Patricia RAIN Gianneschi CV
Patricia RAIN Gianneschi
patriciaraingianneschi@gmail.com
www.praingianneschiart.com
2012-2022 IATSE #476 Studio Teacher, Currently: Chicago P. D.
All Chicago Productions, All NBC Shows, The CHI, Shameless, Empire, Electric Dreams, Jupiter Ascending, Utopia, In My Name, APB, Patriot, Time Travelers Wife & Commercials
Teaching Artist, Supervising Adjunct, Department of Art Education, SAIC Teaching Artist Chicago Public Schools; George Armstrong School, 1990-2012 Advanced Degrees: MFA 2017, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; MAAE, 2004, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Degrees: BFA/BFAT (1977-79); University of California, Berkeley
EXHIBITIONS:
2022: SPILTMILK Gallery; Edinburgh, “If Not now When?” WO FOUNDATION GALLERY, Madrid, “Disrupted”, ARTS TO HEARTS PROJECTS, Mumbai, New Delhi, India, “Treasured Moments”, M.A.D.S. ART GALLERY, Milan, & Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, “N.F.T. New Freedom Think”, M.A.D.S. GALLERY; FIABCN Fira Internacional d’Art de Barcelona, M.A.D.S. GALLERY; LE PEDERA EVENT, Casa Mila, Barcelona, M.A.D.S. Art Gallery, Milan & Fuerteventura, C.I.; “YELLOW” Van Gogh Gallery, Madrid, “Monaco Art Fair 2022” Monaco, France
2021: Art Expo New York, Perseus Gallery CAD: Chicago Art Gallery, Chicago: Mother Art Revisited Summit Exhibition South Haven Art Center, Michigan, “Six Feet Apart” Painting Exhibition Art Number 23, London & Athens, Solo Virtual Exhibition, Ox Bow School of Art, Saugatuck; MAR Summit
2020: Covid-Cancelled Shows: 2020: EXPO New York , Perseus Gallery, Solo Show Art Number 23, London; Virtual Mother Art: Revisited Collective Summit, Chicago Art Department Gallery, Chicago; Virtual “Occupying the In-Between” Goldsmith, University of London; MAR Responds to “ON TYRANNY” 20 Lessons from the 20th Century, The Postcard Project
2019: RED DOT MIAMI & SOFA CHICAGO, Perseus Gallery, Gallery ART NUMBER 23 Exhibitions; ‘VICIOUS CIRCLE’ London, ‘CHAPTER I” London, ‘SEEN FORMS”, Prague, Anthropologio, Athens, “SYNERGIC”; Gallery Ovalo, Mexico City, AIP Residency Show, “SEEN/UNSEEN” Carmona, Spain; “CitizenSHIP” Riverside Art Center, Ypsilanti, Michigan; “Twisted Oyster Film Festival; Vital Signs” Athens, Greece ; “Interruption”: Mother Art Revisited Collective Exhibition, Hairpin Art Center, Chicago; “Enlighten”, Art Center HP, Highland Park; The Other Art Fair Chicago, Mana Contemporary; Chicago “Beyond the Selfie”, Highland Park;
2018: “Metamorphosis/Paramorphosis” & Alpha Theta, Gallery Art Number 23, Old Biscuit Factory, London & Slovakia; “Studio Visit” Print Exhibition; 2017, 2018 & 2019; 2018; “Project Resist Fear”; Art Center HP; Highland Park; “8 X 8 Portraits”, Zhou Bros; Chicago, The Other Art Fair Chicago; National Art Education Women’s Caucus Juried Art Exhibition, Seattle; 2018 National MFA WET PAINT Exhibition, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago; Garage Gallery, Chicago “Mother Art: Revisited Collective Exhibition;
2017: SAIC MFA Thesis Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries 2016, Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph, Vermont; Throop Street Show LRMFA Group Exhibit, 2009, Chicago; 2003, Teaching Artists CPS, Chicago Cultural Center; 2015, Main Street Museum; 1990-2000, “RAIN “ One-Woman show, Gallery 1633, Chicago
PUBLICATIONS: 2020 “50 Women”; “Carmona Illustration”, Developing a Visually Reflective Practice: A Model for Professional Self-Study for publication, by Intellect; 2019 March 2018 National Art Education Women’s Caucus Exhibition in print; Art Expo Chicago, Featured Painting in print catalog, “FALLEN”, January 2018, STUDIO VISIT Exhibition in Print, volume 39; 2018; MFA THESIS 2017, “Becoming RAIN; Art , Spirit & Social Justice"; MFA THESIS 2004, “Becoming Women; Art & Leadership for Adolescent Girls”, Flaxman Library SAIC Chicago; 2004 AIC Commission “The Last Flowers of Manet, Performance Rubloff Auditorium, AIC, 2000, “Magic In America” Performance AIC; 2017 “Just Words & Just Words II” Poetry Books, SAIC Special Collections Library, Flaxman Library;
MUSIC: 2017 “Six Days At The Mouse House” Recording. RR-22 Productions; 2001 “I & I”, FFB Productions, Chicago; 1981-1988. 2010 L.A. Music Awards Americana Artist & Americana Album of the Year
2020, “RAIN JIVE LIVE” A Podcast
FEATURE PAINTINGS
2018 20the Century Fox, “EMPIRE” Synesthesia, 2009, “SABLE”, MGM/Gerber, Chicago.
2021, “Ripple Effect”, Prop Designer, “The Circus Scene”
AWARDS: 2018 National WET PAINT NXT Level Art of Excellence Award, Zhou B Center, Chicago; 2019 Artist in Residence Appointment, 2018 AIP
Artist In Residence Appointment, Tuscany Italy, 2010, LA Music Awards; 2002 & 2003 William Carr Oldendorf Award, Ox-Bow; 2001, Robert Rauschenberg Power of Art Award, Washington, D.C.; 1998 & 1999, Illinois Alliance for the Arts;
GRANTS: 2006-2012, Oppenheimer Family Foundation Teacher Incentive Grants, Chicago; 1996-2012, Illinois State University; 1993-2009, Chicago Foundation For Education, Chicago; 1991, Rochelle Lee Grant, Chicago; 1981 Illinois Arts Council, 2003-2009, Art Institute of Chicago, Performance Art; “Artists in the Galleries”, 2015-2018 Chair, Caucus for the Spiritual in Art Education, NAEA; 2013 Elementary Chair, Caucus for the Spiritual in Art Education; NAEA, Fellowships, 2010 & 2012, Intuit Gallery, Chicago; www.praingianneschiart.com
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