Deb Sokolow
b. Davis, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2013
Matrix 166, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT (Feb - May)
2011
Abrons Art Center, New York, NY
Green Gallery West, Milwaukee, WI
Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
2010
Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
2009
Spertus Museum, Chicago, IL
2008
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Inova [Institute of Visual Arts], Milwaukee, WI
2005
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013
The Drawing Center, New York, NY (Spring)
2012
Big Reality, 319 Scholes, Brooklyn, NY (March)
2011
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium
Institute of Contemporary Art, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
Doomsday Film Festival, 92YTribeca, New York, NY
Delaware County Community College, Media, PA
FFDG, San Francisco, CA
Betty Rymer Gallery, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL
Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2010
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, Virginia
Baer Ridgway Projects, San Francisco, CA
2009
Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Irvine Valley College, Irvine, CA
Synchronicity, Los Angeles, CA
Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
2008
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Brooklyn Fire Proof, Brooklyn, NY
2007
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Northern Illinois University Art Museum, DeKalb, IL
Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2006
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Rudolph Projects, Houston, TX
2005
Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
2004
School of the Art Institute Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
Commissioned Projects for Print
2011
Project for Sweden's art magazine, Paletten, guest-edited by Maria Lind
2010
Comic for Creative Time’s Comics project, curated by Shane Brennan
Collections
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
Spertus Museum, Chicago, IL
The Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Daniel Boone Fine and Performing Arts Magnet School, Chicago, IL
DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
The Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ
Residencies and Fellowships
2012
Artist-in-Residence, Nordisk Kunstnarsenter Dalsåsen, Norway
2010
International Artists Residency, Art Omi, Ghent, NY
2009
Works-in-Progress Residency, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Smart Museum Artist-in-Residence, Daniel Boone Fine and Performing Arts Magnet School, Chicago, IL
2007
Frankel Anderson Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center
2005
Visual Arts Fellowship, Illinois Arts Council
Lectures and Panels
2012
Visiting Artist, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2011
Visiting Artist, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI
2010
Visiting Artist, New York Studio Residency Program, Brooklyn, NY
Visiting Artist, Illinois State University, Chicago, IL
2008
Panelist, Contemporary Artists and Issues, Smart Museum, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Visiting Artist, University of California, Davis, CA
Visiting Artist, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Visiting Artist, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Visiting Artist, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
2007
Artists Connect Lecture, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Visiting Artist, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
Education
2004 MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1996 BFA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bibliography
2011
Artforum.com. Droitcour, Brian. “Deb Sokolow: Abrons Art Center” (Review)
Art:21 Blog. Picard, Caroline. "Caution, You Are Being Watched: Deb Sokolow and You" (Interview)
ARTnews. Miranda, Carolina A. "Comic Relief" (Article)
Phoenix New Times. Peterson, Sativa. "SMoCA's Latest Exhibit Gives Glimpse Into the Lives of Its Artists" (Review)
Arizona Republic. Nilsen, Richard. "3 exhibits illustrate new vigor at SMoCA" (Review)
Chicago Tribune. Waxman, Lori. “An alternative reading list” (Review)
ArtSlant. Ritchie, Abraham. “Read the Fine Print” (Review)
Daily Serving. Spurgeon, Marta. "Skip the Trip to the Library" (Review)
WBEZ. Amer, Robin. "Artist Deb Sokolow makes conspiracy theories come alive in graphic style" (Radio/Video Story)
2010
Artforum.com. Ise, Claudine. “Production Site: The Artist’s Studio Inside-Out” (Review)
ArtinAmerica.com. Oh, Janet. “Production Site MCA Chicago” (Review)
Chicago Tribune. Waxman, Lori. “A look inside the artist's studio” (Review)
ArtSlant. Ritchie, Abraham. “Chicago's Best of 2010”
Flavorpill.com. Lund, Karsten. “Daily Dose Pick: Deb Sokolow” (Profile)
New City. Golden-McNerney, Regan. “Deb Sokolow” (Review)
ArtSlant. Ritchie, Abraham. “Do I want to Believe?” (Review)
Huffington Post. Klein, Paul. “Text Matters” (Review)
Flavorpill. Smigasiewicz, Beatrice. “Editor's Pick: Deb Sokolow” (Review)
Jettison Quarterly. Carter, Kristen. “Making Sense of Our Paranoia with Deb Sokolow.” (Profile)
Chicago Tribune. Waxman, Lori. “Deb Sokolow” (Review)
ArtSlant. Ritchie, Abraham. “The Slant on Deb Sokolow” (Interview)
Timeout Chicago. Weinberg, Lauren. “Production Site: The Artist’s Studio Inside-Out” (Review)
Gaper’s Block. Lendman, John. “Inside the Artist's Studio at the MCA” (Review)
New City. Foumberg, Jason. “Review: Production Site: The Artist’s Studio Inside Out” (Review)
Artnet.com. Velez, Pedro. “Chicago Build Up” (Review)
2009
Artforum.com. Ise, Claudine. “Critics’ Picks: Heartland” (Review)
Dagens Nyheter. Lind, Maria. “Hjärtpunkten Chicago [At the Heart of Chicago]” (Review)
Chicago Tribune. Viera, Lauren. “Gallery winners from Sokolow, Harrison” (Review)
Beautifuldecay.com. “Deb Sokolow” (Interview)
Artslant.com. Gunn, Dan. “Reassessing MiddleCoast Art” (Review)
Timeout Chicago. Weinberg, Lauren. “Heartland” (Review)
Badatsports.com. “Episode 201: Deb Sokolow” (Interview)
New City. Calder, Jaime. “Review: Deb Sokolow/Spertus Museum” (Review)
Chicago Tribune. Viera, Lauren. “Artist Deb Sokolow, revealed” (Review)
New City. Foumberg, Jason. “Eye Exam: Smartland” (Review)
2008
Chicago Tribune. Viera, Lauren. “Ones to watch” (Profile)
Kansas City Star. Thorson, Alice. “Kemper mystery exhibit is a you-dunit” (Review)
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Schumacher, Mary Louise. “Miranda July meets Mark Lombardi” (Review)
Express Milwaukee. Motlani. Aisha. “Pictorial Paranoia” (Review)
Vital Source. Moriarty, Judith Ann. “Drawing Conclusions” (Review)
Elms, Anthony. Essay for The trouble with people you don’t know
Timeout Chicago. Mojica, Jason. “Mapping the Self” (Review)
The Lost Review. Velez, Pedro. “Alive and Kicking in Chicago” (Profile)
2007
Artnet. Orden, Abraham. (Review)
Chicago Magazine. Topor, Joanna. “After Paschke” (Profile)
2006
Art Papers. Elms, Anthony. “Deb Sokolow” (Review)
Chicago Sun-Times. Nance, Kevin. “On paper, MCA show is a smash” (Review)
Chicago Tribune. Artner, Alan. (Review)
Centerstage Chicago. Hinkel, Joanne. “Deb Sokolow draws Chicago in” (Profile)
New City. Foumberg, Jason. (Profile)
2005
Chicago Tribune. Artner, Alan. “Putting post-9/11 fear on the map: Sokolow’s dark vision at the MCA” (Review)
Art on Paper. Hixson, Kathryn. (Review)
Chicago Tribune. Storch, Charles. “Pirates invade Chicago” (Profile)
Chicago Magazine. Wilk, Deborah. “Studio City” (Profile)
Chicago Tribune. Artner, Alan. "…Early Adopters…" (Review)
Punk Planet (Reproduction)
2004
NYFA Quarterly. “Raves” (Review)
2003
Chicago Reader. Stamets, Bill. “Deb Sokolow puts herself in the picture” (Profile)
b. Davis, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2013
Matrix 166, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT (Feb - May)
2011
Abrons Art Center, New York, NY
Green Gallery West, Milwaukee, WI
Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
2010
Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
2009
Spertus Museum, Chicago, IL
2008
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Inova [Institute of Visual Arts], Milwaukee, WI
2005
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013
The Drawing Center, New York, NY (Spring)
2012
Big Reality, 319 Scholes, Brooklyn, NY (March)
2011
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium
Institute of Contemporary Art, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
Doomsday Film Festival, 92YTribeca, New York, NY
Delaware County Community College, Media, PA
FFDG, San Francisco, CA
Betty Rymer Gallery, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL
Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2010
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, Virginia
Baer Ridgway Projects, San Francisco, CA
2009
Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Irvine Valley College, Irvine, CA
Synchronicity, Los Angeles, CA
Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
2008
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Brooklyn Fire Proof, Brooklyn, NY
2007
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Northern Illinois University Art Museum, DeKalb, IL
Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2006
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Rudolph Projects, Houston, TX
2005
Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
2004
School of the Art Institute Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
Commissioned Projects for Print
2011
Project for Sweden's art magazine, Paletten, guest-edited by Maria Lind
2010
Comic for Creative Time’s Comics project, curated by Shane Brennan
Collections
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
Spertus Museum, Chicago, IL
The Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Daniel Boone Fine and Performing Arts Magnet School, Chicago, IL
DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
The Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ
Residencies and Fellowships
2012
Artist-in-Residence, Nordisk Kunstnarsenter Dalsåsen, Norway
2010
International Artists Residency, Art Omi, Ghent, NY
2009
Works-in-Progress Residency, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Smart Museum Artist-in-Residence, Daniel Boone Fine and Performing Arts Magnet School, Chicago, IL
2007
Frankel Anderson Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center
2005
Visual Arts Fellowship, Illinois Arts Council
Lectures and Panels
2012
Visiting Artist, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2011
Visiting Artist, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI
2010
Visiting Artist, New York Studio Residency Program, Brooklyn, NY
Visiting Artist, Illinois State University, Chicago, IL
2008
Panelist, Contemporary Artists and Issues, Smart Museum, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Visiting Artist, University of California, Davis, CA
Visiting Artist, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Visiting Artist, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Visiting Artist, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
2007
Artists Connect Lecture, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Visiting Artist, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
Education
2004 MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1996 BFA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bibliography
2011
Artforum.com. Droitcour, Brian. “Deb Sokolow: Abrons Art Center” (Review)
Art:21 Blog. Picard, Caroline. "Caution, You Are Being Watched: Deb Sokolow and You" (Interview)
ARTnews. Miranda, Carolina A. "Comic Relief" (Article)
Phoenix New Times. Peterson, Sativa. "SMoCA's Latest Exhibit Gives Glimpse Into the Lives of Its Artists" (Review)
Arizona Republic. Nilsen, Richard. "3 exhibits illustrate new vigor at SMoCA" (Review)
Chicago Tribune. Waxman, Lori. “An alternative reading list” (Review)
ArtSlant. Ritchie, Abraham. “Read the Fine Print” (Review)
Daily Serving. Spurgeon, Marta. "Skip the Trip to the Library" (Review)
WBEZ. Amer, Robin. "Artist Deb Sokolow makes conspiracy theories come alive in graphic style" (Radio/Video Story)
2010
Artforum.com. Ise, Claudine. “Production Site: The Artist’s Studio Inside-Out” (Review)
ArtinAmerica.com. Oh, Janet. “Production Site MCA Chicago” (Review)
Chicago Tribune. Waxman, Lori. “A look inside the artist's studio” (Review)
ArtSlant. Ritchie, Abraham. “Chicago's Best of 2010”
Flavorpill.com. Lund, Karsten. “Daily Dose Pick: Deb Sokolow” (Profile)
New City. Golden-McNerney, Regan. “Deb Sokolow” (Review)
ArtSlant. Ritchie, Abraham. “Do I want to Believe?” (Review)
Huffington Post. Klein, Paul. “Text Matters” (Review)
Flavorpill. Smigasiewicz, Beatrice. “Editor's Pick: Deb Sokolow” (Review)
Jettison Quarterly. Carter, Kristen. “Making Sense of Our Paranoia with Deb Sokolow.” (Profile)
Chicago Tribune. Waxman, Lori. “Deb Sokolow” (Review)
ArtSlant. Ritchie, Abraham. “The Slant on Deb Sokolow” (Interview)
Timeout Chicago. Weinberg, Lauren. “Production Site: The Artist’s Studio Inside-Out” (Review)
Gaper’s Block. Lendman, John. “Inside the Artist's Studio at the MCA” (Review)
New City. Foumberg, Jason. “Review: Production Site: The Artist’s Studio Inside Out” (Review)
Artnet.com. Velez, Pedro. “Chicago Build Up” (Review)
2009
Artforum.com. Ise, Claudine. “Critics’ Picks: Heartland” (Review)
Dagens Nyheter. Lind, Maria. “Hjärtpunkten Chicago [At the Heart of Chicago]” (Review)
Chicago Tribune. Viera, Lauren. “Gallery winners from Sokolow, Harrison” (Review)
Beautifuldecay.com. “Deb Sokolow” (Interview)
Artslant.com. Gunn, Dan. “Reassessing MiddleCoast Art” (Review)
Timeout Chicago. Weinberg, Lauren. “Heartland” (Review)
Badatsports.com. “Episode 201: Deb Sokolow” (Interview)
New City. Calder, Jaime. “Review: Deb Sokolow/Spertus Museum” (Review)
Chicago Tribune. Viera, Lauren. “Artist Deb Sokolow, revealed” (Review)
New City. Foumberg, Jason. “Eye Exam: Smartland” (Review)
2008
Chicago Tribune. Viera, Lauren. “Ones to watch” (Profile)
Kansas City Star. Thorson, Alice. “Kemper mystery exhibit is a you-dunit” (Review)
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Schumacher, Mary Louise. “Miranda July meets Mark Lombardi” (Review)
Express Milwaukee. Motlani. Aisha. “Pictorial Paranoia” (Review)
Vital Source. Moriarty, Judith Ann. “Drawing Conclusions” (Review)
Elms, Anthony. Essay for The trouble with people you don’t know
Timeout Chicago. Mojica, Jason. “Mapping the Self” (Review)
The Lost Review. Velez, Pedro. “Alive and Kicking in Chicago” (Profile)
2007
Artnet. Orden, Abraham. (Review)
Chicago Magazine. Topor, Joanna. “After Paschke” (Profile)
2006
Art Papers. Elms, Anthony. “Deb Sokolow” (Review)
Chicago Sun-Times. Nance, Kevin. “On paper, MCA show is a smash” (Review)
Chicago Tribune. Artner, Alan. (Review)
Centerstage Chicago. Hinkel, Joanne. “Deb Sokolow draws Chicago in” (Profile)
New City. Foumberg, Jason. (Profile)
2005
Chicago Tribune. Artner, Alan. “Putting post-9/11 fear on the map: Sokolow’s dark vision at the MCA” (Review)
Art on Paper. Hixson, Kathryn. (Review)
Chicago Tribune. Storch, Charles. “Pirates invade Chicago” (Profile)
Chicago Magazine. Wilk, Deborah. “Studio City” (Profile)
Chicago Tribune. Artner, Alan. "…Early Adopters…" (Review)
Punk Planet (Reproduction)
2004
NYFA Quarterly. “Raves” (Review)
2003
Chicago Reader. Stamets, Bill. “Deb Sokolow puts herself in the picture” (Profile)
