The perception of appearance is the subject of my work. I am interested in the appeal of beauty, but also in creating a sense of discomfort and confusion. My work has explored aspects of contradiction, including concealment and revelation, perception and reality, and beauty and repulsion. Elements of fantasy and obsession have also figured in the work as of late. Visual sources have included decorative patterns, current fashion photography, old master painting, and religious icons. More recently, I have been appropriating visual elements such as medical illustrations and other diagrams, as well as comic strip illustrations.

STEPHANIE SERPICK

Born: 1971, Baltimore, Maryland

EDUCATION:

Master of Fine Arts, University of Chicago, IL 1996
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Carnegie Melon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 1993

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2001 Stephanie Serpick: New Paintings, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago
2000 Tricks and Gifts, Chicago Illini Union, University of Illinois at Chicago
1996 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Midway Studios, University of Chicago
1993 Recent Work, Winchester Thurston Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2003 Womenkind, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
2001 The Big Show, Dwelling Series, Chicago
2001 Chicago Women Artists, Gallery on Lake Judith Racht, Chicago
2001 Serendipity, Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago
2001 Summer Show, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago
2000 Pilsen East Artists’ Open House
1999 Pilsen East Artists’ Open House
1999 Jacqueline Ross Gallery, Chicago
1999 Chicago Artists ’99 , Gallery 312, Chicago
1997 Latent Exposure, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
1997 The Garden Show, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
1996 MFA 1996, The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, Chicago
1996 Recent Work, University of Chicago Law School
1995 EcstasyWood Street Gallery, Chicago
1995 Union League Civic and Arts Foundation, Scholarship Exhibition, Union League Club, Chicago, IL
1994 Midway Graduate Student Exhibition, Midway Studios, University of Chicago
1993 Young and Local Alumni Show, Forbes Gallery, Pittsburgh
1992 First Annual Emerging Artists Exhibition, Skibo Hall, Carnegie Mellon University
1992 Figure to Form to Image, juried show, Forbes Gallery, Pittsburgh
1991 Exhibition of Art in Recovery, Salvation Army Harbor Light Center, Pittsburgh

ARTICLES AND REVIEWS:

2000 Polanski, Jurek G. “Reviews, Stephanie Serpick: Tricks and Gifts”, artscope.net
1999 Hawkins, Margaret, “Comic Reliefs”, Chicago Sun-Times, 2 July, p.52
1999 Polanski, Jurek G. “Pilsen East Artists’ Open House,” artscope.net
1999 Wiens, Ann. “Tip of the Week,” New City, 24 June, P. 47
1997 Ferrara, Annette. “Gallery Seen,” F Newsmagazine, April, p.20
1997 Glatt, Cara. “The Seduction of Logic,” Hyde Park Herald 19 March, p. 8
1997 Greenberg, Kevin. “HPAC Explores Latent Psychoses, “ The Chicago Maroon, 8 April

AWARDS:

Award Recipient, Union League Civic & Arts Foundation Visual Arts Scholarship Competition, Chicago, 1995
Samuel Rosenberg Senior Award in Fine Arts, 1993
Samuel Rosenberg Sophomore Award in Fine Arts 1991