Untitled Document

Born: Albany, New York

EDUCATION
University of Missouri-Kansas City, M. A. Art and Art History 1985
University of Pennsylvania, B. A. Art and Art History 1969
San Francisco Art Institute, Pre-MFA Program, painting/printmaking 1970-71
Provincetown Workshop, Eight-Week summer Residency, scholarship, painting/drawing 1970
Brooklyn Museum Art School, Museum Program, Max Beckmann Memorial Scholarship, painting 1969-70
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Nine-Week summer Residency Program, work scholarship, painting 1969
State University of New York at Albany, figure drawing 1968

SELECTED SOLO and TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2008   Marilyn Propp & David Jones: Travel Stories and Shadow Play. Galeria AP, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico
2006   Come Together: David Jones & Marilyn Propp. Gallery Mornea, Evanston, IL
          Union/Opposition. Louisiana Tech University School of Art, Ruston, LA
          When Opposites Attract. H. F. Johnson Gallery, Carthage College, Kenosha, WI
2004   Marilyn Propp: New Paintings. Schopf Gallery on Lake, Chicago, IL
2003   Marilyn Propp: Paintings, On & of Wood. Quincy Art Center, Quincy IL
2002   time/change/motion. Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL
2000   Scene in Chicago. Judy A. Saslow Gallery, Chicago, IL. Three-person solo shows
1999   Reconstructions. Sharp/Danka Gallery, South Suburban College, South Holland, IL
          Icons and Golden Vessels. Lakeside Gallery, Lakeside, MI
1996   Variations: Cycladic Figures. University Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1995   Marilyn Propp, Paintings. Ohio Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
1993   Marilyn Propp: Paintings and Drawings. Thimmesh Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1991   Cosmic Follies: New Works on Canvas and Paper. Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
          Marilyn Propp:Crossings & Expeditions. Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, IL
1990   The Paintings of Marilyn Propp. Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
1989   Marilyn Propp: Interior Visions. Sazama Gallery, Chicago, IL
         Stations of the Cross: Fourteen Paintings on Paper. Biblical Arts Center, Dallas, TX
1987   Marilyn Propp: Works on Paper. Dorry Gates Gallery, Kansas City, MO
         Marilyn Propp: The Stations of the Cross. Mulvane Art Center, Topeka, KS
1985   Marilyn Propp: Stations of the Cross. University of Missouri-Kansas City Gallery, Kansas City, MO
1984   Vessel Series. Rockhurst College, Kansas City, MO
1983   The Wind and Water Series. Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
1982   Marilyn Propp: New Works on Canvas and Paper. Donald Batman Gallery, Kansas City, MO.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 Remarkable Women. Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI. Panel discussion.
          The Art of Democracy. Loyola University Museum of Art. Chicago, IL. Panel discussion.
          Scapes: Land, Sea and Mind. South Shore Arts, William Bachman Gallery, Munster, IN
2007 The Art of Play. Chicago Tourism Center, Chicago, IL
Barbie Meets G.I. Joe. Koehnline Museum, Des Plaines, IL
          The Exquisite Snake, and Recent Acquisitions. Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Evanston, IL
2006   Art in Perpetuity. Studio 18 Gallery, New York City, NY
          Landscape in the Postmodern. Brad Cooper Gallery, Tampa, FL
          Travel Documents. A+D Gallery, Chicago, IL
          Travel Documents. Koehnline Museum, Des Plaines, IL
          Art Faculty Biennale. Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, IL
2005   The Art of the Bookplate. Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004   6 Artists. Anchor Graphics, Chicago, IL.
2003   Remarkable Women. Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI.
2001   The Exquisite Corpse. Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL.
          Group Exhibition. Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL
          From Here to There. The Brewery Art Centre, Kendal, Cumbria, England
1999   22nd Harper College National Exhibition: Small Works. Harper College, Palatine, IL
          Prints from Anchor Graphics. Moreau Galleries, St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN
         Beyond the Surface. Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI
          Unlimited Editions. Riverside Arts Center, Riverside, IL
1998   Familiars, Masks and Totems. Three Arts Club, Chicago, IL
         Beastly Thoughts. August House Studio, Chicago, IL
1997   Scene in Chicago. Judy A. Saslow Gallery, Chicago, IL
          Art from Anchor. Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago, IL
1996   Figures. Northern Illinois University Gallery, Chicago, IL
1995   Group Show. Ohio Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
          Marilyn Propp: Drawings. Prints from Anchor Graphics. Stocksdale Gallery, William Jewell College, MO
1994   Go Figure! Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago, IL
1993 Chicago Curators Choose Chicago Artists. Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
          Gesture and Glance. Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL
        Chicago International Art Exposition. Donnelly International Hall, Chicago, IL
1992   Works by Gallery Artists. Thimmesh Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
         Extraordinary Women. Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
1991   Chicago International Art Exhibition. Donnelly Hall, Chicago, IL
        Small Things. Northern Illinois University Gallery, Chicago, IL
1990   Black and White. Sazama Gallery, Chicago, IL
        Perceptions of "the Other": Exploring Cultural Diversity. Peace Museum & South Shore Cultural
          Center, Chicago, IL
1989   Gallery Artists/Group Show. Sazama Gallery, Chicago, IL
1988   Great Escapes. Sazama/Brauer Gallery, Chicago, IL
1987   CIVA Juried Exhibition. Foundry Gallery, Washington, DC
1986   Summer Show: Gallery Artists-New Work. Dorry Gates Gallery, Kansas City, MO
1985 Close to Home: The Midwest as Subject and Symbol.Kansas City Artists Coalition Gallery, KCMO
         New Talent/New Images. Gallery Karl Oskar, Westwood Hills, KS
         Kansas City Artists Coalition Invitational. Reuben Saunders Gallery, Wichita, KS
1984   Selected Works from the Hallmark Collection. The Central Exchange, Kansas City, MO
          Intimate Images. Crown Center, Kansas City, MO. Best of Show. Juror: Lynne Warren
1983   Landscape '83 Mid America. Donald Batman Gallery, Kansas City, MO
         Contemporary Work by Kansas City Painters. Halls Crown Center, Kansas City, MO
1982   KCAC Annual Selected Painters. Mulvane Art Center, Topeka, KS
1981   Abstractions. Donald Batman Gallery, Kansas City, MO
         Selected Works. Spiva Art Center, Joplin, MO
         Unity in Diversity. Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS. Catalogue
1980   Selected Artists. Mulvane Art Center, Topeka, KS
         Women and the Landscape. The Central Exchange, Kansas City, MO

RESIDENCIES and VISITING ARTIST POSITIONS
2008 Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico. Visiting Artist.
2007 Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. Visiting Artist.
Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL. Artist Residency.
2006 Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA. Visiting Artist.
2005 Jentel Artists Residency Program, Banner, Wyoming. Four-week Residency.
1995 Illinois State Museum, Lockport Gallery, Lockport, IL. "Careers in the Arts," Panelist, slides.
1989 The Lakeside Studio, six-week Artist Residency, Lakeside, Michigan.
1989-90 Mundelein College (now Loyola University), Visiting Artist in Painting
1977 University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. Visiting artist. Autobiographical slide lecture, "Women in Art" class.

GRANTS AND HONORS
Columbia College Chicago Faculty Development Grant
Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Grant.
Three CAAP Grants. Chicago Dept. of Cultural Affairs, and the IL Arts Council Access Program.
Nominated, Sixth Annual Awards in the Visual Arts and First Missouri Visual Artists Biennial.
Four William Jewell College Faculty Development Grants.
"City Scenes '76." Design chosen for urban mural and installed on a 55' x 115' wall in downtown Kansas City.
Nat'l Paint & Coatings Assn's bicentennial program that chose 8 murals throughout the U.S. Supported in part
by the National Endowment for the Arts.

PREVIOUS GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Thimmesh Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Ohio Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
Sazama Gallery and Sazama/Brauer Gallery, Chicago, IL
Dorry Gates Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Donald Batman Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Gallerie Spielhagen, Batman, and Murphy, Kansas City, MO

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
The Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass.
DePaul University Museum, Chicago, IL
Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Evanston, IL
Amnesty International, New York, NY
Van Den Bergh Foods Company, Lisle, IL
Sandoz Corporation, Des Plaines, IL
McDonald's Corporation, Chicago, IL
Old St. Patrick's Church, Chicago, IL
Morningstar Inc., Chicago, IL
AT&T Collection, Kansas City, MO
Hallmark Collection, Kansas City, MO
Wendy's Corporation, Raytown, MO
Mission Hills Bank Collection, Mission Hills, KS
The Summer Palace, Saudi Arabia
Private collections in Chicago, Kansas City, and throughout the United States.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Margaret Hawkins, "'Travel Documents' lets us tour with artists," Chicago Sun-Times, March 17, 2006.
6 Artists, limited edition book published by Jet Litho, Inc. in collaboration with Anchor Graphics, Chicago. Essay by Janina Ciezadlo, 2004.
Margaret Hawkins, "Gallery Glance," Chicago Sun-Times, February 27, 2004.
Alan Artner, "Marilyn Propp," Chicago Tribune, February 20, 2004.
"Heads Up!," Quincy Herald-Whig, February 23, 2003, 6C.
Sharon Woodhouse, "Artist Watch--Marilyn Propp," Ravenswood Reporter, July 2000, 7.
The Exquisite Corpse, foreword by Bob Hiebert, Sidney Block, and Audrey Niffenegger, essay by Mark Pascale, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, 1999, 21.
"Hoffhines, Propp team for show," The Herald-Palladium, August 6, 1999, 6A.
Julee Pearson, "FIGURES -- Northern Illinois University Gallery," The New Art Examiner, p. 45, February 1996, 45.
Tim Bascom, " Marilyn Propp," Christianity and the Arts, Vol. 3 No. 1, 1996, 8, 9.
Blair Kamin, "Architecture-Religious Revival," The Chicago Tribune, December 24, 1995, sec. 7, 5.
Charles Cowdrick, "An Artist's Journey," Pitch Weekly, October 12-18, 1995, Art.
Michael Bulka, "Chicago Curators Choose Chicago Artists," Dialogue, November-December 1993, 20.
Esther Grisham, "Chicago Curators Choose Chicago Artists," The New Art Examiner, October, 1993, 45 & 46.
David McCracken, "Local artists shine in summer 'experiment,'" The Chicago Tribune, July 23, 1993, sec. 7, 46.
James Auer, "Women's show proves a strong one," The Milwaukee Journal, May 24, 1992, Art section.
Lu Bro, Figure & Form, Vol. I, Skills and Expression, Iowa: Brown & Benchmark, 1992, 170. Martha Howard, "Marilyn Propp." New Art Examiner, February 1990, 44.
David McCracken, "Gallery Scene," The Chicago Tribune, November 10, 1989, 61, sec. 7. Donald Hoffman, "Art Journal," The Kansas City Star, July 17, 1988, 10E.
Donald Hoffman, "KC artist gets beyond trivial," The Kansas City Star, May 24, 1987, 9E. Angel Kwolek-Folland, "Marilyn Propp," New Art Examiner, March 1987, 53.
Garry Noland, "Artists Share Tendency for Personal Revelation," Forum, Vol. 10, no. 5, Nov/Dec 1985, 10.
Donald Hoffman, "Stations' builds on Passion," The Kansas City Star, August 18, 1985, 11E. Debra L. Di Blasi, "Marilyn Propp," New Art Examiner, February 1985, 66.
Donald Hoffman, "Marilyn Propp," The Kansas City Star, September 1984. 8-I.
Angel Kwolek-Folland, "Propp paintings on display in Union," The Manhattan Mercury, February 13, 1983, D7.
Donald Hoffman, "Marilyn Propp," The Kansas City Star, March 14, 1982, 9F, and October 21, 1979, 8F.
Michael Walling, "Marilyn Propp," Forum, April, 1982, 5.
Michael R. Bailey, "Interview with Marilyn Propp," Forum, November 1979.
Elisabeth Kirsch, "Male/Female: The Human Figure," Forum, April 1979.
Michael R. Bailey, "Marilyn Propp at the Galerie Spielhagen, Batman & Murphy," Forum, December 1978.
Victoria Kirsch Melcher, "She Works Wonders with Pastels," The Kansas City Star, November 15, 1978, 6G.
Robert Travaglione, "Art Goes Big Downtown," The Kansas City Star Magazine, August 14, 1977, 42 & 43.
David L. Morehead, "City Scenes Project Transforms Slums to Supergraphics," Today's Art, December 1977, 16-21.
Peg McMahon, "The Marilyn Propp Story," Greenhouse, Kansas City's Journal of the Arts, November 1976, 16-19.
AIA Journal, November, 1976, 22. "Wall mural completed," Kansas City Art Institute Newsletter, lxxxvi no. 6, Oct 1976, 3.
"Kansas City Completes City Scenes '76 Wall," Coatings, October 4, 1976, 99 & 100.
Zeva Oelbaum, "Waitress Paints Mural for Downtown," The Kansas City Star, August 8, 1976, 3B.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS and OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL. Adjunct faculty, Art and Design Dept., 2002-present
Loyola University, Chicago, IL. Adjunct faculty, Fine Arts Dept., 2003-2006
Panelist. Community Arts Assistance Grants. Chicago Dept. of Cultural Affairs, and the IAC Access Program, 2003
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Adjunct faculty, Painting Dept, 2000-02
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL. Instructor, painting, drawing, figure drawing, 1990-2007
Marwen Foundation, Chicago, IL. Instructor, studio and art history, 1990-96
Gallery 37, Chicago Cultural Center, Dept. of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL. Instructor, printmaking, 1995
Anchor Graphics, Chicago, IL. Member, Board of Directors, 1991-2006
Anchor Graphics, non-profit printshop and gallery, Chicago, IL. Co-founder, 1990
Mundelein College (Loyola University), Chicago, IL. Instructor, figure drawing, 1989
William Jewell College, Liberty, MO. Adjunct faculty, painting, drawing, art history, 1979-87
Rockhurst College, Kansas City, MO. Instructor, art history, 1983