EDUCATION:
2018–20 MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art
2013–17 BA, Graphic Design, Elmhurst University
SOLO SHOWS:
2024 Give it a Rest: An Exploration in False Rest, VSG Contemporary, Chicago IL
2023 Don’t Pull My Strings, Chicago Art Department, Chicago IL
2022 I’m Not An Artist, I’m A Beggar, McHenry County College, Crystal Lake IL
2021 An Udder Disaster x PLAYGROUND DETROIT, ArtMile, Virtual
2021 An Udder Disaster, Talking Dolls, Detroit, MI
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS:
2026 Imagining Tomorrow, Forum 301, Chicago, IL
2026 Violating Community Guidelines, Purple Window Gallery, Chicago, IL
2025 Omnium-Gatherum, Agitator Gallery, Chicago IL
2025 10x10, Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago IL
2025 Homage to the Square, Rockford University Art Gallery/Clark Arts Center, Rockford IL
2024 VSG Contemporary Anniversary Show, VSG Contemporary, Chicago, IL
2024 A Very Serious Satellite Show, VSG Contemporary, Chicago, IL
2023 Faculty Exhibition, McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, IL
2023 10x10, Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago IL
2023 A Super Secret Super Club, VSG Contemporary, Chicago, IL
2023 Don't 'Drag' Me Down: Today's Battle for Liberation, Koehnline Museum of Art, Des Plaines, IL
2023 Around the Bloc, VSG Contemporary, Chicago, IL
2023 Come Kiss, VSG Contemporary, Chicago, IL
2023 CAD Alumni Show, Chicago Art Department, Chicago IL
2022 Norman Teagues Design Studio, Highland Park Art Center, Highland Park, IL
2022 Small Works, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago IL
2022 10x10, Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago IL
2022 SACRED, Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago IL
2022 Crystal Ball Fundraiser Mural Installation, Chicago Art Department, Chicago IL
2021 5th Midwest Open (Juried by Alison Wong), Woman Made Gallery, Chicago IL
2021 Continuous Span, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2021 POST, Wasserman Projects, Detroit, MI
2021 New Visions, Vantage Art Projects, Virtual Exhibition
2020-21 College of DuPage Faculty Exhibition, Cleve Carney Museum of Art, Glen Ellyn, IL
2020 New Perspectives in Drawing and Painting, St. Louis Artist Guild, Clayton, MO
2020 Long Time No See, Chicago Art Department, Chicago, IL
2020 LOSS, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago IL
2020 I AM WOMAN Exhibition, DragonFLY Gallery, Chicago, IL
2020 Annual Scholarships Awards and Exhibition, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
2020 Grand Opening, DragonFLY Gallery’s, Chicago, IL
2020 Online Thesis Exhibition, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2020 Curiosity National Fine Arts Exhibition, J + K Isacson Arts, Woodstock, IL
2019–20 Mercedes-Benz Financial Services’ Exhibition, Mercedes-Benz, Detroit, MI
2019 15th Annual Alumni Art Exhibition, Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL
2019 Works in Progress, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2017 ReThink, Marriott W Hotels, Chicago, IL
2016 Connection, Fulton Street Collective, Chicago, IL
CURATED SHOWS:
2025 The World We Had, Studio 3614 (Violet Luczak’s Gallery), Chicago IL
2020 Long Time No See, Chicago Art Department, Chicago, IL
RESIDENCIES:
2020–23 Chicago Art Department Residency, Chicago, IL
2021 Bridge Program, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2020 Talking Dolls Residency, Detroit, MI
PUBLICATIONS:
2025 Chicago Graphic Design Club’s Podcast Underscore, “Violet Luczak,” https://chicagographicdesign.club/underscore/
2025 Canvas Rebel, “Meet Violet Luczak”, 25 March 2025, https://canvasrebel.com/meet-violet-luczak/
2024 Create Magazine, February 1st, Give it a Rest By Violet Luczak, https://archive.createmagazine.com/blog/violet-luczak-exhibition
2024 Popova, Ekaterina. “Navigating the Paradox of Rest and Relaxation: A Conversation with Violet Luczak,” 10 Apr. 2024, podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/navigating-the-paradox-of-rest-and/id1390128131?i=1000652064988
2021 New American Paintings, No. 147, MFA Annual Issue, “Your Ass Sucks Buttermilk Series” https://www.newamericanpaintings.com/issues/147
2020 ArtAscent V46 Animals December 2020, https://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/1897111
2020 She Curates, October 30, Violet Luczak Interview, https://www.she-curates.com/interviews/artists/violet-luczak/
2020 The Other Art Fair, September 4, “The Other Art Cities Detroit Spotlight: Violet Luczak”
http://canvas.saatchiart.com/art/one-to-watch/the-other-art-cities-detroit-spotlight-violet-luczak
2020 Kate Mothes from Young Space, March 4, “Violet Luczak Interview,” https://archive.yngspc.com/artists/2020/04/violet-luczak/
2019 Alif Ibrahim from It’s Nice That, December 3, “Your Ass Sucks Buttermilk! Violet Luczak mixes graphic design and painting to take on the dairy industry!” https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/violet-luczak-your-ass-sucks-buttermilk-graphic-design-art-031219
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
2024 Design Incubation Colloquium, Boston University (Virtual)
VISITING ARTIST / LECTURES:
2023 Visiting Artist, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL
2022 Visiting Artist, McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, IL
2022 Visiting Artist, Harold Washington College, Chicago, IL
2022Visiting Artist, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
2022 A Maker’s Medium: Is Design Art?, Upper Iowa University, Fayette, IA
2022 Professional Development, College for Creative Studies. Detroit, MI
2021 5th Midwest Open Artist Talk, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago IL
2020 BFA Guest Lecturer, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT
2020 Pop Art: Contemporary Art and the Chicago Imagists, Community Access Naperville, Naperville, IL
WORKSHOPS LEAD:
2022 The Intersection of Tradition Arts and Graphic Design, Upper Iowa University, Fayette, IA
2022 The Power of Vectors: A Button Making Experience, McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, IL
2022 The Versatility of Vectors, Chicago Art Department, Chicago, IL