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contact name: John Ilg
phone: 651-738-3069
fax: 651-738-9223
email: jcilg@comcast.net

location address:
Jax Building
253 East 4th St. Studio 305
St. Paul MN 55101

open to public: yes
hours: Open during St. Paul Art Crawl and by appointment

mailing address:
8926 Pheasant Run Road
Woodbury MN 55125-8833

Education



Bachelor of Fine Arts, summa cum laude, University of Minnesota. Primary instructors: Peter Busa, Malcolm H. Myers, Mary Abbott, Herman Somberg (advisor). Primary focus in drawing and painting, secondary focus in printmaking (intaglio and relief).



Master of Fine Arts, University of Minnesota.

Primary instructors: Peter Busa, Malcolm H. Myers, Herman Somberg (advisor).

MFA Oral and Thesis Review Committee: Herman Somberg (advisor), Malcolm H. Myers, Robert Poor (art historian).



Academic Memberships


Charter Member of Minnesota Chapter of Golden Key Honor Society.


Elected into Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society.




Teaching Experience


University of Minnesota; Fall 1981 through Summer Session II 1983, as follows:


ArtS 3140, Fall 1981. Drawing.


ArtS 3140, Winter 1982. Watercolor.


ArtS 3140, Spring 1982. Color Theory.


ArtS 3140, Fall 1982. Drawing.


ArtS 3140, Winter 1983. Color Theory.


ArtS 1102, Spring 1983. Drawing.


ArtS 1102, Summer Session I 1983. Drawing.


ArtS 1102, Summer Session II 1983. Drawing.

- Materials Grant, University of Minnesota Studio Arts Department, Spring 1980.



- Research Grant, University of Minnesota Honors Department, Spring 1980.



- Jerome Foundation Grant Purchase Award, Young Minnesota Artists, January 1982. Selected works toured several Minnesota cities from 1982 to 1984.



- Award of Merit for intaglio print ‘Ol Duke  from the Minnesota Artists Association at Minnesota ’82, February 1982.



- Linoleum cut Annunciation  featured as announcement for the juried exhibition Spiritual Art ‘98, National Juried Art Exhibition, Period Gallery, Omaha, December 1998.




- Winner of the Spring 2000 St. Paul Art Crawl Poster Competition. The winning work Painter’s Palette, gouache on corrugated cardboard, was reproduced in various local media for promotion of event. Also used on color posters, announcements and program booklets/guides produced by the St. Paul Artist’s Association.






- Honorable Mention award, Peace Piece, oil pastel on paper, 91st Annual Fine Arts Exhibition, Minnesota State Fair, 2002. 



- Honorable Mention award, for sculpture War on Terrorism, oil stain on mousetraps, 93rd Annual Fine Arts Exhibition, Minnesota State Fair, 2004.






- People’s Choice Award for sculpture War on Terrorism 93rd Annual Fine Arts Exhibition, Minnesota State Fair, 2004. 






- Third Place award for Treaty, oil pastel on paper, 94th Annual Fine Arts Exhibition, Minnesota State Fair, 2005. 


- Merit Award for House Divided (109th Congress), glass and plastic sculpture, Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, Minnesota; 31st Annual Members Juried Arts Exhibition, June 2007. 






- Media Winner of the Spring 2008 St. Paul Art Crawl Poster Competition. Grandma’s Pills, laser-cut photo in gelcaps. 






- First Place award for Honesty, galvanized metal and dollar bills, 97th Annual Fine Arts Exhibition, Minnesota State Fair, 2008. Awarded by Olga Viso, 2008 sculpture juror and Director of the Walker Art Center and Sculpture Garden. 






- Merit Award for Grandma’s Pills, paper in gelcaps, Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, Minnesota; 33rd Annual Members Juried Arts Exhibition, November 2009. 






- Merit Award for Recession Blues, digital prints, Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, Minnesota; 34th Annual Members Juried Arts Exhibition, November 2010. 






- Award of Excellence for Honesty, galvanized metal and dollar bills, Arts in Harmony National Juried Art Show, Arts Alliance, Elk River MN, 2011. 






- Award of Merit for Grandma's Pills, digital print in gelcaps, Arts in Harmony National Juried Art Show, Arts Alliance, Elk River MN, 2012. 






- Third Prize for War on Terrorism, mousetraps, oil stain and wood sculpture. 10th National Juried Exhibition, Ceres Gallery, New York, New York; 2012. Juror: Samantha Rippner, Curator, Department of Drawings and Prints at the Metropolitan Museum, NYC.






- Merit Award for Not Getting Better, digital prints in glass syringes, Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, Minnesota; 36th Annual Members Juried Arts Exhibition, November 2012. 



Solo Exhibitions




























- Studio Arts Gallery, Studio Arts Building, University of Minnesota; December 1980.

- Honors Gallery, Johnston Hall, University of Minnesota; December 1979, December 1980 and January 1981. 
















- Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Willey Hall, University of Minnesota; Bachelor of Fine Arts Summa Thesis, May 1980. Masters Thesis, June 1983. 




























- Gallery M, Saint Paul, Minnesota. November 1982.

- Bloomington Art Center; War and Peace, Bloomington, Minnesota. Nov.-Dec. 2003.

- Commonweal Theatre, Lanesboro, Minnesota; Solo exhibition in conjunction with the 13th Annual Ibsen Festival, April-June 2010. 




























- Normandale Community College Fine Arts Gallery; Political Spectrum, Bloomington, Minnesota. Nov.-Dec. 2010. 




























Juried Exhibitions




























- Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Foot in the Door, June 1980.

- University Gallery, Northrop Auditorium, University of Minnesota; Young Minnesota Artists, A Juried Competition, January 1982.

- Minnesota Artists Association; Minnesota ’82, A Juried Show, Town Square Park, Saint Paul, Minnesota, November 1982.

- Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Foot in the Door, June 1990.

- Fine Arts Department, Minnesota State Fair, 80th Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, August 1991.

- Premier Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Expressions of Devotion: A Collection of North American Religious Art. August 1995.

- Wickenden Gallery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio; National Collage Society, Fourteenth Annual Juried Exhibit, October 1998.

- Mills Pond House Gallery, St. James, New York; The Smithtown Township Arts Council, 23rd Annual Juried Fine Arts
Exhibition, November 1998. Jurors: Tracy Bashkoff, Curator, Guggenheim Museum, N.Y.C., and Alyn Cosgrove, Director, Nardin Gallery, N.Y.C.

- Period Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska; Spiritual Art ’98, National Juried Art Exhibition, December 1998.

- Period Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska; All Media ’99, National Juried Art Exhibition, February 1999.

- Period Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska; Contemporary ’99, National Juried Art Exhibition, March 1999.

- Community Visual Art Association, Jackson Hole, Wyoming; 1999 ArtWest Open Competition, National Juried Art Exhibition, ArtWest Gallery, May 1999.

- Art Jones Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Erotica ’99, 3rd Annual Juried Art Exhibition, May 1999.

- Period Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska; Realism ’99, International Juried Art Exhibition, July 1999.

- Period Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska; Winterfest ’99, International Juried Art Exhibition, November 1999.

- Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota; The Foot in the Door Show 2000,January-April 2000.

- Fine Arts Department, Minnesota State Fair, 89th Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, August 2000.

- Fine Arts Department, Minnesota State Fair, 91st Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, August 2002.

- Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington Minnesota; 27th Annual Members Juried Arts Exhibition, October 2002. Juror: Stuart Turnquist, Director, Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program, Minneapolis Institute of Arts.

- Period Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska; Spiritual Art ’02, National Juried Art Exhibition, December 2002.

- Fine Arts Department, Minnesota State Fair, 92nd Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, August 2003.

- Mills Pond House Gallery, St. James, New York; The Smithtown Township Arts Council, 28th Annual Juried Fine Arts
Exhibition, November 2003.Juror: Carrie Springer, Senior Curatorial Assistant, Whitney Museum of Art, N.Y.C.

- Fine Arts Department, Minnesota State Fair, 93rd Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, August 2004.

- Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, Minnesota; 29th Annual Members Juried Arts Exhibition, June 2005.

- Fine Arts Department, Minnesota State Fair, 94th Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, August 2005.

- Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, Minnesota; 30th Annual Members Juried Arts Exhibition, June 2006.

- Sioux City Art Center, 60th Juried Exhibition, Fall 2006.

- Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, MN; 31st Annual Members Juried Arts Exhibition, June 2007.

- Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN; Minnesota Biennial 3D II, November 2007–February 2008.

- Cross View Lutheran Church, Edina, MN; 26th Annual Christian Art Festival, April 2008.

- AZ Gallery, St. Paul, MN; A Portrait of America, August 2008.

- Fine Arts Department, Minnesota State Fair, 97th Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, August 2008.

- Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, MN; 32nd Annual Members Juried Arts Exhibition, November 2008.

- Fine Arts Department, Minnesota State Fair, 98th Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, August 2009.

- Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, MN; 33rd Annual Members Juried Arts Exhibition, November 2009.

- Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN; Foot in the Door, Feb. 2010.

- Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, MN; 34th Annual Members Juried Arts Exhibition, November 2010.

- Arts Alliance, Elk River, MN; Arts in Harmony 2011, February – March 2011.

- Thrivent Financial Gallery, Arts in Harmony 2011 Selects, Minneapolis, MN April 2011.

- Fine Arts Department, Minnesota State Fair, 100th Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, August 2011.

- Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, MN; 35th Annual Members Juried Arts Exhibition, October 2011.

- AZ Gallery, 2011 Lowertown Art Show, St Paul, MN; January 2012.

- Arts Alliance, Elk River, MN; Arts in Harmony 2012,February – March 2012.

- Ceres Gallery, 10th National Juried Exhibition, New York, New York; May-June, 2012. Juror: Samantha Rippner, Curator, Department of Drawings and Prints at the Metropolitan Museum, NYC.

- Seattle Erotic Art Festival (SEAF) Juried Exhibition, Seattle WA; June 2012.


- Fine Arts Department, Minnesota State Fair, 101st Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, August 2012.

- Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, Minnesota; 36th Annual Members Juried Arts Exhibition, November 2012. 


- AZ Gallery, 2012 Lowertown Art Show, St Paul, MN; December 2012.

- Arts Alliance, Elk River, MN; Arts in Harmony 2013,February – March 2013.



Group/Invitational




























- Studio Arts Gallery, Studio Arts Building, University of Minnesota; Two-person show in February 1979. Alumni Invitational Exhibition, October 1984.

- Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Willey Hall, University of Minnesota; Group Show for Graduating Seniors, June 1980. Graduate Review, March 1981 and 1982.

- Coffman Gallery, Coffman Union; University of Minnesota. Cultural Forms and Norms, February 1982.

- Minneapolis, Minnesota; Artists Response to the Nuclear Arms Race, summer 1982.

- College of Saint Catherine Gallery; College of Saint Catherine, Saint Paul, Minnesota. Faculty Collection Exhibition, September 1984.

- The Jayne Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, special exhibitions: Works in Black and White, August 1992;Wine Fruit and Nudes, August 1994;Five by Five, August 1996.

- Cornucopia Art Center, Lanesboro, Minnesota; Reflections of the Great War, March 2006.

- Robbin Gallery, Robbinsdale, Minnesota; Patti’s Choice, October 2008.

- Robbin Gallery, Robbinsdale, Minnesota; Patti’s Choice, October 2010.

- Workhaus collective in association with the Playwrights' Center group exhibition in conjunction with the premier of "A Short Play about 9/11," September 2011.

- Workhaus collective in association with the Playwrights' Center group exhibition in conjunction with the play "Flesh & the Desert," January 2012.

- Workhaus collective in association with the Playwrights' Center group exhibition in conjunction with the play "Kill Me Don't Go," November 2012.

- Group show "Medium of Exchange: the Art of Cash" curated by John Schuermann. Banfill-Loche Center for the Arts, Fridley, MN. June-August 2012.

- Group show "Friends Exhibition" Ceres Gallery, New York, New York. July 17-August 11 2012.

- Invited to show "The Fourteen Stations of the Cross," Pax Christi Catholic Community, Eden Prairie, MN. February-March (Lent) 2013.


Donations/Auctions




























- University of Minnesota Honors Department Fund Raising Show and Sale, March 1981.

- Queen of Peace Hospital, New Prague, MN Fund Raising Show and Auction, December 1994.

- College of Saint Scholastica, Duluth, Alumni Association Scholarship Fund Show and Auction, June 1998 and 1999.

- Minnesota AIDS Project Fund-Raising Auction, May 2003.

- Malcolm H. Myers Scholarship Fund-Raising Sale, University of Minnesota Department of Studio Arts, October 2003.

Misc. Art-Community Activities




























- Submitted design for World Trade Center Memorial Competition. Administered by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC). July 2003. View submission at http://www.wtcsitememorial.org/ent/entl=683475.html . (For best results, copy/paste link into your browser.)

- Invited to judge and present awards at the South Suburban Conference fine-art exhibition, Normandale Community College, March 2011.

Works are in the permanent collections of The Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota; American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland; Normandale Community College; Thrivent Financial for Lutherans; Myers Thompson P.A., Minneapolis, MN and other corporate and private collections in the United States, England, France, Italy and Australia.

Representation through the Jayne Gallery, Kansas City, MO 1991-2003.

Print Articles


- Drawing Two Sisters  illustrated in Young Minnesota Artists Catalogue, January 1982.

- Deanne Pearson, Kansas City, MO, from Jayne Gallery invitational show Black and White.

- Pen and ink drawings reviewed in Kansas City Star August, 26 1994, by Alice Thorson, Kansas City, MO, from Jayne Gallery invitational show Wine, Fruit and Nudes.

- Engraving Good Friday  featured in national publication Christianity and the Arts, Summer 1995, as an announcement for the juried exhibition Expressions of Devotion: A Collection of North American Religious Art, Premier Gallery, Minneapolis. Black and white reproduction.

- Gouache Painter’s Palette  featured in Mpls/St.Paul Magazine, April 2000, Events section. Color reproduction.

- Gouache Painter’s Palette  featured in Saint Paul Pioneer Press, April 28, 2000, Express section. Color reproduction.

- Featured artist in Lowertown News (Vol. 6 No. 5) May 2000. Interview by Roger Fuller, St. Paul, MN. Black and white reproduction.

- Through a grant by the city of St. Paul, The St. Paul Artist’s Association selected Painter’s Palette to be reproduced on large-scale, public signage to advertise Art Crawl from Fall 2000 onward.

- Sculpture War on Terrorism featured in Minneapolis StarTribune review of Minnesota State Fair 93rd Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, August 27, 2004, by Doug Hanson, Minneapolis, MN. Color reproduction, Variety section.

- Interview and oil pastel Treaty featured in Saint Paul Pioneer Press article on Minnesota State Fair 94th Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, August 27, 2005, by Dominic Papatola, St. Paul, MN. Color reproduction, State Fair supplement.

- Feature profile in Woodbury Magazine article An Artist’s Life, April 2008, by Debbie Musser.

- Featured artist in Downtown St. Paul Voice (Vol. 14 No. 5) April 2008. Interview in Arts and Culture section, St. Paul, MN.
Color reproduction.

- Sculpture Honesty featured in Minneapolis StarTribune review of Minnesota State Fair 97th Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, August 22, 2008, by Mary Abbe, Minneapolis, MN. Color reproduction, Variety section.

- Sculpture Honesty featured in Woodbury Bulletin, September 3, 2008, by Louise Ernewein, Woodbury,MN. Black and white reproductions.

- Sculpture Bitter Pills featured in Woodbury Bulletin, September 9, 2009, by Amber Kispert,Woodbury, MN. Black and white reproductions.

- Theft of sculpture Honesty reported in Minneapolis StarTribune, December 17, 2010 by Mary Abbe, Twin Cities + Region Section. Color reproduction.

- Augsburg Fortress cover reproduction of "Station 12: Jesus Dies on the Cross," Good Friday issue of the Sunday Service Folders; to be published March 2013.
































Web References (partial listing)






























- Mary Abbe's report on the theft of Honesty from Normandale Community College in the Dec. 17, 2010 Minneapolis StarTribune inspired an in-depth feature on KSTP.com, CityPages.com, a live telephone interview on WCCO radio and a slide show commentary by KSTP TV that same Friday. Her Strib story was picked up by UPI and Scripps news services and within 24 hours had spawned stories from numerous media outlets including CNN, NPR, PBS, New York Daily News and others in many cities. Internationally, the Strib story was referenced by news services in India, Turkey, Sweden, Croatia, Zimbabwe, the UK, Australia, Russia and other countries. Also countless "News of the Weird" blogs. For a complete listing of sources, Google "John Ilg Honesty”.

- John Ilg was one of a handful of Minnesotans to submit a design for the World Trade Center Memorial Competition administered by the Lower Manhatten Development Corporation. His submission can be viewed at: http://www.wtcsitememorial.org/ent/entI=683475.html . (For best results, copy/paste link into your browser.)

- In-depth interview in Patch.com, Woodbury edition by Meghan Dusek, January 2011.

Country of Citizenship:
United States

Birth Place:
Minnesota

Birth Date:
December 4, 1957

Gender:
Male

Active Place:
Mpls/St.Paul Metro Area

Minnesota County:
Washington

Artist

http://mnartists.org/john_ilg 

2003 Fine Arts Exhibition (Drawing, Watercolor)
2004 Fine Arts Exhibition (Ceramics/Glass/Sculpture)
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