REPRESENTATION
Represented by Manneken Press, Manneken Press is an independent fine art press that publishes and exhibits original, limited edition prints and artist’s books.
ONE & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024
McLEAN COUNTY ART CENTER, Bloomington, IL
L J Douglas, Recollections.
2016
RAMP ARTS GALLERY, Bloomington, IL
L J Douglas, Selected Works
CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER, Preston Jackson Gallery, Peoria, IL
L J Douglas Cadance, Works on Paper
2014
HEARTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Joe Mccauley Gallery,
Normal, IL
L J Douglas, Animations
FRANK JUAREZ GALLERY, Sheboygan, Wi
Variables, L J Douglas & Gary Justis
2013
PEORIA ART GUILD, Peoria, IL
Intimate Choreographies, L J Douglas and Sarah Smelser
2011
URBAN INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, Grand Rapids, MI
Plush Variables: Gary Justis in Collaboration with L J Douglas,
HEAVY BROW GALLERY, Bloomington, IL
L J Douglas & Sarah Smelser
2010
QUINCY ART CENTER, Quincy IL
L J Douglas
TARBLE ART CENTER, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
Gary Justis in Collaboration with L J Douglas
LINCOLN COLLEGE, Lincoln, IL
L J Douglas
2007
ALFEDENA GALLERY, Chicago, IL
L J Douglas
MERWIN GALLERY, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL
L J Douglas
2005
INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF SURGICAL SCIENCE, Chicago, IL
L J Douglas
2004
EUREKA COLLEGE ART GALLERY, Eureka College, Eureka, IL
L J Douglas
GALLERY ROOM 302, Bloomington, IL
L J Douglas
2002
ART AND DESIGN GALLERY, UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA, Alberta, Canada
L J Douglas and Shona Macdonald
1994—1995
GALLERY A (currently Carrie Secrist Gallery), Chicago, IL
L J Douglas
1990
CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, Chicago, IL
L J Douglas
1989—90
ART MUSEUM OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS, Beaumont, TX
L J Douglas
1987
MARIANNE DESON GALLERY, Chicago, IL
L J Douglas
1980
ARTEMESIA GALLERY, Chicago, IL
L J Douglas
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, New York, NY
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CHICAGO, Chicago, IL
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, WASHINGTON, D C
FOGG ART MUSEUM, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Boston, Mass.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS, Washington, D C
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, Washington, D C
SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, JOAN FLASH ARTISTS’ BOOK COLLECTION, Chicago, IL
NATHAN CUMMINGS FOUNDATION
FORD FOUNDATION
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, Washington, D.C.
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, RESERVE COLLECTION, NYC
BROOKLYN MUSEUM, Brooklyn, NY
BROOKLYN, ART LIBRARY, Brooklyn, NY
BIBLIOGRAPH, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN, Province, R I
JOHAN DEUMENS ARCHIVE, Heemsteede, The Nederlands
GARAGE MODERNE, Paris, France
ROCKFORD ART MUSEUM, Rockford, IL
ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM, Springfield, IL
INTERNATIONAL MINERALS & CHEMICALS, Chicago, IL
WESTWOOD MANAGEMENT, Chicago, IIL
JOLIET JUNIOR COLLEGE, Joliet, IL
ZUCKERMAN MUSEUM OF ART, Kennesaw, GA
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Lori Baum & Arron Henkelman
Larry Miller
Karen Indeck
Diane Coty
Jean Cleary
Sarah Smelser & Jonathan Higgins
Jin Lee
Rhea Edge
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
Boston Printmakers, Boston, MA USA
Los Angeles Printmaking Society
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
THELMA Sadoff Center for the Arts, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Indiana Green Invitational curated by Frank Juárez former gallery director (Sheboygan and Milwaukee), award winning art educator, artist, author, art coach, editor of Art Dose Magazine and community arts leader.
ICOSA an artist-run exhibition space. Print Austin, The Contemporary Print. Juror: Mark Pascale, Printmaker and Curator in the Department of Prints and Drawings at The Art Institute of Chicago, and concurrently Senior Lecturer in Print Media, at School of the Art Institute.
2023
SAGA Gallery, Union Square, NYC, NY.
2nd Annual Mini Gems Print Exhibition.
Juror: Kimberly Henrikson, Directory of the Center for Contemporary Printmaking, New York, NY.
808 Gallery at Boston University, Boston, Mass.
The Boston Printmakers 2023 North American Print Biennial.
Juror Elizabeth M. Rudy Carl A. Weyerhaeuser Curator of Prints Harvard Art Museums Cambridge, Massachusetts
Exhibition Catalog here: https://www.bostonprintmakers.org/wpcontent/uploads/2023/09/BP_Catalog_23.pdf
ARC (Artists Residents of Chicago) Gallery, Chicago,
ARC Members’: 50th ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION.
Bradbury Art Museum, Fowler Center, Arkansas State University. 2023 Delta National Small Prints Exhibition.
Juror: Jenn Bratovich, director of exhibitions and programming at Print Center New York.
Sag Gallery, NYC, NY.
2nd Annual Mini Gems Print Exhibition.
Juror: Kimberly Henrikson, Director of Center for Contemporary Printmaking.
2022
Chicago Printmakers Collaborative. Chicago, Il.
33nd Annual International Small Print Show. Invitational.
University Galleries Of Illinois State University.
Beyond The Norm 2022.
Juror: Carmon Colangelo, Dean, Sam Fox School; Professor for Collaboration in the Arts. Washington University. MO
Monetary Award For “Field And Fly”.
ArtLink Gallery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
2nd National Print Exhibition.
Juror: Bill Hosterman.
“Land,” was given an honorable mention by the juror.
ArtSpace Collective, Oshkosh, WI
What’s So Funny?
Print portfolio exchange. Organized by Morgan Price.
2021
Chicago Printmakers Collaborative. Chicago, IL.
32nd Annual International Small Print Show. Invitational.
Parkside Galleries, University of Wisconsin- Parkside.
Parkside 27th National Print Exhibition. Juror: John Hitchcock.
2020
Briton Museum, Big Horn, WY
Printmaking in the Rockies and on The Great Plains.
Wonsook Kim Center for Visual Arts, Illinois State University, Normal, IL.
What’s So Funny? Printmaking Portfolio Display.
Exchange Portfolio organizer, Morgan Price.
2019
Parkside’s Fine Arts Gallery, University of Wisconsin.
26th Parkside National Print Exhibition. Juror Sarah Smelser.
2018
CHICAGO PRINTMAKERS COLLABORATIVE, Chicago, IL
29th Annual International Small Print Exhibition. Invitational.
IDENBAUGH GALLERY, University Of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho.
Stitchers And Printers, 2018 Rocky Mountain Printmaking Alliance Symposium. Organized by Micah Zavacky.
2018
MID AMERICA PRINTMAKING CONFERENCE, University of Wyoming, Laramie,Wyoming Panoramic Pedagogy. Organized by Louise Fisher and Kelsey Reiman.
SOUTHERN GRAPHICS CONFERENCE INTERNATIONAL: Altered Landscape. “Hodology: Landscape in Motion”. Las Vegas, NV. Organized by Summer Ventis.
JOE MCCAULLEY GALLERY, Heartland Community College, Normal, IL. Faculty Exhibition
GALLERIES AT CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY, Cleveland, Ohio
Global Matrix IV, International Print Exhibition,Traveling Exhibition.
Galleries at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Jurors Kathryn Reeves, Kimberly Vito, Sean Caulfield, and Craig Martin, Director of the Purdue University Galleries.
2017
LAWRENCE ARTS CENTER, Lawrence, Kansas
2017 Mid America Print Council Juried Members’ Exhibition. Juror Sarah Smelser.
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-PARKSIDE ART GALLERIES, Kenosha, WI
25th Parkside National Small Print. Exhibition. Juror: David Jones.
ROBERT AND ELAINE STEIN GALLERIES, WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY, Dayton, Ohio
Global Matrix IV International Print Exhibition, Traveling Exhibition. Jurors were Kathryn Reeves, Kimberly Vito, Sean Caulfield, and Craig Martin, Director of the Purdue University Galleries.
2016
PURDUE UNIVERSITY GALLERIES, Purdue University, Purdue, Indianna
Global Matrix IV International Print Exhibition, Traveling Exhibition. Jurors were Kathryn Reeves, Kimberly Vito, Sean Caulfield, and Craig Martin, Director of the Purdue University Galleries.
UNIVERSITY GALLERIES, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Beyond the Norm, International Juried Print Exhibition, Juror Susan Tallman.
BRADBURY ART MUSEUM, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas
Delta Small Print
PRINTWORKS GALLERY, Chicago, IL
The Return of the Equisite Corspe,
ULRICH MUSEUM OF ART, Wichita, KA
Shock Print juried Printmaking exhibition
2014
JOE MCCAULAY GALLERY, Heartland Community College, Normal, IL
Heartland Community College Faculty Show
2013
ARC GALLERY, Chicago, IL
Anniversary Show
MEWIN AND WAKELEY GALLERY, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL
Faculty Exhibition
SCA CONTEMPORARY ART, Albuquerque, NM
System Preferences curated by Shona Macdonald
FRANK JUAREZ GALLERY, Sheboygon, WI
Indiana Green co-curated by Frank Juarez and Melissa Dorn Richards (see highlights from artists talks, http://vimeo.com/72533287#)
LIMERICK SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN, Limerick, Ireland
Collected Verses: A Suite Exchange between Illinois State University and Limerick School of Art and Design organized by Richard Finch
MILNER LIBARY, ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY, Normal, Il
Collected Verses: A Suite Exchange between Illinois State University and Limerick School of Art and Design organized by Richard Finch
MCLEAN COUNTY ART CENTER, Bloomington, IL
Define Drawing
JAN BRANDT GALLERY, Bloomington, IL
Configuration, L J Douglas, Erin Furimsky, Grace Sheese, Sarah Smelser
UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL, UK
Bookmarks XI (traveling exhibition)
HEARTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE, HCC Library, Normal, IL
Faculty Exhibition
2012
DOWNTOWN BLOOMINGTON AREA ARTIST SHOWCASE,
Heartland Community College Faculty, Bloomington, IL
HEARTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE, McCauley Gallery,
Summer Show, Normal, IL 2011—2012
ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM, Jim Thompsom Center, Chicago, IL
Figurism: Narrative and Fantastic Figurative Art from the
Illinois State Museum Collection. Curated by Doug Stapleton,
Assistant Curator of the Illinois State Museum Chicago Gallery
2011
SKETCHBOOK PROJECT, traveling exhibition to the following:
Brooklyn Art Museum, Brooklyn, New York
Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas
29th Street Ballroom at Spider House, Austin, Texas
Space Gallery, Portland, Maine
The Granite Room, Atlanta, Georgia
Hillyer Art Space, Washington, DC
Mercer Gallery at Monroe Community College, Rochester, New York
Form Space Ateller, Seattle, Washington
Madrone Studios, San Francisco, California
Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
Full Sail University, WInter Park, Florida
EVANSTON ART CENTER, Evanston, Illinois
Physio/tasma/gorical, curated by Susan Senseman
EEFFJAY PROJECTS, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Laws of Nature, curated by Leah Schrieber
RACINE ARTS COUNCIL GALLERY, Racine, WI
Laws of Nature, curated by Leah Schrieber
EVANSTON ART CENTER, Evanston, Illinois
Kaleidoscope, exhibition and benefit auction,
UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL, UK, Bookmarks IX (traveling
exhibition to the following)
Art & Fiction, Lausanne, Switzerland
Art & Fiction, Genève, Switzerland
Edinburgh College of Art Library, Edinburgh, Scotland
Fleet Library at Rhode Island School of Art and Design, Providence, RI
Manly Library, Manly, Australia
Orkney Library and Archive, Orkney, Scotland
Université Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne Bibliothèque Universitaire Tréfilerie,
Saint-Etienne, France
Wascana Campus Library, The Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science
and Technology, Regina, Canada
Winchester Discovery Centre, Winchester, UK
Yateley Library, Yateley, Hampshire, UK
2010
ENGINE ROOM, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand
Cut/Paste, curated by Shona Macdonald
MCLEAN COUNTY ARTS CENTER, Bloomington, IL
All New and Exciting
2009
MEWIN AND WAKELEY GALLERY, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL
Faculty Biennial
UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL, UK, BOOKMARKS VIII
(exhibition traveling to the following venues:)
IMPACT 6, 2009 Multi-disciplinary Printmaking Conference, Bristol, UK
Bower Ashton library, Bristol, UK
Lyrikkabinett Munich, Germany
Eureka Books, Eureka, California, USA
SNAP Studio, Bristol, U K
Glasgow School of Art Library, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
National Irish Visual Arts Library, Dublin, Ireland, U K
Howard Gardens library, UWIC Cardiff, Wale, U K
Door No.3, Print and Book Arts Studio, The Methow Valley Community Center,
Twisp, Washington, USA
ROCKFORD ART MUSEUM, Rockford, IL
Francis and June Spiezer Collection
2008
CUESTRA COLLEGE, California,
Artist’s Book Biennial
2007
EVANSTON ART CENTER, curated by John Brunetti, Evanston, IL
Don’t Fade Away
2006
LONSTROM ART MUSEUM, Rauma, Finland
Artists’ Book Exhibition
4TH INTERNATIONAL ARTIST’S BOOK TRIENNIAL , Vilnius, Lithuania,
Rabbit & House
BETTY RYMER GALLERY, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL,
510: If the Shoe Fits
ROBERT L. RINGEL GALLERY, PURDUE UNIVERSITY, Indiana
Bookmarks I, II, III, in conjunction with 60 Square Inches.
5th Annual North American Small Print Exhibition
MCLEAN COUNTY ARTS CENTER, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL.
Exposed: Envisioning the Invisible Body, Curated by L J Douglas, with panel
PEORIA ART GUILD, Peoria Art Guild, Peoria, IL
Eight ContemporaryViews: Ken & Barb Hoffman; Ron Jackson & Kathryn
Capley; L J Douglas & Gary Justis, and Pam Ayres & Kaz McCue
UNIVERSITY GALLERIES, School of Art, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Faculty Exhibit
ARTEMPRESA GALLERY, Corodoba, Argentina
V International Competition, Artists’ Book 2005,
Special Mention
ROBERT A. PECK ARTS CENTER, Central Wyoming College,
Riverton, Wyoming
Specimen Exploration: David S. East, L J Douglas,
Kurt Treeby
MINNESOTA CENTER FOR BOOK ARTS, Minneapolis, MN,
To Have and To Hold: Art You Can Touch, Juried exhibition
2005
UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL, UK, BOOKMARKS III:
Infiltrating Kontatkt (traveling exhibition to the following venues)
Universität der Künste Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu (National Museum of Poznan), Poland
Amherst College Library, Amherst, USA
University of Missouri, Saint Louis, USA
Yale Center for British Art, USA
Broekhuis Boekhandel, Enschede, The Netherlands
Bower Ashton Library, UWE Bristol, UK
Martin County Library System, Gallery, Fairmont, Minnesota, USA
Moufflon Bookshop, Nicosia, Cyprus 2005
O’HANLON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Mill Valley, California
New Editions Books>Old>New>/Digital 2005, Juried by Betsy Davids
MOBILIVRE-BOOKMOBILE (touring exhibition of artist books, zines, and independent publications traveling to the following venues)
Le Fablier, Longueil, Québec
La Central Powerhouse Gallery, Montréal,Québec
Cégep de Matane. Matane, Québec
École La Croisée, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec
Cégep de La Pocatière, La Pocatière, Québec
Bibliothèque Gabrielle-Roy, Québec
Comite Alpha-Papineau, Gatineau, Québec
Alternative Book Fair, Montréal, Québec
Greater Sudbury Public Library, Sudbury, Ontario
Definitely Superior Artist-Run Centre, Thunder Bay, Ontario
Montcalm Treatment Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
Alternator Gallery, Kelowna, BC
Banff Centre and Public Library, Banff, Alberta
Stride Arts Run Centre and Public Library, Calgary, Alberta
AKA Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
L’Ilot Fleurie, Québec City, Québec
Rad’a,, Montreal, Canada
Conestoga High School, Berwyn, PA
project HOME, Philadelphia, PA
2004
MOBILIVRE-BOOKMOBILE (touring exhibition of artist books, zines, and independent publications traveling to the following venues)
Space 1026, Philadelphia PA
Stroudsburg Public Library, Stroudsburg, PA
The banana factory, Bethlehem PA
Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos Hostos Community, College/CUNY, Brooklyn, New York
Parsons Gimbel Library, in conjunction with a Booklyn exhibition curated by Emily K. Larned, NYC, NYC
Local Project, Long Island City, NY
Clovis Press, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
Children’s Media Project, Poughkeepsie, NY
ARTSPACE, Hartford, CT
Rosendale Café, (performance space in the Hudson Valley) Rosendale, NY
Flywheel Arts Collective, Easthampton, MA
Palmer Public Library, Palmer Massachusetts
New Urban Arts, Providence, RI
AS220, Providence, RI
Center for New Words Reading Room, Cambridge, MA
Zeitgeist Gallery. Cambridge, MA
Berwick Research Institute, Roxbury, MA
Parc-Extension Library, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Shawinigan Arts Council, Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada
Séminaire Sainte-Marie, Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada
La Tuque Municipal Library, La Tuque, Quebec, Canada
L’Ilôt Fleurie, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
École La Croisée, Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada
Centre d’artistes Caravansérail, Rimouski, Quebec
Centre Culturel Aberdeen Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Novia Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Struts Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada
SAW gallery, Vazaleen Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
OPIRG, Peter Robinson College, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontaio, Canada
Cooked and Eaten-reading, Gordon Best Theatre, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
The Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Mercer Union, A Centre for Contemporary Art, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The University of Western Ontario and Forest City Gallery. London, Ontario, CanadaNiagara Artists’ Company, St.Catherines, Ontario, Canada
Women’s Resource Centre (WRC), University of Guelph. Guelf Ontario, Canada
Syracuse University, Holly Greenburg, Syracuse, NY
Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
Edinboro University Art Department, Edinboro, PA
Big Idea Bookstore, Pittsburgh, PA
Artists Image Resource, Pittsburgh, PA
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh High School for Creative and Performing Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
2003
UNIVERSITY GALLERIES, SCHOOL OF ART, ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY, Normal, IL
Faculty Biennial
JEAN ALBANO GALLERY, Chicago, IL
Exquisite Snake
SLANE COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATIONS & FINE ART GALLERY, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
The Me in Team
2003
MCLEAN COUNTY ARTS CENTER, Bloomington, IL
So Square
2002
ARTEMESIA GALLERY, CHICAGO, IL
To Kiss The Spirits
2001
UNIVERSITY GALLERIES, ILLINOIS STATE, Normal, IL
Faculty Biennial
2000
PRINTWORKS GALLERY, Chicago, IL
Exquisite Corpse
Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL
Self-portrait
PHOENIX GALLERY, Bloomington, IL
Bloomington Artists
CORN ON THE CURB, Community project, Bloomington Illinois
MCLEAN COUNTY ARTS CENTER, Bloomington, IL
Interior Spaces Still Lives, Illinois Women Artists Invitational, curated by Alison Hatcher
1999
New American Painting, The Open Studios Press,
Number 23 (juried catalog exhibition)
GALLERY A, Chicago, IL
Gallery Artists
1998
UNIVERSITY GALLERIES, ILLINOIS STATE, Normal, IL
Shona Macdonald, L J Douglas, & Sean Caulfield
ARC GALLERY, Chicago, IL
5th Anniversary Show
PRINTWORKS Gallery, Chicago, IL
Collaborations
GALLERY A, Chicago, IL
Group Show
1997
GALLERY A, Chicago, IL
Gallery Artists, Summer Show
1996
GALLERY A, Chicago, IL
In Her Own Right
1994
ARTEMESIA Gallery, Chicago, IL
Something in Common
BENNETT Gallery, Knoxville, TN
Transition I: A look at Progress
GALLERY A, Chicago, IL
Group Exhibition
1993
GALLERY A, Chicago, IL
Once Upon a Time...
GALLERY A, Chicago, IL
Group Exhibition
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY GALLERY, Chicago, IL
Group Exhibition
ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM, Lockport, IL
Views From Within, (traveling exhibition )
ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM, Springfield, IL
Views From Within, (traveling exhibition )
1992
N.A.M.E. GALLERY, Chicago, IL
Plot: Mary Brogger, L. J. Douglas & Gary Justis,
Susan Eder, John Ploff, curated by Wendy Jacobs.
PUBLIC ART PROJECT, Evanston, IL
Leafgate Garden
CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, Chicago, IL
L .J. Douglas, Lorraine Peltz, Donna Tadelman
1991
ROCKFORD ART MUSEUM, Rockford, IL
Silent Dramas
CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, Chicago, IL
Source Material: A glimpse Into the Artist’s Studio
1990
MISSOURI GALLERY, Chicago, IL
Small Things
1989
MISSOURI GALLERY, Chicago, IL
Still Life
CONTEMPORARY CENTER FOR ART, St. Louis, MO
Metaphor & Atmosphere: New Realism in Chicago
STATE OF ILLINOIS ART GALLERY, Chicago, IL
Good Painting
1987
CONTEMPORARY ART WORKSHOP, Chicago, IL
Veiled Light
1986
KRANNART ART MUSEUM, Champaign, IL
Group Show: Visiting Artists
N.A.M.E. GALLERY, Chicago, IL
Then & Now
MARIANNE DESON GALLERY, Chicago, IL
Artists Go To Bat
1985
PETER MILLER GALLERY, Chicago, IL
Convergence, Mind, Myth, & Material
1984
N.A.M.E. GALLERY, Chicago, IL
Mythology & Religion in Art
RANDOLPH STREET GALLERY, Chicago, IL
Chicago Head
1984—1983
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, Dekalb, IL
Chicago Artists
HYDE PART ART CENTER, Chicago, IL
The Fan Show
HYDE PARK ART CENTER, Chicago, IL
The Big Pitcher: 20 Years of the Abstracted
Figure in Chicago Art, curated by Devon Golden
ARTEMESIA GALLERY, Chicago, IL
Looking at Women, organized by Michele Fire,
Anita David, & Jim Faulkner
1982
MARIANNE DESON GALLERY, Chicago, IL
Summer Group Show
RANDOLPH STREET GALLERY, Chicago, IL
Opening New Doors
RANDOLPH STREET GALLERY, Chicago, IL
The Salon Show, organized by Michael Hoskins (aka Michael Famous)
1981
N.A.M.E. GALLERY, Chicago, IL
Guy Whitney/ L J Douglas
CAROLINE SCHNEEBECK GALLERY, Cincinnati, OH
Chicago Artists
1980
RANDOLPH STREET GALLERY, Chicago, IL
Outdoor Installations
1979
NAVY PIER, Chicago, IL
Chicago Art Perspectives
WEST HUBBARD GALLERY, Chicago, IL
Alter Ego
PRINT EXCHANGE PORTFOLIOS
2017
Global Matrix IV International Print Exhibition, Traveling Exhibition. Galleries at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio. Jurors were Kathryn Reeves, Kimberly Vito, Sean Caulfield, and Craig Martin, Director of the Purdue University Galleries.
2018
Hodology: Landscape in Motion organized by Summer Ventis for
the Southern Graphics Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The portfolio is part of the Southern Graphics Print Collection
and Archive which resides at Zuckerman Museum of Arts
Prints Collection.
Stitchers and Printers organized by Micah Zavacky for
the 2018 Rocky Mountain Printmaking Alliance 4th
Biennial Symposium at Washington State University. The
portfolio will be included in the collection of the Rocky
Mountain Printmaking Alliance.
WORKSHOPS, LECTURES, PANELS, AND PUBLIC FORUMS
2018
Illinois State University, Senior Professionals. Normal IL.
Artist Lecture.
2010
QUINCY ART CENTER, Quincy, IL
Artists’ Lecture.
2007
EVANSTON ART CENTER, Evanston, IL
Not Fade Away panel discussion
2006
Maclean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL
Exposed, panel discussion panel moderator 2000
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS ART WORKSHOP,
Life Drawing workshop Intensive, Smithboro, IL
1997—1998
SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO,Chicago, IL
Career Workshop, “Presenting yourself and your work”
1993—1994
SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO,Chicago, IL
“Mind/Body” organized and moderated this lecture series.
This series presented the diverse range of ways to consider representing the body.
1987
THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO, Chicago, IL
Slide lecture and discussion. “The Artist and the Community: Existing outside the studio.”
BATES GALLERY, Chicago, IL
“Work Practices.” Public panel discussion
1986
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, Chicago, IL
Slide Lecture: “The Nature of content”
1985
KRANNERT ART MUSEUM, Champaign-Urbanna, IL, Visiting Artist: Lecture
1984
MINNEAPOLIS COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Artist Lecture and undergraduate painting critiques
N.A.M.E. GALLERY, Chicago, IL
Panel participant public forum: “Mythology and Religion in Art”
1983
OXBOW SUMMER PAINTING SCHOOL, Saugatuck, Michigan
Artist lecture and painting critiques
1982
UNIVERSITY OF INDIANA NORTHWEST EXTENSION, Gary, Indiana
Artist lecture.
1982
COLUMBIA COLLEGE, Chicago, IL
Artist lecture. Series of “Woman in Art” Education. Organized by Johanna Freuh.
EDUCATION DEGREES
1977
SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, Chicago, IL
Master of Fine Arts, Painting & Drawing
1975
PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF ART, Philadelphia, PA
(Now known as University of the Arts)
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting & Drawing
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Catalog: Parkside Galleries, University of Wisconsin- Parkside. Parkside 27th National Print Exhibition. Juror: John Hitchcock.
Krainak, Paul. Inland Art | LJ Douglas. December 27, 2018.
www.TheCommunityWord.com
Warren, Lynn (curator Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago,
The Return of the Equisite Corpse, Catalog, Printworks Gallery, December 2015
Laura Kennedy Interview with L J Douglas, Public Radio, WGLT Datebook, Publish Date: 02/21/2014 04:38 PM. Run Time: 4:00, Bloomington/Normal, IL
Sheboygan Media, “Gallery exhibits ‘Variables’”, Sheboygan Weekend, Sheboygan Press, Thursday, February 13, 2014.
Renken, Leslie, “ Peoria Art Guild to Feature Two Artists that walk familiar ground.”, Peoria Journal Star, August 17, 2013.
Justis, Gary, “Between Low and High Culture: Heavy Brow Gallery,” Open Salon, May 20, 2011 )
Khan, Amereen, Studio Magazine, L J Douglas, featured artist, June, 2011
Wirth, Steven, New City Chicago, on-line, November, 2007
Sher, Elizabeth & Shellaby,Madelaine, March 2005,
“New Editions Books: Old>New> Digital”, digital catalogue,
Artner, Alan, (Friday, March 11, 2005, section 7 C) Chicago Tribune, Art Galleries, “L J Douglas/ Karen Jayne”, pp 25
Loehrke, Mark, (February 25, 2005, Tuesday, March 1), Key,This Week In Chicago, pg 7
Faulkner, Tamara/Score, Joel/,( Friday, February 4, 2005, Volume 34, Number 19), Chicago Reader,
Radio interview with Laura Kennedy on National Public Radio, aired on June 20, 2000. Pantagraph. Readings & Lecturers/Galleries, pg 21.
Hatcher, Alison J. “Interior Spaces Still Lives, exhibit catalog, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, Il, pg. 3.
Pascale,Mark “ The Exquisite Corpse, exhibit catalog,
Printworks Gallery, 1999, Chicago, IL, pg. 21.
Condon, Elisabeth. “L. J. Douglas, Lorraine Peltz, Donna Tadelman.” The New Art Examiner, September 1992, p. 30-31.
McLaughlin, Bonnie. “Source Material: A Glimpse Into the Artist’s Studio” The Reader, August 9, 1991, p. 32-33.
Hawkins, Margaret. “Studio is the Art in an Exhibit that Offers Unique View” Chicago Sun Times, August 2, 1991, p. 58.
McCracken, David. “Exhibit Offers Glimpses of Artist’s Studio’s” Chicago Tribune, July 26, 1991.
Brunetti, John. “Dialogue”, January / February 1991, p.17.
Artner, Alan. “Inverting Time: L. J. Douglas show views the present to the past” Chicago Tribune, September 13, 1990.
Stonitsch, Lonette M. “Views from Within” New Art Examiner, May 1990.
Holg, Garrett. “Views from Within, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, & Lockport (Catalogue), 1989, p. 8-13.
Donato, Debra. “Good Painting: Contemporary Chicago Painters” State of Illinois Art Gallery, Chicago, IL (Catalogue), 1988.
McCracken, David. “ It’s Hard to Classify ‘Good Painting’ Works” Chicago Tribune, April 1, 1988, section 7, p.52.
Yood, James. Art News, November 1987.
Abel, Jeff. New Art Examiner November 1987.
Golden, Deven. “Veiled Light...The New Glaze and Scumbling” Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago IL (catalogue) February 1987.
Bonesteel, Michael. “Realism Resurgence” Art in America December 1986.
Thorsen, Alice and Yood, James “Who Follows the Hairy Who?” The New Art Examiner March 1985.
Lyon, Christopher “Five Painters View Modern Landscape” Chicago Sun-Times November 24, 1984.
Segard, Michael. “L. J. Douglas/ Marcia Weese at Marianne Deson Gallery” Chicago Tribune November 1984.
Artner, Alan “L. J. Douglas / Marcia Weese at Marianne Deson Gallery” Chicago Sun-Times, November 16, 1983.
Fernandez, Joyce. “Atlas & Odalisque” New Art Examiner summer 1983.
Lyon, Christopher. “Hyde Park Show Fuels Interest in figurative Art” Chicago Sun-times January 30, 1983, p. 22, 27.
Artner, Alan. “The Big Pitcher” Chicago Sun-Times January 4, 1983, p. 13-14.
Bonesteel, Michael. “L. J. Douglas / Guy Whitney at N.A.M.E. Gallery” Art in America, January 1982
Lyon, Christopher. “Expressionism Rides in on Eighties Wave of Interest” Chicago Sun Times, January 30, 1982, p. 22.
PUBLICATIONS: Articles and Reviews by L J Douglas
“ Right on the Wall” Dialogue March 2002 “Paul Rosen ” Dialogue March 1989.
“Chuck Walker” New Art Examiner November 24, 1989.
“Figures” Dialogue, May / June 1989 “Views on Painting” guest Editor, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago publication, Chicago/ Art/ Write
Issue on Representation, Figuration, and Realism 1988.
”Tony Gilberto at Two Illinois Center” New Art Examiner, May 1987.
“Anne Farley Gaines, Marilyn Schulenberg, Ruth Willet at ARC Gallery” New Art Examiner June 1984.
“Will Northerner” New Art Examiner, January 1982.
“Terry Dowd, R. A. Fischer, Kermit Berg at One, Two, Three, Illinois Center” New Art Examiner, March, 1982.
GRANTS, HONORS AND AWARDS
2007
YWCA Women of Distinction, Artist, McLean County
2003
ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY, Large Faculty Grant
2001
ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY, Large Faculty Grant
1988—89
ILLINOIS ART COUNCIL, Individual Artist’s Grant
1975—1977
SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, Chicago, IL
Brown Tuition Scholarship
1974—1973
PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF ART, Philadelphia, PA
(known as University of the Arts).
Painting scholarship