RENEE S. ELKIN
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
EDUCATION
North Park University; Chicago, IL / State of Illinois Teacher Certification with Art Endorsement
Columbia College; Chicago, IL
Northeastern Illinois University; Chicago, IL / B.A. Degree
Northern Illinois University; DeKalb, IL
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
2000 to 2016 - Instructor – Columbia College, Chicago
· Photography Department;
· Art & Design Department
2001 to 2014 – Lead Teacher - Comprehensive Gifted Program – Chicago Public Schools
2006 – Photography Editor – Memoir: Division Street Princess
1996 to present - Freelance Photographer and Designer
1982 to 1997 – Photographic Custom Printer
Archival Black and White; Color-“C”; Ilfochrome; Lamda Mural Prints
Photo Lab Print Supervisor
Photo Project Co-ordinator
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 – asmithgallery – “animalia” – online exhibit
2022 – Analog Forever - online group exhibit - “Connecting The Devine”
2020 - Arts at Scottsdale Ranch - All Media Juried Group Show
2019 - Arts on Elston – All Media Group Show
2015 – Midwest Contemporary – Lill Street Gallery
2014 – 5th Annual Great Lakes Juried Show – South Haven, MI
2013 – Arts on Elston – All Media Group Show
2012 – Arts on Elston – All Media Group Show
2011 - 591 Photography Gallery and Blog
2009 - Worldwide Pinhole Exhibit
2007 - LaSalle Bank - Looptopia Photo Exhibit – (Award Winner) Chicago, IL
2003 - Judith Racht Gallery – Photography and Sculpture Show – Harbert, Mich.
2002 - Gallery on Lake – Group Photography Show – Chicago, IL
2001 - Soho Photo Gallery - Group Show/Krappy Kamera - New York, N.Y.
2000 - Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art - Confluence of Images Works by Photographers
Chicago, IL- Galeria Mesa - Light Sensitive/ Traveling Exhibition - Mesa, AZ
1999 - Beverly Arts Center - 23rd Annual Baer Art Exhibit - Chicago, IL
- Three Arts Club - Photosynthesis - Chicago, IL
- WomanMade Gallery - Group Exhibition - Members Show - Chicago, IL
1998 - Galeria Mesa - Light Sensitive - Mesa, AZ
1997 - Gallery She-She/Three Arts Club - Synthesis - Chicago, IL
1996 - Stolen Buick Studio - Chicago Slices-An Urban Vision – Chicago, IL
1995 - Museum of Art, Lafayette, IN - Art Forms 1995
1994 - Illinois Arts Gallery, Chicago, IL - My Neighborhood: Photographs by
YoungPhotographers and Their Mentors – Chgo, IL
1993 - Lyons Weir Gallery - Photography by: Eisenberg, Elkin, Kobylecky, & Miller - Chicago, IL
1992 - Spiva Art Center - PhotoSpiva ʻ92 - Joplin, MO
- Center for Photography at Woodstock, - The American Dream – Woodstock, New York
1991 - Spiva Art Center - PhotoSpiva ʻ91 - Joplin, MO
- Dittmar Memorial Gallery, Norris Center/Northwestern University, Evanston, IL –
Beauty in the Lens of the Beholder - Evanston, IL
- ARC Gallery - National Exposure - Chicago, IL
1990 - Upstairs Gallery - Something in Common - Chicago, IL
1989 - Galeria Mesa - At the Beach - Mesa, AZ (Jurors Award)
- River North Exposed - Chicago, IL (First Place Award)
1988 - Evanston Art Center - Photo ʻ88 - Evanston, IL
-Spiva Art Center - PhotoSpiva ʼ88 - Joplin, MO
PUBLISHED WORK
“The 27” – Fine Art, Limited Edition Exhibition Book” - asmithgallery
Black and White Photography Magazine – Issue 234 – “Last Frame”
“Play” – Photographs made by 36 Photographer from 12 Countries – published by CWIP
“fotophile Magazine” Vol.No. 45 – Cover and Photo Essay
Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine – Jan. 2000
Photo Review :Volume 13 No. 3
Artists in Maine – Volume 15 No. 3
Hyphen Magazine – Issue 5
RELATED INTERESTS AND VOLUNTEER WORK
Artisan Handmade Creative Bookmaking
Photography: Documentary, Portraiture, Landscape (Digital and Analog)
Volunteer: Teaching photography at special programs
-Art Institute of Chicago for High School students
“Picture This” non-profit photography organization for young girls in low-income areas
Photographer - North Shore Chapter - American Cancer Society