| Richard Lange is a Chicago artist and retired Adjunct Professor in Fine Arts and art education at Loyola University. He holds a BA from the University of Illinois, Chicago and an MA in Inter-Arts from Columbia College, Chicago. Lange has appeared in numerous one person and group shows in the United States and Europe. His drawings and paintings are included in many museums and corporate and private collections. He is represented by Melanee Cooper Gallery in Chicago, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, TX., Abel Joseph Gallery in Brussels, Belgium and Blink Contemporary Art in Michigan City, IN. In addition to winning awards in many juried shows, Lange was the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in 1990. Partial list of collections include: |
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EXHIBITION RECORD
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Selected Individual Exhibitions
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| BLACKWHITEBLINK INAUGURAL SHOW NEW WORK LAYERS and ALLUSIONS NEW PAINTINGS "PARADIGM" NEW WORK "OBJECT of DESIRE" NEW DRAWING "JOURNAL ENTRY" SELECTED WORKS "LOST LURES" "LOST LURES" DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS "PATTERNS" RECENT PAINTINGS "VISITORS FROM BELGIUM" "SHADY BEACH" RECENT WORK "LURES" "TROPHIES" RECENT WORK "DEKOI-DECOY" |
Blink Contemporary Art, Michigan City, IN. Feb. 2009 Blink Contemporary Art, Michigan City, IN 2008 Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, TX., 2007 University of Dallas, Haggerty Gallery, Irving, TX, 2006 Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago, March 2004 Riverbank Lofts, Chicago, June 2004 Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL 2002 Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, 2000 Abel Joseph Gallery, Brussels, Belgium, 1997 Loyola University, Chicago, 1997 One Illinois Center, Chicago, 1995 Deson-Saunders Gallery, Chicago, 1993 Union League Club, Chicago, 1993 Chicago, Cultural Center, 1991 Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, 1990 South Suburban College, South Holland, IL, 1990 Sybil Larney Gallery, Chicago, 1987 One Illinois Center, Chicago, 1989 Koehnline Gallery, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL, 1988 Blackburn College, Carlinville, IL 1988 Sybil Larney Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1987 Noyes Cultural Center, Evanston, IL, 1987 Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, 1985 |
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Selected Group Exhibitions
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| THE NEW MODERNS STIMULATE NATURAL ACTS ALL INCLUSIVE FROM CONCEPT to COLLECTION ROCKFORD MIDWESTERN OPEN STUDIO FACULTY BIENNALE "LURE" 3+2=5 CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS "HOUSES and DOGS" FACULTY BIENNIAL COLUMBIA on the BEACH BI-STATE EXHIBITION 25TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION 1+1=ONE TWELVE SQUARED CROSS CURRENTS ABSTRACT CHICAGO 1998 STATELINE EXHIBITION BI-STATE EXHIBITION 12TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION "ART OF THE PRARIE" ALUMNI EXHIBITION "FIRST IN FLIGHT" "EVANSTON and VICINITY" GALLERY ARTIST "CULTURE AND AGRICULTURE" 62ND VICINITY EXHIBITION 44TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION FOUR ARTISTS PAINTINGS TO ENTER THE '90'S 43RD ANNUAL EXHIBITION "FLORA '90" BAER ART COMPETITION GROUP EXHIBITION "NOURISHMENT SHOW" EVANSTON & VICINITY SHOW "IN OUR SHOES" |
Lubeznick Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN. Jan. 2010 Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX Mar. 2009 Blink Contemporary Art, Michigan City, IN. Aug. 2009 Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX. Mar. 2008 Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL.,2007-08 Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Il., 2006 1200 W. 35th, Chicago, 2005 Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, 2004 Glass Curtain Gallery, Columbia College, 2004 Judy A. Saslow Gallery, Chicago, 2003 Melanee Cooper gallery, Chicago, 2002 Loyola University, Chicago, 2002 John G. Blank Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN, 2002 Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, IA, 2001 Columbia College, Chicago, 2001 Hook Pottery, LaPorte, IN, site specific work 2001 Christopher Art Gallery, Prarie State College, Chicago Heights, IL 2001 John G. Blank Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN, 2001 (Second Prize show, two Purchase Awards) Klein Art Works, Chicago, 1998, catalog Rockport Art Museum, Rockford, IL, 1998 Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, IA, 1997 John G. Blank Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN, 1997 (Purchase Award) Chicago Botanic Garden, 1995, traveled to Fernwood Botanic Garden, Niles, MI, 1995-96 Columbia College, Chicago, 1995 (First Prize Purchase Award) Deson-Saunders Gallery, Chicago, 1995 Evanston Art Center. Evanston, IL, 1994 Deson-Saunders Gallery, Chicago, 1994 New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI, 1994 Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL, 1992 Evansville Museum of Art, IN, 1991 (Merit Award) Dahl Fine Arts Center, Rapid City, ND, 1991 Lafayette Museum of Art, Lafayette, IN, 1991 Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville, IN, 1990 (Purchase Award) Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, IL, 1990 Beverly Art Center, Chicago, 1989 (Awarded First Prize) Sybil Larney Gallery, Chicago, 1988 Beacon Street Gallery, Chicago, 1987 Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, 1986 Columbia College, Chicago, 1985 |
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Grants/Fellowships/Awards
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| John G. Blank Center for the Arts, 2 Purchase Awards, 2001 Columbia College Alumni Show, Purchase Award, 1995 Evansville Museum of Art, Tri Kappa, Inc., Graphic Arts Merit Award, 1991 Arts Midwest / NEA, Regional Visual Arts Fellowship, 1990 Evansville Museum of Art (IN), Cooke / Enlow Purchase Award & Bronstein Purchase Award, 1990 BAER Art Competition, First Prize, 1989 Beatrice Companies, Inc., Grant, 1985 |
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Bibliography
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Fred, "Sweet Mystery" Chicago Reader, July 23, 2004 Cassidy, Victor, "Prarie Smoke" Artnet.com, April 19, 2004 Lenoir, Lisa, "Works in progress" Chicago Sun-Times, July 13, 2003 Gooch, John Gunner, "Columbia College Art Commutes to the Other Side", The Other Side of the Lake, Aug., 2002 VanAusdal, Jan, "Art Exhibit at Blank Center", The Beacher, July 4, 2002 McHugh, Paula, "Columbia Comes to Beacher Country", The Beacher, June 27, 2002 Kessler, Julie, LAKE MAGAZINE, Summer for the City, July, 2002 Sacek, Betty, Gary (IN) Post Tribune, "Spouses Exhibiting, etc.", Sept. 15, 2000 "Le Soir", Review, Brussels, Belgium, July 23, 1997 Cassidy, Victor M., "Making It Up As You Go Along", Chicago Artists' News, July/Aug., 1997 Lucas, Beth, "Artist Has Kewanee Roots", Kewanee Star Courier, July 16, 1997 Cassidy, Victor M., "How Artists Get By", Chicago Artists' News, April, 1994 Seybert, Diane, Arts Indiana, Nov., 1991 McBain, Roger, Evansville Courier (IN), Nov., 1990 Arts Midwest / NEA publication, High Visibility, 1990 Moore, Jerry, The Beverly Review, Nov. 8, 1989 Herguth, Bob, "Chicago Profile", The Chicago Sun Times, Oct. 24, 1988 Bonesteel, Michael, Evanston Review, Sept., 1987 Hansson, Joyce, New Art Examiner, Summer, 1987 Misovic, Kathleen, Columbia College Chronicle, May 11, 1987 Kewanee, IL Star Courier, Feb. 14, 1987 |
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