EDUCATION |
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1978 |
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Bradley
University, Master of Fine Arts |
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1976 |
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Eureka
College, Bachelor of Arts-Art |
GALLERY REPRESENTATION |
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Atrium
Gallery, St. Louis, MO
FLATFILEgalleries, Chicago, IL
TADU Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE |
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1999-present |
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Coordinator, "3-D" Chicago, produces "PierWalk," annual sculpture
exhibition |
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1995-99 |
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Co-founder
and Acting Director, Contemporary Art Center of Peoria, Peoria, IL
Co-Manager, Checkered Raven Studios (art commune featuring a frame shop, gallery,
and artist studios), Peoria, IL
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1989-96 |
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Associate
Professor of Art, Eureka College; Eureka, IL |
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1987-90 |
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Chairperson-Fine and Performing Arts, Eureka College; Eureka,
IL |
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1983-96 |
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Gallery
Director, Eureka College; Eureka, IL |
ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS |
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2006 |
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"Shadow
Drawings," Atrium Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Sphere of Light," FLATFILEgalleries, Chicago, IL
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2005 |
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"Shadow
Drawing," NIU Art Museum, DeKalb, IL |
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2004 |
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"Voyage
Beyond," Artempresa Gallery, Cordoba, Argentina
Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI
Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
"Structural Spaces-Exteriors Within," Purdue University, Westville, IN
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2003 |
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"Structural
Space: The Sculpture of Bob Emser," Elmhurst Art Museum, IL |
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2002 |
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"Sistine
Touch," on loan to Elmhurst Art Museum, Chicago, IL |
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2000 |
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"Interior
Work," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
"Interior Work 2000," Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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1999 |
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Gallery, 33
Springfield, IL, December |
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1998 |
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Contemporary Art Center of Peoria; Peoria, IL
Galesburg Civic Art Center; Galesburg, IL |
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1997 |
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Gallery
510; Decatur, IL
Monmouth College; Monmouth, IL |
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1994 |
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"New
Environments," Peoria Art Guild; Peoria, IL |
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1993 |
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University
of Rio Grande; Rio Grande, OH |
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1992 |
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"Works for
the Future," Round River Gallery; Peoria, IL |
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1990 |
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"It’s About
Time," Eureka College; Sculpture Installation |
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1988 |
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"Ten Years
After: A Space in Time," Bradley University; Peoria, IL |
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1981 |
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Rock
Valley College; Rockford, IL
Freeport Art Museum; Freeport, IL |
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1980 |
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Rockford
Council for the Arts and Sciences; Rockford, IL |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
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2005 |
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"Artist/Model-maker/Sculptor," Continental Building, Chicago, IL
"Art on the River," Chicago, IL
8th Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Greeley, Colorado
Somerby’s Landing Sculpture 2004/2005, Newburyport, MA
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2004 |
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TADU
Contemporary (Two-Person), Santa Fe, NM |
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2003 |
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Odyssey
2003 Sculpture Exhibition, Purdue University, IN
Convergence International Art Festival, Providence, RI
"3-D," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Atrium Gallery at HOK, St. Louis, MO
Spring Juried Show, Soho20, New York, NY; Janet Koplos, Senior Editor,
Art in America, juror.
3rd Annual Florida Outdoor Sculpture Competition, Polk Museum, Lakeland,
FL
Sarasota Season of Sculpture, Sarasota, FL
Flossmoor Sculpture Park, Flossmoor, IL
ISC at GFS, Hamilton, NJ
"Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit," New Hope Sculpture, New Hope, PA
"Chicago Sculptors," Lincoln Park Outdoor Sculpture, Chicago, IL
"Art in America Curated Spring Invitational," Soho20 Gallery, New York, NY
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2002 |
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Krasl
Sculpture Invitational, Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI
Monarch Sculpture Park Olympia, WA
Bellevue Sculpture Exhibition, Bellevue, WA
"North Carolina Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit," Greensboro, NC |
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2001 |
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"Pier Walk
2001," Chicago’s Navy Pier, International Sculpture Exhibit, Chicago,
IL
Milwaukee River Walk, Milwaukee, WI May-October 2001 |
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2000 |
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"Pier Walk
2000," Chicago’s Navy Pier, International Sculpture Exhibit; Chicago,
IL |
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1999 |
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"Form and
Function," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
"Sculpture on Second," Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Arts Council; Cedar Rapids, IA
"Pier Walk ’99," Chicago’s Navy Pier, International Sculpture Exhibit; Chicago,
IL
Salon de Marly le Roi; Paris, France
"Works on the Move," (kinetic sculpture) Lakeview Museum; Peoria, IL
"Marquette Exhibition," Vedanta Gallery; Chicago, IL
"Exteriors Within," Illinois Central College, Peoria, IL |
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1998 |
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"Pier Walk
’98," Chicago’s Navy Pier, International Sculpture Exhibit; Chicago, IL
"Outdoor
Sculpture Garden," Klein Art Works; Chicago, IL |
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1997 |
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"River
Park," West Bend Friends of Sculpture; West Bend, WI
"Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit," River Gallery; Chattanooga, TN
"Pier Walk ’97," Chicago’s Navy Pier, International Sculpture Exhibit; Chicago,
IL
"Riverfront Sculpture Walk ’97," Peoria’s Festival Park; Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit,
Peoria, IL
"Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit," University of Rio Grande; 2 yr. Sculpture exhibit,
Rio
Grande, OH |
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1996 |
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"Pier Walk
’96," Chicago’s Navy Pier; Chicago, IL
"Riverfront Sculpture Walk ’96" Festival Park; Peoria, IL |
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1994 |
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"The Nude
94," Lexington Art League; Lexington, KY |
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1993 |
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"Crafts
Regional ’93," John A. Logan College Museum; Cartersville, IL
"15th Southern Illinois Artists’ Competition and Exhibition," Mitchell Museum;
Mount Vernon, IL
"Professional Art Exhibit," Illinois State Fair; Springfield, IL |
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1992 |
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"Sculptors
Seven," East Bluff Art Gallery; Peoria, IL |
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1991 |
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"Figures 7,"
Art Works Gallery; Peoria, IL |
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1989 |
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"Four
Professors," Illinois Central College; Peoria, IL |
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1988 |
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"Five
Sculptors," Lakeview Museum; Peoria, IL |
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1983 |
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"Peoria
Area Sculptors’ Invitational," Peoria Civic Center; Peoria, IL |
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1982 |
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"Selections
V," Lakeview Museum; Peoria, IL |
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1980 |
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"32nd
Illinois Invitational," Illinois State Museum; Springfield, IL
"26th Annual Small Sculpture Show," Ball State University; Muncie,
IN |
SELECTED INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITS |
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2005 |
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"Symposiet 18-8" Stainless Steel Symposium, Stavanger, Norway |
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2002 |
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"Sculpture
by the Sea" Exhibition, Sydney, Australia |
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2000 |
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"Six
Chicago Sculptors" EUR Lake, September-October |
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1999 |
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Salon de
Marly le Roi, Paris, France |
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1985 |
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"Sister City
Art Exhibit," Stadt. Bodensee-Museum; Friedrichshafen, West
Germany |
RECENT BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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BOOKS |
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2004 |
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"Living
Artists," Edited by Ivy Sundell, Crow Wood Publication. |
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ARTICLES & REVIEWS |
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2005 |
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David
Rauch. "Drawing on Walls," The Northern Star, September 2005.
Bente L. Henriksen "Fra skarp til Kunst," Strandbuen, Jorpeland Norway. June
2005.
"Riverwalk," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 2005.
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2004 |
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Craig
Smith. "Gallery Wise Bob Emser: Fluid Form," Pasatiempo, Santa FE, NM, June
2004.
Victor M. Cassidy. "Prairie Smoke," Artnet, June 2004.
Sonya Vartabedian. "New Works to Sculpture Park," The Daily New,
Newburyport, MA, July 2004.
San Dee Wallace. "Mixed media at the Krasl," The Herald-Palladium, July
2004.
Sculpture Magazine, Vol.23. no 3, April 2004.
Margaret Hawkins. "Gallery Glance," Chicago Sun-Times, March 2004.
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2000 |
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Jeff Daniel.
"Willem de Looper; Bob Emser," St. Louis Post Dispatch, June
2000.
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CATALOGS |
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2004 |
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"Structural
Space the Sculpture of Bob Emser." Forward by D. Neil Bremer,
Elmhurst Art Museum, February 2004.
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2003 |
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"ISC at
GFS 2003 International Exhibition." Forward by Brooke Barrie, Grounds for
Sculpture, Summer 2003.
"Kingston Sculpture Biennial 5." Forward by Judy Pfaff, Kingston New York, Summer
2003.
"3rd Outdoor Sculpture Competition." Forward by Daniel E. Stetson, Polk Museum of
Art, Lakeland, FL, March 2003.
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2002 |
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"4th
Biennial Krasl Sculpture Invitational Exhibit." Forward by Dar Davis, Krasl Art Center,
August 2002. |
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2001 |
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Pier
Walk 2001 Catalogue, The Chicago International Sculpture Exhibition, Chicago, IL,
2001. |
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1999 |
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"Bob
Emser." Catalogue featuring essay by Michael A. Dunbar, Coordinator,
Art-in-Architecture Program, State of Illinois. |
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS |
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Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst IL
Flossmoor Garden and Sculpture Walk, Flossmoor IL
Freeport Art Museum, Freeport, IL
Hinkhouse Collection, Eureka College, Eureka, IL
Lakeview Museum, Peoria, IL
Mitchell Museum, Cedarhurst Sculpture Park, Mount Vernon, IL
University Museum, Rio Grande, OH
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