Craig Blietz
Craig Blietz received his formal training at the School
of Representational Art, where he now teaches Artistic Anatomy. Additional
training was received under the tutelage of Fred Berger, John Rush and
Richard Halstead. Independent study occurred in the museums and churches
of Venice, Rome, Florence, Milan, London and Paris As well as commissioned
portraits, he also paints the figure, still life, and landscapes. He is
represented by Edgewood Orchard Galleries in Fish Creek, Wisconsin.
Education
University of Denver, Denver CO, BS
School of Representational Art, Chicago IL
Harrington College of Design, Chicago IL
Independent Study: France, Great Britain, Italy, New York City,
Washington DC
Private Study: Fred Berger, Richard Halstead, John Rush
One-Person Exhibitions
2007 Muskegon Museum of Art - Contemporary
Art Showcase, Muskegon, Michigan.
2007 Fairfield Center for Contemporary Art, Sturgeon Bay, WI
2005 Joyce Petter Gallery, Saugatuck, MI
2002 Baer Gallery, Carol and Robert Bush Art Center, St. Norbert
College, De Pere, WI
2000 University Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2000 Northern Indiana Arts Association, Crown Point, IN
1999 Union League Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Two-Person Exhibitions
2007 Meyer Gallery, Park City, UT
2006 Constance Petter Gallery, Saugatuck, MI
2003 Meyer Gallery, Park City, UT
2001 Joyce Petter Gallery, Saugatuck, MI
1998 Center for Visual and Performing Arts, Munster, IN
Three-Person Exhibitions
2002 Wright Museum, Beloit College, Beloit, WI
2002 West Bend Art Museum, West Bend, WI
2001 Rahr-West Museum, Manitowoc, WI
Select Group Exhibitions
2006 Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Fish Creek, WI
2005 Miller Art Museum (Five Person Show), Sturgeon Bay, WI
2004 Meyer Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY
2004 Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Fish Creek, WI
2002 Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Fish Creek, WI
2001 Meyer Gallery, Park City, UT
2001 Miller Art Museum (Four Person Show), Sturgeon Bay, WI
2001 Indiana University, South Bend, IN
2000 Joyce Petter Gallery, Saugatuck, MI
2000 Sable V Fine Art Gallery, Galveston, TX
2000 Uihlein Peters Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2000 Center for Visual and Performing Arts, Munster, IN
2000 Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Fish Creek, WI
1999 Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, IN
1999 Governor's Residence, Indianapolis, IN
1999 Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Fish Creek, WI
1998 Birchstone Studio and Gallery, Egg Harbor, WI
1998 Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
1997 Prairie Center for the Arts, Schaumburg, IL
1997 Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, IN
1996 Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL
1996 Prairie Center for the Arts, Schaumburg, IL
1995 Overland Park Arts Commission, Overland Park, KS
1995 Prairie Center for the Arts, Schaumburg, IL
1994 Overland Park Arts Commission, Overland Park, KS
1994 Prairie Center for the Arts, Schaumburg, IL
Awards
2007
Certificate of Excellence Award, Portrait Society of America
1998 Portrait Competition Finalist, Washington DC Society of Portrait
Artists
1996 Best of Show, Midwest Pastel Society
1995 Judges' Award for Portraiture, Midwest Pastel Society
Public and Corporate Collections
Miller Art Museum
Northwestern University
Sprint Corporation
NiSource of Indiana
Glenview State Bank
Peninsula Art School
Bibliography
Door County Magazine, Fall 2007
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 4, 2007
Door County Advocate, "Achieve" Section, March 2007
American Artist, Oct 2001
American Artist, Aug 2002
Agri-View, Jan 2002
Chicago Artists News, July/Aug 2000
Chicago Tribune, Dec 1997
Commercial Record (Saugatuck, MI), Feb 2000
Door County Advocate (Door Co.,WI), Sept 1999, Aug 2001, July
2002
Door County Magazine, Spring 2002
Peninsula Pulse, Oct 1999, Aug 2001, July 2002, July 2004
Grand Rapids Press, June 2000, Oct 2001
Herald Times Reporter (Manitowoc, WI), Sept 2001
The Times (Northwest Indiana), July 2000
West Bend Daily News, Dec 2001
Wisconsin Trails Magazine, Jan 2000, Dec 2001
"Celebrating Door County's Wild Places:"
Paintings of The Peninsula" by Frances Burton,
Publisher -Trails Media Group, Inc., 2001
Door County Living Magazine, Summer 2005
Film
2001 "Farm Stories: Studies in a Disappearing Landscape", JVS Productions, Rahr-West Museum
Radio
2007 "The Morning Edition" 105.1 FM WSBW Sturgeon Bay, October 11
Professional Experience
Board of Directors
Curriculum Committee Co-Chair, Peninsula Art School, Fish Creek,
WI
Artistic Director
Kewaunee Academy of Fine Art, Kewaunee, WI
Instructor
Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
School of Representational Art, Chicago, IL
Peninsula Art School, Fish Creek, WI
Kewaunee Academy of Fine Art, Kewaunee, WI
Barnsite Art Studio, Kewaunee, WI
Juror
Peninsula Arts Association, Ephraim, WI
"Barn's and Farms" Natl., Kewaunee, WI
Speaker/Lecturer
Fairfield Center for Contemporary Art, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Cedarburg Art Guild, Cedarburg, Wisconsin
Miller Art Museum, Sturgeon Bay, WI
St. Norbert College, De Pere, WI