J e f frey Grau e l

I'm an artist living in Chicago. My sculptures and performances have been presented in parking lots, former mortuaries, museums, malls, abandoned lots, galleries, and the windows of Tiffany's. I'm also the silent partner of slow, a curatorial project and alternative exhibition space for contemporary art.

Education

Master of Fine Arts, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois

Bachelor of Arts, California State University, San Bernardino, California

Exhibitions

2012

• Miniature/GIGANTIC, (docent) Clutch Gallery, Chicago, IL & Washington D.C.
• Evil Is Interesting, Antena, Chicago, IL
• B.A.D. Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL

2011

• The toy formerly known as… slow, Chicago IL
• The (Un)Timely Death of Multiculturalism, Five Funerals Projects, Charnel House, Chicago, IL
• The Low down, slow, Chicago IL
• GOFFO, NEXT, Chicago IL
• MDW Fair, Chicago IL
• Food & Performance, Defibrillator, Chicago IL
• SEXIER, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago IL

2010

• Booze and Bacon, Slow, Chicago IL

2009

• GroupSOLO, Swimming Pool Project Space, Chicago IL
• If minimalism is pure, this is almost nothing included in Paul WHO? Slow, Chicago IL
• HAUNT, (solo exhibition) Robert V. Fullerton Museum, San Bernardino CA

2008

• The Sparky Show, Schroeder Romero/Winkleman Gallery Project Space, New York NY
• 29 by 92, Jacobs Center, Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts, Alta Loma CA

2005

• Politic of a Moment, Evanston Art Center, Evanston IL
• Everybody Paints! Parlour, Chicago IL
• Coming Home, Robert V. Fullerton Museum, San Bernardino CA

2004

• Columbia College Chicago, Partners in the Arts Staff Showcase, Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago IL
• Not of Iron, Illinois State Museum, Southern Illinois Artisans Shop & Visitor Center, Whittington IL
• Not of Iron, Illinois State Museum, Lockport Gallery, Lockport IL

2003

• Burlesque Tartare: The Last Tartare, Hot House, Chicago IL
• 9th Annual University Art Exhibition: Recent Alumni from SAIC, Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster IN
• Not of Iron, Illinois State Museum Society, Springfield IL

2002

• Not of Iron, Illinois State Museum Chicago Gallery, Chicago IL
• Thrill II, Joymore Gallery, Chicago IL

2001

• The First Annual Parking Lot Biennale, Chicago IL
• The Arcades Project: Assimilation, Disappearance, and the Mall, Borkholder Dutch Village, Nappanee IN

2000

• Find, MN Gallery, Chicago IL
• 401 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago IL
• ArtWindows2000, Tiffany & Co, Chicago IL

1998

• Hope Chest, (solo exhibition) Robert V. Fullerton Museum, San Bernardino CA
• Art Reach, California State University, Northridge CA
• Love, Hate, and the Absence of Either, Museum of Arts Downtown, Los Angeles CA

Grants and Awards

• James Nelson Raymond Fellowship, 2000
• Mary and Rowley Miller Foundation Scholarship for Continued Studies in the Arts, 1998
• Friends of the Robert V. Fullerton Museum Annual Award, 1998
• Friends of the Robert V. Fullerton Museum, Mignon Schweitzer Award in Studio Art, 1998
• San Bernardino Art Association Award of Merit in Photography, 1998
• California State University, San Bernardino Department of Visual Art, Annual Sculpture Award, 1998
• California State University, San Bernardino Department of Visual Art, Award for Outstanding Work in Sculpture, 1998

Lectures and Service

• Artist Lecture, California State University, San Bernardino, New Genres (2009)
• Artist Lecture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, First Year Program (2000, 2002, 2007, 2008)
• Artist Lecture, Columbia College Chicago, Summer Arts Camp (2007)
• Panelist, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Sculpture, Graduate Selection Committee (1999)

Curation

2010, FREE LOVE, Mican Morgan and Porous Walker, Slow, Chicago, IL

Teaching

2008-2009, Core Studio Practice, First Year Program, School of the Art Institute of Chicago