Born in Chicago, Illinois, Phillip Chen would continue on to earn his B.F.A from the University of Illinois, Chicago in 1975. Four years later in 1979, Phillip earned his M.F.A. from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Beginning as an…
Ryan was born in Des Moines, Iowa in 1979 and would later earn his B.F.A. from the University of Iowa in 2002. Most recently, Ryan participated in a solo exhibition at the Karolyn Sherwood Gallery in Des Moines, Iowa.
Janel earned a B.F.A. in Sculpture and Photography from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1990. In 1998, Janel received an M.F.A. in Sculpture from Hunter College in New York, New York. She has had numerous solo exhibitions since starting her career…
Marissa Siegel's work draws inspiration from the beauty and abundance of nature and how we, as humans, are a part of it. In this room-sized installation, Siegel incorporated soil and flowers, logs, wall-hangings, audio and video of the Iowa woods to…
Fred Truck is a true Iowan artist. Born in 1946 in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, Fred would go on to earn his B.A. at Iowa Wesleyan College in 1969. He currently lives and works in Des Moines, Iowa. Something to note about Fred is that he was a co-founder of…
Vivian Torrence was born in Chicago Heights, Illinois. After receiving her B.S. degree in Painting and Drawing from Eastern Illinois University in 1967, Vivian continued on to earn her M.F.A. in Painting and Drawing from Drake University in Des…
Olga Balema is a BFA sculpture student at the University of Iowa. She often makes work in which animals or objects infest a space, sometimes subtly, sometimes colonizing it in obvious ways. She is interested in things that exist below the surface,…
Currently living and working in Iowa, Michael Peter Cain was not always a Midwest resident. In 1959, Michael graduated Cum Laude from Choate School in Wallingford, Connecticut. He then graduated with an A.B. in English from Harvard in 1964, also Cum…
Charlotte Cain is another East coast graduate transplanted into Iowa. She received her B.S. in Painting and Education from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1963. She has participated in many group and solo exhibitions in Iowa as well as Illinois,…
