MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL. 2007
Post baccalaureate Certificate, Painting The School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2005
B.S. Physics Wheaton College 2003
2011
Routine Scenic Machine, Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago.
Patchwork Plateau, UBS 12 x 12: New Artists New Work, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
2010Multistable picture fable, Lloyd Doblery Gallery, Chicago.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS2011
Color: Fully Engaged Columbia College Chicago, A+D Gallery. Curated by Jamilee Polson.
MDW Fair The Suburban Booth, Chicago.
Winter Experiment 2011 Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago.
New Icon, Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago
Curated by Britton Bertran and sponsored by the Contemporary Art Council
DannyThinkTank, Milwaukee Avenue Art Festival, Chicago.
Sweeping the Inside Out, as a part of Gunnatowski, with Sara Hicks, Chris Miller, Jeremy Price, Bob Reinard, Jeremy Somer and Mindy Schwartz at Side Car Gallery, Hammond Indiana. Curated by Carl Baratta and Mike Kaysen.
Middleground, with Jerome Acks, Michael Hunter and Andrea Myers, Lloyd Dobler Gallery, Chicago
I love you I love you, with Gunnatowski, and Karolina Gnatowski, Livingroom Gallery
Retreat, as a part of Gunnatowski with Chris Lin, Northern Illnois University, Gallery 312 Dekalb,IL. Curated by Jen Ramos.
Territory, 2828 N. Sawyer, Chicago
A collaborative installation of painting and sculpture situated in an apartment without disrupting the livability of the space. Extensions include a residency program featuring performance, responsive writing and a publication. In collaboration with Karolina Gnatowski as part of Gunnatowski.
Darrell Morris, Dan Gunn, Pilar Tena, Brown Triangle, Chicago
HA--&--LF, Sound Art Space, Laredo TX and Centro Cultural Nuevo Laredo in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, México.
Curated by Gilberto Rocha.
Graduate Thesis Show, Gallery 2, SAIC
Group Show, Gallery 2, SAIC
TV Party, Fifty50 Gallery
Emerald City, The Rider Project
The Rider Project is a Brooklyn based collaborative mobile exhibition venue determined to bring contemporary art to a diverse audience.
More info at… http://www.art-anon.org/
Meet Me for Lunch, 17 S. Wabash Ave. Chicago
Curated by Jason Hardwig
Experiment 400/5, Gallery 400, UIC Curators: The Alliance of Pentaphilic Curators Graduate Thesis Show, Gallery 2, SAIC
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Four for Fall" by Claudine Ise, PBS's Art:21 Blog
"Chicago's Best of 2010" by Abraham Ritchie, Artslant.com
"Art review: Dan Gunn" by Candice Weber, TimeOut Chicago
"Winter of discontent", by Lauren Weinberg, TimeOut Chicago
"Best art of 2010 found in unlikely places", by Lauren Viera, Chicago Tribune
"Dan Gunn at Lloyd Dobler" by Lauren Viera, Chicago Tribune
Review by Britt Julious, ARTWRIT.com Volume IV 2010.
“New Icon / Critic’s Picks” by Michelle Grabner, Artforum.com July 2010
“A Usually Pictorial Representation” by Erik Wenzel, ArtSlant.com June 28, 2010
“New Icon / Review” by Spencer Drew in Newcity Magazine, June 21st 2010.
“New Icon” by Lauren Weinberg, Time Out Chicago, June 17th 2010
“Chicago Bulid Up” by Pedro Velez, artnet.com January 2010.
"Dan's Last Stand, Dan Gunn Interview, BDBBDB, Issue #1, "Stands".
“M is for M”, Catalog essay for New Icon, at LUMA sponsored by the Contemporary Art Council.
Artist Run Chicago Digest, a collaborative publication of Threewalls, Green Lantern and the Hyde Park Art Center. The ARC Digest is an archive of the activities of Chicago’s artist-run spaces between 1999-2009. Included are essays by Lori Waxman, Mary Jane Jacob, The Pond, John Neff/Scott Speh, Abigail Satinsky, Allison Peters Quinn/Britton Bertan, and the editors, Shannon Stratton and Caroline Picard; a series of interviews between Dan Gunn and the over 30 spaces participating in the exhibition; and a CD with two audio interviews by Bad At Sports with artist-run media groups and Temporary Services.
"Artist Run Spaces: A Brief History Since 1984", Pr in conjunction with the Hyde Park Art Center's "Artists Run Chicago" exhibition.
"Notes on Apartment Culture", (Con)Temporary Art Guide,
A guidebook of Chicago's best cultural offerings made up by prominent art institutes and initiatives, several annual art festivals and fairs and independent art spaces. The Guide is divided into texts, maps, directories and event calendars with essays by Paul Klein, Shannon Stratton, Duncan MacKenzie, Albert Stabler and Paul Morris. The Guide is a project of Proximity Magazine and is published by the Public Media Institute.
Contributor to Artslant.com Chicago (2009-2010)
Contributor to Newcity Magazine (2007- on)
"Response: Art and the Art of Criticism/I Space", Newcity Magazine, April 27th, 2009
“Body Collective” Catalogue essay for Body Collective: Works from the Collection of Jefferson Godard, Alogon Gallery
“Art Basel Miami Vices”, F Newsmagazine, February 2007.
“My Trip to Art Basel Miami Beach, or Please Like Me, Please!”, F Newsmagazine, February 2007
“Art Institute expands to improve collection exposure”, F Newsmagazine, December 2005.
“Decoding Artists Run Chicago: Anecdotes and Histories”, Hyde Park Art Center Chicago. 2009
“Sincerity vs. Sentiment” Symposium held at G2, 2007
“Why make a painting today” Symposium held at MCA Chicago, 2006