Pamela Staker

As is true for many artists, I have been making art ever since I could hold a crayon. I also went to school for it. First, my mom taught me, and then I attended the University of Illinois, where I had a very short-lived stint as a math major, turning quickly to a BFA in painting. I received several grants and awards early in my career, including an Illinois Arts Council Fellowship and a CAAP Individual Artist Grant from the City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs. My paintings are in numerous private and corporate collections, including The Sophy, a boutique hotel in Hyde Park, Chicago, IL; the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago; Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN; Capital One, Chicago, IL; and Cascade Hills Country Club, Grand Rapids, MI.

I collaborate with art advisors, dealers, interior designers, architects, and individual clients to place existing artworks and create site-specific commissioned paintings for residential and corporate spaces.

Since the beginning, I have prioritized working closely with interior designers, fine art professionals, and individual clients to ensure the best possible outcomes for my projects. Collaboration is the key to creating meaningful artworks and art programs that consider the environ...

1990 BFA in Painting, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana

AWARD*S/GRANTS (SELECTED):
2014 Dave Bown Projects - 7th Semiannual Competition (Curators: Jeremy Adams, CUE Art
Foundation, New York; Janet Dees, SITE Santa Fe; David S. Rubin, San Antonio Museum of
Art) Honorable Mention.
2014 Herradura Art Barrel Project Chicago, 3rd Place
2013 Top Ten Finalist, In Living Color Showdown, Saatchi Online,
Juror Barnaby Furnas
1995 Artists Fellowship, The Illinois Arts Council
1994 CAAP Grant, City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED):
2018 The Other Art Fair at Mana Contemporary, Chicago, Illinois
2016 Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa
2014 The Orland Park Public Library, Orland Park, Illinois
2013 Fountain Art Fair at Mana Contemporary, Chicago, Illinois
2009 The Showroom, Sera Davis Art Advisory, Nashville, Tennessee
2008 The Showroom, Sera Davis Art Advisory, Nashville, Tennessee
The Artist Project at Artropolis, Chicago, Illinois
2004 Pilsen East Artists' Open Studios (also 2003)
2001 Wakely Gallery, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, llinois
ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (also 1998, 1997, 1996, 1994)
1999 Southwestern Michigan College, Dowagiac, Michigan
1998 Adrian College, Adrian, MichiganBeverly Arts Center, Chicago, Illinois
1996 "A Room Full of Crutches" - Mabee Gallery, Culver-Stockton College, Canton, Missouri
1995 2nd Street Gallery Charlottesville, Virginia
CIU Art Lounge, University of Illinois at Chicago
Contemporary Art Center, Arlington Heights, Illinois

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED):
2022 “Contemporary Abstraction” Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa
2021 “Precious” 4th Floor Gallery, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, Illinois Curated by Marci Reuben
2019 "Kicking Abstract and...