Installation at Renaissance Society, 2009.
Born:	1955, Fort Lewis, Washington
Resides:	Chicago, Illinois
EDUCATION
1982	MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1978	BA, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011	Dumb Country: Four Paintings and One Object, Valerie Carberry Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009	Half-Ass Rapture, Valerie Carberry Gallery, Chicago, IL
	Jim Lutes: A Survey, The Renaissance Society, University of Chicago
2008	Jim Lutes: Cancel the Band, Kinkead Contemporary, Culver City, CA
	jim lutes paintings and drawings: 1995 – 2008, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
2006	Jim Lutes: New Paintings, Valerie Carberry Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004	Zolla/Lieberman Gallery Inc., Chicago, IL 2001
	Rena Sternberg Gallery, Glencoe, IL
1999	Cul-de-Sac, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery Inc., Chicago, IL
1998	Linda Hodges Art Gallery, Seattle WA
	Ohio University Art Gallery, Athens, OH
1996	Zolla/Lieberman Gallery Inc., Chicago, IL
1995	Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
1994	Jim Lutes: The Development of Style, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
	Zolla/Lieberman Gallery Inc., Chicago, IL
1993	Vera Van Laer Gallery, Knokke-Heist, Belgium
	Guy LeDune Contemporary Art, Brussels, Belgium
1991	Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL
	Ledisflam Gallery, New York, NY
	S. Bitter-Larkin, New York, NY
1990	Jim Lutes, Temple Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1989	Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
	FOCI (Forms of Contemporary Illinois), The Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL and the State of Illinois Gallery, Chicago, IL; University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO
1988	Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL
1987	Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL
1986	Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013	Under Investigation: Recent Work by Jim Lutes, Laura Letinsky, and Julia Fish, Valerie Carberry Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012	Faculty Sabbatical Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art
	Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2010	Biennial 2010, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2009	Push, Pull, Scrub, Drip... Drip..., Altgeld Galleries, NIU Art Museum, IL
2008	Ah, Decadence, Sullivan Galleries, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
2007	Drawings II, Valerie Carberry Gallery, Chicago, IL
	Painted Faces: The Mask in Contemporary Art, Kinkead Contemporary, Culver City, CA
2006	Faculty Sabbatical Exhibition, Betty Rymer Gallery, Chicago, IL
	Full Frontal, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL
	Drawings, Valerie Carberry Gallery, Chicago, IL
	181st Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art, National Academy Museum, New York, NY
2004	A Sharp Eye: An Art Dealer’s 40 Year Journey, Evanston Art Center, IL
2002	Gallery Artist Group Exhibition, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001	Influence Chicago Influence, Arena Gallery, Chicago, IL
	Gallery Artist Group Exhibition, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000	Out of Line: Drawings by Illinois Artists, Chicago Cultural Center, IL
	Inaugural Group Exhibition, Linda Hodges, Seattle, WA
	Sextablos, Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans, LA
	Zolla/Lieberman Gallery Group Exhibition, Chicago, IL
1999	Zolla/Lieberman Gallery Inc., Chicago, IL
	Decades in Dialogue, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
	It Looks Easy, Gallery 400, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
	Sextablos, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
	Group Show, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
	Domesticated, Refusion, San Francisco, CA
1998	Zolla/Lieberman Gallery Inc., Chicago, IL
	Abstract Chicago, Klein Artworks, Chicago, IL
	Jim Lutes- Hollis Sigler, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
	A Game of Chance, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL
	Collaborations, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL
	Faculty Biennial, University Galleries, ISU, Normal, IL
	Collage, MCAC, Bloomington, IL
	The Velvet Show, Chicago, IL
	Drawing to Paint, MCAC, Bloomington, IL
	3rd Occasional Survey of Abstract Art in Chicago, Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL
	Home Grown Cool: Recent Painting from Chicago, Wake Forest University Art Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
	Les Objets Contiennent l’Infiniti, Ecole Superieure des Beaux-arts de Tours, Tours, France
	Denaturalized, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
1997	Zolla/ Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
	Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
	Faculty Biennial, University Galleries, ISU, Normal, IL
	Halloween Show, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL
	A Game of Chance, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL
	5 & 10, Art for Change, Franklin Street Mall, Tampa, Florida
	Out of the Shadow of Ivan Albright: Twelve Contemporary Chicago Artists, Illinois Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
1996	Zolla/Lieberman Gallery Inc., Chicago, IL
	Art in Chicago: 1945-1995, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
	History Lessons: Four Zolla/ Lieberman Artists from Art in Chicago at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Zolla/ Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
	Gallery Artists Group Exhibition, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
	Aris Kroutroulis and Jim Lutes: Transformations, Center Galleries, Detroit, MI
1995	Zolla/Lieberman Gallery Inc., Chicago, IL
	Pulp Fiction, Gallery A, Chicago, IL
	Illinois State University Faculty Exhibition, Normal, IL
	Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, The University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
	Chicago Abstract Painters, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
1994	Zolla/ Lieberman Gallery Inc., Chicago, IL
	Praxis, Domaine de Kerguehennec, Locmine, France
	Meeting Point K, Vera Van Laer Gallery, Knokke-Heist, Belgium
	A Passionate Perspective: Francis and June Speizer Collection of Art, Rockford Museum of Art, Rockford, IL
	What’s Wrong with this Picture?, Zolla/ Lieberman Gallery Inc., Chicago, IL
1993	43rd Biennial of Contemporary American Painting, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
	5 Painters, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
	Cadavre Exquis, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
	Abstract Chicago, Klein Artworks, Chicago, IL
	Group Show, Feigen Gallery, Chicago, IL
	Haunted Images, Foster Gallery, The University of Eau-Claire, Eau-Claire, WI
1992	Documenta IX, Kassel, Germany
	Drawn in the Nineties, Independent Curators Incorporated, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY (traveled through June 1994)
	From America’s Studio: Drawing New Conclusions, The Betty Rymer Gallery at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
	Why Paint?, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
	Face to Face; Self Portraits by Chicago Artists, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
1991	Spirited Visions, State of Illinois Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
	Distorted Figuration, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
	Human, Suburban Art Center, Highland Park, IL
1990	Ponton, Temse, Belgium
1989	Chicago Artists in the European Tradition, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
	Chicago International Art Exposition, Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL
	Encore-Celebrating Fifty Years, The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
1988	Awards in the Visual Arts 7, traveling exhibition Chicago International Art Exposition, Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL
	Art and Democracy, Group Material, DIA Foundation, New York, NY
1987	Whitney Biennial Exhibition, The Whitney Museum, New York, NY
	Surfaces: Two Decades of Painting in Chicago, Terra Museum of Art, Chicago, IL
	Home Front, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
1986	Recent Art from Chicago, Artists Space, New York, NY
1985	Viewpoints: Doug Argue/ Jim Lutes, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
	A Chicago Souvenir, Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL
1985	39th Corcoran Biennial, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
1984	Chicago 1984: Artists to Watch, Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL
	New Talent, Hall Bromm Gallery, New York, NY
	Chicago and Vicinity Show, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1983	Fantastic Visions, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
	Emerging, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
	Jim Lutes/ Jin Soo Kim, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
	Chicago Scene, Mandeville Art Gallery at the University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
The Clay Center for the Arts, Charleston, WV
Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Bignan, France
The Harris Theatre, Chicago, IL
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
The Progressive Corporation, Pepper Pike, OH
Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
SMAK (Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst), Ghent, Belgium
Spago Restaurant, Chicago and Los Angeles
The University Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
TEACHING
2009	F. L. Wells Professor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2001- present	Professor and Chair of the Department of Painting (2001 – 05), School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1998-2001	Associate Professor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1995-99	Associate Professor, Illinois State University, Bloomington, IL
1983-95	Visiting Artist, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
AWARDS & GRANTS
2010	Guggenheim Fellowship
1999	The Illinois Arts Council Grant
1993	National Endowment for the Arts Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation
1987	Awards in the Visual Arts 7 in conjunction with traveling exhibition
1985	The Illinois Arts Council Grant
1981-82	Anna Louise Raymond Traveling Fellowship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1976	Balliet Talent Scholarship, Washington State University
1974	Pischel Award