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Illinois
1984 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Guest Speaker, Chicago, Illinois
University of Wisconsin, Guest Speaker,Green Bay, Wisconsin
1983 “4th Midwest Women’s Art Conference,” Guest Speaker,Lake Geneva, Illinois
Barat College, Guest Speaker,Lake Forest, Illinois
1981 Columbia College, Guest Speaker, Chicago, Illinois
1980-1981 Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, Illinois
1979 Artist in Residence, Department of Creative Arts, Purdue University, West LaFayette,
Indiana
PUBLICATIONS
2000 “Art Scene Chicago 2000.” Ivy Sundell. Crow Woods Publishing, Evanston ,Illinois
Allan Chasanoff Ceramic Collection. Mint Museum of Craft and Design. 2000
Charlotte, NC
1999 “Linda Kramer Retrospective” catelogue,Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
1992 “From America’s Studio-Drawing New Conclusions” The School of the Art Institute of
Chicago, Betty Rymer Gallery, Curated by James Yood
1991 “Spiritual Visions,” Portraits of Chicago Artists by Patty Carroll, text by James Yood,
University of Chicago Press, 1991, Chicago Illinois
1989 “The Chicago Art Review,” Les Crantz,American References, Inc, Chicago, Ilinois
1988 “Artemisia at 15 Years,” catalogue, Chicago, Illinois
“Portraits of Artists,” Chicago Magazine, November 1988, Chicago, Illinois
1987 “Natural and Cultural Energy,” Leonardo, 1987
1986 “Material and Metaphor: Contemporary American Ceramic Sculpture” Catelogue, Chicago
Office of Fine Arts at Chicago Public Library Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois
1984 “Women as Mythmakers Poetry and Visual Art by Twentieth Century Women,” by Estella
Laueter, University of Indiana Press , 1984 , Bloomington Indiana
“Linda Kramer,” Profile by Janet Koplos, American Ceramics ,Magazine Winter Issue
“Artemisia Ten Years, 1973-1983,” catelogue,Artemisia Gallery, Chicago Illinois
“Chicago and Vicinity, Painting and Sculpture,” catelogue, The Art Institute of Chicago,
Illinois
“Alternative Spaces, A History in Chicago,” The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago,
“Chicago Enjoys Its Own Eclecticism,” by David Elliot, Art News, May 1982
“Survey of Illinois Clay,” Lake View Museum for Arts and Sciences, catalogue,Illinois
“Chicago Sculpture International Mile 3,” Navy Pier, May 1984, catalogue Chicago, Illinois
1983 “Chicago Sculpture International Mile 2,” Navy Pier, May 1984, catalogue, Chicago, Illinois
1981 “Connections Exposure,” 1981, Society for Phoographic Education Magazine
1980 “Chicago and Vicinity, Painting and Sculpture, Catelogue,The Art Institute of Chicago,
Chicago, Illinois
1979 “American Chairs: Form, Function, and Fantasy,” John Michael Kohler Arts Center,
Sheboygan, Wisconsin, catalogue
1977 “Chicago and Vicinity, Painting and Sculpture,” The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois,
catalogue
“Box Art, Assemblage and Construction,” Dona A. Meilach, book
GRANTS:
1996 Illinois Arts Council Grant, Chicago, Illinois
1986 Artists Fellow, Dorland Mountain Colony for Creative Arts, Temecula, California
1984 Illinois Arts Council Fellowship Grant
1989 Karolyi Foundation for artists - Vence, France
COLLECTIONS :
Minneapolis Institute of Fine Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia
Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illionis
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Purdue University - West LaFayette, Indiana
Ruth Horwich, Chicago, Illinois
Alan Chasonoff ceramic collection at 20th Century Art at the Mint Museum of Art,
Charlotte, North Carolina
Francis and June Spiezer collection at the Rockford Art Museum , Rockford, Ilinois
State of Illinois Museum, Springfield , Illinois
Many private collections in Chicago, New York and California