Barbara Ciurej

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  • barbaraciurej@gmail.com
  • Barbara
  • Ciurej
  • 1956
  • Chicago, Illinois
  • Graphic Designer, Photographer
  • 1978: BS in Visual Communications, Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois
    University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana, Illinois
  • 2018: Processed Views, Granary Arts, Ephraim, Utah [solo]

    2018: Pink Noise, Veeck Gallery, Chicago Theological Union, Chicago, Illinois

    2018: Watch Me Grow, Alfons Gallery, Milwaukee WI [solo]

    2018: Women Seen by Women International Exhibition, Galeria Valid Foto, Barcelona, Spain

    2018: Follow My Lead, ___timnolas, Vienna, Austria

    2017: AWAKE, Protest, Liberty & Resistance, Magnum Foundation, New York, New York

    2017: Another Perspective: Women Artists, Then & Now, Heuser Art Center, Peoria, Illinois

    2017: Ithaca Symposium, Ithaca, New York

    2017: Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

    Jan.13-March 14, 2017: Processed Views, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado [solo]

    2016: Forged Worlds, Dumbo, Brooklyn, New York

    2016: Processed Views, Colorado Center for Photographic Arts, Denver, Colorado [solo]

    2016: Lost in Space: Contemporary Landscape, Rick Wester Fine Art, New York, New York

    2016: Changing Circumstances, Looking at the Future of the Planet, FotoFest Bienniel, Houston, Texas

    2016: photo+craft: Authentic Constructions, Henco Gallery, Asheville, North Carolina

    2015: Processed Views, Martine Chaisson Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana [solo]

    2015: Wisconsin Landscapes, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    2015: The Fence, a juried outdoor installation, Brooklyn New York, Boston, Massachusetts, Atlanta Georgia, Houston, Texas

    2015: Tourists Out of Bounds, Lishui International Photography Exhibition, Lishui, China

    2014: Stella: The Nature of a Collective, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, Illinois

    2013: Unconventional Photography, Lishui Photography Festival, Lishui, China

    2013: Pacific Midwest, Newspace Gallery, Portland, Oregon

    2013: Historic Processes/Contemporary Visions, Dina Mitrani Gallery, Miami, Florida

    2013: Ponder Food as Love, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois [solo]

    2012: Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Illinois

    2012: Natural History, Portrait Society, Milwaukee, Wisconsin [solo]

    2012: FRESH, Klompching Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

    2012: After Classical Portraiture, Schneider Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

    2012: Digital Darkroom Slide Show Night, Annenberg Center for Photography, Los Angeles, California

    2011: Alternative Processes, Soho Photo, New York, New York

    2011: Public Works, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Illinois

    2010: At Her Age, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

    2010: Consumption, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado

    2008: Changing Women, Bette Cerf Hill Gallery, Chicago, Illinois [solo]

    2008: Beyond the Backyard, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Illinois

    2008: Highlights from the Collection, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    2006: Portraits, solo exhibit, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    2005: Metamorphoses, Union Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin [solo]

    2005: Synthesis: Experiments in Collaboration, Pace University Gallery, New York, New York

    2004: Super Hits of the Seventies, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    2002: Playtime, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois [solo]

    2001: Seven Midwest Photographers, Athenaeum, Schaumberg, Illinois

    1998: Collaborative Photographs, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois [solo]

    1997: Photography in Wisconsin Since 1900, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    1996: Midwest Photographer’s Project, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Illinois

    1995: Photography from Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota, Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin

    1994: New Wisconsin Photography, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    1993: Industrial Effects, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

    1991: Wisconsin Artists’ Biennial, Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    1989: Changing Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago and Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois

    1987: Women Photographers in America, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California

    1987: Road and Roadside: American Photographs 1930-1986, Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California

    1987: Prime Locations, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois [solo]

    1986: Collaborative Photographs, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois [solo]

    1984: Alternative Spaces: A History in Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois

    1984: Sex Specific: Photographic Investigations of Contemporary Sexuality, Chicago, Illinois

    1983: Collaborative Photographs, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois [solo]

    1982: Collaborative Photographs, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois [solo]

    1982: Midwest Photography, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    1981: Collaborative Photographs, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois [solo]

    1981: Woman-Work, The Woman’s Building, Los Angeles, California
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

    Chicago History Museum, Chicago, Illinois

    Indie Photobook Library

    Joan Flasch Artists Book Collection, Chicago, Illinois

    Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Illinois

    Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    Cynthia Sears/Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Washington

    State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

    Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts

    Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut
  • Chicago Tribune article by Abigail Foerstner, "Recasting Reality Into Fantasy, with a Twist of Satire," October 24, 1986
  • 2016: Mary Nohl Suitcase Export Award

    2015: Ecoonomic Hardship Reporting Project Grant Lens Culture Earth 2015 Awards

    2014: PhotoNOLA Portfolio Prize

    2013 Grand Prize, Lishui China Internatinal Photographic Exhibition

    2011: First Prize, Soho Photo Alternative Processes Competition

    2009, 2010, 2013: Critical Mass finalist

    2000-2001, 2003-2009: Ragdale Foundation Residency Grants

    2008: Featured Artists for Chicago Artists Month

    2007: Woodlands Academy Women’s History Award

    2005: Gary Goberville Fellowship

    1990: Wisconsin Arts Board, New Work Award

    1988: Changing Chicago Project, Focus Infinity Fund
  • website for collaboration with Lindsay Lochman

    page on Museum of Contemporary Photography website
  • Ciurej and Lochman began collaborating on photography in 1978. They both serve as photographer and model, together developing the theme, editing the work, and shaping the direction of the project. Women, aging, and the domestic world are recurring subjects in their work.