Education
TYLER SCHOOL OF ART OF TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
B.F.A.; Major Areas: Painting and Drawing
Selected Exhibitions
2 0 2 4
OS PROJECTS; Racine, WI; "What We Leave Behind;" One-person Exhibition
2 0 2 3
HUNT GALLERY, WEBSTER UNIVERSITY; Webster Groves, MO; "Plastic Capital;" Five-person Exhibition
EVANSTON ART CENTER; Evanston, IL; " Transformations; " Three-person Exhibition
PRAIRIE STATE COLLEGE CHRISTOPHER ART GALLERY; Chicago Heights, IL; "Transcending," Three-person Exhibition
BRIDGEPORT ART CENTER; Chicago, IL; "Environment/S/Tallation," Group Exhibition
2 0 2 2
IGNITION PROJECT SPACE, Chicago, IL; "reefscollapse" Installation, One-person Exhibition
2 0 2 1
WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY GALLERY, Macomb, Illinois; "Our Plastic Trash" One-person Exhibition
HIGHLAND PARK ART CENTER, Highland Park, IL; "Ephemera, The Power of Impermanence," Group Exhibition
SCULPTORS ALLIANCE; New York, NY; "Up-cycling Detritus" Group on-line Exhibition
ENVISION ARTS; Denton, Texas; "Black + White IV" Group on-line Exhibition
AL•TER•WORK STUDIOS, Long Island City, NY; "Ecological: Healing Nature" Group on-line Exhibition
2 0 2 0
UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE OF MODERN ART; Chicago, IL "Chicago Sculpture International Biennial 2020" Group Exhibition
GOVERNOR STATE UNIVERSITY; University Park, IL; “In Dialogue;” Group Exhibition
2 0 1 9
VEECK GALLERY AT CATHOLIC THEOLOGICAL UNION; Chicago, IL; The Global Village," Group Exhibition
2 0 1 8
MORRAINE VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Palos Hills, IL; “Complicit” 1-Person Exhibition
2 0 1 7
UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE OF MODERN ART, Chicago IL; "Sedimented" Group Exhibition
2 0 1 5
ZHOU B. ART CENTER, Chicago IL; "Seductive Material" Group Exhibition
KOEHNLINE MUSEUM OF ART, OAKTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE; Des Plaines, IL; “Sculpture Invasion" Group Exhibition
2 0 1 4
THE ELKS HEADQUARTERS; “Invoking the Absence” Group Exhibition
2 0 1 2 – 1 5
ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM AT THE THOMPSON CENTER, Chicago, IL; Traveling to Lockport, Rendlake, and Springfield, IL; “Fragile Relations, Art + Nature + Environment” Group Exhibition
2 0 1 2
EVANSTON ART CENTER, Evanston, IL; “Crossing Wires: Technology and Play” Group Exhibition
2 0 1 1
ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY AND THE COLLEGE OF SAINT BENEDICT GALLERIES; St. Joseph, MN; “Eco Byway” Group Exhibition
2 0 1 0
KOEHNLINE ART MUSEUM, OAKTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Des Plaines, IL; “Sculpture Invasion” Group Exhibition
2 0 0 9
INDIANA UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST; “R We Connctd?” Sculpture by Toby Zallman
MID-SOUTH SCULPTURE ALLIANCE; Conference Group Exhibition
2 0 0 8
FLATFILE GALLERY; Chicago Sculpture International Bienniale
2 0 0 7
KOEHNLINE MUSEUM OF ART, OAKTON COMMUNTY COLLEGE; Des Plaines, IL; “Sculpture Invasion" Group Exhibition
2 0 0 6
PERIMETER GALLERY; Chicago, IL; Group Exhibition
ROCKFORD ART MUSEUM; Rockford, IL; “2006 Rockford Midwestern Exhibit”
2 0 0 2
ELMHURST ART MUSEUM; Elmhurst, Illinois; “Beyond the Surface” Toby Zallman and Barbara Cooper Sculpture
2 0 0 0
GWENDA JAY GALLERY; Chicago, IL; “End of the Rainbow: Following the Ragdale Experience” Group Exhibition
1 9 9 9
PERIMETER GALLERY; Chicago, IL; “Masters of Craft” Group Exhibition
UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE OF MODERN ART; Chicago, IL; “Devotions’ 3-Person Exhibition
1 9 9 8
ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM AT LOCKPORT, Lockport, IL; “From Limb to Limb” Traveling Group Exhibition
1 9 9 7
CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER; Chicago, IL; “Heart of the Matter: Sculpture by Toby Zallman”
PERIMETER GALLERY, Chicago, IL; 2-Person Exhibition
1 9 9 6
EVANSTON ART CENTER, Evanston, IL; ”Evanston & Vicinity Exhibition”
DE PAUL UNIVERSITY, Chicago, IL.; “Why is This Night Different?” Group Exhibition
1 9 9 4
GALLERY 312, Chicago, IL; “Unknown Chicago”
1 9 9 3
ARTEMISIA GALLERY, Chicago, “Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition”
1 9 9 1
QUINCY ARTS CENTER, Quincy, IL; “Sculpture Invitational”
ARTEMISIA GALLERY, Chicago, “Mothers and Daughters’
1 9 9 0
ERIE STREET GALLERY, Chicago; “Media Survey”
1 9 8 9
PAPER PRESS, Chicago; “Toby Zallman–Constructed Paintings & Drawings”
1 9 8 8
ARTEMISIA GALLERY, Chicago; “Fifteenth Anniversary Exhibition”
EVANSTON ART CENTER, Evanston, IL; “Toby Zallman–New Work”
1 9 8 7
BEACON STREET GALLERY, Chicago; “Nine on Nature”
ARTEMISIA GALLERY, Chicago; “Toby Zallman–‘Troubled Terrain’”
1 9 8 5
CONTEMPORARY ART WORKSHOP, Chicago; “5 Figural/5 Abstract”
EVANSTON ART CENTER, Evanston, IL; “Between Painting and Sculpture”
HALLWALLS, Buffalo, NY; “Group Show”
1 9 8 4
ARTEMISIA GALLERY, Chicago; “Toby Zallman–‘Fears and Longings’”
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Chicago; “Alternative Spaces: A History in Chicago”
ARTEMISIA GALLERY, Chicago; “Tenth Anniversary Exhibition”
1 9 8 3
CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY, Chicago; “Artemisia Members”
ARTEMISIA GALLERY, Chicago; “Artemisia Members, A Group Show”
1 9 8 2
ARTEMISIA GALLERY, Chicago; “Toby Zallman–New Paintings”
1 9 8 1
DART GALLERY, Chicago; “Group Show”
ST. LOUIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE–FOREST PARK, St. Louis, MO; “(4) Young Chicago Artists”
ARTEMISIA GALLERY, Chicago; “Toby Zallman–‘Icarus Series’”
THE ALTERNATIVE MUSEUM, New York; “Emerging Artists”
1 9 8 0
CHICAGO COOPERATIVE GALLERIES, Chicago; “6/6 Invitational”
NAME GALLERY, Chicago; “Four Painters”1
1 9 7 9
SUBURBAN FINE ARTS CENTER, Highland Park, IL; “Toby Zallman/Kathy Lehar”
MOMING COLLECTION, Chicago; “All Over the Place” Installation Show
CHICAGO COOPERATIVE GALLERIES, Chicago; “3/3 Invitational”
Awards and Fellowships
2 0 1 9
Individual Artist Program Grant, Chicago of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE)
Artscape Toronto island, Once Upon Water Residency
2 0 1 2
Individual Artist Grant, illinois Arts Council
2 0 0 5, 2 0 0 3, 2 0 0 2, 1 9 9 9, 1 9 9 7, 1 9 9 6, 1 9 9 4
RAGDALE FELLOWSHIP, The Ragdale Foundation Art Colony
1 9 9 5
COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE GRANT, Chicago Office of Fine Arts
1 9 9 0, 1 9 8 9
COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE GRANT, Chicago Office of Fine Arts
1 9 8 5
YADDO FELLOWSHIP, The Yaddo Art Colony
CHAIRMAN’S GRANT, Illinois Arts Council
1 9 8 2, 1 9 8 0
PROJECT COMPLETION GRANT, Illinois Arts Council
1 9 7 9
MACDOWELL FELLOWSHIP, The MacDowell Colony
Commissions
1 9 8 3
NATIONAL BOULEVARD BANK, Chicago;“Crane’s Dance” Four large-scale pieces on a 40-foot wall
TYLER SCHOOL OF ART OF TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
B.F.A.; Major Areas: Painting and Drawing
Selected Exhibitions
2 0 2 4
OS PROJECTS; Racine, WI; "What We Leave Behind;" One-person Exhibition
2 0 2 3
HUNT GALLERY, WEBSTER UNIVERSITY; Webster Groves, MO; "Plastic Capital;" Five-person Exhibition
EVANSTON ART CENTER; Evanston, IL; " Transformations; " Three-person Exhibition
PRAIRIE STATE COLLEGE CHRISTOPHER ART GALLERY; Chicago Heights, IL; "Transcending," Three-person Exhibition
BRIDGEPORT ART CENTER; Chicago, IL; "Environment/S/Tallation," Group Exhibition
2 0 2 2
IGNITION PROJECT SPACE, Chicago, IL; "reefscollapse" Installation, One-person Exhibition
2 0 2 1
WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY GALLERY, Macomb, Illinois; "Our Plastic Trash" One-person Exhibition
HIGHLAND PARK ART CENTER, Highland Park, IL; "Ephemera, The Power of Impermanence," Group Exhibition
SCULPTORS ALLIANCE; New York, NY; "Up-cycling Detritus" Group on-line Exhibition
ENVISION ARTS; Denton, Texas; "Black + White IV" Group on-line Exhibition
AL•TER•WORK STUDIOS, Long Island City, NY; "Ecological: Healing Nature" Group on-line Exhibition
2 0 2 0
UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE OF MODERN ART; Chicago, IL "Chicago Sculpture International Biennial 2020" Group Exhibition
GOVERNOR STATE UNIVERSITY; University Park, IL; “In Dialogue;” Group Exhibition
2 0 1 9
VEECK GALLERY AT CATHOLIC THEOLOGICAL UNION; Chicago, IL; The Global Village," Group Exhibition
2 0 1 8
MORRAINE VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Palos Hills, IL; “Complicit” 1-Person Exhibition
2 0 1 7
UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE OF MODERN ART, Chicago IL; "Sedimented" Group Exhibition
2 0 1 5
ZHOU B. ART CENTER, Chicago IL; "Seductive Material" Group Exhibition
KOEHNLINE MUSEUM OF ART, OAKTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE; Des Plaines, IL; “Sculpture Invasion" Group Exhibition
2 0 1 4
THE ELKS HEADQUARTERS; “Invoking the Absence” Group Exhibition
2 0 1 2 – 1 5
ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM AT THE THOMPSON CENTER, Chicago, IL; Traveling to Lockport, Rendlake, and Springfield, IL; “Fragile Relations, Art + Nature + Environment” Group Exhibition
2 0 1 2
EVANSTON ART CENTER, Evanston, IL; “Crossing Wires: Technology and Play” Group Exhibition
2 0 1 1
ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY AND THE COLLEGE OF SAINT BENEDICT GALLERIES; St. Joseph, MN; “Eco Byway” Group Exhibition
2 0 1 0
KOEHNLINE ART MUSEUM, OAKTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Des Plaines, IL; “Sculpture Invasion” Group Exhibition
2 0 0 9
INDIANA UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST; “R We Connctd?” Sculpture by Toby Zallman
MID-SOUTH SCULPTURE ALLIANCE; Conference Group Exhibition
2 0 0 8
FLATFILE GALLERY; Chicago Sculpture International Bienniale
2 0 0 7
KOEHNLINE MUSEUM OF ART, OAKTON COMMUNTY COLLEGE; Des Plaines, IL; “Sculpture Invasion" Group Exhibition
2 0 0 6
PERIMETER GALLERY; Chicago, IL; Group Exhibition
ROCKFORD ART MUSEUM; Rockford, IL; “2006 Rockford Midwestern Exhibit”
2 0 0 2
ELMHURST ART MUSEUM; Elmhurst, Illinois; “Beyond the Surface” Toby Zallman and Barbara Cooper Sculpture
2 0 0 0
GWENDA JAY GALLERY; Chicago, IL; “End of the Rainbow: Following the Ragdale Experience” Group Exhibition
1 9 9 9
PERIMETER GALLERY; Chicago, IL; “Masters of Craft” Group Exhibition
UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE OF MODERN ART; Chicago, IL; “Devotions’ 3-Person Exhibition
1 9 9 8
ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM AT LOCKPORT, Lockport, IL; “From Limb to Limb” Traveling Group Exhibition
1 9 9 7
CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER; Chicago, IL; “Heart of the Matter: Sculpture by Toby Zallman”
PERIMETER GALLERY, Chicago, IL; 2-Person Exhibition
1 9 9 6
EVANSTON ART CENTER, Evanston, IL; ”Evanston & Vicinity Exhibition”
DE PAUL UNIVERSITY, Chicago, IL.; “Why is This Night Different?” Group Exhibition
1 9 9 4
GALLERY 312, Chicago, IL; “Unknown Chicago”
1 9 9 3
ARTEMISIA GALLERY, Chicago, “Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition”
1 9 9 1
QUINCY ARTS CENTER, Quincy, IL; “Sculpture Invitational”
ARTEMISIA GALLERY, Chicago, “Mothers and Daughters’
1 9 9 0
ERIE STREET GALLERY, Chicago; “Media Survey”
1 9 8 9
PAPER PRESS, Chicago; “Toby Zallman–Constructed Paintings & Drawings”
1 9 8 8
ARTEMISIA GALLERY, Chicago; “Fifteenth Anniversary Exhibition”
EVANSTON ART CENTER, Evanston, IL; “Toby Zallman–New Work”
1 9 8 7
BEACON STREET GALLERY, Chicago; “Nine on Nature”
ARTEMISIA GALLERY, Chicago; “Toby Zallman–‘Troubled Terrain’”
1 9 8 5
CONTEMPORARY ART WORKSHOP, Chicago; “5 Figural/5 Abstract”
EVANSTON ART CENTER, Evanston, IL; “Between Painting and Sculpture”
HALLWALLS, Buffalo, NY; “Group Show”
1 9 8 4
ARTEMISIA GALLERY, Chicago; “Toby Zallman–‘Fears and Longings’”
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Chicago; “Alternative Spaces: A History in Chicago”
ARTEMISIA GALLERY, Chicago; “Tenth Anniversary Exhibition”
1 9 8 3
CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY, Chicago; “Artemisia Members”
ARTEMISIA GALLERY, Chicago; “Artemisia Members, A Group Show”
1 9 8 2
ARTEMISIA GALLERY, Chicago; “Toby Zallman–New Paintings”
1 9 8 1
DART GALLERY, Chicago; “Group Show”
ST. LOUIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE–FOREST PARK, St. Louis, MO; “(4) Young Chicago Artists”
ARTEMISIA GALLERY, Chicago; “Toby Zallman–‘Icarus Series’”
THE ALTERNATIVE MUSEUM, New York; “Emerging Artists”
1 9 8 0
CHICAGO COOPERATIVE GALLERIES, Chicago; “6/6 Invitational”
NAME GALLERY, Chicago; “Four Painters”1
1 9 7 9
SUBURBAN FINE ARTS CENTER, Highland Park, IL; “Toby Zallman/Kathy Lehar”
MOMING COLLECTION, Chicago; “All Over the Place” Installation Show
CHICAGO COOPERATIVE GALLERIES, Chicago; “3/3 Invitational”
Awards and Fellowships
2 0 1 9
Individual Artist Program Grant, Chicago of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE)
Artscape Toronto island, Once Upon Water Residency
2 0 1 2
Individual Artist Grant, illinois Arts Council
2 0 0 5, 2 0 0 3, 2 0 0 2, 1 9 9 9, 1 9 9 7, 1 9 9 6, 1 9 9 4
RAGDALE FELLOWSHIP, The Ragdale Foundation Art Colony
1 9 9 5
COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE GRANT, Chicago Office of Fine Arts
1 9 9 0, 1 9 8 9
COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE GRANT, Chicago Office of Fine Arts
1 9 8 5
YADDO FELLOWSHIP, The Yaddo Art Colony
CHAIRMAN’S GRANT, Illinois Arts Council
1 9 8 2, 1 9 8 0
PROJECT COMPLETION GRANT, Illinois Arts Council
1 9 7 9
MACDOWELL FELLOWSHIP, The MacDowell Colony
Commissions
1 9 8 3
NATIONAL BOULEVARD BANK, Chicago;“Crane’s Dance” Four large-scale pieces on a 40-foot wall
