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Elizabeth A. Loftus

Ph:312-282-2412 Email: eliloftus@yahoo.com
Website: elizabethloftus.com, Instagram : @elizabethloftusart

Education
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, MFA 2020
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, BFA 2003
The International School of Art, Montecastello di Vibio, 2000
Marquette University, Bachelor of Arts, Journalism, 1987

Exhibition Experience
2019 Elmhurst Museum, With a Capital P: Selections by Six Painters, curated by Jose Lerma
2019 Research House for Asian Art, The Turf, curated by Andrew Falkowski and Tony Lewis
2019 MFA Show, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, curated by Tricia Van Eck and Renaud Proch, Executive Director, Independent Curators International
2019 MFA Open Studio
2018 MFA Open Studio
2006 International School of Art, Montecastello di Vibio, Italy
2003 Hart-Witzen, Charlotte, North Carolina
2003 The School of the Art Institute BFA Show, Chicago, Illinois
2002 Chicago Artist’s Coalition, Chicago, Illinois
2002 Pilsen Art Show, Chicago, Illinois
2001 Eastwick Art Gallery, Trattoria Dinotto, Chicago, Illinois
2001 Third Coast, Chicago, Illinois
2000 Pilsen Art Show, Chicago, Illinois
2000 International School of Art, Montecastello di Vibio, Italy

Publications
New American Paintings, Issue #151, 2021, Juror: Anna Katz,
Curator at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Vast Art Magazine, Issue No, 3, 2021
Studio Visit Magazine, 2022
Sand Tracks Newspaper, August, 2021

Awards
Merit Scholarship Ox-Bow School of Art, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2019
Student Leadership, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2019

Related Work Experience
Teaching Assistant, Painting Materials and Techniques, 2019, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Teaching Assistant, MFA Painting Materials and Techniques, 2018, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Teaching Assistant, Early College Program, 2003, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Volunteer Experience
Canine Therapy Corps, 2006-2016: animal assisted therapy
Schwab Hospital: victims of violent crime
Haymarket Center: psycho/social rehabilitation group
Jesse Brown Veterans Hospital: psycho/social rehabilitation program
Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center: sexually abused children
Safe Humane Chicago, 2009-2017
Lifetime Bonds Program: Illinois Youth Correctional Facility
Youth Leaders Program
Court Case Dog Program

Chicago Animal Care and Control, 2009-2017

Anti-Cruelty Society: Pet visitation programs