Dan Gunn

Dan Gunn is an artist, writer and educator living and working in Chicago. He recieved his Bachelor's of Science in Physics in 2003 and attended School of the Art Institute of Chicago for his MFA in Painting completed in 2007.

As an artist he has exhibited at Lloyd Dobler, the Brown Triangle, Gallery 2, and the Rider Project :Emerald City.  He also participates in an artist collaborative installation practice called "Gunnatowski" with Karolina Gnatowski.  “Gunnatowski” was most recently shown at Northern Illinois University.

http://www.dangunn.com

http://karolinagnatowski.com

As an arts write he does art criticism for Newcity Magazine and has recently published essays for Proximity Magazine’s (con)Temporary Art Guide and Pr. As a collaboration with the Hyde Park Art Center he researched the recent history of the apartment gallery phenomenon in Chicago going back to the MCA's 1984 exhibition, Alternative Spaces. The history was published as "Artists Run Spaces: A Brief History since 1984". A collection of interviews with all of the participants of HPAC's "Artists Run Chicago" show will be out this fall from Threewalls / Green Lantern Press.

http://art.newcity.com

http://proximitymagazine.com

http://www.three-walls.org/programs/threewallspress/

http://press.thegreenlantern.org

Dan Gunn

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Born 1980. Lives and works in Chicago.

EDUCATION

MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL. 2007
Post baccalaureate Certificate, Painting The School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2005
B.S. Physics Wheaton College 2003

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011

Routine Scenic Machine, Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago.

Patchwork Plateau, UBS 12 x 12: New Artists New Work, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.

2010

Multistable picture fable, Lloyd Doblery Gallery, Chicago.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011

Color: Fully Engaged Columbia College Chicago, A+D Gallery. Curated by Jamilee Polson.
MDW Fair The Suburban Booth, Chicago.
Winter Experiment 2011 Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago.

2010

New Icon, Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago Curated by Britton Bertran and sponsored by the Contemporary Art Council
DannyThinkTank, Milwaukee Avenue Art Festival, Chicago.

2009

Sweeping the Inside Out, as a part of Gunnatowski, with Sara Hicks, Chris Miller, Jeremy Price, Bob Reinard, Jeremy Somer and Mindy Schwartz at Side Car Gallery, Hammond Indiana. Curated by Carl Baratta and Mike Kaysen.
Middleground, with Jerome Acks, Michael Hunter and Andrea Myers, Lloyd Dobler Gallery, Chicago
I love you I love you, with Gunnatowski, and Karolina Gnatowski, Livingroom Gallery

2008

Retreat, as a part of Gunnatowski with Chris Lin, Northern Illnois University, Gallery 312 Dekalb,IL. Curated by Jen Ramos.
Territory, 2828 N. Sawyer, Chicago A collaborative installation of painting and sculpture situated in an apartment without disrupting the livability of the space. Extensions include a residency program featuring performance, responsive writing and a publication. In collaboration with Karolina Gnatowski as part of Gunnatowski.

2007

Darrell Morris, Dan Gunn, Pilar Tena, Brown Triangle, Chicago
HA--&--LF, Sound Art Space, Laredo TX and Centro Cultural Nuevo Laredo in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, México.
Curated by Gilberto Rocha.
Graduate Thesis Show, Gallery 2, SAIC
Group Show, Gallery 2, SAIC

2006

TV Party, Fifty50 Gallery
Emerald City, The Rider Project
The Rider Project is a Brooklyn based collaborative mobile exhibition venue determined to bring contemporary art to a diverse audience. More info at… http://www.art-anon.org
Meet Me for Lunch, 17 S. Wabash Ave. Chicago
Curated by Jason Hardwig

2005

Experiment 400/5, Gallery 400, UIC Curators: The Alliance of Pentaphilic Curators Graduate Thesis Show, Gallery 2, SAIC