Pamela Staker

Pamela Staker

Chicago, IL, United States

About Pamela Staker

Pamela Staker is a Chicago-based contemporary artist. She started out as a Math Major at the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign and after 1 ½ years migrated to the Art Department where she graduated with a BFA in Painting. Staker has received several grants and awards including an Illinois Arts Council Fellowship and a CAAP Individual Artist Grant from the City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs. Her work is represented in numerous private and corporate collections including The Sophy Hyde Park, Chicago, IL, The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, and Cascade Hills Country Club, Grand Rapids, MI. She recently relocated her studio to The Bridgeport Art Center (BAC) in Chicago and is available by appointment or once a month at the BAC Third Friday Open Studio ***ARTIST STATEMENT*** Staker examines abstraction through a compiled visual language of urban elements, geometric shapes, bold color combinations, and pops of nature. Her process is energetic, creating works that are animated fragments of modern life – sometimes messy, often beautiful. *** View Pamela's complete body of work at www.pamelastaker.com

Education:

1990 BFA in Painting, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana

AWARDS/GRANTS (SELECTED):
2014 Dave Bown Projects - 7th Semiannual Competition (Curators: Jeremy Adams, CUE Art
Foundation, New York; Janet Dees, SITE Santa Fe; David S. Rubin, San Antonio Museum of
Art) Honorable Mention.
2014 Herradura Art Barrel Project Chicago, 3rd Place
2013 Top Ten Finalist, In Living Color Showdown, Saatchi Online,
Juror Barnaby Furnas
1995 Artists Fellowship, The Illinois Arts Council
1994 CAAP Grant, City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs

Events:

UPCOMING:
Bridgeport Art Center 3rd Fridays Event
FRIDAY, February 21, 2020, from 7-10pm
1200 W. 35th Street
Chicago, IL 60609
Parking lot is to the north of the building off of Racine.
Directions to My Space:
I'm located in Studio OA1050 on the River Level (fancy way of saying basement!) Enter the building from the parking lot (north entrance under the bright blue awning) and go directly down the stairs and all the way down the very long corridor - follow the lights and the music and you can't miss me.

RECENT:
"Kicking Abstract and Taking Names: Women Painters" Curated by Conn Ryder.
September 13 - October 19, 2019
Moberg Gallery
2921 Ingersoll Ave.
Des Moines, IA 50312
(515) 279-9191

Exhibitions:

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED):
2018 The Other Art Fair at Mana Contemporary, Chicago, Illinois
2016 Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa
2014 The Orland Park Public Library, Orland Park, Illinois
2013 Fountain Art Fair at Mana Contemporary, Chicago, Illinois
2009 The Showroom, Sera Davis Art Advisory, Nashville, Tennessee
2008 The Showroom, Sera Davis Art Advisory, Nashville, Tennessee
The Artist Project at Artropolis, Chicago, Illinois
2004 Pilsen East Artists' Open Studios (also 2003)
2001 Wakely Gallery, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, llinois
ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (also 1998, 1997, 1996, 1994)
1999 Southwestern Michigan College, Dowagiac, Michigan
1998 Adrian College, Adrian, MichiganBeverly Arts Center, Chicago, Illinois
1996 "A Room Full of Crutches" - Mabee Gallery, Culver-Stockton College, Canton, Missouri
1995 2nd Street Gallery Charlottesville, Virginia
CIU Art Lounge, University of Illinois at Chicago
Contemporary Art Center, Arlington Heights, Illinois

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED):
2019 "Kicking Abstract and Taking Names: Women Painters" Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, IA. Curated by Conn Ryder
2018 “Vitality Rising” Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, Illinois. Curated by Doug Frohman
2016 Detroit Biennale, Museum of New Art|MONA, Armada, Michigan
2016 Tangent Planes, Matthew Rachman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois. Curated by Justine Salva
2015 Large Works Group Exhibition, Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa
2014 Works on Paper Exhibition, Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa
Group Show at The Nest Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa
2013 Dock 6 Collective, Chicago, Illinois
“Pamela Staker & CJ Hungerman” Renaissance Blackstone Chicago Hotel, curated by Indiewalls.
“Made in Chicago” The Golden Triangle, Chicago, Illinois
2012 “The Artists Relief Project” Online Exhibition: artistreliefproject.com
“Modmen” Alfred Williams & Company, Nashville, Tennessee
2011 “Double Take” Chicago Art Source Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2009 From Scratch Chicago Art Source Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Frozen Emotive - Robert Wayner/Black Walnut Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2008 In a Nutshell A retrospective of gallery artists, The Showroom, Davis Art Advisory, Nashville, Tennessee
Around the Coyote 2008 Fall Arts Festival - Chicago, Illinois
One by One Lloyd Dobler Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2000 "Squirrels on Parade" - Rainbo Club, Chicago, Illinois
1999 "Small Works Exhibition" - Fassbender Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
OTHERVILLE" - Work by Emerging Chicago Artists, University Galleries, Illinois State University
1998 Sydney College Gallery, Australia
"Made With Metal" - Elgin Community College, Elgin, Illinois
1997 STEELHEAD gallery, South Bend, Indiana
SPARK gallery, Denver, Colorado
1996 "Contemporary American Sculpture" - Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame University, Southbend, Indiana
1995 Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa
Quincy Art Center, Quincy, Illinois
1994 Viridian Gallery, New York City
University of Wisconsin Memorial Union, Madison Wisconsin
Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Illinois

COLLECTIONS:
Cascade Hills Country Club, Grand Rapids, MI
Doubletree Houston Galleria, Houston, TX
Federal Reserve Bank, Chicago, IL
Heidrick & Struggles, Chicago, IL
Insight Behavioral Health Centers (Chicago, IL; Evanston, IL; Northbrook, IL; Oakbrook, IL; Cincinnati, OH; Bellevue, WA)
KIG, Chicago, IL
Korn Ferry, Chicago, IL
Lewis, Rice and Fingersh, Edwardsville, IL
Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, St. Louis, MO
Merchants Bonding Company, Des Moines, IA
North American Company, Chicago, IL
Sophy Hotel, Chicago, IL
Raven Industries, Sioux Falls, SD
Talbott Hotel, Chicago, IL
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Numerous Private Collections