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  Nancy Bechtol
Chicago, IL
United States
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August 2001

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Exhibited nationally and internationally.Midwest Regional Fellow/National Endowment for the Arts; Recipient of the Illinois Arts Council Fellowship Award-Media Arts; Neighborhood Arts Program Artist City of Chicago. Dept of Cultural Affairs; American Video Conference Award sponsored by the American Film Institute/Billboard Magazine; Tokyo International Video Festival, Special Merit Award in Experimental Video Art; Chicago Access Network Television, Chicago Access Network Television (CAN TV) Independent Producer 1986-current.

BIO/Education
Artist, Independent Videographer/ Photographer, Educator, Media Consultant
MFA The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
MA. ED. Loyola University of Chicago
BA Roosevelt University
Chicago’s Community Access Network TV. CAN TV. Certified Independent Producer 1986-Current
The Illinois Institute of Art - Chicago. Professor time/ digital media/photography 1999-current

2013

ARC Gallery & Educational Fndn. Chicago. "ARC Celebrating 40th Anniversary" Members Show.

A Day in Avondale. AIDA. Featured at the Square Bar on Belmont. Chicago. Selections from "unreal landscapes" and the "lightrides" including video art short films.

Lost Artists Colony. Chicago. Guest Artist September 28, 2013
Special event in collaboration with ADIA. Dual showings.

Lost Artists Colony. Chicago. Guest Artist September 2013.
Special event - fundraising support for the TBR feature Documentary, "Free Speech & the Transcendent Journey of Chris Drew, Street Artist"

Gallery 350. Merchandise Mart. Chicago. Faculty Group Show including Nancy Bechtol presenting, APA photojournalist image: "Al Gore and the Climate Reality Leadership Conf-Chicago. Sept-Jan 2014

Lost Artists Colony. Chicago. Guest Artist Jan-August 2013. each month new works shown.

Columbia College. Chicago. Journalism Dept. Presentation of work in progress, feature documentary film, "Free Speech & the Transcendent Journey of Chris Drew, Street Artist"

2012

Lost Artists Colony. Chicago Artists Month.

Lost Artists Colony. Avondale Fest. Sept

I CAN DO THAT. interactivem art-making, rule-breaking. art show curated by Jenny Lam. 40 international and regional artists at alternative space in Chicago. Variable Spaces. Wicker Park.

Re/Invention. ARC Gallery. Chicago. Selection of "Occupy Chicago: text/images.

Outsider Art Fair. NYC. / Packer Schopf Gallery.Chicago. Video of “The Lee Groban Experience”, CANTV SHOW shown in tribute and in the art fair booth.

Gallery 350. The Illinois Institute of Art. Mart Plaza. “Portraits” Digital Photography Student and Faculty Exhibition. (faculty)

2011
American Indian Center, 50 years of PowWow. Exhibition - Production and Postproduction of DVD/video “Four Circles of PowWow” included in the traveling show (various galleries and museums nationally) presented by the Field Museum of Chicago (Since 2008)
Museo Nacional de Arqueologia y Ethnologia de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala Sept-Dec 2011
Museo Nacional de Etnografia y Folklore, La Paz, August

Tom Robinson Gallery - Chicago Society of Artists. Nov.

Live 8_0_8 Event. Online, international interactive streaming. Featured Reporter/Artist Live @808 networked performance space. Including realtime video, audio, texting and other media collide and intermix. Curated by Roxanne Brousseau-Felio, Canada. Oct.

Gallery 350 “Perspectives” Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago. Faculty Show.

Halsted Street Gallery. Pilsen-Chicago. "Inspired Art" exhibition. Sept.2011. The Inspired Art Project enlists local artists to create and donate original works, inspired by original poetry written by the youth of America SCORES, nonprofit organization,Chicago’s after school program. "Dream Wide Awake (street wisdom) in collaboration with Fernando M., Castillano School.

Satellite, a new media arts exhibit. Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival. Chicago. "tag 002" duet, madpalX "six degrees of separation" and eyeball kid "National Park Series". new media, cyberspace, live and installation. curated show. July.

“The Doll Show”. Benefit for ARC Gallery.Chicago.

Oh O Doom Gallery. show/fundraiser for the Illinois Institute of Chicago Student Scholarship Fund

The Triangle Gallery of Old Town. Chicago. showing with the legendary Chicago Society of Artists. August - Sept.1

2010
Cook County Building. Chicago, Downtown.125th Anniversary Show with the Chicago Society of Artists hosted by Pappas .member award. CSA.

Bloomingdale Park District Museum. Nov-Dec. CSA (Chicago Society of Artists) member show.

ARC Gallery. Chicago. Collaborative showing of "Bensenville Reclaimed" a photo essay with David Bechtol on the O'Hare Airport Expansion

Gallery 180. Chicago Mart Center. Illinois Institute of Art Faculty show.

Somambulist. 4ART Inc @ Zhou B Art Center, Chicago. curated by Jenny Lam and Robin Monique Rios, Gallery Director

LACDA and Live 8_0_8 Event, Curated by Roxanne Brousseau-Felio,
intenational interactive of 48 artists featured
at Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Rex Bruce, director.

Live 8_0_8 Event X2, Curated by Roxanne Brousseau-Felio,
intenational interactive streaming from Brazil. Oct.2010

"Psyche" curated by Lucy Mueller. Logan Square, MAAF

Icosehedron Gallery, NY, New York. Chelsea. "Eyes of the World" curated by Robert Berry. April 2-28, reception April 9.

Icosehedron Gallery, NY, New York. Chelsea. "From the Dirt" curated by Robert Berry. Sept-Oct 2010

The Illinois State Museum-Chicago Gallery. "Illinois Women Video Artists" as part of the International SWAN Day. presented 2 new videos and gallery talk.

2009
ARC Gallery. Chicago. Collaboration. collaborative photo installation with David Bechtol,"Glances of Paris and The Gardens of Versailles" Oct 2- 24

The International Exhibit - in Croatia/Bulgaria by invitation Sept 2009

MAAF, "Logan Square Past and Present" featuring historic and contemporary art. July-Aug 2, 2009. 2881 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago

Peter Jones Gallery. Chicago. "Dance-a-Go-Go" featured photographer, curated by Effie Mihopoulos

Gallery 350. Mart Center. Illinois Institute of Art Chicago.
Perspectives. Group Faculty Show. May.

Illinois State Museum-Chicago Gallery. Five Illinois Women Video-Film Artists presentation. March 27, 2009.

Art:Raw gallery.NYC. juried inaugural group exhibition in Chelsea. February-March

2008-06
ARC Gallery. Chicago. Does it Matter? Members' Show Oct
Confessions Station Project. Gallery 350, 350 N. Orleans. Chicago. Organizers: Caroline Anderson (Chicago) and Sui Sabine Wiley (Berlin) December 9, 2008 - January 23, 2009. http://confessionstation.com/


CAN TV. Cablecast videos on Channel 19. "Goosetopia:Geese in Urban Areas" and "1000 Artists Wanted..Chris Drew wants you!" Oct.6, 7, 9, 10,18,20,21, 25, 31.

Bartlett Nature Center. James(Pate)Phillip State Park. "Goosetopia" remounted. New version of 3 Channel Video and Photos, in collaboration with David Bechtol. Shown in the Center Theater.

"50 Years of Pow Wow" American Indian Center of Chicago, Traveling show sponsored by the Field Museum of Chicago, continues to 2008

BareWalls 13. School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Juried Painting Event to benefit scholarship fund.

Chicago Artists' Coalition. Peter Jones Gallery. PaintAthon. Benefit event. live painting and auction by Leslie Hindman.

ARC Gallery. Chicago. 5 x 2 Members Show

Gallery 350. Illinois Institute of Art- Chicago. "Critical Mass"
Gallery 350. Ill. Institute of Art-Chicago. "Goosetopia" photo/video
Gallery 350. Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago. All Faculty Show

2005
CAN TV Ch 21, Chicago. 'Art Vibes' miniseries. nov 7- feb 20 2006
Illinois State Museum. Springfield. included in traveling exhibition around Illinois. sept 05-Jan. 06

The C-e-n-t-e-r project. International art project. LA. screenings and DVD.

ARC Gallery. Chicago. RawSpace. ~streetwired~ RE Moody. conceptual video installation
2004

Athenaeum Theatre. The Promise Land. Fashion Show/Live Event. Experimental Video

Gallery 415. War & Peace. group show juried by Ed Pashchke. Chgo.

Hype Gallery. London, UK. Gallery print exhibit and online
2003

Genee Siskel Film Center. Chicago. "old skool revolutionaries". video included in historical compilation by jon cates.

JOMALSA. Spain. Industria Grafica. "Graphic Arts" Art Publication.

Ceres Gallery. NYC, New York.

Illinois State Museum. Chicago Gallery.

2002
Mirabella Spain. MAC21. Exhibition and Catalogue. July 02
SFAC. Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Pk. "The Ancestors Land"
Oct.02
Ceres Gallery. NYC. "Our Ancestors' Land" a collaborative project of Jane Stevens. VCD/Video and installation and digital photo/paintings.
Art in Context. NYC database. Listed as contemporary artist.
2001
Mirabella,Spain. MAC21. Exhibition and Catalogue.
Illinois State Museum. Permanent Collection.
Illinois Art Gallery. Chicago.
Suburban Fine Arts Center. Highland Park, IL
ARC Gallery. Chicago. One Person Show and 2-Person Show. "Freaks:Viruses, Trojans and other Variants.
Chicago Access Network TV. Video Exerpts.Channel 27. Month of September on the ARC Gallery Profile.

Exhibitions since 1982-request for more info.


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