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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
“Jonathan Gitelson: Artist’s Books” Nelson Hancock Gallery, Brooklyn, NY [2008]
“Social Studies,” O’Connor Gallery of Art, Dominican University, River Forest, IL [2007]
“Urbanism,” Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Photography Gallery, Milwaukee, WI [2006]
“Dream Job,” Community College of Southern Nevada, North Las Vegas, NV [2006]
“The Car Project,” Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL [2006]
“Social Studies,” Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL [2004]
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012:
“2012 Biennial,” deCordova Museum of Art, Lincoln MA
“Faculty Exhibition," Thorne-Sagendorph Gallery, Keene State College, Keene NH
2011:
“artists tell stories (mostly about themselves),” Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
“Chain Letter,” Samson Projects, Boston MA
“Progress?” Drury Gallery, Marlboro College, Marlboro VT
“Group Show: Gallery Artists,” Mauger Modern Art, London, UK
“Flash Forward Festival Boston,” Fairmont Battery Wharf, Boston MA
2010:
"Flash Forward Festival,” Toronto Canada
"Art Forum Berlin," Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg, Berlin, Germany
“The Program,” Curated by Charles Dee Mitchell, Conduit Gallery, Dallas TX
“East To Midwest,” Galerie Inkijk, Amsterdam, Netherlands
"Computer Pictures" University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg VA
"Hamburg Fotobuchtage," Kehrer Verlag, Hamburg, Germany
"Chicago Alderman Project," Chicago Photography Center, Chicago IL
"Chicago Alderman Project," Johalla Projects, Chicago IL
"London Art Fair," Mauger Modern Art, London, UK
2009:
"Scope Art Fair," Mauger Modern Art, Miami, FL
“Lodz Photo Festival,” Lodz, Poland
“Highlights from the Photography Collection," Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
“Harvest,” Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
“False Proof,” Kirkland Arts Center, Seattle, WA
"Photo LA" with DNJ Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008:
“Made In Chicago: Photographs from the LaSalle Bank Collection,” Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
"Hijacked," Literaturhaus, Copenhagen, Denmark
"Working" DNJ Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Backlight 2008, 8th International Photographic Triennial” Tampere, Finland
"The Mirror Stage," Lantis Foundation, Limassol, Cyprus
"It's Not Easy," Exit Art, New York, NY
“Hic et Nunc (here and now) A Survey of New Guarde Photography” Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL
"Hijacked," Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, Australia
“Hijacked: Exhibition, Neunplus, Berlin, Germany
“NY Photo Festival, Museum of Contemporary Photography Pavillion” Brooklyn, NY
“Foto Freo Photographic Festival,” Art Source Exhibition Space, Fremantle, Australia
"Focus Midwest" Midwest Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, IN
2007:
"Photo Miami" Galerie f5,6 [Munich], Wynwood Art District, Miami FL
"Food for Your Eyes" Curated by Nathalie Belayche, Kinokho Studio, Paris FR
“Hey Hot Shot,” Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, NY
“Chicagraphy,” Galerie f5.6, Munich, Germany
“Concerning Tomorrow” Curated by Jason Lazarus, Chicago, IL
“Innmotion Festival,” CCCB, Barcelona, Spain
“HCP Membership Exhibition,” Curated by Anne Wilkes Tucker, HCP, Houston, TX
“The Submissions Show,” Sarah Bowen Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“The Artist Project,” Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
“Photocentric,” Curated by Lisa Hostetler, Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, MN
“People, Buildings and Cars,” Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro, VT
“Influenc-za,” Allrise Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006:
“Something to Do With Failure,” University of Saint Francis, Joliet, IL
“Car Culture” Curated by Nathan Mason, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
“18th Evanston and Vicinity Biennial”, Evanston Arts Center, Evanston, IL
“New Trends In Chicago Photography” Version Kunsthalle, Chicago, IL
“Travel and Leisure” Curated by Monique Meloche and Andrew Rafacz, James Hotel, Chicago, IL “Unlimited ID” Dazibao Centre de Photographies Actuelles, Montreal, Quebec
“Unlimited ID” Neutral Ground, Regina, Saskatchewan
2005:
“Photocentric,” Curated by Joan Rothfuss, Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, MN
“r4WB1t5 micro.Fest” AlterSpace, Chicago, IL
“Wish,” Curated by Jim O’Donnell, Center On Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
“Wegway Fourth Annual Juried Exhibition” Fran Hill Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
“16th National Juried Exhibition,” Viridian Artists at Chelsea, New York, NY
“Nova Young Arts Fair,” Chicago, IL
“Persona,” Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004:
“Works on Paper” Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
“Visual Arts Scholarship Exhibition,” Union League Civic & Arts Foundation, Chicago, IL
“17th Annual Evanston + Vicinity Biennial,” Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
“FACT/FICTION,” Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
“47th Annual International Exhibition,” San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
MFA thesis exhibition, Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago, IL
GRANTS / AWARDS / FELLOWSHIPS
2011:
White Columns Curated Online Registry
2010:
Magenta Foundation Flash Forward 2010 Award Winner
Keene State Professional Development Grant
US Council in the Hague Cultural Grant
City of Chicago Community Arts Assistance Program
Netherlands-America Foundation Cultural Grant
2007:
City of Chicago Community Arts Assistance Program
2006:
“City of Chicago Arts In Transit Public Art Commission,” Chicago, IL
“Curator’s Choice Award: Travel and Leisure,” James Hotel, Chicago, IL
“Breakout Artist 2006,” New City Magazine, Chicago, IL
“Honorable Mention, Review Santa Fe Project Competition” Santa Fe, NM
2005:
“Curator’s Choice Award,” Viridian Artists Inc 16th National Juried Exhibition, New York, NY
“DIY Book Festival,” Los Angeles, CA
City of Chicago Community Arts Assistance Program
2004:
International Digital Art Award, Melbourne, Australia
Chicago Union League Civic & Arts Foundation Grant
Jurors Award, San Diego Art Institute 47th Annual International Exhibition
Puffin Foundation Grant
College Art Association Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Fellowship
Albert P. Weisman Memorial Fellowship, Columbia College Chicago
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
City of Chicago Arts In Transit Public Art Commission (permanent installation, Armitage Brown Line Station), Chicago, IL [2006 – 2008]
Chicago Area Billboard Project (public exhibition of 60 billboards throughout metro area), Chicago, IL [2003]
PUBLICATIONS
2011:
“The Photography Issue,” Art New England Magazine
“Magenta Foundation Flash Forward: Emerging Photographers 2010”
“Exploring Color Photography: From Film to Pixels, Fifth Edition,” by Robert Hirsch
2009:
“Exit Magazine,” Madrid, Spain
2008:
Neon Magazine, Hamburg, Germany [November Issue]
"Hijacked Foto Book," by Mark McPherson, T&G Publishing, Sydney Australia
2007:
"A FIeld Guide to the North American Family," by Garth Risk Hallberg, Mark Batty Publisher
“Light and Lens: Photography in the Digital Age,” Edited by Robert Hirsch, Elsevier’s Focal Press
“Camera Austria,” Graz, Austria “Intersection Magazine,” London, UK
2006:
“Musicians at Work Forum,” Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
“Dazibou Centre de Photographies Actuelles”
“Silver Eye Member’s Gallery On-Line,” Juried by Leslie A. Martin,
2005:
Bridge Magazine, issue 14
2004:
Triangulate Magazine
Ten by Ten Magazine
Work Magazine
Buffalo Magazine
Social Studies, self-published anthology of 5 artists books, edition of 500
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY/ARTICLES/REVIEWS
WBEZ Chicago Public Radio, “Hello Beautiful,” June 20, 2008
New City, “To El and Back,” by Andy Seifert, June 17, 2008
Bruiser Review, “Interview With Jonathan Gitelson,” by Simon Smith, January 2008
Camera Austria, “Forum,” by Karen Irvine, March 2007
Intersection Magazine, “Stuck On You,” by Avis Cardella, Winter 2007
New City, “Breakout Artists 2006,” by Michael Workman, April 27, 2006
Chicago Reader, “Keepin’ It Random,” by Fred Camper, April 14, 2006
UR Chicago, “Photographs, The Car Project,” by Suzanne Wu, April 13, 2006
Chicago Tribune, “Artist Turns Pet Peeve into Clever Act of Defiance,” by Alan G. Artner, March 31, 2006
New City, “Eye Exam” by Michael Workman, March 21, 2006 New City
“Tip of the Week,” by Michael Weinstein, March 21, 2006
Gapers Block, “Fight Flyers with Fire,” by Andrew Huff, August 29, 2005
The Chicago Reader, “The Litter Sweater,” by Susannah J. Felts, August 26, 2005
Ten By Ten Magazine, “Survey Art,” by Jason Lazarus, January, 2005
Chicago Sun-Times, “Gallery Glance,” by Margaret Hawkins, Oct 1, 2004
Art Letter, by Paul Klein, Sept 18, 2004
New City, “Tip of the Week,” by Michael Weinstein, Sept 16, 2004, p.16
Panel House, “Two Comparative Reviews & Some Talk of Conceptualism,” by Eric Wenzel, 2004
Umbrella Magazine, August, 2004, p. 67
Evanston Review, “The Vicinity of Creativity,” by Robert Loerzel, June 10, 2004, Section B, p. 4
New Haven Register, ”Enigmatic Imagery,” June 10, 2004
Chicago Social, “The Buzz: Art,” by Virginia Gerst, June 2004
College Art Association News, September 2003
Chicago Reader, “Art People: Billboards Against Buying,” May 9, 2003, Section 1, p. 34
COLLECTIONS
Allen Library, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich, Germany
Chattanooga African-American Museum, Chattanooga, TN
Columbia College Chicago Special Collections, Chicago, IL
George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection, Chicago, IL
LaSalle Bank Collection, Chicago, IL
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, MA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Rhode Island School of Design Library, Providence, RI
UCLA Arts Library Special Collections, Los Angeles, CA
University of Alberta Special Collections, Alberta, Canada
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Yale University Special Collections Library, New Haven, CT
ARTIST LECTURES
2012 College Art Association Conference, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
2012 deCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
2012 Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT
2011 Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
2010 University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA
2008 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2007 Lasalle Bank, Chicago, IL 2007
2006 Dominican University, River Forest, IL
2006 Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
2006 Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2006 Society for Photographic Education (SPE) National Conference, Chicago, IL
2004 College Art Association National Conference, Seattle, WA
CURATORIAL
"Cara Phillips / Women In Photography” Carroll House Gallery, Keene NH [2012]
“Versionfest Invitational,” Curated with Brian Ulrich, Zhou Brothers, Chicago, IL [2007]
Word,” Hokin Gallery, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL. [2006]
EDUCATION
MFA, 2004, Photography, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
BA, 1997, Literature and Photography, Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT