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Female artist Lucy Slivinski.
Lucy Slivinski, is a critically acclaimed sculptor and installation artist based in Chicago. Slivinski holds an MFA, from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BFA, from Northern Illinois University. She has utilized recycled materials in her practice for over 30 years. In 2018, and again in 2019, Slivinski was invited to be artist in residence at EXPO CHICAGO, where she created a large-scale light installation. In 2017, she was the first American to create an installation for the Museo de Bellas Artes, in Havana, Cuba as part of “Arte y Moda.” She has exhibited her work in Miami at Art Basel, Fusion MIA and SCOPE fairs and all over the world having had numerous one person exhibitions in New York City, Chicago, Bordeaux, France and Reading, PA to name a few. She has several commissioned public art installations throughout Chicago and abroad, including in 2018, “Phoenix Rising”, in Uptown, and the Logan Skate Park, “Hedgerow”, in Grant Park, “Natural Rhythm”, in Saint Cloud, MN and “Ancestoral Throne,” in Bordeaux, France. Slivinski has also incorporated recycled materials in several collections of sculptural lighting that she has designed and fabricated. In the fall of 2012, CS Interiors Magazine named Slivinski “Best Lighting Designer”, in Chicago. She has work in many private and public collections such as, Capital Investments Collection, Chicago, Illinois, The Longhouse Collection in New York, the City of Chicago, City of Bolingbrook, Illinois and the City of St. Cloud, Minnesota Her work has been written about in Art in America, New York Times, and Sculpture Magazine, Chicago Interiors, and Luxe Magazine. 

    


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EDUCATION
1984        MFA in Fiber, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
1980        BFA in Fiber, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois    
 
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS (SELECTED)   
 2018          Phoenix Rising, City of Chicago, 50X50 Neighborhood Arts Project
 2014          Reflections on Scott’s Mill, Knoch Knolls Nature Center, Naperville, IL
 2013          Spirits Rising, Prudential Plaza, Chicago, Il
 2010          Silver Surf Gate, Logan Skate Park, City of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
 2009          Mammoth, City of Bolingbrook, Bolingbrook, Illinois    
 2008          Natural Rhythm, Saint Cloud Public Library, Saint Cloud, MN
 2007          Natural Order, Installation, Lincoln Park Conservatory, Chicago, Illinois
 2006          Grace, Brock Commons Outdoor Sculpture Project, Longwood
                       University, Farmville, VA     
                       Hedgerow, Allstate and Chicago Public Art: “Artists and Automobiles,”       
                       Grant Park, Chicago, IL
                       Surge, Bartholomew Recycling Center, Columbus, IN
 2005          Bloom, Art Park, Lewiston, New York
 
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2020           The Giving Tree, with Katrin Schnabl, University of Chicago Lab Schools, Chicago, Illinois
2019           Le Mouvement, with Kahil El’Zabar, Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Miami Art Basel, N’Namdi Contemporary
2018           Illumination, with Kahil El’Zabar, David Murray, One Eye Shut Gallery, Chicago, IL
2016           Arte Y Moda 2016, With Cuban Fashion designer Yohannia Cabrera, Museo De Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
2015           Elevation, With Artist / composer Kahil El’zabar, Block 37, Chicago, IL
2013           Elevation, Installation with Artist/composer, Kahil El’Zabar, Fusion MIA, Art Basel, Miami, FL
                      Ancestral Throne, Elevation Project, with Kahil El’Zabar, Blade, Roche De Palmer, Bordeaux, France
                  
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
2022            Wings of Grace, N'Namdi Center for Contemporary Art, Detroit, MI
                       The Dawning, ​EXPO CHICAGO, Chicago, IL
2021           The Illuminated, N'Namdi Contemporary Gallery, Miami, FL
2019            Heavenly Bodies, EXPO CHICAGO, Chicago, Illinois
2018            Luminescence, EXPO CHICAGO, Chicago, Illinois
                       NOW! All Together, Gallery 116, St. Charles, Illinois
                       In There!, Concord 55 Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2017           Through the Light of Epiphany, N’Namdi Contemporary, Miami, FL
                       As We Rise, Jeffrey Breslow Gallery, Chicago, IL
2015            Amor! 300 S Riverside Plaza Building, Chicago, Illinois
                       Sizzle! Mana Contemporary, Chicago, Illinois
                       Rebirth, Chicago Academy of Music, Chicago, Illinois
2014            Sanctuary of Illumination, Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
                       Soul Touch, Packer/Schopf Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
                       Up! Up! 300 S Riverside Plaza Building, Chicago, Illinois
                       Lightening Field, Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, Michigan
2012            Energy Throne Performance, Art Basel, N’Namdi Contemporary, Miami, FL
2010           Celestial Light in the Forest of Love. Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA  
2009            Inspired Terrain “In the Land of Love, There is No Garbage”, FlatFile Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004            Lucy Slivinski, Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York City, New York 
 
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
2018            Sweet, Golden, Delicious, Northern Illinois University Art Museum, Dekalb, IL
                       Hop, Skip and a Jump, Ari’s Arthouse, Chicago, IL
                       New Observations, Art Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM, July 18-21, 2018
2016            Gateway, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
2015           Gallery Artists, Packer/Schopf Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
                      Gallery Artists, N’Namdi Contemporary Gallery, Miami, FL. SCOPE, Miami Art Basel, Miami, FL
2014            Throne of a Higher Thought Installation, Fusion MIA, Miami, FL
2013            Art Basel Miami 2013, N’Namdi Contemporary Gallery, Miami, FL
2012            Art Basel Miami, 2012, N’Namdi Contemporary Gallery, Miami, FL
                       Sculpture Today: New Forces, New Forms, Frederik Miejer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI
                       Energy, The Tree of Life Throne, Guichard Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2009            Messages & Magic, 100years of American Collage and Assemblage, Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin 
2008           Hot House: Expanding the Field of Fiber, Reading Public Museum, Reading, PA
2007           Sculpture Invasion, Koehnline Museum of Art, Desplaines, Illinois
                      HotHouse: Expanding the Field of Fiber, Cranbrook Museum of Art,  Bloomfield Hills, MI
2006           They Got the Stuff, Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York City, New York
 
AWARDS
2010            Illinois Arts Council Project Award
2009            Americans for the Arts, 2009 Public Art Network Year in Review Award
2008            CAAP Grant, City of Chicago
2006            Illinois Arts Council Special Assistance Grant
 
MEDIA  
2019           Year of Public Art,”Art in Chicago Neighborhoods,” City of Chicago, 2019
                       Bad at Sports, “Lucy Slivinski’s Heavenly Bodies Hovers over EXPO CHICAGO”, September 19, 2019
                      Community Connection, “Interview with Lucy Slivinski”, September 5, 2019
                      ACS Magazine, “Heavenly Bodies, Lucy Slivinski Light Installation,” September, 2019
2018           Uptown Update, “Phoenix Rising Sculpture Dedicated Today”, June 28, 2018     
                      Voyage Chicago, “Meet Lucy Slivinski, in West Side Studio.” August 14, 2018
2017           Rolling Out Magazine, "Gallery Guichard's Featured Artist Turns Scrap Metal into One-of-a-Kind Works,"March 16, 2017    
2015           Manderin Quarterly, “Thought Leaders,” Spring 2015
2014           Daily Herald, “Reflections of Scott’s Sawmill,” September 19, 2014
2013           Down and Dirty Radio Show, “Looking Cool!” June 11, 2013
2012           GlobeTrotter Magazine, “Lucy Slivinski,” Winter 2011/2012
                      Cs Interiors, “Best In Design: Lighting: Lucy Slivinski, Fall 2012
                      Cs Interiors, “Well Sculpted,” Winter 2012
2011           Luxe National, “Material Girl, Lucy Slivinski,” Style Makers, Winter, 2011
2010           Elle Décor, February, 2010
2009           The New York Times, “Chandeliers, Blazing With Recyclables,” Nov.12, 2009      
                      CS Interiors, “Home Front Design, Bright Lights,” Winter, 2009
2006           Kunstaspekte Internationale, “The Girls Have it!”March 2006-April 2006
                       Welding Design & Fabrication,  “Welding in the Park,” August 27, 2006
                      Chicago Tribune, “ ‘Hedgerow’, by Lucy Slivinski in Grant Park,” August 4, 2006
                      WBEZ Public Radio, 848 Show, Chicago, IL, Interview,“Artists and Automobiles,” 6/26/06
                      ABC Channel 7, 4:30PM News, Interview,“Artists and Automobiles,” 6/20/06
                     Chicago Sun-Times, “An Exhaustive Effort in Tailpipe Art,” June 21, 2006  
2005          Art in America, Phyllis Kind Gallery, NYC. Solo-Exhibition Review, March, 2005
                     Kunstbeeld, Phyllis Kind Gallery, NYC. Solo-Exhibition Review, January, 2005
                     Vietnam Visual Arts, Lucy Slivinski @ Phyllis Kind, Solo-Exhibition Review, May 5, 2005
 
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2019          Guest Speaker, Workshop, University of Indiana, Bloomington, IN
2016          Guest Speaker, 10th Annual Sustainable Business & Design Conference,
                     “Creativity and Sustainability,” Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
                      Guest Speaker, Arte Y Moda 2016, Museo De Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
2015           The Art of Reclaim, Workshop, Lecture, Knoch Knolls Nature Center, Naperville, IL                                            
2014           SAIC Judge, Department of Fashion, School of the Art Institute of Chicago                                                                                                     
​                       Artist in Residence, Erie Museum of Contemporary Art, Erie, PA
2013            Artist in Residence, “Elevation Project,” Roche De Palmer, Bordeaux, France

2010            Artist in Residence, Albright College, Reading, PA

 
PUBLIC & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Longhouse Foundation Collection, NY                 Longwood University, Farmington, VA
Delta Institute, Chicago                                              City of Chicago, Public Art Collection
City of St. Cloud, MN                                                    Art Enterprises / Burton Kanter
Bodine Condominium Corporation                         Artpark, Lewiston, NY
City of Naperville, IL                                                      Christy Webber Landscapes, Chicago, Illinois
Capital Investments, Chicago, Illinois                     City of Bolingbrook, Illinois
Sandro Miller Collection                                              Lael & Eugenie Johnson Collection
Noil Corporation                                                             Jan Petry Collection
Michael Del Piero                                                            Stuart Grannen
Bartholomew Recycling Center                                Chris & Sarah Jilsrud
Cleo Wilson                                                                        Alan Bolle
Jumaane N’Namdi                                                           Mary Bell
Jane Levy                                                                             Lukas Machinas
Musique de Nuit, Bordeaux, France                        Tada Nagoya
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