Born: May 29,1930 in Chicago


Education:

MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1972.
BFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1970.


Selected Exhibitions

Karen Savage, "Family Album", Anchor Graphics, Chicago, 2003.
Karen Savage, "What She Wore", New Photograms, Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, 2002.
Karen Savage-New Photograms, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, 2001.
Karen Savage-"Photogrammes, 1998-99", Galerie des arts visuels, Université Laval,
Québec City, Canada, 1999.
Karen Savage-Recent Photograms, Ten in One Gallery, Chicago, 1998.
Karen Savage-Recent Photographs, Ten in One Gallery, Chicago, 1996.
Karen Savage-Circuit des Artistes, Parc Naturel Regional du Pilat, Veranne,
France, 1994.
Karen Savage-Recent Work, La Serre, Ecole Regionale des Beaux Arts de St.
Etienne, France, 1994.
Camera Cases, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1989.
Karen Savage-Recent Work, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, 1988.
Karen Savage-Color Photographs, Fred Wessel-Lithographs and
Drawings, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, 1984.
Karen Savage-Color Photographs, Cameravision, Los Angeles,
California, 1983.
Photographs Made in France, Alliance Française de Chicago, 1983.
Fashion Plates, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, 1982.



Selected groupexhibitions:

Material Presence, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL, 2003.
Transition, IUN Gallery for Contemporary Art,
Indiana University Northwest, Gary, 2003.
Somewhat Small Works, Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, 2002-03.
Natural History, Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, 2002.
15/15, SAIC Print Faculty Exhibition, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst , IL, 2002.
Annual Auction Exhibition, Anchor Graphics, Chicago, 2001.
Significant/Signifiers, The Ukranian Museum of Modern Art, Chicago, 2001.
Annual Auction Exhibition, Anchor Graphics, Chicago, 2000.
Annual Auction Exhibition, Anchor Graphics, Chicago, 1999.
Faculty Sabbatical Exhibition, Betty Rymer Gallery, SAIC, Chicago, 1998-99
Art Frankfort #10, (Ten in One Gallery, Chicago), Frankfort, Germany, 1998.
Beastly Thoughts, curated by Kathleen King, August House Studio, Chicago, 1998.
Just Good Art, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, 1997.
Recent Work, Jan Gilbert, Moise Sadoun, & Karen Savage, L'Embarcadère, Lyon,
France, 1997.
Annual Auction Exhibition, Anchor Graphics, Chicago, 1997.
Pushing the Boundaries: New Techniques in Printmaking, Noyes Cultural Art Center,
Evanston IL, 1997.
Illinois Photographers in the '90's, The Museum of Contemporary Photography,
Columbia College, Chicago, 1996.
Just Good Art, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, 1996.
Annual Auction Exhibition, NAME Gallery, Chicago, 1996.
Faculty Exchange Exhibition, Museum Gallery, Seoul National University,
Seoul, Korea, 1995.
Just Good Art, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, 1995.
Not Just Another Pretty Face, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, 1995.
Annual Auction Exhibition, NAME Gallery, Chicago, 1995.
Catalyst '95, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL, 1995.
Just Good Art, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, 1994.
(Not So) Negative, Ten in One Gallery, Chicago, 1994.
Red, Barney's New York, Chicago, 1994.
Troisième Triennale Mondiale d' Estampes petit format, Chamalières,
France, 1994
Contemporary Prints from Chicago, New Ideas, New Techniques,
Shinsegae Dongbang Gallery, Seoul, Korea, 1994.
International Group Show, Centre de Congrès, St. Etienne, France, 1994.
Photographic, N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, 1994.
Camera Obscura/Obscura Camera, Betty Rymer Gallery , SAIC, 1994.
Faculty Sabbatical Show, Betty Rymer Gallery, SAIC, 1991.
Ink and Silver 2, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, 1991, Curated by
Fred Endsley and Karen Savage.
Personal/Political, SAIC Gallery 2, Chicago, 1990.
You Must Remember This, a Kiss is Just a Kiss,
Klein Gallery, Chicago, 1989.
Sex, Death and Jello, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago,1988.
Visual Series, works by Marc Giordano, Jim Koss, Ray Martin,
Karen Savage, and John Wood, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, 1985.
New Photographics '85, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA, 1985..
Works on Paper, gallery artists exhibition, Printworks Gallery,
Chicago, 1983.
Colorprint USA, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, 1983.
New American Photography, The Museum of Contemporary Photography,
Columbia College, Chicago, 1981.
Prints at NAME, NAME Gallery, Chicago, 1978.

 


Represented by:

Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago.
The Midwest Photographers Project, The Museum of Contemporary Photography,
Columbia College, Chicago.
Sara Ranchouse Publishing, Chicago IL../Printed Matter, New York City.


Grants:
Finalist Award, Photography, Illinois Arts Council, 2001.
Artists Fellowship, Photography, Illinois Arts Council, 1998.
Artists Fellowship, Photography, Illinois Arts Council, 1986.
Faculty Enrichment Grants, School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
2004,1999, 1997, 1993, 1990, 1988, 1986, 1981.
Artists Fellowship, Photography, Illinois Arts Council, 1984.


Visiting Artist:
Artist in Residence, Ecole des arts visuels, Université Laval, Québec City, Canada, 1999.
Artist in Residence, Ecole Regionale des Beaux Arts, Saint Etienne, France, 1995.
Artist in Residence, Ecole Regionale des Beaux Arts, Saint Etienne, France, 1994.
SAIC Study Trip, Instituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, 1988.
SAIC Study Trip, Versailles, France, 1988.
Montana State University, Bozeman, 1984.
Northern Michigan University, Marquette, 1979.
New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred, 1975.


Collections:
Collection Gilbert Monin, Lyon, France.
Musée d'art moderne de Saint Etienne, France.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, (artists books, represented by Sara Ranchouse
Publishing).
Tate Gallery Library, London, Le Sourire, (artists book, represented by Sara Ranchouse
Publishing).
Joan Flasch Artists Book Collection, Flaxman Library, The School of the Art Institute
of Chicago.
The Art Institute of Chicago.
East Carolina University Museum of Art, Greenville, NC.
The Visual Studies Workshop, Research Center, Rochester, NY.
The Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI.
Mundelein College, Chicago.
St. Xavier College, Chicago.
llinois Bell, Chicago; & others, including private collections.


Published:
Portraits of Karen, Sara Ranchouse Publishing, Chicago, 1999.
Contest, (represented by Sara Ranchouse), 1995.
Pas du Tout, A Serrefolio, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Saint Etienne, France, 1994.
Looking the Other Way, (represented by Sara Ranchouse Publishing), 1994.
Why Things Work: Printmaking at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
The California Printmaker, Winter, 1993.
The Silence is Golden Book, (represented by Sara Ranchouse Publishing), 1993.
Lament, SAIC, 1991.
Collusion: 2, (published by Sara Ranchouse Publishing), 1988.
DODA, (published by Sara Ranchouse Publishing), 1985.
Exposure, 19:1, Journal of the Society for Photographic Education 1981.
The Chicago Review, University of Chicago Press, Vol.29#4, 1978.


Panels:
The Hero as Noisemaker, The Artist as a Heroic Figure, Mid America College
Art Association 52nd Annual Conference, Kansas City Art Institute, 1988.
The Uses of Photography, Detroit National Print Symposium,
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 1980.


Academic experience:
Chair (Madame la directrice), Printmedia Department, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2003-04.
Professor, Printmedia and Photography Departments,The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1973-present.
Chair, Printmedia Department, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1978-1979, 1985- 1989, 1991-1993, 1995-97.
Director of Graduate Studies (Chair, Graduate Division), The School
of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1979-1982.
Instructor, Young Artists Studios, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1973.