Ben Dallas

Ben Dallas, a long-time Chicago resident, presently lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He received degrees in Art History from Indiana University, Bloomington, and The University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana. He was Professor of Art at Harper College, Palatine, IL until 2001. 

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EDUCATION:

  • B.A. History of Art, Indiana University 1969

  • M.A. History of Art, University of Illinois 1971

EMPLOYMENT:

  • Professor of Art, William Rainey Harper College, Palatine, IL 1974 to 2001

  • Staff Lecturer, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 1972 to 1974

DISTINCTIONS:

  • OCAC (Oregon College of Art and Design) Collins Foundation

  • Artist-in-Residence, Portland, OR, Spring, 2016

  • Bemis Center for Contemporary Art residency, Omaha, NE. 2006

  • Yaddo residency, New York, 2004

  • Hungarian Multicultural Center residency, Hungary, 2004

  • Karl Hofer Gesellschaft residency, Berlin, 2001

  • Artist Fellowship, Illinois Arts Council, 2002

  • Artist Fellowship, Finalist Award, Illinois Arts Council, 2001

  • Artist Fellowship, Illinois Arts Council, 1998

  • Artist Fellowship, Illinois Arts Council, 1995

  • ICIS Visiting Artist, Christ Church College, Canterbury, UK 1995

  • ICIS Faculty, London, 1987

  • Fullbright-Hayes Fellowship, Belgium and The Netherlands, 1976

EXHIBITIONS:

Solo:

  • Ben Dallas – Serials, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland OR, Sept. 2015

  • Ben Dallas, OK Harris, NYC, 2013/14

  • Breaking Even/ Serial Works by Ben Dallas

  • Michelle Litvin In Process Space, Chicago IL, 2008

  • Ben Dallas/ Serial Works, LIPA Gallery, Chicago, IL 2006

  • Ben Dallas- Recent Works, Harper College, Palatine, IL 2005

  • Ben Dallas/ Gradients, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA 2003

  • Ben Dallas Mainsite Contemporary Art, Norman, OK 2001

  • Ben Dallas Studio Exhibition, Karl Hofer Gesellschaft, Berlin, 2001

  • Ben Dallas/ Loud, Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL 2000

  • Ben Dallas/ Dimensional Works, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR 2000

  • Ben Dallas/ Recent Works, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL 1998

  • Ben Dallas Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL 1998

  • Ben Dallas Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN 1998

  • Ben Dallas Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA 1996

  • Ben Dallas Christ Church College, Canterbury, UK 1995

  • Ben Dallas Harper College, Palatine, IL 1991

Collaborative:

  • DAA Shared Creations, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL Aug. 2015

  • DAA Thomas Masters Gallery, Chicago, IL 2006

  • DAA / Recent Works LIPA Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004

  • DAA/ Double Vision Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR 2003

2 / 3 Person:

  • Ben Dallas/Gordon Powell, 251 Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2013

  • Factor of Place / Mike Famous and Ben Dallas

  • Michelle Litvin In Process Space, Chicago, IL Oct. 2008

  • Multiple Dimensions/ Mike Brown and Ben Dallas

  • Northwest Cultural Council, Rolling Meadows, IL 2008

  • T HERE Ben Dallas and JB Daniel

  • The Lobby Gallery and NAB Gallery, Chicago, IL 2005

  • Painting/ Ben Dallas and Tim Van Laar Gallery for Contemporary Art

  • New Harmony, IN 2002

  • The Directive Object/ Dallas and Karrasch

  • Gallerie im Saalbau, Berlin 2001

  • Ben Dallas/ Valerie Gilman , Riverside Art Center, Riverside IL 2000

  • Dallas/ Clark/ Pollock, Loyola University, Chicago, IL 2000

  • Ben Dallas/ Michael Kozien, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL 1999

  • Dallas/ Geichman / Powell Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, 1997

  • Beauty and the Three, Rockford Art Museum , Rockford, IL

  • And Bradley University, Peoria, IL 1997

  • Ben Dallas/ Michael Hopkins, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 1996

  • Two Painters/ Dallas and Matalan, Baylor University, 1994

  • Shapes of Surface/ Dallas, Pollock and Rizzo Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL 1996

  • Abstract Serialization- The Implied Rule/ Dallas and Anderson

  • NAB Gallery, Chicago, IL 1993

Select Group:

  • Canned Chance/Burleigh, Dallas, Havlis, Roberts, Lewis University, 2018

  • Photography + Iterations, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN, 2016

  • Introduction, Dallas/Wetta/PattersonZeigler/Schatz, Cumberland Gallery, 2016

  • Pier Wright Gallery, Northport, MI, 2012

  • Serene, Calm..., Etc. Ukranian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL 2004

  • Eighth Annual Summer Summit Poetovio, Slovenia, LIPA Gallery, 2004

  • All or Nothing LIPA Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003

  • Chicago Art Expo Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Chicago, IL 2002

  • Abstract Truths Hinsdale Center for the Arts, Hinsdale, IL 2002

  • San Francisco International Art Expo, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, 2002 and 1999

  • Contemporary Landscape Davidson Galleries, Seattle WA 2001

  • Layerings Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR 2001

  • Instinct Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA 1999

  • Contemporary Abstraction Chicago Paul Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL 1999

  • Small Significant Sculpture- Ben Dallas, K. Hamanishi, Richard Hunt,

  • Rob Lorenson, Bruce White Lovely Fine Arts, Oakbrook Terrace, IL 1999

  • The Conscious Line Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID 1999

  • Group Show Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL 1998

  • Small Wonders San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum 1996

  • Shape Show Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR 1996

Bibliography: Newspapers

  • 2008 Chicago Tribune, April 25, Alan Artner review, Breaking Even

  • 2006 Chicago Tribune, Feb. 10, Alan Artner review, Ben Dallas,-Serial Works

  • 2006 Chicago Tribune, Dec.1, Alan Artner review, Dallas/Kronquist

  • 1997 Chicago Reader, Mar.27, Fred Camper review, Making Strange- Ben Dallas

  • 1996 Chicago Tribune, April 18, Alan Artner review, Dallas/Hopkins