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DEB SOKOLOW | bio
Chicago, Illinois
b. 1974

Education
2004 1996	School of the Art Institute of Chicago University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Solo Exhibitions
2013	Matrix at the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
2011	Notes on the Denver International Airport, Abrons Art Center at the Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY The Green Gallery West, Milwaukee, WI Drawings & Stories, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
2010	Western Exhibitions
2009	Ground Level Projects: Deb Sokolow, Spertus Museum, Chicago, IL
2008	You are one step closer to learning the truth, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
	The trouble with people you don’t know, Inova [Institute of Visual Arts], Milwaukee, WI
2006	Secrets and Lies and More Lies, 40000, Chicago, IL Understanding Scarface, Polvo, Chicago, IL
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013	The Drawing Center, New York, NY
2011	Artists tell stories (mostly about themselves), Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ CartoonInk!, Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL People Don’t Like to Read Art, Western Exhibitions, Chicago What Lies Beneath, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA Drawn to Disaster, Institute of Contemporary Art, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME in- and outside - writing, Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium Terminal Jest, co-curated by Stamatina Gregory and Michael Hall, Delaware County College, Media, PA West, Wester, Westest, Part 2, curated by Ryan Travis Christian, FFDG, San Francisco, CA The Times Club, Iowa City, IA
2010	Production Site: The Artist’s Studio Inside-Out (commission for lobby) Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL Sonny Smith "100 Records", Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA Not Just Another Pretty Face, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL Well Put Together II, Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago, IL Paper! Awesome!, Baer Ridgway Projects, San Francisco, CA
2009	Heartland, Smart Museum, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Drawn/Draft/Depict, Irvine Valley College, Irvine, CA Sports!, Synchronicity, Los Angeles, CA they will not ruin us…, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
2008	Heartland, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands Grandma, Aftermodern, San Francisco, CA, traveled to Brooklyn Fire Proof, Brooklyn, NY
2007	Mapping the Self, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL The Uncertainty Principle, Northern Illinois University Art Museum, DeKalb, IL The Adventurous Type, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2006	Drawn into the World, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL Rudolph Projects, Houston, TX
2005	Drawn Out, Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL Early Adopters, 3Arts Club, Chicago, IL
2004	Graduate Exhibition, SAIC Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
Bibliography
2011	Artforum.com. Droitcour, Brian. “Deb Sokolow”. August 8, 2011 Daily Serving. Spurgeon, Marta ."Skip the Trip to the Library: People Don’t Like to Read Art at Western Exhibitions, Chicago". July 26, 2011 ArtSlant. Ritchie, Abraham. "Read the Fine Print". July 11, 2011 Chicago Tribune. Waxman, Lori. "An alternative summer reading list" July 13, 2011 Paletten. Lind, Maria (Guest Editor). Cover image and 4-page spread: Deb Sokolow, April 2011 Art 21. Picard, Caroline. “Caution, You Are Being Watched” (interview). January 13, 2011 Kinsgstitt Tumblr. Bertran, Britton. “2010 Top 10”, January 2011 A Pragmatic Liberal Yid. Hunter, Scott. “My "best of" list ... Chicago art 2010”. January, 2, 2011 Chicago Art Review. Ruiz, Steve. "Deb Sokolow" (review). January 3, 2011
2010	Artforum.com. Ise, Claudine. "Deb Sokolow". December 15, 2010 Chicago Tribune. Viera, Lauren. “Best art of 2010 found in unlikely places”. December 17, 2011 ArtSlant. Ritchie, Abraham. “Chicago’s Best of 2010”. December 27, 2010 Clarendon Patch. Carothers, Sara. “Comics Crash the Party at the Artisphere and AAC”. December 12, 2010 Chicago Tribune. Waxman, Lori. “Deb Sokolow” (review). December 10, 2010 Time Out Chicago. Weinberg, Lauren. “Deb Sokolow” (review). December 9, 2010 New City. Golden-McNerney, Regan. “Deb Sokolow” (review). December 6, 2010 ArtSlant. Ritchie, Abraham. “Do I want to Believe?” (review). November 22, 2010 Huffington Post. Klein, Paul. “Text Matters”, November 19, 2010 Flavorpill. Smigasiewicz, Beatrice. “Editor's Pick: Deb Sokolow”, November 19, 2010 The Open Daybook. Earle, David. Mark Batty Publisher. November 2010 Location: Volume Three. Minneapolis, MN ArtSlant. Ritchie, Abraham. “The Slant on Deb Sokolow”. (interview). September 2010 Jettison Quarterly. Carter, Kristen. “Making Sense of Our Paranoia with Deb Sokolow.” (Interview) Issue Number 6, Summer 2010 Art in America (online). Oh, Janet. "Production Site” (Review). May 25 Chicago Tribune. Waxman, Lori. “A look inside the artist's studio”. (Review). May 7 Flavorwire. Lund, Karsten. “Daily Dose Pick: Deb Sokolow” (Profile) Artforum.com. Ise, Claudine. “Production Site: The Artist's Studio …”. (Review). March 11 fNews. Stoepel, Whitney. “Studios on Display”. (review). March 4th Artnet. Velez, Pedro. “Chicago Build Up” (Review) Time Out Chicago. Weinberg, Lauren. “Production Site: The Artist’s Studio Inside-Out” (Review) Gaper’s Block. Lendman, John. “Inside the Artist's Studio at the MCA” (Review) New City. Foumberg, Jason. “Review: Production Site: The Artist’s Studio Inside Out” (Review)
2009	New City. Foumberg, Jason. Top 5 Best Drawing Shows of 2009”. December 28, 2009 Artforum.com. Ise, Claudine. “Critics’ Picks: Heartland” (Review) Chicago Tribune. Viera, Lauren. “Artist Deb Sokolow, revealed.” Dagens Nyheter. Lind, Maria. “Hjärtpunkten Chicago [At the Heart of Chicago]” (Review) Chicago Art Review. Ruiz, Steve. “Heartland @ The Smart Museum of Art” (Review) Chicago Tribune. Viera, Lauren. “Gallery winners from Sokolow, Harrison” (Review) Beautifuldecay.com. “Deb Sokolow” (Interview) Artslant. Gunn, Dan. “Reassessing MiddleCoast Art” (Review) Timeout Chicago. Weinberg, Lauren. “Heartland” (Review) Badatsports. “Episode 201: Deb Sokolow” (Interview) Chicago Tribune. Viera, Lauren. “More Brilliance from Deb Sokolow” (Review), May 29, 2009 New City. Calder, Jaime. “Review: Deb Sokolow/Spertus Museum” (Review) Chicago Tribune. Viera, Lauren. “Artist Deb Sokolow, revealed” (Review) New City. Foumberg, Jason. “Eye Exam: Smartland” (Review) Proximity Magazine. “Deb Sokolow Studio View” Issue #2. Daily Serving. “Spertus Museum announces Ground Level Projects”, January 2009
2008	Chicago Tribune. Viera, Lauren. “Ones to watch” (Profile) Modern Art Notes. Green. Tyler. “Weekend Roundup”, March 19, 2008 Kansas City Star. Thorson, Alice. “Kemper mystery exhibit is a you-dunit” (Review) Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Schumacher, Mary Louise. “Miranda July meets Mark Lombardi” (Review) Express Milwaukee. Motlani. Aisha. “Pictorial Paranoia” (Review) Vital Source. Moriarty, Judith Ann. “Drawing Conclusions” (Review) Elms, Anthony. Exhibition Essay for The trouble with people you don’t know Timeout Chicago. Mojica, Jason. “Mapping the Self” (Review) The Lost Review. Velez, Pedro. “Alive and Kicking in Chicago” (Profile)
2007	Artnet. Orden, Abraham. (Review) Chicago Magazine. Topor, Joanna. “After Paschke” (Profile)
2006	Art Papers. Elms, Anthony. “Deb Sokolow” (Review) Chicago Sun-Times. Nance, Kevin. “On paper, MCA show is a smash” (Review) Chicago Tribune. Artner, Alan. (Review) Centerstage Chicago. Hinkel, Joanne. “Deb Sokolow draws Chicago in” (Profile) New City. Foumberg, Jason. (Profile)
2005	Chicago Tribune. Artner, Alan. “Putting post-9/11 fear on the map: Sokolow’s dark vision at the MCA” (Review) Art on Paper. Hixson, Kathryn. (Review) Chicago Tribune. Storch, Charles. “Pirates invade Chicago” (Profile) Chicago Magazine. Wilk, Deborah. “Studio City” (Profile) Chicago Tribune. Artner, Alan. "…Early Adopters…" (Review) Punk Planet (Reproduction)
Collections	Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL Spertus Museum, Chicago, IL The Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL Daniel Boone Fine and Performing Arts Magnet School, Chicago, IL The Newark Public Library, Newark, New Jersey DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, Bloomington, Indiana Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Awards/Residencies
2010	Residency, Art Omi, Ghent, NY Commission, Creative Time, New York, NY Residency, Illinois State University, Normal, IL Commission: Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Production Site: The Artist’s Studio Inside-Out
2009	Smart Museum Artist-in-Residence, Daniel Boone Fine and Performing Arts Magnet School, Chicago, IL
2007	Frankel Anderson Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center
2005	Visual Arts Fellowship, Illinois Arts Council

 

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