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Vera Klement
Born: Danzig, (Gdansk), 1929

Professor Emerita, University of Chicago 1969-1995

Education
1950 Cooper Union School of Art and Architecture, New York, NY

Selected Solo Shows
2007 Alfedena Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 Metcap Bank, Chicago, IL
2004 Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO, Paintings 1991-2004 (catalog)
2004 Printworks, Chicago, IL
2004 Frederick Baker, Chicago, IL
2004 Maya Polsky Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004 Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, OH
2003 Abner Hershberger Art Gallery, Goshen College, Goshen, IN
2002 Tarble Art Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL (catalog)
2001 University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2001 Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
2001 Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
2001 Fassbender Gallery, (also 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999), Chicago, IL
1999 Chicago Cultural Center, 1968-1998 Retrospective (catalog)
1993 Roy Boyd Gallery, (also 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992) Chicago, IL
1987 Spertus Museum, Chicago, IL
1987 Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Retrospective, (catalog)
1984 CDS Gallery, (also 1981), New York, NY
1983 Goethe Institute, Chicago, IL
1981 Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, IL (also 1979)


Selected Group Shows
2004 Northern Indiana Arts Association, That 70s Show: The Age of Pluralism in Chicago, Munster, IN
1997 Herron Gallery, Indianapolis Center for Contemporary Art, 4 Painters, Indianapolis, IN
1996 Museum of Contemporary Art, Art in Chicago 1945-1995, Chicago, IL (catalog)
1994 Corcoran Gallery of Art, Still Working, Washington, DC (catalog)
1990 Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
1989 State of Illinois Building, Governor’s Award Show, Chicago, IL
1989 State of Illinois Gallery, Locations of Desire: Bramson/Itatani/Klement, Chicago, IL (catalog)
1987 Terra Museum of American Art, Surfaces, Chicago, IL (catalog)
1987 Galerie Walter Bischoff, Bramson/Itatani/Klement, Munich, West Germany
1985 Indianapolis Museum of Art, Painting and Sculpture Today, Indianapolis, IN (catalog)
1982 The Jewish Museum, Jewish Themes/Contemporary American Artists, New York, NY (catalog)


Awards
2006 Camargo Foundation Residency and Stipend, Cassis, France
1998 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
1997 Illinois Arts Council Grants (also 1984, 1987)
1997 National Endowment for the Arts Grant
1982 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship
1954 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award


Selected Collections
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
Museum of American Art, Smithsonian, Washington, DC
The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
Philip Morris Collection, New York, NY
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Huntington Gallery, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
Brauer Museum, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
Goshen College, Goshen, IN
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, OH
Clay Center, Charleston, West Virginia
Kresge Art Museum, East Lansing, MI
Davis Museum, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA