Jim Lutes

Born: 1955, Ft. Lewis, WA
Resides: Chicago, IL

MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982
BA, Washington State University, 1978

Teaching

1998 - Present

  • Professor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
  • Former Chair of the Department of Painting
 

1995 - 99

  • Associate Professor, Illinois State University, Bloomington, IL
 

1983-95

  • Visiting Artist, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
 

Awards

1999

  • The Illinois Arts Council
 

1993

  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation
 

1987

  • Awards int he Visual Arts 7 in conjunction with travleing exhibition
 

1985

  • Illinois Arts Council Grant
 

1981 - 82

  • Anna Louise Raymond Traveling Fellowship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
 

1976

  • Balliet Talent Scholarship, Washington State University
 

1974

  • Pischel Award
 

Solo Exhibitions

2008

  • Kinkead Contemporary, Culver City, CA
 

2006

  • Valerie Carberry Gallery, Chicago, IL
 

2004

  • Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
 

2001

  • Rena Sternberg Gallery, Glencoe, IL
 

1999

  • Cul-de-Sac, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
 

1998

  • Linda Hodges Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
  • Ohio University Art Gallery, Athens, OH
 

1996

  • Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Inc., Chicago, IL
 

1995

  • Museum van Hendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
 

1994

  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
  • Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Inc., Chicago, IL
 

1993

  • Vera Van Laer Gallery, Knokke-Heist, Belgium
  • Guy LeDune Contemporary Art, Brussels, Belgium
 

1991

  • Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • Ledisflam Gallery, New York, NY
 

1990

  • Jim Lutes: One Person Exhibition, Temple Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
 

1988

  • Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL
 

1987

  • Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL
 

1986

  • Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL
 

Group Exhibitions

2008

 

2007

 

2006

  • Faculty Sabbatical Exhibition, Betty Rymer Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • Full Frontal, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL
  • Drawings, Valerie Carberry Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • 181st Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art, National Academy Museum, New York, NY
 

2005

  • Art Chicago in the Park, Valerie Carberry Gallery, Butler Field, Chicago, IL
 

2004

  • The Stray Show, General Store, Chicago, IL
  • Art Chicago, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • A Sharp Eye: An Art Dealer's 40 Year Journey, Evanston Art Center, Chicago, IL
 

2002

  • Gallery Artist Group Exhibition, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
 

2001

  • Influence Chicago Influence, Arena Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • Gallery Artist Group Exhibition, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
 

2000

  • Out of Line: Drawings by Illinois Artists, Chicago Cultural Center, IL
  • Innaugural Group Exhibition, Linda Hodges, Seattle, WA
  • Sextablos, Barrister's Gallery, New Orleans, LA
  • Zolla/Lieberman Gallery Group Exhibition, Chicago, IL
 

1999

  • Zolla/Lieberman Gallery Inc., Chicago, IL
  • Decades in Dialogue, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
  • It Looks Easy, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
  • Sextablos, Barrister's Gallery, New Orleans, LA
  • Group Show, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
  • Domesticated, Refusion, San Francisco, CA
 

1998

  • Zolla/Lieberman Gallery Inc., Chicago, IL
  • Abstract Chicago, Klein Artworks, Chicago, IL
  • Jim Lutes - Hollis Sigler, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
  • A Game of Chance, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • Collaborations, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • Faculty Biennial, University Galleries, ISU, Normal, IL
  • Collage, MCAC, Bloomington, IL
  • The Velvet Show, Chicago, IL
  • Drawing to Paint, MCAC, Bloomington, IL
  • 3rd Occasional Survey of Abstract Art in Chicago, Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL
  • Home Grown Cool: Recent Paintings from Chicago, Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL
  • Les Objects Contiennent L'Infiniti, Ecole Superieure des Beaux-arts de Tours, Tours, France
  • Denaturalized, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
 

1997

  • Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
  • Art Chicago, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • Faculty Biennial, University Galleries, ISU, Normal, IL
  • Halloween Show, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL
  • A Game of Chance, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • 5 & 10, Art for Change, Franklin Street Mall, Tampa, Florida
  • Out of the Shadow of Ivan Albright: Twelve Contemporary Chicago Artists, Illinois Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
 

1996

  • Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • Art in Chicago: 1945-1995, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
  • History Lessons: Four Zolla/Lieberman Artists from Art in Chicago at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • Gallery Artists Group Exhibition, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • Aris Kroutroulis and Jim Lutes: Transformations, Center Galleries, Detroit, MI
 

1995

  • Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • Pulp Fiction, Gallery A, Chicago, IL
  • Illinois State University Faculty Exhibition, Normal, IL
  • Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, The University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
  • Chicago Abstract Painters, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
 

1994

  • Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • Praxis, Domaine de Kerguehennec, Locmine, France
  • Meeting Point K, Vera Van Laer Gallery, Knokke-Heist, Belgium
  • Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, The University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
  • A Passionate Perspective: Francis and June Speizer Collection of Art, Rockford Museum of Art, Rockford, IL
  • What's Wrong With This Picture, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
 

1993

  • 43rd Biennial of Contemporary American Painting, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
  • 5 Painters, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
  • Cadavre Exquis, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
  • Abstract Chicago, Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL
  • Group Show, Feigen Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • Haunted Images, Foster Gallery, The University of Eau-Claire, Eau-Claire, WI
 

1992

  • Dcoumenta IX, Kassel, Germany
  • Drawn in the Nineties, Independent Curators Incorporated, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY (traveled through June 1994)
  • From America's Studio: Drawing New Conclusions, The Betty Rymer Gallery at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
  • Why Paint?, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
  • Face to Face: Self Portraits by Chicago Artists, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
 

1991

  • Spirited Visions, State of Illinois Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • Distorted Figuration, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
  • Human, Suburban Art Center, Highland Park, IL
 

1990

  • Panton, Temse, Belgium
 

1989

  • Chicago Artists in the European Tradition, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
  • Chicago International Art Exposition, Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • Encore-Celebrating Fifty Years, The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
 

1988

  • Awards in the Visual Arts 7, traveling exhibition
  • Chicago International Art Exposition, Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • Art and Democracy, Group Material, DIA Foundation, New York, NY
 

1987

  • Whitney Biennial Exhibition, The Whitney Museum, New York, NY
  • Surfaces: Two Decades of Painting in Chicago, Terra Museum of Art, Chicago, IL
  • Home Front, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
 

1986

  • Recent Art from Chicago, Artists Space, New York, NY
 

1985

  • Viewpoints: Doug Arguel and Jim Lutes, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
  • A Chicago Souvenir, Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL
 

1984-86

  • 39th Corcoran Biennial, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
 

1984

  • Chicago 1984: Artists to Watch, Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • New Talent, Hall Bromm Gallery, New York, NY
  • Chicago and Vacinity Show, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
 

1983

  • Fantastic Visions, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
  • Emerging, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
  • Jim Lutes/Jin Soo Kim, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • Chicago Scene, Mandeville Art Gallery at the University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA
 

Selected Public Collections

  • The Art Institute of Chicago, IL
  • Avampo Discovery Museum, Charleston, WV
  • James and Evelyn Aronson, Chicago, IL
  • James and Edie Cloonan, Chicago, IL
  • Domaine de Kerguehennec, Locmine, France
  • Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
  • Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
  • Oliver-Hoffman Collection, Chicago, IL
  • Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
  • The Progressive Corporation, Pepper Pike, OH
  • The Ruttenberg Family Foundation, Chicago, IL
  • Howard and Donna Stone, Chicago, IL
  • Spago Restaurant, Chicago and Los Angeles

References

2006

  • Alan Artner, "Jim Lutes," review of solo exhibition, Valerie Carberry Gallery, Chicago, IL, Chicago Tribune, 6 October, 2006, Tempo, Section 7.
  • Terry R. Meyers, "Jim Lutes," review of solo exhibition, Valerie Carberry Gallery, Chicago, IL, Chicago, Time Out Chicago, 5-11 October, 2006, 68
  • Walker, Hamza. "Jim Lutes: Paintings From Around the Way," in Jim Lutes: New Paintings, Chicago: Valerie Carberry Gallery, 2006
 

2001

  • Warren, Lynne. Influence Chicago Influence, Chicago: Arena Gallery, 2001
 

1999

  • Tony Neuhoff, review of Jim Lutes, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL, New Art Examiner, December 1999/January 2000, 48-49
  • Jim Lutes, review of Cul-de-Sac, Zolla/Liberman Gallery, Chicago, IL, Chicago Sun-Times, 17 September, 1999
 

1998

  • New American Paintings, no. 17, August 1998, 68-69
 

1996

  • Alan Artner, "Lutes delivers own brand of commentary," review of solo exhibition, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL, Chicago Tribune, 7 November, 1996, Tempo Section, Section 5
 

1995

  • Jim Lutes. Gent: Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, 1995
 

1994

  • Zacharopoulos, Denys. Domaine 1994, Bignan: Le Domaine de Kerguehennec, Centre d'art, 1994
 

1993

  • French, Christopher, ed. 43rd Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, Washington, D.C.: The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1993, 66-67
  • Edition Speciale de L'annuel de l'art en Belgique et au Luxembourg, March-August, 1993, 12
  • Ruyters, Marc. Jim Lutes, Knokke-Heist, Belgium: Vera Van Laer Gallery, 1993
  • 1993 Awards in Painting, Sculpture, Printmaking, Photography, and Craft Media, New York: The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, 1993, 36-37
 

1992

  • Craig Adcock, "Abstraction in Chicago," Tema Celeste Art Magazine, April-May 1992, 70-73
  • Kunstforum International: Die Documenta als Kunstwerk, Bd. 119, 392
  • Smith, Joshua P. Drawn in the '90s. NY: Independent Curators Inc., 1992, 47
  • Pagel, David. Why Paint?, Chicago, IL: The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, 1992
  • Documenta IX: Kassel 1992. Stuttgart: Edition Cantz, 1992, vol. 3
 

1991

  • "Jim Lutes," review of exhibition, Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL, Arts Magazine, April 1991, 107-108
 

1989

  • Barrie, Dennis. Encore: Celebrating Fifty Years. Cincinnati: The Contemporary Arts Center, 1989, 52
  • Warren, Lynne. Chicago Artists in the European Tradition. Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1989, 13, 28-29
 

1988

  • Hixson, Katherin. Latitudes: Focus on Chicago, Aspen: Aspen Art Museum, 1988, 17-18
  • Kuspit, Donald. Awards in the Visual Arts 7, Winston-Salem, NC: Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, 1988, 70-79
 

1987

  • Kirschner, Judith Russi, Surfaces: Two Decades of Painting in Chicago: Seventies and Eighties, Chicago: Terra Museum of American Art, 1987, 52-53
  • Armstrong, Richard, John G. Hanhardt, Richard Marshall, Lisa Phillips. 1987 Biennial Exhibition. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1987, 86-88
 

1985

  • Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, exhibition brochure for Viewpoints: Doug Argue/Jim Lutes, 1 December 1985-19 January 1986
  • Lyons, Lisa. The 39th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, Washington, D.C.: The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1985, 48-49, 68