Selected Exhibitions
2021
Summer Invitational Exhibition, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO (group)
Bilingual: Abstract & Figurative, Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, MO (group)
2020
The Gatekeepers, Devening Projects, October, Chicago, IL (solo)
2014
Beauty Reigns: A Baroque Sensibility in Recent Painting, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX (group)
2013
ARTMATTERS 15: Rosalyn Schwartz: A Brief History of Seduction, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX (solo)
2010
Rosalyn Schwartz : A Survey of Paintings, Gallery 210, University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO (solo)
Mélange à Trois, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
2009
New Work: Opening Exhibition, Ambient Art Projects, Las Vegas, NV (group)
From Soup to Nuts, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL (group)
Rosemary's Babies 2, Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, OH (group)
2008
Ahhh…Decadence!, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL (group)
New Paintings: Artists from Illinois and Missouri, Edwardsville Art Center, Edwardsville, IL (group)
Bush Foundation Recipients Exhibition, Bush Foundation Headquarters, Minneapolis, MN (group)
2007
New Work, Sherry Leedy Gallery, Kansas City, MO (solo)
2006
The New Old Masters, National Museum of Modern Art, Gdansk, Poland (group, curated by Donald Kuspit)
2004
Le Salon Intime, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO (solo)
2002
Paintings, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO (solo)
2001
Paintings, I space, Chicago, IL (two-person)
Going Through, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ (solo)
2000
New Work, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN (solo)
1999
Beauty Beyond Language, Fine Arts Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (solo)
Botanica: Contemporary Art and the World of Plants, Tweed Museum, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN (group; two-year traveling exhibition)
1998
Remembering Beauty: The Nature of Landscape, South Bend Regional Museum, South Bend, IN (group)
1997
Buried Pleasures, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Bloomington, IL (two-person)
1996
(un)earthly delights, State of Illinois Art Gallery, Chicago, IL (group)
1995
New Paintings, Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
1993
Paintings, Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
1992
Paintings: 1982-1992, Merwin Gallery, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL (solo)
Nature Fabrilis, Stiebel Modern Gallery, New York City, NY (group)
1990
Paintings, Gwenda Jay Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
1989
Our Corner of the World: Seventeen Illinois Artists, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL (group)
1987
Drawing: Contradiction and Paradox, Katherine Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (group)
1986
House, Garden - The Spirit of Place, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN (group)
Selected Publications and Reviews
Review, ”Nature and Nurture,” Kansas City Star, Valerie Zell, June 18, 2004
Feature Article, ”Escape Artists,” Minneapolis Star Tribune, January 18, 2002
Feature Article, ”Ambitious Moves,” ART NEWS magazine (includes color reproduction), January 2002
Review, ”Rosalyn Schwartz,” New Art Examiner, Donald Kuspit, March 2000
Review, ”Champaign Summer, Forum for Contemporary Art,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Jeff Daniel, July 1999
Review, ”Buried Pleasures, University Galleries, Illinois State University,” New Art Examiner, Cynthia Morgan, May 1988
Catalogue Essay, “(un)earthly delights,” Donald Kuspit, 1996
Review, “A Riot of Color that Bears Dark Secrets,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Carol Ferring Shepley, September 1995
Review, “Rosalyn Schwartz,” Art in America, Michael Bulka, September 1993
Review, “Reinventing Nature,” New York Times, Holland Cotter, July 3, p. C26, 1992
Review, “Rosalyn Schwartz,” New Art Examiner, John Brunetti, New Art Examiner, February 1991
Review, “Rosalyn Schwartz,” Artforum, James Yood, January 1991
Brochure Essay, “ Rosalyn Schwartz-Paintings,” Eleanor Heartney, for exhibition at Gwenda Jay Gallery, Chicago, 1990
Review, “Two at MIA,” Minneapolis Star Tribune, November 1986
Selected Honors, Awards, and Grants
2004-2005
One-Year Sabbatical Leave and Grant, including work for four months in Paris, France
2000
Invited Artist, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
1999
Recipient, Millay Colony of the Arts One-Month Residency (summer), Austerlitz, NY
1995
Co-chair, "Why Teach Drawing in 1995", Mid-America College Art Conference, Indianapolis, IN
1994
Recipient, Arts Midwest/NEA Fellowship Grant in Painting
1993
Recipient, Outstanding Faculty Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1990
Guest Artist/Speaker, "Narrative in Painting and Literature", University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
1987
Recipient, Bush Foundation Fellowship for Visual Artists, Minneapolis, MN
1986
Recipient, McKnight Foundation Fellowship in Visual Art, Minneapolis, MN
Collections
McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
Nordstrom Inc., Las Vegas, Houston, Miami, Dallas, Los Angeles, Chevy Chase, Coral Gables
Harpo Studios, Chicago, IL
The Aronson Collection, Philadelphia, PA
The Wood Collection, New York, NY
General Mills Corporation World Headquarters, Minneapolis, MN
Squibb Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc., Trenton, NJ
Academic Employment
1988-2008
Professor in Painting, School of Art and Design, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Education
1977-1979
Master of Fine Arts, Fontbonne College, St. Louis, MO
1971-1975
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Summa Cum Laude, Washington University, St. Louis, MO