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Michael Reid Rubenstein http://www.michaelrubenstein.org

Exhibitions 2013  Solo Show, Jennifer Norback Fine Art, Chicago, IL* Body and Soul Show, Jennifer Norback Fine Art, Chicago, IL 2012  J.L.Kraft Fine Art, Chicago, IL 2003  Lee Weitzman Gallery, Chicago, IL* 2001 Arizona Bienniel, Kathryn Kanjo & Julie Sassie, Tucson Museum of Art, AZ          Group Show, Oskar Friedl Gallery, Chicago, IL 2000  Buddha Show, Oskar Friedl Gallery, Chicago, IL          Crossover Paintings, Oskar Friedl Gallery, Chicago, IL* 1998 “Black Dog, Take Me Home” NoFo Gallery, Wilmington, NC* 1997 Fresh Nudes, NoFo Gallery, Cassie Petrovic, Wilmington, NC* 1993 Killers Show, Layaway Visual Arts, Oskar Friedl, Chicago, IL          Minded Motion, Art-Tech Gallery, Kasia Chudy, Chicago, IL          Around the Coyote, Layaway Visual Arts, Oskar Friedl, Chicago, IL 1992  Around the Coyote, Layaway Visual Arts, Oskar Friedl, Chicago, IL 1991  Scapes, Deson Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL* Rapture, Lorenzo Rodriguez, Chicago, IL 1990 On Nature, Deson Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL          Castles in the Sky, Oskar Friedl, Lake Point Towers, Chicago, IL 1989  Governor's Awards Exhibition, State of Illinois Building, Chicago, IL 1988  Artists for A.R.T., Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 1987  Masks Show, Klein Gallery, Chicago, IL          Wellington Arts Council, Illinois Masonic Hospital, Chicago,IL Cabaret Drawings, Northside Cafe, Chicago, IL         Figure Show, J. Rosenthal Fine Arts, Chicago, IL          Fantasies Show, Chicago Art Institute Sales & Rental Gallery, Chicago 1986 Group Show, J. Rosenthal Fine Arts, Chicago, IL 1985  Salon des Refuses, Halsted Gallery, Chicago, IL          Strangers' Show, Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL 1984  10th Juried Exhibit of Illinois Artists, N.A.M.E.Gallery, Chicago, IL Awards 1987 Illinois Arts Council Fellowship Grant
 * denotes one person shows

Reviews Alan G. Artner; Chicago Tribune (Aug. 23,1991) Section 7, p.52 Sally Bourrie; “Art Aloft” New City (May 9-15, 1991) p. 15-16 Chicago Art Review, Fourth Edition, American References Inc., 1989 Mary Sherman; “The Figure” Chicago Sun Times (Feb. 20, 1987) p.82 Tia Murphy; “Four Artists” New Art Examiner (June, 1986) p.44

Education 1977 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois Teaching Certification 1974 Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, B.F.A.

Corporate Collections Abbott Laboratories Abbott Interfast Corporation, Martin Binder Amy Burack Company Law Offices of Neal Gerber, Eisenberg & Lurie Law Offices of Orr & Seaborg, Tom Orr. Chuck Olin & Associates Stone Container Corporation