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Beth Shadur is an artist who has exhibited widely in solo and group exhibitions in the
United States and abroad, including at the Art Institute of Chicago; Drawing Center in
New York City; Hudson River Museum in Yonkers, NY; Butler Institute of Art in
Youngstown, Ohio; and Colorado Springs Art Museum, Colorado Springs, CO. She has
created over 125 large public murals as public, private and community art projects in
both the United States and Great Britain. She is an Artist-in –Education for the Illinois
Arts Council in Chicago, IL. Currently, Shadur serves as Gallery Director for Prairie
State College in Chicago Heights, IL. For the past two years, she taught at Carthage
College, Kenosha, WI. She has taught and served as a visiting artist at many colleges and
universities, including Indiana State University, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL;
Northeast Missouri State University, Kirksville, MO; and as a visiting artist and scholar
at Paradise Valley Community College in Scottsdale, AZ. Shadur’s work appears in many
publications, books and catalogues, including Twentieth Century Watercolors, Abbeville
Press; The Special Unit, Barlinnie Prison, Its Evolution Through Art, Third Eye Centre,
Glasgow, Scotland; Community Murals: The People’s Art, Associated University Press,
NJ; and Art and Cartography, Art Institute of Chicago. Her mural work in Barlinnie
Prison, Glasgow, Scotland is included in the archives of the Peoples Palace Museum in
Glasgow. Shadur has lectured widely on community arts in both the United States and
abroad. She has curated numerous national exhibitions, most currently ‘Collaborative
Vision: The Poetic Dialogue Project’, which premiered at the Chicago Cultural Center
and traveled during 2009. In 2008, Shadur received the Governor's International Arts
Exchange Grant from the Illinois Arts Council to undertake a residency in County Clare,
Ireland. In 2006, Shadur presented at the International Conference on Arts in Society in
Edinburgh, Scotland, and her Poetic Dialogue Project was published in the
International Journal on Arts In Society. During summer of 2008, Shadur participated in
the Cool Globes public art project in Chicago, highlighting artists' solutions to global
warming. (for more information, click here) Shadur participated in the 2009 ArtPrize
exhibition in Grand Rapids, MI and the 2011 Celebration of Scholars at Carthage
College. Shadur has been a Ragdale Fellow and a Thomas Watson Fellow from Brown
University, and served as Executive Director of ARC Gallery, Chicago. Her work is
owned in numerous private and public collections.
For more information, download CV
Copyright© 2007 Beth Shadur. All Rights Reserved.
United States and abroad, including at the Art Institute of Chicago; Drawing Center in
New York City; Hudson River Museum in Yonkers, NY; Butler Institute of Art in
Youngstown, Ohio; and Colorado Springs Art Museum, Colorado Springs, CO. She has
created over 125 large public murals as public, private and community art projects in
both the United States and Great Britain. She is an Artist-in –Education for the Illinois
Arts Council in Chicago, IL. Currently, Shadur serves as Gallery Director for Prairie
State College in Chicago Heights, IL. For the past two years, she taught at Carthage
College, Kenosha, WI. She has taught and served as a visiting artist at many colleges and
universities, including Indiana State University, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL;
Northeast Missouri State University, Kirksville, MO; and as a visiting artist and scholar
at Paradise Valley Community College in Scottsdale, AZ. Shadur’s work appears in many
publications, books and catalogues, including Twentieth Century Watercolors, Abbeville
Press; The Special Unit, Barlinnie Prison, Its Evolution Through Art, Third Eye Centre,
Glasgow, Scotland; Community Murals: The People’s Art, Associated University Press,
NJ; and Art and Cartography, Art Institute of Chicago. Her mural work in Barlinnie
Prison, Glasgow, Scotland is included in the archives of the Peoples Palace Museum in
Glasgow. Shadur has lectured widely on community arts in both the United States and
abroad. She has curated numerous national exhibitions, most currently ‘Collaborative
Vision: The Poetic Dialogue Project’, which premiered at the Chicago Cultural Center
and traveled during 2009. In 2008, Shadur received the Governor's International Arts
Exchange Grant from the Illinois Arts Council to undertake a residency in County Clare,
Ireland. In 2006, Shadur presented at the International Conference on Arts in Society in
Edinburgh, Scotland, and her Poetic Dialogue Project was published in the
International Journal on Arts In Society. During summer of 2008, Shadur participated in
the Cool Globes public art project in Chicago, highlighting artists' solutions to global
warming. (for more information, click here) Shadur participated in the 2009 ArtPrize
exhibition in Grand Rapids, MI and the 2011 Celebration of Scholars at Carthage
College. Shadur has been a Ragdale Fellow and a Thomas Watson Fellow from Brown
University, and served as Executive Director of ARC Gallery, Chicago. Her work is
owned in numerous private and public collections.
For more information, download CV
Copyright© 2007 Beth Shadur. All Rights Reserved.
