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WILLIAM P. EATON JR.

312 - 226 - 5450  | Mactamers@gmail.com

 

 

Training and education

M.F.A. School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1993 Animatronic Sculpture

B.F.A. School of the Art institute of Chicago 1991 Photography / Painting

Studied with: Barbara Crane, Jim Lutz, Ray Yoshida, Barbara Crane, Thomas Kapsalis,

Ted Halkin, Dennis Darling

Columbia College 1970-73 Photography and Motion Pictures

Studied with:

Charles Traub, Harold Allen, Arnold Crane, Jim Newberry, David Avison

Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, Chicago, 1969 - 1970

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Il, 1968 -1969

New Trier Township High School

Studied with:

Barbara Crane 1964-67, Geoff Winningham 1968

Apprenticed Under: Robert Post (Assoc Art Director Playboy Magazine – Art Director Chicago Magazine)

 

Installations and exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions:

Fulton Street Collective, Chicago IL 2024

The New Horse's Mouth Gallery, Chicago IL, 2011

The New Horse's Mouth Gallery, Chicago IL, 2010

The New Horse's Mouth Gallery, Chicago IL, 2009

The Beverly Arts Center, Chicago IL, 1993

Rush Presbyterian St.Luke's Medical Center Gallery, Chicago IL, 1989

Fitzsimmons Gallery, Chicago, IL 1988

Body Politic Theatre Gallery, Chicago IL, 1987

Horse's Mouth Gallery, Evanston IL, 1984

Horse's Mouth Gallery, Evanston IL, 1982

Horse's Mouth Gallery, Evanston IL,  1982

GALLERY ARTIST:

Pen, Ink & Song Gallery, Chicago, 2016 – 2018

New Horse’s Mouth Gallery, Chicago, 2009 - 2012

David Leonardis River North Gallery, Chicago, 2006 - 2008

David Leonardis Wicker Park Gallery, Chicago, 2005

Fitsimmons Gallery 1997 – 1998

Horse’s Mouth Gallery 1982 - 1985

GROUP SHOWS

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Fulton Street Collective, Chicago IL 2025

Pen, Ink & Song Gallery, Chicago, 2016 – 2018

PK Gallery, Chicago, 2012 – 2016

New Horse’s Mouth Gallery, Chicago, 2009 – 2012

David Leonardis River North Gallery, Chicago, 2006 – 2008

David Leonardis Wicker Park Gallery, Chicago, 2005

Monolith Gallery, Chicago, 1999

Around the Coyote, Chicago, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994

The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago 1995

The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago 1994

Norris Cultural Art Center,  St. Charles, IL, 1993

Norris Cultural Art Center,  St. Charles, IL, 1992

 Gruen Galley, Chicago, 1993

Akrasia Gallery, Chicago, 1991

Frumkin Gallery, Chicago, 1988

Fitsimmons Gallery 1987 – 1988

Paul Waggoner Gallery, Chicago, 1985

Evanston Art’s Center, Evanston Il, 1985

The limelight Gallery, 1987 -1988

Two Plane Feet Gallery, Chicago Il, 1985

Horse’s Mouth Gallery 1982 - 1985

The limited Image Gallery, Chicago, 1971

The Museum of Contemporary Art. Chicago, 1971

The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1966

 

Work history

Owner, New Horses Mouth Gallery, Chicago

Executive Producer, “Iz It Art” Channel 39, Chicago,

(Our weekly show interviewed visual artists in their studios.)

Instructor and Graduate Advisor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1993 - 1995

Owner The Horses Mouth Gallery, Evanston IL, 1982 - 1987

Photo Staff Playboy Magazine 1974 – 1977

 

Awards, grants & adjudication

Norris Cultural Art Center, 1992 Artists’ Open Exhibition, Second Prize

National Scholastic Press Association National Award: Photography

 

Publications

VIVIAN MAIER, A PHOTOGRAPHER’S LIFE AND AFTERLIFE Pamela Bannos 2017

Pages 227-228

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