EDUCATION University of Illinois at Chicago, Bachelor of Fine Arts South Suburban College Entrepreneurship Certification University of Chicago, Masters of Arts in Teaching
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS South Side Community Art Center 4ArtInc. Gallery Sky Art
GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2006 All City Arts Competition Museum of Science and Industry Chicago, IL 2006 Congressional Arts District Competition Congress Library, Washington D.C. 2007 Black Creativity Museum of Science and Industry Chicago, IL 2011 Fear University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL 2011 Black Pearl Garfield Park Art Center Indianapolis, IN 2011 Jane Adams Silent Auction ZhouB Art Center Chicago, IL 2011 En Masse University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL 2011 4Art Inc. Gallery Zhou B. Art Center Chicago, IL 2011 Evolving Artists Beverly Arts Center Chicago, IL 2012 Momentum WCA Los Angeles Art Association / Gallery 825 Los Angeles, CA 2013 Introspect Fire Gallery Naperville, IL 2013 Butterflies in Sight Columbia College Chicago Chicago IL 2013 Women's Rights-An Artist's Perspective St. Michaels, MD 2013 Black Expo Urban Arts Retreat Center Chicago, IL 2014 Paper Dolls and Action Figures Tye Johnson Artistry Chicago, IL 2014 Playing Card Art Project South Chicago Art Center Chicago, IL 2014 Blooming Circle Nomadic Bloom Chicago IL 2015 Winter Blues Tye Johnson Artistry Chicago, IL 2015 With Love We Conquer Tye Johnson Artistry Chicago, IL 2015 Black Artist Exhibit Urban Arts Retreat Center Chicago, IL 2015 Stop the Violence Fair Chicago, IL 2015 Holiday Fair Sacred Heart Church Chicago, IL 2016 Happy Feelings Tye Johnson Artistry Chicago, IL 2016 Black Love Matters Tye Johnson Artistry Chicago, IL 2016 Child Abuse Prevention Exhibition Blue Bow Exhibition Chicago IL 2016 Spring Art Fair Studio71 Chicago, IL 2016 SSCAC 51st Auction School of the Art Institute-South Side Community Art Center Chicago, IL 2016 Women Made Gallery Gala Chicago, IL 2016 Little Things Exhibition Tye Johnson Artistry Chicago IL 2016 Moon Gallery Arlington Heights, IL 2016 Frontline Exhibition x Chicago South Side Community Chicago, IL 2016 Bronzeville Summer Nights Chicago, IL 2016 Promise of Peace South Side Community Art Center Chicago, IL 2017 Urgency of Now Ashé Cultural Arts Center, New Orleans, LA 2017 Black Creativity Museum of Science and Industry Chicago, IL 2017 Child Abuse Prevention Exhibition Thompson Center Chicago, IL 2017 Purple Fusion Phantom Gallery Chicago IL 2017 Black Love Matters!™ Exhibition South Side Community Art Center, Chicago, IL 2017 The Little Things Dionne Victoria Studios, INC. Chicago, IL 2017 SSCAC 52nd Auction South Shore Cultural Center Chicago, IL
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2013 Colors Speak Cafeteen Bundang, South Korea 2015 Lessons LearnedFrom the Radio, Tye Johnson Artistry Chicago IL 2016 Spring Art Fair Studio71 Chicago, IL 2016 Hot Sauce Solo Exhibition Dionne Victoria Studios INC. Chicago, IL 2017 Heroes of Tomorrow Dionne Victoria Studios INC. Chicago, IL CURATED EXHIBITIONS Tye Johnson Artistry, Zhou B Art Center Chicago, IL 2015 Winter Blues 2015 With Love We Conquer 2015 Quest The Legend Solo Exhibition 2015 David Anthony Art Solo Exhibition 2015 Holiday Art Show 2016 Black Love Matters 2016 The Little Things 2017 (February) Black Love Matters South Side Community Arts Center Chicago, IL 2016 Frontline Exhibition 2017 (September) Black Love Matters
Dionne Victoria Studios, INC Chicago, IL 2017 The Little Things
COLLECTIONS Works held in private collections in Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan (United States)
TEACHING 2009 Art Instructor for 7th and 8th graders University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL 2011 Arts Counselor, Delavan, WI 2012 Art as Therapy Facilitator, Gwangju-si South Korea 2013 Art as Therapy Facilitator, Cook County Juvenile Detention Center Chicago, IL 2014 Art as Therapy Facilitator Urban Arts Retreat Center Chicago, IL 2014 Art Instructor, Unicoi Studio Chicago, IL 2015-current Teaching Artist, SkyArt Chicago, IL 2016-current Teaching Artist Dionne Victoria Studios, INC. Chicago, IL 2017 Teaching Artist University of Chicago Arts Incubator Chicago, IL
AWARDS AND GRANTS 2006 All City Poster Award 2006 Congressional Art District Winner Award 2007 Black Creativity Honorable Mention Museum of Science and Industry 2011 Nieman Award University of Illinois at Chicago 2011 Illinois Arts Council Individual Artists Award 2012 The Cliff Dwellers Arts Foundation Grant