Mary Lou Zelazny (born 1956, Chicago, Illinois,

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) is an American painter. Educated at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) where she was exposed to and trained with

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, Barbara Rossi,

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and others of that generation. Completed Bachelor of Fine Art degree in 1980.

Art career

Zelazny began her solo exhibition career at the Peter Miller Gallery Chicago in 1984, and through the years has had solo exhibitions with the Roy Boyd Gallery Chicago, Phyllis Kind Gallery (Chicago and New York City), and is currently represented by the Carl Hammer Gallery in Chicago. The

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Chicago held a major retrospective of her work in 2009. Her painting "Sea Walker" was exhibited in the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago show, Surrealism: The Conjured Life (Nov 2015-June 2016). Known for her collage and paint works on canvas. Zelazny is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Painting and Drawing at the SAIC. Her painting, "Made of Iron" was featured on the cover of the literary and art journal "Mission at Tenth" in 2014 In addition to painting and teaching, she performed the role of "Ida Blue" in the 2012 animated film ''

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Public collections

* City of Chicago Public Art Collection: 19th District Chicago Police Department * Elmhurst College Art Collection, Elmhurst, Illinois * First Chicago Bank, Chicago * Kemper National Insurance Companies * The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago * Nagin and Associates, Miami, FL * Prudential Insurance Company, Newark, NJ * Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL * The Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL * Weichman and Associates, Munster, IN

References

External links

Official website

SAIC Biography

YouTube - The Artist in Your Backyard: Mary Lou Zelazny

Chicago’s Own Surrealist: Mary Lou Zelazny

Altogether Mutable: The work of Mary Lou Zelazny
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zelazny, Mary Lou 1956 births Living people School of the Art Institute of Chicago alumni 20th-century American painters 21st-century American painters 20th-century American women painters 21st-century American women painters Painters from Chicago