Maria Vergara
artifex@mariaastrid.com
www.mariaastrid.com
Education
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
Master in Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing 2009
New Artist Society Merit Scholarship recipient, 2007-2009
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
Post-Baccalaureate program, Painting and Drawing 2007
The University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago IL
Bachelors of Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing Studio Arts, 2005
Study-Abroad program through the International Education of Students (IES)
September 2002- June 2003
• Study of Papal and Roman History, painting and drawing through the University of Rome and the Libera Universitá Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli
Solo Exhibitions
2012 Living Large, Curated by Karen Azarnia, Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery, Riverside, IL
2008 Emmett Till, Curated by Matias Cuevas and Eric Garcia, Gaucho Social Club, Chicago, IL
Group Exhibitions
2021 Unmasked, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL
2021 Portrait 2021, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA), Korea
2020 Art Walk 2020, Berwyn Public Art Initiative, Berwyn, IL
2018 OPEN 3.0, Slate Arts Gallery, Chicago, IL
2016 dark/light, Curated by Maria A. Vergara and Brandon LaBash, Fulton Street Collective,
Chicago, IL
2014 Figurative vs. Abstract Fast Forward Rewind, Curated by Melody Saranity, Hyde Park Arts
Center, Hyde Park, IL
2012 The Mind’s I, Curated by Anne Harris, Julius Caesar, Chicago, IL
2009 PanAmerica, Curated by Matias Cuevas, Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
Chicago, IL
2009 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
2007 Group Show: Maria Vergara, Pam Glick, Gail Leboff, Mary O’Malley, Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts
Gallery, New York, NY
2005 BFA Thesis Exhibition, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Awards
2012 3Arts Grant, Chandler Family Artist, Chicago, IL
2007 New Artist Society Merit Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2007 Merit Scholarship in Painting and Drawing Master of Fine Arts, The University of Chicago,
Chicago, IL
2005 The University of Illinois at Chicago Faculty Prize for Studio Arts Award, Chicago, IL
Key Projects
2019 3Arts Crowd Funding Campaign, Chicago, IL
2006 Curatorial assistant, Humans BEING: DISABILITY IN CONTEMPORARY ART
Exhibit at the Chicago Cultural Center April 1—June 4, 2006