IAN WEAVER
EDUCATION
2008 Washington University in St Louis, Master of Fine Arts, Visual Art
1993 Columbia College, Chicago, IL, Bachelor of Arts, Liberal Arts
SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Moreau Gallery, Saint Mary's College (sabbatical exhibition)
2022 Fort Worth Contemporary Arts, Fort Worth, TX
2020 DePauw University Gallery, Greencastle, IN
2015 Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
2014 Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art
2011 South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
2010 Packer Schopf, Chicago, IL,
2009 Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
2007 Packer Schopf, Chicago, IL, “Document”
2005 University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
2002 Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL, “Five Paintings”
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 New to The Museum: Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, Saint Louis Art Museum
2020 Faculty Group Art Exhibition, Moreau Art Galleries, Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN
2014 Racial Imaginary, Pitzer College Art Galleries, Claremont, CA
2012 ArtExpo Chicago (Artadia Booth)
Not What it Seems, Kennesaw State University, Atlanta, GA
2011 Write-Now: Artists and Letterforms, Chicago Cultural Center
Art Miami, Packer Schopf Gallery
So Much Depends, Royale Projects, Palm Springs, CA
2009 Cue Art Foundation, New York, NY (publication)
2008 Across the Divide, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL (publication)
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St Louis, MO
White Flag Projects, St Louis, MO
2007 Bridge Art Fair 2007, Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 25th Anniversary Bookplate Exhibition, Printworks, Chicago, IL (publication)
Riverside Arts Center, Riverside, IL
2002 Contemporary Drawing Salon, N.E. IL University, Chicago, IL
2000 Columbia College Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago, IL
GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS
2023 DeHaan Artists of Distinction Award, Indianapolis, IN
2020 CFAI Faculty Research Grant, Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN
2017 Stone and DeGuire Contemporary Art Award, St. Louis, MO
2012 Artadia, New York, NY
2011 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Faculty Grant
2009 Illinois Arts Council Special Assistance Grant
The Santo Foundation, St Louis, MO
2008 Joan Mitchell Foundation, NY
2008-06 Washington University in St Louis, Chancellor’s Fellowship
2004 Illinois Arts Council Special Assistance Grant
2001 C.A.A.P. Grant, Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL
1999-97 C.A.A.P. Grant, Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL
RESIDENCIES
2018 Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
2016 Ox-Bow, Saugatuck, MI
2015 International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York (sponsored by Artadia)
2011 Ragdale Foundation, IL; Archibald Motley Jr. Fellowship
2009 Yaddo, NY
2005 Millay Colony for the Arts, NY
Open Studio Program, Chicago, IL
2001 Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
VISITING ARTIST/LECTURES
2022 Texas Christian University, External MFA Critic
2020 Washington University in Saint Louis, St Louis, MO, External MFA Critic
Kentucky College of Art and Design, Louisville, KY, Field Study course
2018 University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
2016 DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
2015 The University of North Texas (UNT), Denton, TX
2015 The University of Texas, Arlington (UTA), Print project at Wild Pony Editions
2014 The University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
2012 Illinois State University, Bloomington, IL, Print project at Normal Editions
2010 Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO (Co-sponsored by the Saint Louis Art Museum)
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Artists Connect Series
2009 Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
Webster University, St Louis, MO
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
2021 Yale University Radio interview: https://museumofnonvisibleart.com/interviews/ian-weaver/
2017 Bad at Sports Podcast, interview with curator Naima Keith: http://badatsports.com/2017/episode-590- naima-keith-and-ian-weaver/
Christopher Borrelli, “Alternate timelines and side-by-side universes no longer just for science fiction”, Chicago Tribune, January 13, 2017
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-alt-history-usa-ae-0115-20170112-column.html
2015 Claudia Rankine, “The Racial Imaginary: Writers on Race in the Life of the Mind”, March, 2015; (image of Black Power Helmet published in literature anthology).
2015 Costello, Michael, “Ian Weaver: Black Knights’ Archive”, The Comp magazine: http://www.thecompmagazine.com/ian-weaver-black-knights-archive/
2014 Shoger, Scott, “Black Knight Archive: An alternate history of Chicago's south side”, Nuvo Magazine: http://www.nuvo.net/indianapolis/black-knight-archive-an-alternate-history-of-chicagos-south- side/Content?oid=2885140
Maher, Gregory, “Profile of the Artist: Ian Weaver”, The Seen online journal: http://blog.expositionchicago.com/art-seen-national/profile-artist-ian-weaver/
2012 Reese, Rachel, “Rigor is on the Rise in Recent Shows at Kennesaw State”, Burnaway magazine: http://www.burnaway.org/2012/12/rigor-is-on-the-rise-in-recent-shows-at-kennesaw-state-university/
2011 Allen, Kevin, “SBMA Creates Neighborhood’s Story”, South Bend Tribune, Aug. 4th, 2012
2010 Pearson, Laura, Time Out Chicago, Issue 268: Apr 15–21, 2010
Spencer Dew, NewCity, April 5, 2010
Jeffrey Hughes, Art Papers, March/April, 2010, p. 62
Sarah Bryan Miller, St Louis Post Dispatch, February 12, 2010
2007 Bad at Sports Podcast, Episode 79 (Reviews), minute 52:30, March 4, 2007: http://badatsports.com/2007/episode-79-reviews/
COLLECTIONS
Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO
Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Washington, D.C.
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
Private Collections in Anniston, AL; Saint Louis; Los Angeles; and New York