Vera Klement

Vera Klement (born 1929 Danzig) is an American artist, and Professor Emerita at the University of Chicago. She was a 1981 Guggenheim Fellow.[1]

Biography

Klement graduated from Cooper Union in 1950. She taught at University of Chicago, from 1969 to 1995.[2]

In 1973, Klement was a founding member of Artemisia Gallery, one of the Midwest's first feminist Cooperative Galleries located in Chicago, Illinois.[3]

In 1987, she showed at the Renaissance Society.[4] She was 2003 visiting artist, at Goshen College,[5] and 2007 artist in residence at Indiana State University.[6]

Her work is in the collection of the state of Illinois,[7] The Kentucky Center for the Arts[8], and the Krannert Art Museum[9].

She lives in Chicago.

References
  1. "Vera Klement - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation". Gf.org. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
  2. Swartz, Mark (May 27, 1999). "Painted From Memory: Vera Klement's Prolific Retirement". Chicago Reader. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  3. Joanna Gardner-Huggett (2012). "Artemisia Challenges the Elders: How a Women Artists' Cooperative Created a Community for Feminism and Art Made by Women". Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies. 33 (2): 55–75. doi:10.5250/fronjwomestud.33.2.0055. JSTOR 10.5250/fronjwomestud.33.2.0055.
  4. "The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago Contemporary Art Museum: Vera Klement, A Retrospective: 1953-1986". Renaissancesociety.org. 1987-04-25. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
  5. Marvin Bartel. "Visiting Artists at Goshen College". Goshen.edu. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
  6. "Indiana State University: Art Gallery". Indstate.edu. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
  7. "James R. Thompson Center : Permanent Art Collection". .illinois.gov. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
  8. "Vera Klement Exhibit, The Kentucky Center for the Arts". www.kentuckycenter.org. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  9. Krannert Art Museum. "Collections Search". collection.kam.illinois.edu. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
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