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EXHIBITIONS
2016 Schoenherr Art Gallery, North Central College, Naperville, Illinois

2015 Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, Illinois (solo) Bruno David Projects, St. Louis, Missouri (solo) Visionary Drawing to Plzen Biennial, John David Mooney Foundation, Chicago, Illinois Biennial 28, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, Indiana and/or, Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, MissouriSculpture Invasion Sculpture Invasion, Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, Illinois Hybrid's Paradise, Curator Sergio Gomez, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois Bridgeport Art Center, Sculpture Garden, Chicago, Illinois

2014 Special Project, Chicago Expo, Chicago, Illinois Projector Poetry, Cobalt Studio, Chicago, Illinois Museum of West Bohemia, IX. International Biennial of Drawing Pilsen, Czech Republic Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, Illinois

2013 Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, Indiana Las Manos Gallery, Chicago, Illinois Gallery 4, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, Illinois Cliff Dwellers Club, Chicago, Illinois CSI at Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, Illinois Light Sense, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, Illinois

2012 Light Sculpture Media Culture, Artist/Curator, Chicago Artists Months, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, Illinois Las Manos Gallery, Chicago, Illinois Sculpture International Chicago, Sculpture Garden, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, Illinois

2011 Gallery of Slovak Union of Visual Arts,Dostojevskho rad 2, Bratislava, Slovak Republic Gordon Center for Integrative Science, University of Chicago, Illinois (solo) Biennale Der Zeichenkunst, Auswahl Der Besten Arbeiten (Selection of Best Work),
Biennial Drawing Plsen, Centre Bavaria Bohemia, Schnsee, Germany Governor State University, University Park, Illinois Dreambox Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, Two-Person Show Las Manos Gallery, Chicago, Illinois Howard Brown Benefit, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, Illinois Island Style, Washington Island, Wisconsin

2010 Museum of West Bohemia, VII. International Biennial of Drawing Pilsen, Czech Republic Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, Illinois (solo) LACDA, L.A. Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, California

2009 Artists of Eastbank, Chicago, Illinois (member) Gordon Center for Integrative Science, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (solo)

2008 FLATFILEgalleries, Chicago, Illinois (solo) Indiana University NW, Gary, Indiana (solo) Indiana University Northwest, Gary, Indiana Gordon Center for Integrative Science, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Online Digital Art Gallery D-ART 2008 for the 12th International Conference Information Visualisation iV 08, South Bank University London, England 5th International Conference Computer Graphics, Imaging and Visualization CGIV 08 Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Penang, Malaysia Textually Speaking, FLATFILEgalleries, Chicago, Illinois Minimal, FLATFILEgalleries, Chicago, Illinois

2007 Beverly Shores Depot Museum and Art Gallery, Beverly Shores, Indiana (solo)
Beverly Shores Depot Museum and Art Gallery, Beverly Shores, Indiana Contemporary Abstract Photography, Ellen Curlee Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri The Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

2006 Black and White, FLATFILEgalleries, Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Art Open, Chicago, Illinois
Marsgallery, Chicago, Illinois
National City Bank, Chicago, Illinois
St. Louis Artists' Guild, St. Louis, Missouri
Chicago Music Garage, Chicago, Illinois
Microcinema, San Francisco, California

2005
Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art, College of Lake County, Grayslake, Illinois

2004
Earth, FLATFILEgallery, Chicago, Illinois
International Conference for Computer Graphics, Imaging and Visualization, London, UK and Penang, Malaysia

2003
ARC (Artists Residents of Chicago), Chicago, Illinois
The Exquisite Snake, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago. Illinois

2002
Biennial Faculty Show, Reicher Gallery, Barat College, Lake Forest, Illinois

2000
Biennial Faculty Show, Reicher Gallery, Barat College, Lake Forest, Illinois
Mirrors, WI Gallery & Gardens, Washington Island, Wisconsin (solo)

1999
New Oils, WI Gallery & Gardens, Washington Island, Wisconsin (solo)

1997
Light Sculptures, WI Gallery & Gardens, Washington Island, Wisconsin (solo)
The Weidner Center For The Performing Arts, Green Bay, Wisconsin

1996
The Fine Art of Washington Island, Hardy Gallery, Ephraim, Wisconsin

1995-00
The Wisconsin Art Gallery, Green Bay, Wisconsin

1993
Vietnam Photographs, Washington Island Art and Nature Center, Washington Island, Wisconsin (solo)

1992
Zufall-Spiel, Methode und System in der Gegenwartskunst, Wilhelm-Hack-
Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany

1987
The Non-Spiritual in Art, Feature Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

1986
University of California, Riverside, California

1985
Editions & Additions, International Book Works, Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

1984
Kunst Mit Eigensinn, Museum Moderner Kunst/Museum des 20.Jahrhunderts, Vienna, Austria
Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, ARC (Artists, Residents of Chicago), Illinois
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago and Vicinity Show, Chicago, Illinois
Emerging, The State of Illinois Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
A Page With A View, Institute for Design and Experimental Art, Sacramento, California

1981-82
Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne Illinois (solo)
Artists Books, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois

1980
Spaces, Cleveland, Ohio

1979
Goethe Institute Chicago, Lines and Numbers, (exhibition catalog), Introduction by Anne Rorimer Chicago, Illinois (solo)
Ohio State University Art Galleries, Columbus, Ohio

1977
ACM Computer Art Invitational, Seattle, Washington
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California

1976
North Central College, Naperville, Illinois (solo)

1975
Illinois Center Plaza, Chicago, Illinois (solo)
Davidson National Print and Drawing Show, Davidson, North Carolina
Dittmar Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois


BIBLIOGRAPHY

2015 CAA.Reviews, July 2, 2015, Expo Chicago, Chicago: 2014, Kara Jefts CrossRef DOI: 10.3202/caa.reviews.2015.78 http://www.caareviews.org/reviews/2500

2014 The Architects Newspaper, 10/17/2014, Return of the Pier Show, Philip Berger, http://archpaper.com/ Running Numbers, The conceptual minimalism of Monika Wulfers, (July 13, weekend edition), Daniel Tiffany,
http://hyperallergic.com/136598/running-numbers-the-conceptual-minimalism-of-monika-wulfers/ Light On, Paul Klein, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-klein/light-on_b_4656444.html

2012 Wulfers sculptures light up Bridgeport Art Center for Chicago Artists Month, Mary A. Osborne,
http://www.examiner.com/article/, October 2, 2012
2008 Tip of the Week, Michael Weinstein, NewCity, April 24, 08, p.26 Textually Speaking, Alicia Ehler, 62Time Out Chicago, March 20-26, 2008

2004
Rocky Mountain Institute Case Studies of Economic Analysis and
Community Decision Making for Decentralized Wastewater Systems(PDF2.5MB),
#13 Washington Island Case Study, Boulder, Colorado

1997 "Washington Island Gallery & Gardens," C. Manning, Door Voice, August 97

1996 "Light In The Gallery," by Gail Larson Toerpe, The Washington Island Observer, July 961993
"Artist Strikes Balance on Washington Island," by Beth Coleman, Green Bay Press - Gazette, December 19, 1993
"Islander Sees Art As Way To Re-open Ties With Vietnam," by Keta Steebs, The Door County Advocate, May 14, 1993

1992
Zufall als Prinzip, Spielwelt, Methode und Systems, Methode, und System in der Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, (exhibition catalog), p.320

1984
Kunst Mit Eigen-Sinn, Internationale Ausstellung aktuelle Kunst von Frauen (catalog), Vienna: Museum Moderner Kunst/Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts (Herausgeber Silvia Eiblemayr, Valie Export,
Monika Prischl Maier, p. 266)


PUBLISHED WORKS

1983
5555 6666, University of Chicago Printing Department, Chicago, Illinois

1979
Lines and Numbers, Goethe Institute Chicago, Chicago Books, Chicago, Illinois

1978
1234(5678), North Central College, Naperville, Illinois

1977
"Selective Permutations of Grouped Objects," White Walls, No. 12, p.14
1977
"Der Fall Am Rhein, Hallen fuer Neue Kunst," White Walls, No. 12, pp. 15-19


PUBLIC LECTURES

1993
New Art, New Life, Lecture at the Hardy Gallery, Ephraim, Wisconsin

1986 to 1992
Adult Seminars and studio classes in Contemporary Art, Washington Island Gallery and Gardens, Washington Island, Wisconsin

1981
On Dan Graham, North Central College, Naperville, Illinois
Lines and Numbers, Computer Talk, University of Illinois, Chicago

1980
Computer Art, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois

1977
Computing, Communicating, and Picture Making, Third Midwest Women Artists, Conference, Oxbow, Michigan
Art by Computer, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California
Speaker, ACM Computer Software Conference, Seattle, Washington

AWARDS

2014
Individual Artists Program, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Event

2013
Individual Artists Program, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Event

2012
CAAP Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs, Cultural Grants

2008
CAAP Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs, Cultural Grants,

2007
CAAP Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs, Cultural Grants,

COLLECTIONS

Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany
DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois
Speyer Collection, Chicago, Illinois
Argonne National Laboratory
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Artists Books, Chicago, Illinois
Susan Aurinko, Chicago, Illinois
Bruce Gregga, Montecito, California
The Kemper Collection, Chicago, Illinois
Dr. and Mrs. Marvin Makinen, Chicago, Illinois
Dr. and Mrs. Walter Massey, Chicago, Illinois
Barbara Rose and Neil Peck, Chicago, Illinois
Maria Smithburg, Chicago, Illinois
Hamza Walker, Chicago, Illinois
EDUCATION AND PERSONAL DATA

BA North Central College, Naperville, Illinois
Studied with Diane Duvigneaud

MFA School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Studied with Ray Yoshida and Stan Brakhage

Son, Christopher, 1982
Daughter, Jennifer, 1983

Born in Germany
 
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