Exhibitions

2012

Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL

Narrative Impulse: Works of Gladys Nilsson, Eleanor Spiess-Ferris and John Pitman Weber, Christopher Art Gallery, Prarie State College, Chicago Heights, IL

Objets Extraordinaire, Highland Park Art Center, Highland Park, IL

2011

: Hypercolon :, SMART Project Space, Amsterdam

Chicago Imagists, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI

40/40, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL

The Paper Show, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL

The Art of Collecting, the Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI

2010

"185th Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art," National Academy Museum, New York, NY

"Chicago Imagism(s)," Natalie and James Thompson Art Gallery, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

"Gladys Nilsson: Works from 1966-2010," Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL

Collaborative Vision: The Poetic Dialogue Project, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL

2009

Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
Collaborative Vision: The Poetic Dialogue Project, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2008

Luise Ross Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
The Baseball Show, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL

2007

25 Years of Watercolors, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)

2006

Rockford College Art Museum, Rockford, IL (solo)
Tarble Art Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL (solo)
#510 If the Shoe Fits, Betty Rymer Gallery, The Art Institute of Chicago, IL

2005

Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
University Art Gallery, Saginaw Valley State University, University Center, MI (solo)

2004

Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI (solo)

2003

Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
Adrian College, Adrian, MI (solo)

2002

Fleisher/Olman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (solo)

2001

Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA (solo)

2000

Rosemont College, Rosemont, PA (solo)
Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)

1998

A Print Survey, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)

1997

Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA (solo)

1996

University Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL (solo)
Braunsten/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)

1994

Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
Ovsey Gallery, La Brea, CA (solo)
Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, WI (solo)

1993

Dine Museum, BIG CAT Press, Chicago, IL (solo)
Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (solo)

1992

Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
Ovsey Gallery, La Brea, CA 1992 Xochipilli Gallery, Birmingham, MI (solo)

1991

Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, IL

1987

Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)

1985

Galerie Bonnier, Geneva Switzerland

1984

Gladys Nilsson: Greatest Hits from Chicago, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)

1983

Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)

1981

Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)

1979 - 1980

Survey of Works on Paper 1967-1979, Wake Forest Fine Arts Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC; Corpus Christi State University, TX; Western Museum of Fine Art, Racine, WI (solo)

1979

Portland Visual Arts Center, OR (solo)

1978

Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)

1977

Susan B. Anthony Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (solo)
Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)

1974

Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)

1973

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (solo)
Candy Store Gallery, Folsom, CA (solo)

1972

Candy Store Gallery, Folsom, CA (solo)

1971

Candy Store Gallery, Folsom, CA (solo)
Chico State College Gallery, Chico, CA (solo)
Poetic Fantasy, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA

1970

Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)

1969

San Francisco Art Institute, Clay Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)

1968

Whitney Annual, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
The Hairy Who, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

1966

Marjorie Dell Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
Kendall College, Evanston, IL (solo)

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI
Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, INMidwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, IN
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Museum Modern Kunst, Vienna, Austria
National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C.
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Phoenix Art Museum Phoenix, AZ
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY