resume

.collections

.NORTHEAST

Baltimore Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland

Boston Public Library Print Collection, Boston, Massachusetts

Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York

Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, Massachusetts

Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut

New York Public Library, New York, New York

Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, New York

.SOUTHEAST

Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas

Asheville Museum of Art, Asheville, North Carolina

Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia

High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia

Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia

Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee

Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama

.MIDWEST

Albrecht-Kemper Museum, Saint Joseph, Missouri

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Blanden Museum of Art, Fort Dodge, Iowa

Block Museum, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana

Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio

Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa

Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, Iowa

Figge Museum of Art, Davenport, Iowa

Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan

Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois

Illinois State University Museum, Normal, Illinois

Eskenazi Museum of Art (formerly the Indiana University Art Museum), Bloomington, Indiana

Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana

John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Josyln Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska

Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois

Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, Wisconsin

Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, Ohio

Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minnesota Museum of Art, Saint Paul, Minnesota

Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois

Muskegon Art Museum, Muskegon, Michigan

Mitchell Museum, Mount Vernon, Illinois

Museum of Art, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska

Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa

Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois

Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio

University Art Museum, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois

Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City, Iowa

University of Michigan Art Museum, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Western Illinois University Art Gallery, Macomb, Illinois

.SOUTHWEST and WEST

Grunwald Center for Graphic Arts – Hammer Museum, University of California, Los Angeles, California

Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon

University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona

.INTERNATIONAL

La Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France

British Museum, London, England

Museo Nacional de la Estampa, Mexico City, Mexico

Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea

.solo exhibitions

2019

John Himmelfarb: A Survey, Wantoot Gallery, Mineral Point, Wisconsin

2019

An American Journey, University Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

2018

Modern Arts Midtown, Omaha, Nebraska

2017

Parallels, Center for Visual Arts Gallery, Illinois State University – Normal, Illinois

2016

Trucks, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa

Legacy, Modern Arts Midtown, Omaha, Nebraska

2015

No Exit, 30 Years of Trucks, Icons, and Weird Drawings, Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

Trucks, Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama

King of the Road: The Trucks of John Himmelfarb, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, Texas

2014

Trucks, The Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso, Indiana

Modern Arts Midtown, Omaha, Nebraska

2012

30 Years Shifting Gears, Luise Ross Gallery, New York, New York

Paintings and Sculpture, Modern Arts Midtown, Omaha, Nebraska

New/Old, Large/Small, Paintings, Prints, and Drawings, Cissie Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

2011

Driven: New Trucks by John Himmelfarb, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois

Current Art Works Chicago, Metropolitan Capital Bank, Chicago, Illinois

Built from Similar Parts: Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculptures, River Gallery, Chelsea, Michigan

2010

Geared Up, Luise Ross Gallery, New York, New York

2009

A Circulating Library: John Himmelfarb Selected Works, H. F. Johnson Gallery of Art, Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin

Epic Envy, Finestra Art Space, Chicago, Illinois

Conversion, Vector Custom Fabricating, Chicago, Illinois

2008

Gallery 72, Omaha, Nebraska

2007

Ideographic Sequence, Luise Ross Gallery, New York, New York

Multi-Dimensional, Flatfile Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

Calligraphics: John Himmelfarb, Jack Olson Gallery, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois

Union League Club, Chicago, Illinois

River Gallery, Chelsea, Michigan

Urban Legends, Ruschman Art Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana

2006

The Borrower’s Name, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, New York

2005

Illuminated, Gallery 72, Omaha, Nebraska

The Borrower’s Name, Phyllis Stigliano, New York, New York

New Work, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

Large Paintings, Salena Gallery, Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York

Recent Paintings and Prints, College of Lake County, Grays Lake, Illinois

2003

Inland Romance: Theme and Variation, Cook County Administration Building, Chicago, Illinois

The Card Catalog Drawings, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas

Icon Paintings, Gallery 72, Omaha, Nebraska

2002

Wall to Wall, Indiana University Northwest, Gary, Indiana

A Decade of Prints, Northern Indiana Arts Association, Indiana University Northwest, Munster, Indiana

A Visual Language: John Himmelfarb Prints, Christopher Art Gallery, Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, Illinois

Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

2001

Inland Romance, William A. Koehnline Gallery, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, Illinois

Lukacs Gallery, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut

American Graffiti, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, New Zealand

2000

Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

Riverside Arts Center, Riverside, Illinois

Floor to Ceiling, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa

Chicago Breaks, Galerie d’Art Contemporain, Paris, France

1999

University Club, Chicago, Illinois

Spaightwood Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin

Gallery 72, Omaha, Nebraska

1998

Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

1997

Gallery 72, Omaha, Nebraska

1996

Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

Inland Romance: Paintings by John Himmelfarb, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois

Recent Drawings, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois

Recent Work, Spaightwood Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin

1995

Letters, Documents, and Suspicious Characters, Gallery 1756, Chicago, Illinois

1994

Images, Graven and Otherwise, Spaightwood Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin

Gallery 72, Omaha, Nebraska

1993

The Letters, Kamerick Art Center Gallery, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa

1992

Anchor Graphics, Chicago, Illinois

Gallery 72, Omaha, Nebraska

1991

Terry Dintenfass, New York, New York

Paintings and Prints, Cissie Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

1990

Gallery 72, Omaha, Nebraska

Meetings in the Garden, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas

Focus 6, Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, Ohio

Meetings in the Garden, Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin

Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia

About Faces: Paintings and Works on Paper, Brody’s Gallery, Washington, D.C.

Gallery Van Vliet, New Buffalo, Michigan

1989

Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Terry Dintenfass, New York, New York

Tallers Josep Llorens Artigas, Gallifa, Spain

Contemporaries V, Ball State University Art Gallery, Muncie, Indiana

1987

Blanden Museum of Art, Fort Dodge, Iowa

Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois

Gallery 72, Omaha, Nebraska

Southwest State University, Marshall, Minnesota

1986

Terry Dintenfass, New York, New York

Monumental Meetings, John Nichols, New York, New York

Davenport Art Museum, Davenport, Iowa

Paintings, Drawings, and Large Lithographs, Southwest State University, Marshall, Minnesota

1985

Gallery 72, Omaha, Nebraska

Area X Gallery, New York, New York

Brody’s Gallery, Washington, D.C

Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa

1983

Terry Dintenfass, New York, New York

Gallery 72, Omaha, Nebraska

1982

Barbara Balkin Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

1980

Fountain Gallery, Portland, Oregon

Hull Gallery, Washington, D.C.

1979

Terry Dintenfass, New York, New York

Gallery 72, Omaha, Nebraska

Barbara Balkin Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

Merwin Gallery, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois

1978

Ball State University Art Gallery, Muncie, Indiana

Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska

Albrecht-Kemper Museum, Saint Joseph, Missouri

1976

Dorothy Rosenthal Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

The Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska

1974

Illinois Arts Council Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

Graphics I and Graphics II, Boston, Massachusetts

Paintings and Prints by John Himmelfarb, Don Roth’s Blackhawk Restaurant, Chicago, Illinois

Oak Park and River Forest High School, Oak Park, Illinois

1973

Studio Exhibition, 1825 South Halsted Street, Chicago, Illinois

1971

Triangle Art Center, Chicago, Illinois

1970

Studio Exhibition, 1825 South Halsted Street, Chicago, Illinois

1969

Gallery Comm Ave, Boston, Massachusetts

1968

An Exhibition of Drawings, Adams House, Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Pen and Ink Drawings, Millis Public Library, Millis, Massachusetts

.group exhibitions

2020

Farm Art DTour, Reedsburg, Wisconsin

2019

Monona Terrace Sculpture Invitational, Madison, Wisconsin

Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, Wisconsin

North Shore Skokie Sculpture Park, Skokie, Illinois

2018

John and Catherine, Modern Arts Midtown, Omaha, Nebraska

2016

40 Years New: Four Decades of Prints from Normal Editions Workshop, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, Illinois

 

Farm Art DTour, Reedsburg, Wisconsin

2014

Rewind: Art of the 1980s, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama

Circumstances, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, New York

New York Eden, Luise Ross Gallery, New York, New York

At and After the Factory, Arts/Industry, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

2013

Metro Fair, Luise Ross, New York, New York

Impressions: Selections from Stewart & Stewart, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Face to Face: Artists’ Self-Portraits from the Collection of Jackye and Curtis Finch, Jr., Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas

Farm Art DTour, Reedsburg, Wisconsin

2012

TURF, IDADA Installation Super Bowl Event, IDADA Art Pavilion, Indianapolis, Indiana

2011

In the House: Sculpture for the Home, Northern Illinois University Art Museum, DeKalb, Illinois

Fall Prints, International Print Center New York, New York, New York

Multiple Propositions, Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, Indiana

Small Show, Luise Ross Gallery, New York, New York

2010

Graphic Masters III, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

2009

Degrees of Density: Selections from the Kentler Flatfiles, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, New York

Pretty, Strange, Luise Ross Gallery, New York, New York

Prints 2009/Spring: Curated by Polly Apfelbaum, International Print Center New York, New York, New York

Eleanor and John Himmelfarb: Two Generations of Chicago Artists, John Almquist Gallery, North Shore Country Day School, Winnetka, Illinois

Paper/Ink/Press, Flatfile Galleries, Chicago. Illinois

Illiterature, Arena 1, Santa Monica, California (traveling exhibition)

2008

Illiterature, LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, California

Nuances of Printmaking, Oakton Community College, William A. Koehnline Gallery, Des Plaines, Illinois

New Now: Recent Gifts From Arts/Industry Artists, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Visions: Selections from the James T. Dyke Collection of Contemporary Drawings, Naples Museum of Art, Naples, Florida

Visions: Selections from the James T. Dyke Collection of Contemporary Drawings, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas

2007

Marks from the Matrix: Normal Editions Workshop, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois

Ink, Tallgrass Arts Center, Park Forest, Illinois

Lines of Discovery: 225 Years of American Drawing, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas

Bridge Art Fair Chicago, Flatfile Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

New Prints 2007/Summer, International Print Center New York, New York, New York

New Prints 2007/Winter, International Print Center New York, New York, New York

2006

Lines of Discovery: 225 Years of American Drawing, Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa Oklahoma

Lines of Discovery: 225 Years of American Drawing, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Black and White, Flatfile Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

Conjeturas, Museo Nacional de la Estampa, Mexico City, Mexico

2005

The Art of Screenprint, Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, Michigan

Art in the Abstract, Illinois State Museum Chicago Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

On the Mark: Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois

Currents: 25 Years of Collecting Modern and Contemporary Prints, Block Museum,  Evanston, Illinois

New Prints 2005/Summer: Etchings, International Print Center New York, New York, New York

Information in Formation, University of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama

Normal Editions Workshops: Selected Works, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia

Chopmark II, Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin

2004

Wet Paint, William Havu Gallery, Denver, Colorado

New Prints 2004/Summer, International Print Center New York, New York, New York

Group Show Part 2, Phyllis Stigliano, New York, New York

Variations on a Theme: Rivers and Other Bodies of Water, River Gallery, Chelsea, Michigan

2003

New Prints 2003/Autumn, International Print Center New York, New York, New York

January White Sale, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

Himmelfarb, Himmelfarb, Himmelfarb, Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska

Board Art, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, New Zealand

Sound and Vision: John Himmelfarb and Philip Trusttum, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, New Zealand

2002

Paper 5, John Woodward Gallery, New York, New York

Art Chicago, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

2001

Reflections: 15th Anniversary Show, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

Abstract Art in the New Century, Crossman Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, Wisconsin

2000

Black and White, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

Chicago Collectors Select, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

1999

Large Drawings from Arkansas Art Foundation Collection, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio

Large Drawings from Arkansas Art Foundation Collection, Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia

Large Drawings from Arkansas Art Foundation Collection, Hunter Museum, Chattanooga, Tennessee

Large Drawings from Arkansas Art Foundation Collection, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, Mississippi

Art Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois

1998

Minnesota National Print Biennial, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1997

Communicazioni Visive Tramite Connessioni Globari, Museum of Contemporary Art, Pal. Massari, Ferrara, Italy

Juno Moneta, Mindy Oh Gallery, New York, New York

1996

Cultured Pearl, Metropolitan Museum of Seoul, Seoul, South Korea

Second Sight: Printmaking in Chicago 1935-1995, Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

Large Drawings and Objects, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas

7th Annual Davidson National Print Exhibition, Davidson, North Carolina

Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

1995

Mail Art Project, 10th Contemporary Art Ankara-Turkiye, Selvin Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey

Catalyst 95, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, Illinois

Diverse Attractions, College of Lake County, Grays Lake, Illinois

1994

Plats D’Artists, Fundacio Tallers Josep Llorens Artigas, Gallifa, Spain

Tandem Press: Five Years of Collaboration-Experimentation,  Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin

Three Painters, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, Illinois

Cultured Pearl, Mindy Oh, New York, New York

20th Century Prints: The Last 50 Years, Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington D.C.

1993

Query and Vehemence: Works By Eleanor and John Himmelfarb, Arts Council Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa

Prints from Normal Editions Workshop, Carlsten Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, Wisconsin

Artists and Designers Alumni Show, Carpenter Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Society of American Graphic Artists 65th Exhibition, New York, New York

Abstract: Chicago, Klein Artworks, Chicago, Illinois

Eleanor Himmelfarb, Sam Himmelfarb, and John Himmelfarb, Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois

Cast in Carbondale, Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville, Indiana

Alechinsky, Miro, and Himmelfarb, Spaightwood Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin

Recent Prints from Stewart & Stewart, Arnold Klein Gallery, Royal Oak, Michigan

1992

Postcards, Brody’s Gallery, Washington, D.C.

Drawing on Experience, Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, Ohio

56th Annual National Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio

Watercolor USA 1992, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri

Prints from Stewart & Stewart, Images Gallery, Toledo, Ohio

Mailbox Auction, Smithsonian Institute, Detroit, Michigan

1991

Recent Acquisitions in Graphic Art, National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.

Cobra and Friends, Spaightwood Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin

A Matter of Scale, Spaightwood Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin

1990

Diversity of Line: A Selection from the Permanent Collection, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa

Echo Press: A Decade of Printmaking, Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, Indiana

Two Generations Chicago: The Influence of Family, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois

Coming Attractions, Terry Dintenfass, New York, New York

Tandem Press, Pace Gallery, New York, New York

Works on Paper, Terry Dintenfass, New York, New York

1989

Prints from Landfall Press, San Antonio Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas

Drawing Conclusions, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas

July Prints, Brody’s Gallery, Washington, D.C.

New Editions, Landfall Press, New York, New York

1988

The Face, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas

National Drawing Invitational, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas

Blanden Museum of Art, Fort Dodge, Iowa

New Editions, Landfall Press, New York, New York

International Prints II, Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, Connecticut

Boston Printmakers 40th North American Print Exhibition, Brockton Art Museum, Boston, Massachusetts

Prints from Three Continents, Brody’s Gallery, Washington, D.C.

Eleanor Himmelfarb, John Himmelfarb, Vera Klement, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois

1987

Brought Up On Asphaltum, National Litho Invitational, Oregon School Arts & Crafts, Portland, Oregon

V.E.S. Graduates, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Recent Graphics/American Print Shops, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia

Recent Fine Prints, Brody’s Gallery, Washington, D.C.

1986

Monumental Drawings: 20 Contemporary Americans, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York

Contemporary Works on Paper, Struve Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

Blockbusters, The Big Impression, John Nichols, New York, New York

Faces, Area X Gallery, New York, New York

Chicago International Art Exposition, Chicago, Illinois

Contemporary Prints, Brody’s Gallery, Washington, D.C.

1985

Prints from Soho, Fujii Salon, Tokyo, Japan

81st Chicago and Vicinity Show, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Jungle Fever, Harcus Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts

John Nichols, New York, New York

1984

Too Hot for New York, Area X Gallery, New York, New York

Summer Exhibit, Brody’s Gallery, Washington D.C.

Original Lithographs from Plucked Chicken Press, Fairweather Hardin Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

Ways of Drawing, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, Illinois

1983

Hassam and Speicher Fund Purchase Exhibition, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, New York

Contemporary Chicago Lithographers, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois (and traveling)

Directors Choice, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa

El Paso National Painting Exhibit, El Paso Art Museum, El Paso, Texas

Chicago International Art Exposition, Chicago, Illinois

1982

Barbara Balkin Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

Invitational Print Exhibition, Sykes Gallery, Millersville State College, Millersville, Pennsylvania

Chicago International Art Exposition, Chicago, Illinois

1981

Prints and Multiples, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Permanent Collection: Artists’ Books, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois

1980

American Drawings in Black and White 1970-1980, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York

Selections from George M. Irwin Collection, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois

Annual International Competition, Philadelphia Print Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Chicago Prospective, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois

1979

Prizewinners Revisited, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

National Small Painting Exhibition, Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois

Rockford International Print Exhibition, Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois

Narrative Imagery, ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

1978

Works on Paper, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Works on Paper, Moon Gallery, Berry College, Mount Berry, Georgia

Sculptors Who Paint and Painters Who Sculpt, Paul Wagoneer Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

1977

19th Annual Exhibition of Prints and Drawings, Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

National Drawing Exhibition, Edinboro State College, Edinboro, Pennsylvania

1976

19th National Print Exhibition, Brooklyn, New York

Ball State National Drawing and Sculpture Exhibition, Ball State University Art Gallery, Muncie, Indiana

Davidson National Prints and Drawings Exhibition, Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina

New Horizons in Art, North Shore Art League, Chicago, Illinois

Chicago Area Show, Union League Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

1975

Three Lithographers, Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska

Third Hawaii National Print Exhibition, Honolulu, Hawaii

1974

Paintings by Sam, Eleanor, and John Himmelfarb, Bradley Galleries, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Paintings by Sam, Eleanor, and John Himmelfarb, Rosary College Gallery, River Forest, Illinois

Paintings by Sam, Eleanor, and John Himmelfarb, Two Illinois Center, Chicago, Illinois

Print and Drawing Show, Artist Guild of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Art for Young Collectors, Renaissance Society, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Ceramic and Other Sculpture, Nancy Lurie Art, Chicago, Illinois

27th Illinois Invitational, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois

1973

Printmakers: Midwest Invitational, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

New Horizons in Art, North Shore Art League, Chicago, Illinois

Drawings USA, Minnesota Museum of Art, Saint Paul, Minnesota

Colorprint USA, Texas Technical Institute, Lubbock, Texas

1972

Drawing Mid-USA III, Spiva Art Center, Joplin, Missouri

Del-Mar National Sixth Annual Drawing Show, Del-Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas

Images of Artistry, Molloy Center, Morton Grove, Illinois

1971

Prints from Landfall Press, Smithsonian Institute Traveling Exhibit

Drawings USA, Minnesota Museum of Art, Saint Paul, Minnesota

Drawings on Canvas and Paintings, Old Town Triangle Association Arts Center, Chicago, Illinois

Brooklyn Museum Fence Show, Brooklyn, New York

Drawing Mid-USA II, Spiva Art Center, Joplin, Missouri

Del-Mar National Fifth Annual Drawing Show, Del-Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas

Drawings in Saint Paul, Saint Paul, Minnesota

1968

Drawings USA, Minnesota Museum of Art, Saint Paul, Minnesota

1967

Leverett Festival, Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts

1966

Leverett Festival, Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts

.visiting artist

2017

Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois

2012

The Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana

2008

The Annual Combined Associates Lecture, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Museum Education Lecture Series, Chicago, Illinois

University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, Indiana

2007

Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois

Arts in Industry Program, Kohler, Wisconsin

2003

Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki, New Plymouth, New Zealand

Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand

2002

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois

2000

University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska

1998

Center for Contemporary Art, Christchurch, New Zealand

Buena Vista University, Storm Lake, Iowa

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois

University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota

1997

Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa

1992

Indiana University Northwest, Gary, Indiana

1991

Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois

1990

New Masters Workshop, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia

Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

1989

Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana

1988

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois

1987

Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington

Blanden Art Museum, Fort Dodge, Iowa

1986

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois

Midway Studios, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois

1985

Augustana & Sioux Falls Colleges, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture, Chicago, Illinois

Briar Cliff College, Sioux City, Iowa

Dordt College, Sioux Center, Iowa

Northwestern College, Orange City, Iowa

Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa

University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa

University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota

University of Wisconsin, River Falls, Wisconsin

1978

Albrecht-Kemper Museum, Saint Joseph, Missouri

1976

Joslyn Museum, Omaha, Nebraska

.public art projects

2007

Bucktown/Wicker Park Library: permanent installation of library catalog card drawings

Council on International Education Exchange (CIEE): 6.5×18’ mural installed in main building

2005

Boston Logan Airport: two 15×20′ paintings, commissioned by Delta Airlines, installed in Terminal A

2004

Chicago Transit Authority: 108×144″ ceramic tile mural installed at Kedzie Pink Line Station

2002

University of Nebraska-Lincoln: two 72×156″ ceramic tile murals installed in Teachers College Hall

1992

Art Omaha: ceramic tile murals installed at Conestoga Elementary and the Omaha Public Schools Teacher Administrative Center

.awards

2017

Emily Harvey Foundation Residency, Venice, Italy

2007

Kohler Arts/Industry Program Residency, Kohler, Wisconsin

2003

Illinois Arts Council Grant

2002

Pollack-Krasner Foundation

1989

Chicago Artists Abroad

1986

Illinois Arts Council Fellowship

1986

Pollock-Krasner Foundation

1985

National Endowment for the Arts

1982

National Endowment for the Arts

1979

Yaddo Fellowship, Saratoga Springs, New York

.education

1970

Masters in the Art of Teaching, Harvard Graduate School of Education

1968

A.B. in Architectural Sciences, Harvard College