Résumé
EDUCATION
1963 Bachelor of Arts in Art and English, Alverno College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1974 Staff assistant training at The Museum of the Art Institute of Chicago
1976-1979 Post-Graduate courses at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago
1982 Masters of fine Arts, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
1984 California Real Estate Training Course and California Real Estate License
1987 California real Estate Broker preparation; Eight college courses, University
Programs, Oxnard, California
1988 California Real Estate Brokers License, San Francisco, California
2003 Photoshop Training Adobe Photo Users Group
EXPERIENCE
1963-1967 Taught High School Art & English Chicago Public Schools System,
Chicago, Illinois
1974-1975 Taught Drawing and Painting, Art Potentials, Barrington, Illinois
1975-1980 Taught Drawing, Painting, Ceramics, and Printmaking at the Carolyn
Guerra
Fine Art Studio and School, Barrington, Illinois
1981-1982 Teaching Assistant in Printmaking at Northwestern University, Evanston,
Illinois
1981-1983 Assisted Martin Levine in hand coloring limited edition etchings.
1984-1987 Real Estate agent for Coldwell Banker, San Mateo, California
1987-1994 Real Estate agent for Stephens Real Estate, Burlingame, California
1994-1999 Real Estate agent for Fox and Carskadon-Coldwell Banker, San Mateo,
California
1999-Present Artist: painter and sculptor, Carolyn Guerra Studio, Rancho Santa Fe,
California
2005-2008 Taught Ceramic Workshops at the CAC in Walnut Creek, California
SELECTED AWARDS
Chosen from Chicago High Teachers to teach a high achievement program in creativity
1967
Illinois Print Show, Norris Center, Northwestern Illinois Purchase Award 1979
Chicago Navy Pier Fiesta Italiano, Purchase Award 1980
Italian Cultural Center, Stone Park, Illinois, First Place Painting 1980
Artist Guild of Chicago, Purchase Award 1981
Best of Barrington, Barrington Art Show, Purchase Award 1981
Alverno College Alumnae Show, First Place Painting 1981
National Foundation March of Dimes Service Award as Art Consultant 1981
Nominated Alumnae of the Year, Alverno College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1981
Sixth Annual Illinois Print and Drawing exhibition, honorable Mention 1982
Men and Woman in the Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Honorable Mention 1982
March of Dimes Holiday Card Design 1982
Pratt Graphic Center International Print Exhibition, print in two year world tour 1982, 1983
Professional Merit Award, Alverno College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1985
Presidents Club for top in sales, Coldwell Banker, San Mateo, California 1992-1999
Circle of Excellence for Real Estate Sales, Coldwell Banker, San Mateo, California 1992-
1999
Juror’s Choice Award San Diego Art Institute 2003
San Diego State Fair Representational Sculpture Honorable Mention 2004
Donated Award by the Sculptures Guild of San Diego at the San Diego Fair 2004
Peoples Choice Award, June 20 at the San Diego Fair 2004
Selected to sculpt an Urban Tree for the Waterfront by the Port of San Diego 2005, 2007
Banner commissions for the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority 2003, 2004
San Diego State Fair Representational Sculpture Honorable Mention 2005
Selected to exhibit Three Life Size Pieces in Sculpture in the Street, Mesa, Arizona 2007-
2008
Finalist in Sculpture Show at the at the Oceanside Civic Center 2008
Monetary Prize winner at the Oceanside Civic Center Sculpture Show 2008
Peoples Choice at the Oceanside Sculpture Show 2008
My Urban Tree maquette, "Family Tree by the Sea", has been selected to be on display at
the San Diego International Airport for one year, starting in July 2008
Quail Botanical Gardens Sculpture Exhibit, Encinitas, California 2008
SELECTED ONE WOMAN SHOWS
Woodstock Opera House, Woodstock, Illinois
Barrington High School, Barrington Illinois
Palatine State Bank, Palatine Illinois
Barrington Area Library
Barrington Area Arts Council 1982
University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 1982
Dittmar Gallery, Norris Center, Northwestern University 1982
Chicago Circle Center, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois 1982
Alverno College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1982
REPRESENTATION
Art Memorial Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1962
Walker art center, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1963
Art Rental and Sales Gallery, the Museum of the Art Institute of Chicago 1975-1982
Art in the Barn, Barrington, Illinois 1979-1988
Arthur Baer Memorial, Chicago, Illinois 1979, 1980, 1981
Illinois Print & drawing Exhibition, Chicago Illinois 1977-1982
Pratt Graphics Center, New York, New York 1981
Sterling Fine Arts, Chicago, Illinois 1981-1983
Harpers, Barrington, Illinois 1978-1985
The Frame Shop, Barrington, Illinois 1978-1983
The Schoolhouse Gallery, Sanibel Island, Florida 1980-1983
Susan Katz, Chicago, Illinois 1981-1985
Italian Cultural Center 1982
International Miniature Print Exhibition 1982
Annual Fairbanks Ranch Country Club Exhibit, Rancho Santa Fe, California 2001-
present
San Diego Art Institute Juried Shows 2002-present
Fire-Art Foundry Sculpture Gallery 2004
San Diego International Airport 2005
San Diego Administration Building Lobby 2005
San Diego Sculpture Show 2006
Mesa Arizona Sculpture Show 2007
Oceanside Sculpture Show 2007
SELECTED ARTWORK IN CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Oak Industries corporate Headquarters, Rancho Bernardo, California
Thomas E. McNulty and Associates, Chicago, Illinois
Pepper Construction Company, Barrington, Illinois
Clow Corporation, Oakbrook, Illinois
Barrinigton Area Library, Barrington, Illinois
Good Shepherd Hospital, Barrington, Illinois
The Office of Dr. Seymour Myers, Solana Beach, California
San Diego International Airport, San Diego, California
Normal Street Apartments, San Diego, California
Scripps Memorial Hospital, Encinitas, California
Numerous private collections
REFERENCES
Elaine A. King (Art Critic, Curator, Associate Professor of Critical Theory &
History of Art at Carnegie Mellon University )
5013 West Cedar Lane
Bethesda, MD 20814
301.564.4459
Ek06@andrew.cmu.edu
Dorine Gross (Artist, Friend, Professor at Granite State College,
part of the University of New Hampshire)
P. O. Box 76
Rye, NH 03870
603.430.9575
dorine.m.gross@comcast.net
Allen Tait, Public Art Project Manager Port of San Diego
3165 Pacific Highway
San Diego, CA 92101
619.686.7247
altait@portofsandiego.org
Julie Sands (Art Coordinator for “Dare to Reuse” Exhibitions)
Environmental Services Department
Environmental Specialist
9601 Ridgehaven Court, Suite 320
San Diego, CA 92123
858.627.3303