CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
1995-1999 Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
1994-1995 Harold Washington College, Chicago, IL
1975-1976 University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1969-1970 Layton School of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI (now MIAD)
1969 University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024 Members Exhibition, The Arts Club of Chicago
Focus - The Art Center Highland Park, 3 Woman show
2023 The Art of Devination - presenting the Susan Aurinko ARTarot - Gallery One, Primitive
2022 Augenblick 2022 - Wien Museum MUSA, Vienna Austria
2021 Paris Chicago - Sister Cities - Jennifer Norback Projects, North Bridge, Chicago
2020 The Classic Greek Elements through a Modern Lens, Water Street Gallery
Photography &____, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago - Colab with Misha Goro
2019 The Classic Greek Elements through a Modern Lens, Olympia Center, Chicago
Europa, Europa, Solo Show , Hofheimer Gallery, Chicago
Several Group Exhibitions, Hilton Asmus Contemporary, Chicago
2018 Searching for Jehanne-The Joan of Arc Project, St Mary’s University, Mundelein, IL (7 months)
2017 Searching for Jehanne-The Joan of Arc Project, LUMA, (Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago) (4 months)
FotoFever Paris with Hilton Asmus Contemporary, Paris
Photo Independent with f8Collective, Los Angeles
2016 Several Exhibitions at Hilton Asmus Contemporary, Chicago
FotoFever Paris with f8Collective, Paris
Photo Independent, with f8Collective, Los Angeles
2015 Several Group Exhibitions at Berlanga Fine Art, Chicago
2014 Dual Show, FALL INTO BED, Cotelac, Chicago
SEARCHING FOR JEHANNE, Takohl Gallery, Chicago (Named as One of FIVE BEST PHOTO SHOWS OF 2014)
2013 Solo Show, STILL POINT, INDIA, KRITI GALLERY, Varanasi, India,
2010 Streetwork/Windows &Walls -Solo show, Chicago Photography Center,
Exquisite Pain – Solo installation at Finestra Art Space, Chicago
2009 Binary – Featured exhibition for Chicago Artists Month, Curated by Lauren Levato
2008 Solo Show, INDIA SONG, AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT, TH!NKART GALLERY, Chicago
Dual Show, PATTERNS, MORE PATTERNS, Ganges Art Gallery, Calcutta India
2007 Dual Show, Ellen Curlee Gallery, St Louis, MO
2006 Solo Show, Le Sale di Esposizione dei Molini, Citta di Portogruaro, Venice, Italy
Susan Aurinko; Recent Photographs and Paintings - Solo Show, MARS GALLERY, Chicago
Solo Show, Paris in Black & White, BISTRO 110, Chicago
2005 “Imaginari d’Autore” di MARGHERA FOTOGRAFIA, Marghera. Italy
Solo Show –Poesie des Affiches - ATELIER PICASSIETTE, Arles, France (for Rencontres d’Arles)
2003 Mostly Text-Based -Solo Show, MARS GALLERY, Chicago
The World in My Eye - Solo Show, LAB ONE GALLERY, Chicago
2002 The Waverly Gallery Exhibit, PEGASUS PLAYERS GALLERY, Chicago
Embracing Change, BERNARDO MARIGMAN GALLERY, Waukegan
Romance and Obsession, MARS GALLERY, Chicago
2001 Ménage a Deux, FEITIÇO GALLERY, Chicago
1999 Uptown / Celebrating Diversity - Solo Show UPTOWN NATIONAL BANK
1998 Solo Show, Juxtapositions - POINT OF VIEW GALLERY, Chicago
1997 Writing with Light - HOKIN GALLERY, Chicago
1995 Photography Today - Harold Washington Gallery, Chicago
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
Prudential Plaza (4 commissioned images each) – 2012, 2014 2016, 2018
Dermatology Limited, Joliet, (26 commissioned images)
Catholic Charities, Chicago (6 commissioned images)
The 530 North Lakeshore Collection (4 commissioned images)
Uptown National Banks (All art for four Branches Including Main Bank)
Uptown Chamber of Commerce/UpCorp (Photos for 350 Street Banners)
Weiss Memorial Hospital (image commissioned for banners)
Chicago Transit Authority (Photographs for Bus Shelter Posters)
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY, Chicago - Permanent Collection
Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA) Chicago - Permanent Collection
The 530 North Lakeshore Collection (Hardcover Catalogue available)
The Union League Club of Chicago
Mr Tinsley Preston, Chicago
Mr and Mrs Gerould Kern, Chicago
Mr J Frowein, Monaco
Mr John Roberts, Cowbridge, UK
Mary Gail Fitzpatrick, Chicago, IL
Henredon Furniture Company
Labelmaster, Inc., Chicago, IL
Mr Christian Hammbach, Chicago, IL
Mr Lucien Clergue, Arles, France
Mr Paul Berlanga, Chicago, IL
Ms Dana Grimm, Lake Forest, IL
Mr Chris Overman, Bloomington, IL
Ms T. Gillian, London, UK
Ms Marcia Grunsfeld, Highland Park, IL
Mari O'Connor and Tim Philips, New York, NY
Mr & Mrs Joel Carlin, Chicago, IL
Ms Georgeanna Fischetti, Chicago,IL
Ms Alison Harris, Paris, France
Mr Franck Rapp, Paris, France
Ms Anju Ahuja, Chicago, IL
Carolyn Abedor & Robbie Dickson, Red Hook, NY
Mr & Mrs Richard Schneider, River Forest, IL
Mr & Mrs Stuart Smith, Huntsville, AL
Mr David Instance, UK & Monaco
Mme Veronique Coty, Arles, France
Mr Claude Andreini, Venice, Italy
Mr Yogesh Ahuja, New York, NY
Mr Navneet Raman/ Mrs Petra Manefield, Kriti Gallery, Varanasi, India
PUBLICATIONS (subject)
2014 The Ten Year Book, Kriti Gallery, Varanasi India
2004 Mouth to Mouth Magazine - A Dialogue with Ann Baruch & Susan Aurinko
2003 Named One of 25 People Making a Difference in the Arts in the Midwest by Dialogue Magazine
PUBLICATIONS (photographer)
Cover image for The Stranger Among Us, Other Voices Books (Short Story anthology)
Cover image for Slut Lullabies, Books (Gina Frangello, Author)
Cover image and all inside images, Ariel, Triton College Literary Arts Journal
Cover image for UK and US edition of Scar Tissue (David Skivington- Author)
Cover image for UK and US editions of Bound and Broken (David Skivington, Author)
JURIES
2024 Juror for Click - Art Center Highland Park
2005-2023 International Photography Awards (Lucies) NYC/LA, PX3 Paris
2020/2021 - Old Town Art Fair, Chicago - Juror/Awards Juror
2014 Sew Sari Design Competition, EYE ON INDIA FESTIVAL
Raymond Hudd Millinery Awards, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2012 Raymond Hudd Millinery Awards, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2011 Lakefront Festival of Arts, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Art Loop Open, Chicago, IL
Driehaus Prize, Art Loop Open
Raymond Hudd Millinery Awards, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Brainstorm/ A whole New Mind – Governers State University
2009 NEIU Gallery, Annual Student Exhibition
Projekt30 – Portrait Exhibition
Raymond Hudd Millinery Awarrds, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2008 CAF Newhouse Architectural Photography Awards Jury
2007 Juror/Curator Photo 2007, Art Center Highland Park
1996- 2006 Chicago City Sticker Competition
2001- 2009 Critique Senior Photography Majors at Columbia College
2004 Wells Street Art Fair
2003 Wells Street Art Fair
2002-2005 & 2007-2010 CAAP Grant Review Board, Department of Cultural Affairs
2002 Juror for Gold Coast Art Fair and 8 others through Amdur Productions
PHOTO 2002, Sole Juror - Bloomingdale Art Museum
2001 Alice and Arthur Baer Competition, One of Two Jurors - Beverly Art Center
LECTURES / PANELS
2024 Artist Talk for Focus, Art Center Highland Park
2023 Two talks about The Susan Aurinko ARTarot at Gallery One, Primitive
2021 Artist Talk with Misha Goro for Paris Chicago, Sister Cities
2019 Artist Talk for Europa, Europa with Curator Chuck Gneich, Hofheimer Gallery
2018 Visiting Artist Lecture at St Mary’s University, Mundelein, (as part of Searching for Jehanne exhibition)
2017 Four panels and talks for Searching for Jehanne: The Joan of Arc Project - LUMA, Chicago
2016 FILTER PHOTO FESTIVAL, AT FIRST GLANCE, Preparing your Portfolio for Reviews
2015 FILTER PHOTO FESTIVAL, Collecting Photography Panel, MoCP
Panel on Collecting - Art Center Highland Park
2014 EYE ON INDIA FESTIVAL, Curry and Conversation - Luncheon and Lecture, Jaipur, Chicago
FILTER PHOTO FESTIVAL, AT FIRST GLANCE, Preparing your Portfolio for Reviews
2013 EYE ON INDIA FESTIVAL, Still Point India- Lecture and book launch, University of Chicago
2010 Panel on Collecting Art, Chicago Art Open, River East
2009 to 2013 FILTER PHOTO FESTIVAL- Reviewer
2008 Chicago Architectural Historians, Panel on The Chicago Spire
2007 Portfolio Development - Canadian Government, SOFA Chicago
2006 Portfolio Development - Canadian Government, SOFA Chicago
Portfolio Development Weekend Workshop, VANS, Nova Scotia, Canada
2005 Portfolio Development - Women's Art Cooperative
2004 Portfolio Development - Canadian Government, SOFA Chicago
Presenter ASMP Passion & Profession, weekend conference, Lake Geneva,WI
Women Artists in Chicago - Newberry Library Wednesday Club
Artists at Work Forum Panelist - Chicago Cultural Center
2003 Portfolio Development - Canadian Government, SOFA Chicago
2002 Venues for the Exhibition of Photography ASMP, LAB ONE GALLERY
Preparing photography for Gallery and Museum Exhibition, WOMANMADE
Ansel Adams at 100, Live and Learn Art Institute Tour
2001 Points of Contact, Failed Utopias, SMART MUSEUM OF ART Panel
PROFESSIONAL, CIVIC, AND ARTS AFFILIATIONS
Current Boards & Activities
Board of Directors, American Friends of the Wien Museum
Board of Directors, FreshLens Chicago (since 2020)
Advisory Board, International Photography Awards (since 2003)
Past Chairmanships & Presidencies Chair of Board of Directors of Chicago Artists Coalition 2006-2010
Chair of Advisory Committee at Chicago Photography Center 2010-2013 Chair, Exhibition Committee, Union League of Chicago 2014-2021
Chair of the 3rd Floor Exhibition Sub-committee of the Union League Club of Chicago 2009-2012, 2015-2021
Chair of Board of Ballet Chicago 1998 - 2001
Chair of the Women’s Board of Heartland Alliance 1998 - 1999
Chair of Women’s American ORT, Lakeview Chapter 1984 - 1986
Chair of the Reception Committee of the Executives Club of Chicago 1999 - 2012
Past Boards
Advisory Board, Chicago Artists Coalition (since 2018) Union League Club of Chicago 2005-2021 (Member Arts Committee & Beaux Arts Committee)
Executives Club of Chicago 1989 – 2012 (International and Reception Committees)
Chicago Sculpture International – 2006 - 2009
Ballet Chicago - 1996 - 2003
Women’s Board of Heartland Alliance 1983 - life member
Women’s American ORT - Lakeview Chapter/Regional 1984 - 1988
Music & Dance Theater Chicago Members Council 1999 – 2003
Advisory Committee for Chicago Artists Month, City of Chicago 2004 -2009
Honorary Committee, Indo American History Museum
Art and Design Visiting Committee – Columbia College Chicago
Principal for a Day - Lionel Hampton Elementary School (2000 - 2010)
Partnership with Lionel Hampton Elementary School (2001 - 2010)
REPRESENTATION
HILTON CONTEMPORARY, Chicago
KRITI GALLERY, Varanasi, India