Victoria Elizabeth

Education:

• American Academy of Art: Chicago, IL

  BFA in Painting Specializing in Watercolor, 2018

• Maine South High School, 2014

Future and Current Exhibitions:

• Artist of the Month: Ela Area Public Library on view all October 2023

Past Exhibitions:

• Solo Show “An Observation of Roses” at Old Town Triangle Arts Center- Opening night: Sunday, May 8th 2022, 2-4pm

• Artist of the Month: Ela Area Public Library on view all November 2021

• Fulton Street Collective’s Botanical Group Art Show: Opening reception Friday, May 14th 2021 from 7-10PM.

• Starline Factory May Virtual 4th Friday: View Show here.

• Life In Progress: March 7th-28th 2020. Opening reception Saturday, March 7th 6:30-10:00 pm at Hairpin Arts Center 2810 N. Milwaukee Ave., 2nd Floor Chicago, IL 60618

• What Do You Love? February 4th-29th, 2020 at Vogt Visual Arts Center: 17420 S. 67th Court, Tinley Park IL

• Small Works Member’s Show at Woman Made Gallery December 6th-15th, 2019.

• Solo Show: November 8th 2019 6-10pm at D. VaRelli Studio: 718 w. 18th Street, Pilsen, IL

• SOFA Chicago: November 1st-3rd 2019 at Navy Pier, Chicago, IL represented by Woman Made Gallery

• Nature Artists’ Guild of the Morton Arboretum, Holiday Exhibition November 8-10th 2019

• Featured Artist at Conscious Cup Coffee Roasters, Crystal Lake, IL October 2019

• Show Your Paper, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago IL: September 20th-October 12th, 2019

• Flora, Fauna, and Fascination, Ice House Gallery, Evanston IL: September 7th, 2019-December 15th, 2019

• 62nd Annual Beloit and Vicinity Exhibition at the Wright Museum of Art WI: June 7-July 8, 2019

• Norris Cultural Art Center, St. Charles IL: June 9-29, 2019

• Nature Artist’s Guild of the Morton Arboretum Spring Exhibition April 2019

• Inside the Box - OPEN Gallery, 2019

• Nature Artist’s Guild show at the Downers Grove Public Library 2019

• Nature Artists’ Guild of the Morton Arboretum Holiday Exhibition 2018

• 8th Annual Nature Art Exhibition- Light Space Time Gallery 2018

• BFA Show 2018- Bill L. Parks Gallery

• SEA Juried Art Competition 2018

• Fine Art Show 2018- Bill L. Parks Gallery

Publications:

• APÉRO Catalog September 2019 Issue “Nature”, California

  See Issue Here

• Polemical Zine Issue 10 “Sweet” 2019, Canada

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• Average Art July 2019 Edition, London

  Buy Issue Here

• FAKE Art Zine Issue 1 2019, Texas

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• Palavear Spring Issue 2019, California

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• Chachalaca Review “Emerging Reality” 2019, Texas

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• PM MEGAzine Issue 2, March 2018

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Guilds and Memberships:

• Nature Artists’ Guild of The Morton Arboretum

View website here

• Woman Made Gallery, Chicago IL

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Public Art

• Niles Art Stop Bench Program, May 2018

Location: Golf/Western, Niles, Illinois

See Bench Here

Watercolor Workshops and Teaching

• Wounded Warrior Project: Watercolor Zoom Class, August 15th, 2023

• Ela Area Public Library: Kids Watercolor Painting Zoom Class, July 19th, 2023

• Ela Area Public Library: Adult Watercolor Painting Zoom Class, July 17th, 2023

• Wounded Warrior Project: Watercolor Zoom Class, June 24th, 2023

• Ela Area Public Library: Adult Watercolor Painting Zoom Class, May 8th, 2023

• Ela Area Public Library: Kids Watercolor Painting Zoom Class, April 7th, 2023

• Eisenhower Public Library: Garden Club Watercolor Class, April 6th, 2023

• Ela Area Public Library: Kids Watercolor Painting Zoom Class, February 13th, 2023

• Ela Area Public Library: Kids Watercolor Painting Zoom Class, November 14th, 2022

• Ela Area Public Library: Adult Watercolor Painting Zoom Class, October 4th, 2022

• Ela Area Public Library: Kids Watercolor Painting Zoom Class, September 19th, 2022

• Ela Area Public Library: Kids Watercolor Painting Zoom Class, July 12, 2022

• Winnetka-Northfield Library: Adult Watercolor Painting Zoom Class, May 23, 2022

• Ela Area Public Library: Adult Watercolor Painting Zoom Class, May 9th, 2022

• Danville Public Library: Adult Watercolor Painting Zoom Class, April 4th, 2022

• Ela Area Public Library: Kids Watercolor Painting Zoom Class, March 30th, 2022

• Eisenhower Library: Adult Watercolor Painting Zoom Class, March 29th, 2022

• Eisenhower Library: Adult Watercolor Painting Zoom Class, September 24th, 2021

• Harold Washington Library: Watercolor Zoom Painting Class, August 31st, 2021

• Harwood Heights Recreation Center: Watercolor Workshops, July 2019-February 2020

• Eisenhower Library: Adult Watercolor Painting Class, July 28, 2019

• Eisenhower Library: Adult Watercolor Painting Class, July 21, 2019

• Eisenhower Library: Adult Watercolor Painting Class, February 2019

• Niles Public Library: Teen Watercolor Painting Workshop, October 2018

• Eisenhower Library: After Hours Teen Time, October 2018

• Kaleidoscope School of Fine Art, 2018-2020

  Barrington, IL 60010

Artist Talks:

• The American Academy of Art: Q&A Artist Panel, October 2019

Awards:

• American Academy of Art President’s List for Academic Achievement, Jan. 2018

• Special Recognition Artist

  Light Space Time Gallery

  8th Annual Nature Art Exhibition 2018

  See Show Here

• Sidewalk Chalk Drawing Competition 2018

  Eisenhower Library, 2nd Place Adult Category

  See Article Here

Interviews:

• 19art81 podcast,  2018

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