Alice McMahon White
Chicago, IL - United States
Alice McMahon White - Fine Artist
Member Since: 02/18/2009
Artist�s statement
I�m passionate about the act of making art, about capturing the deep meaning expressed in a single glance, or the effects of atmosphere that can color emotions. Recent work has been bordering on Magic Realism.
All my life I have been fortunate to live with musicians. Music and what I listen to while I paint have a significant power over my process, in what inspires me, in the rhythmic motion of the strokes, in the feelings incorporated into a piece, and is even reflected in the popular song titles of the finished works. I�m also influenced by the paradox of tragic joy that is my Irish heritage.
I enjoy being in touch with the work, and use my fingers to push the pure pigments of pastels, charcoal or graphite over the paper surface. I choose to depict contemporary places and people, but my goal is to use skill and imagination to produce works that portray the more enduring qualities of the world and of the human condition.
Alice McMahon White
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Solo Exhibitions
2009 (scheduled) “Black Butterfly”, 33 Collective Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008 “The White Album”, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
2007 “Into the Mystic”, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
2006 'The White Album', Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL
'Green Groves of Erin”, McCord House Gallery, Palos Park, IL, the Beverly Arts Center, Chicago Children’s Museum at Navy Pier, and Irish American Heritage Center, Chicago, IL
2005 “Passport to Ireland”, Chicago Children’s Museum at Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2000 Celtic Spirituality Symposium, St. Cajetan Church, Chicago, IL
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009 “In the Deep Heart’s Core”, the Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
2008-2009 Showdown Winner’s Wall, The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2008 “From Ancient Earth” three person show, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
2007 “comeTOGETHER” two person show, White Studio & Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Paint It Black” two person show, White Studio & Gallery, Chicago, IL
“From Ancient Earth”, Irish American Heritage Center, Chicago, IL
“Pastels Chicago” National Juried Exhibition, Palette and Chisel, Chicago, IL
“Gallery 2007” De Caprio Gallery, Moraine Valley College, Palos Hills, IL
2006 “Deck the Walls”, Irish American Heritage Center Gallery, Chicago, IL
“CORPUS”, Collective 33 Gallery, Zhou B. Center, Chicago, IL
Chicago Artist’s Coalition Open, Zhou B. Center, Chicago, IL
“The Last Picture Show”, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL
Municipal Art League of Chicago, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago IL
“Pastels USA”, Pastel Society of the West Coast, Auburn, California
“Strokin”, Chicago Pastel Painters Member Show, Old Town Arts Center, Chicago, IL
“Pastels Only” Invitational, McCord House Gallery, Palos Park, IL
“Face to Face” Portrait Show, McCord House Gallery, Palos Park, IL
14th Annual Artists in Residence Exhibition, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago
2005 Plaza Art Competition, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
Chicago Artist's Coalition Open, Chicago, IL
“Gallery 2005”, De Caprio Gallery, Moraine Valley College, Palos Hills, IL
“Emerald Art”, Four Person Show, Beverly Arts Center Gallery, Chicago, IL
13th Annual Artists in Residence Group Exhibition, Fine Arts Building Gallery; Chicago, IL
2004 Self-Portraits 2004, Northwest Cultural Council’s International Juried Exhibition; Rolling Meadows IL
Sacred Art Juried Exhibit, First United Methodist Church; Evanston, IL
Chicago Artist's Coalition Open, Vietnam Veteran's Museum; Chicago, IL
Art Comp 2004, Chesterton Art Center; Chesterton, Indiana
9th Annual Artists Who Teach Exhibition, Beverly Arts Center; Chicago, IL
Gallery 2004, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL
12th Annual Artists in Residence Group Exhibit, Fine Arts Building Gallery; Chicago
2002 Gallery 2002, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL
The 9/11 Show, Fulton Street Gallery; Troy, New York
The Art Project, Artists Visions of 9/11; On-line Gallery
2001 Gallery 2001, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL
Alice and Arthur Baer Art Competition, Beverly Art Center; Chicago, IL
Awards
2008 Finalist, In the Moment publication competition, RedBubble.com
2007 Second place, pastel category, American Artist Magazine’s 70th Anniversary Competition
Saatchi Showdown! Winner, Round 2, International online competition
Jerry’s Merchandise Award, Chicago Pastel Society’s National Juried Show, Chicago
2006 Canson Merchandise Award, Pastels USA, Pastel Society of the West Coast, Auburn, California
2005 Best Drawing, Plaza Art Competition, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
Best of Show, Gallery 2005, De Caprio Gallery, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL
2004 Honorable Mention, Self-Portraits 2004, Northwest Cultural Council’s International Juried Exhibition; Rolling Meadows, IL
2002 Third place, Gallery 2002, De Caprio Gallery at Moraine Valley Community College; Palos Hills, IL
Publications
2008 In the Moment, published by RedBubble.com
Beverly Review newspaper “Artist’s “White Album” a BAC Hit” by Kathleen Tobin January 28th 2008
Southtown Star newspaper “Passing On a Love and Appreciation for Art” by Patti Ahern February 24th 2008
Education/Professional Affiliations and Memberships
St. Xavier University, Chicago, IL
Independent study: Dingle, and Beara Peninsulas, Ireland
Curator, various group shows, the Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
Curator, White Studio & Gallery, The Fine Arts Building, Chicago, IL
Curator, Irish American Heritage Center Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Art Institute of Chicago
Gallery Committee, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago
Chicago Pastel Painters
Started Contemporary Pastel Painters page and group on Myspace.com
Fine Arts Building Collective, Chicago, IL
Corporate/Permanent Public Collections
The Argosy Gallery, director Amy Sidman, Bar Harbor, Maine
The Irish American Heritage Center, Chicago, IL
St. Cajetan Roman Catholic Church, Chicago, IL
Hinsdale Flower Shop, Hinsdale, IL
World Folk Music Company, Chicago, IL
Thompson - Kuenster Funeral Home, Oak Lawn, IL
Alsip-Merrionette Park Public Library District, Alsip, IL
AMS Mechanical Systems, Inc., Barrington, IL
Donellan Funeral Home, Chicago, IL
Fireside Restaurant Beverly, Chicago, IL
French Kitchen Restaurant, Chicago, IL
Private Collections
Mr. & Mrs. Diane McGuire, Lake Forest, IL
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Hogan, Wheaton, IL
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Gallagher, Las Vegas, Nevada;
Mr. & Mrs. Wolfgang Schuler, Green Bay, Wisconsin,
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Lavin, Detroit, Michigan,
Ms. Carrie Werner, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Mr. David Fisher Howard, London, England, UK
Ms. Catherine McShannon, Capetown, South Africa
Mr. Glen Hansard of The Frames, Dublin, Ireland
Ms. Marketa Irglova of The Swell Season, Dublin, Ireland
Various private collections in Chicago, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, New York, Florida, Virginia, and Canada
