Lora Fosberg

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Lora Fosberg

Born 1966, Waukegan, Illinois, USA

EDUCATION

1992 – MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

1988 – BFA, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL

Upcoming

Lora Fosberg at Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, September 2025

RECENT SHOWS

2024 March 15 - April 20 Help I’m Alive, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago

2024 July-October - Beyond was all around us, Southbend Museum of Art

2024-September 6- October 12 - The Quiet is so Noisy: curated by Lora Fosberg, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago

2023- the SMOKE SHOW, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago IL

2023- Under the Sun, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago

2022- 2023 Art Miami, represented by Zolla/Lieberman Gallery

2022- Eyediolect: Susanne Doremus selects, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago

2018- What is not is isn’t is, Linda Warren Projects, Chicago IL

2017- I would lie to me, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco CA

2016- Love Loves the Unlovable –IUNW, Gary IN

2016- More Trees Please, Linda Warren Projects, Chicago, IL  

2015-Everything Looks Perfect From Far Away, Lubeznick Center For the Arts, Michigan City, 

2014 -The End of Absurdity, Linda Warren Projects, Chicago, IL

2014 -Everything and Nothing, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2012- The Miracle of the Actual, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2012 -Fallible memories and wayward fictions, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago IL,

2011 - Do It Now, Eight Modern Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2010 - You Can’t Fall Off the Floor, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL

2010 - Live or Live, Kayo Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

2009 - Feel the Now, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 - A Field Guide to Forgetting, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL

2007 - For Now , Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007 - UICA (Urban Institute for Contemporary Art), Dystopia for Daydreamers, GR, MI
2006 - Yes to Everything, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL

2006 - 12 x 12:New Artists/New Work, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

2003 -Greener Grass, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
2002 - Really Huge, Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999 - Both Ends burning, Grand Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
1998 - More is More, Lorenzo Rodriguez Gallery, Chicago, IL

1997 - One Hand on the Dark Side, Anchor Graphics, Chicago, IL
1995 - The Now, Anchor Graphics, Chicago, IL

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

2021- Human / Nature: the weight of our actions on the natural world, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois
2021-Art Miami represented by Zolla Lieberman Gallery

2019- Summer Fun, ZG Gallery, Chicago Il

2019- Curators Create, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago Il 

2018 -Typeforce 8 Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago IL 

2016- summertime- La Fontsee Gallery, Grand Rapids MI

2016 -Typeforce 7 Co-Prosperity Sphere, Bridgeprt IL

2016- NJAPF – Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago IL

2015 - Saving the Dunes, Artist’s Paths, Marshall J. Gardner Art Center, Miller Beach, IN 

2015 - The steamroller printmaking project, Lubeznick Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN

2014 - Not just another pretty face, Hyde park art center, Chicago, IL 

2012- The three, wv15, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2012 - Not just another pretty face, Hyde park art center, Chicago, IL

2011 - Walnut Ink Gallery, Inaugural Show, Michigan City, IN 

2011 - Wishing You Love and Happiness and Curiosity Forever, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2011 - (S)edition, curated by Marc Pascale, Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts (UICA), GR, MI

2011 - Typeforce, Co-prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL

2011 - ART Chicago, represented by Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL

2011 - NEXT art fair, represented by Pele Prints, St. Louis, MO
2011 - Interface, Center of Creative Arts (COCA), curated by Pele Prints, St. Louis, MO
2009- ART Chicago, represented by Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL 

2009- NEXT art fair, represented by Pele Prints, St. Louis, MO

2009- Spellbound, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL

2009- Signs of the Apocalypse/Rapture, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL

2009 - Emmett Kerrigan and Lora Fosberg, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL

2008- Clouds Et. Al, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL

2008 - ART Chicago, represented by Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL

2008 - NEXT art fair, represented by Pele Prints, St. Louis, MO

2008 - Red Dot art fair, represented by Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2008 - Pulse art fair Miami, represented by Jack Fischer Gallery, Miami, FL

2007- 44 New Drawings, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007 - ART Chicago, represented by Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL

2007 - Kent State University with Pierogi Flat Files, drawing invitational, Kent, OH

2006- Art LA, represented by Linda Warren Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2006 - Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
2006 - Drawing No Conclusions, curated by Dominic Molon, Associate Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, IL

2006 - Judith Racht Gallery, Layer on Layer:  a collage show, Harbert, MI

2006 - ART Chicago, represented by Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL

2005 – Fragile, handle with care, Museum Works Gallery, New York, NY

2004- Species, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL

2004 - Highlights, Junc Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 - me vs. you Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL

2003 - Politics as Usual, Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL

2002- Natural History, Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002 - Affordable Art Fair, New York, represented by Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL

2001- 10th Annual Figurative Small Works Show, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
2001 -14th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper, McNeese State University, Lake Charles,LA 

1999 - Dia des Los Muertos, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1999 - Summer Group Show, Gallery A, Chicago, IL
1999 - By-cycles, Maritain Art Institute, Loveland, OH

1999 - Zusammen, Milktooth, Chicago, IL

1998 - Summer Group Show, Gallery A, Chicago, IL

1998 - Art Chicago- The Pier Show, 1998, represented by Lorenzo Rodriguez Gallery, Chicago, IL

1998 - Los Muertos, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1997 - Art Chicago- The Pier Show, , represented by Lorenzo Rodriguez Gallery, Chicago, IL

1997 - Revelations: Artists Look at Religion, Gallery 2, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL

1996 - Moving the Body Forward, Lorenzo Rodriguez Gallery, Chicago, IL
1996 - Summer Rocks, World Tattoo Gallery, Chicago, IL

1995 Grab Bag, curated by Don Baum, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL

1995 Art Chicago- The Pier Show, 1995, represented by Lorenzo Rodriguez Gallery, Chicago, IL

ARTIST RESIDENCIES

2002 – Frans Masereel Art Center, Kasterlee, BELGIUM
2000 – Oxbow, School of the Art Institute, Saugatauk, MI
1999 – Oxbow, School of the Art Institute, Saugatauk, MI

INSTALLATIONS 

2014 - CH Distillery Chicago IL

2013 – Brindille Restaurant Chicago IL 

2012 – Eaton corporation Cleveland OH 

2004 – Tank Restaurant Chicago IL 

2000 – Naha Restaurant Chicago IL

SELECTED COLLECTIONS