8”h x 8”w x 1”d (20.32 cm x 20.32 cm x 2.54 cm)
Enamel on archival board, mounted on custom wood panel
My Work is very small and intimate and is almost always square. It combines the reductive formalism of a minimalist aesthetic with the autobiographical subject matter. Material, color and surface are used as signifiers to communicate a personal narrative. The Works in this New Series are inspired by observing the Colors of the End of Summer and the Beginning of Fall, Sunrise, and Sunsets in Chicago.
The artist is influenced by Donald Judd, Piet Mondrian, Barnett Newman, Mark Rothko
BIO
Beverly Rautenberg is a sculptor and mixed media artist based in Chicago, USA
EDUCATION
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, BFA, Sculpture (studied with Stephanie Brooks and Richard Rezac)
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 57w57arts, New York, NY., [My] FAVORITES, New Work; Objects, (forthcoming).
2015 POP UP SHOW, Schaumburg, IL., In My Stűkchen [Studio/Kitchen], site-specific installation, new work; objects and works on paper.
2012 THE ARTIST’S HOME/STUDIO, Schaumburg, IL., In My Living Room [and down the hall…], site-specific installation, objects, and works on paper.
2005 G2, Chicago, IL., [Dis] membering The Family, installation, objects.
2005 SAIC, Chicago, IL., An uninvited strangulation attempt by several Republicans, outdoor site-specific installation.
2004 BASE SPACE, Chicago, IL., 15 Minutes a Day: An Artists Daily Meditation.
2002 WILLIAM RAINEY HARPER COLLEGE, Palatine, IL., (Visiting Artist), Illuminations, photographs, and objects.
2001 CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER, Peoria, IL., As One, photographs.
1995 ARC GALLERY, Chicago, IL., Words, photographs.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Black Box[es], Traveling Postcard Exhibition (all work postcard size), LA ‘S’ GRAND ATELIER, Vielsalm, BELGIUM (forthcoming).
2018 Black Box[es], Traveling Postcard Exhibition (all work postcard size), KUNSTLERHAUS SAAR, Saarbrucken, Germany (forthcoming).
2017 Episode 5, International Maniac Group Exhibition, ELY CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, New Haven, CT.
2017 Black Box[es], Traveling Postcard Exhibition (all work postcard size), FAUX MOUVEMENT, CENTRE D’ART CONTEMPORAIN, Metz, FRANCE.
2017 MOROTTI ARTE CONTEMPORANEA, Group Exhibition, Milan, Italy.
2017 LUCCA Art Fair, Lucca, ITALY (Morotti Arte Contemporanea).
2017 MOROTTI ARTE CONTEMPORANEA, Group Exhibition, Varese, Italy.
2016 Small, (With Ted Larsen, Christine Taylor Patten, and others), 5. GALLERY, Santa Fe, NM.
2016 2nd Biennial ONU Regional Exhibition, Brandenburg Art Gallery, Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, IL.
2016 Detroit Biennale, MONA (Museum of New Art), Detroit, MI. Guest Host, Jerry Saltz, Art Critic, New York Magazine.
2012 7th Berlin Biennale 2012, Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, ArtWiki (digital venue), Artur Zmijewski and Joanna Warsza, Curators.
2011 An Exchange with Sol LeWitt, MASS MoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art), North Adams, MA., (catalog).
2010 Chicago Art Loop Open, W (CITY CENTER), Chicago, IL.
2007 AAFNYC (G. R. N’Namdi Gallery), New York, NY.
2007 The Artist Project, (running concurrently with ART CHICAGO 2007), Chicago, IL.
2006 The Feminist Art Project, Women’s Caucus for Art, collaborative installation work, HIGHWIRE GALLERY, Philadelphia, PA.
2006 Annual Regional Exhibition, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL.
2006 Wear-a-Sham, PACKER SCHOPF GALLERY, Chicago, IL.
2005 Art of the Ornament (Invitational to Benefit Chicago Artist Project).
2005 Snap-to-Grid, LACDA, Los Angeles, CA., International Exhibition.
2004 Version>04: invisibleNetworks, Chicago, IL., AUSTIN WALKING TOUR (Austin Neighborhood Community Project), outdoor site-specific installation.
2004 hardwork/HINDSIGHT, BASE SPACE, Chicago, IL.
2003 Group Exhibition, GAHLBERG GALLERY, Glen Ellyn, IL. SECOND PLACE AWARD, site-specific installation.
2002 Snapshot, Traveling Invitational Exhibition, ALDRICH MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Ridgefield, CT., (catalog).
2002 Group Exhibition, installation, GAHLBERG GALLERY, Glen Ellyn, IL.
2001 Twelve Squared, CHRISTOPHER ART GALLERY, Prairie State College.
2001 Snapshot, Traveling Invitational Exhibition, GALLERY OF FINE ART, Beaver College, Glenside, PA., (catalog).
2000 Snapshot, Traveling Invitational Exhibition, CONTEMPORARY MUSEUM, Baltimore, MD., (catalog).
1999 Transmute, MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Chicago, IL.
1998 Contemporary Abstraction Chicago, KLEIN ARTWORKS, Chicago, IL., (catalog).
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2014 CHANGE, Inc., Grant (Robert Rauschenberg Foundation).
2008 BEST ARTIST OF SHOW AWARD, 8th National Exhibition, KAUFFMAN GALLERY, Shippensburg, PA., Juror Simone Subal, PETER BLUM GALLERY, New York, NY.
Artist's media includes some of or all: enamel, archival board, wood