LIESE A RICKETTS

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

• Email: liese.ricketts@gmail.com
• Website: www.deadphoto.com

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:

• First Year Certificate, Publications Program, University of Chicago, 1999
• M.F.A. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1986 - 88
• M.A. in Media Communications, Governors State University, University Park, IL, 1983 - 85
• B.A. magna cum laude in Classics, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY, 1966 - 70
• Stanford University, Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies, Rome, Italy, 1968 - 69

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• Department of Special Collections and University Archives of the UMass Amherst Libraries, inclusion, 2023
• University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, September 1988 - 2014, currently Faculty Emeritus
• Paper Source Chicago, 1992 - 2000, Director of Workshops
• Designer and Editor of Nota Bene, 1998 - 2003, a University of Chicago professional journal
• Columbia College Center for Book and Paper Arts, 1997 - 2000, part-time faculty
• The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, July 1991 – 1993, part-time faculty
• Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL, June 1986 – September 1988, part-time faculty
• Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN, January 1987 – May 1987, part-time faculty
• Marz and Associates, Chicago, IL, June 1983 – June 2006
• Associate Editor and Production Coordinator for PBS-TV specials and cable networks. 

I received national television credits for my work on these films:

1.     Little Mexico (2006) 

2.     A Home I Had (1986)

3.     Russia: Love It or Leave It (1986)

4.     Portrait of America: Washington, DC. (1986)

5.     White Oak Goes Black (1985)

6.     Welcome to America (1985)

7.     Black Pols, White Press (1984)

8.     Jewish Mother (1984)

• Publicity photographs for documentary film: White Oak Goes Black. 
• Publicity photographs for Russia: Love It or Leave It, 1984
• Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indiana, 1985. Commissioned photographic exhibit.
• Director, Peruvian American Cultural Institute, Arequipa, Peru, 1980 - 1983 Supervised English classes for over 2,000 students as well as handled the administrative coordination of 70 staff, faculty, and personnel. Responsible to a Board of Directors and to the American Embassy in Lima, Peru.
• Prescott Anglo-American School, Arequipa, Peru, 1977 - 1980

SELECTED ART EXHIBITIONS:

• Praxis Gallery,The Artist Intervenes, national juried show, February 2025
• Small Works, Member exhibition, WomanMade Gallery, Chicago, November 2024
• Julia Margaret Cameron and Photo Nostrum exhibiion, Barcelona, Spain, April 2025
• Julia Margaret Cameron and Photo Nostrum exhibiion, Barcelona, Spain, December 2024
• https://photoreview.org/events/competition/2024-competition-web-galleries/ July 2024
• ARC Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Fantasy Exhibition, May - June 2024
• YJ Contemporary, Rhode Island, Women Behind the Lens IV, March 2024
• Las Laguna Gallery, online exhibition, June 2023
• Las Laguna Gallery, online exhibition, May 2023
• Small Works, Juried exhibition, Art Intersection, Gilbert AZ, Nov - Dec 2022
• Mystery, Magic, and The Macabre, Juried Exhibition, Deines Center, Russell City KS. Oct - Nov 2022
• 2022 Montgomery Photo Festival exhibition, Awarded Best in Manipulation, August 2022
• International Arts Center, the Huo Bao Zhu Gallery, at Troy University in Troy, Alabama
• It's A Dog's Life exhibition at South x Southeast Gallery, June - July 2022
• Dek Unu magazine, June 2022
• Wild Things, juried exhibition at the Rocky Neck Art Colony August 6 - September 20, 2021
• Juried exhibition, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition from September 12 - October 17, 2021
• Woman Made Gallery, Fourth Annual Midwest Juried show, January 2021
• Resistance: The Exhibition, American University School of Communication, Washington, D.C., Feb 3 - March 30, 2020
• Small Works, Group exhibition, Woman Made Gallery, November - December 2019
• Small Works, Group exhibition, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX. September thru October 2019
• Wichita Falls Museum of Art at MSU Texas, March-May 2019 
• Woman Made Gallery, Second Annual Midwest Juried show, January 2019
• Rfotofolio 2018 Selections https://rfotofolio.org/2018/11/25/2018-rfotofolio-selections/#more-112296
• Latin American Fotografía 7, collective online exhibition, 2018
• Collective exhibition, 58 Women Photographers, Monasterio de Santa Catalina, Arequipa, Peru, May 10 - July 10 2017 
• Curated exhibition, Recollections, New Orleans Photo Alliance June, 2017
• http://hafny.org/group-show-52-alternative-facts, Group show Alternative Facts, Humble Arts
• https://www.printedmatter.org/catalog/10542/ , inclusion of book sold through Printed Matter
• Collective exhibition, INPrint, Photo Méthode Gallery, Honorable Mention, Austin TX, March 2017
• Collective exhibition, Family Portraits, University of Lima, Peru, March 2017
• Collective exhibition, 58 Women Photographers, Torre Tagle, Lima, Peru, January 2017
• Solo Retrospective exhibition, Palace of Torre Tagle, Lima, Peru, October 2016
• BroadCast exhibition at the Keystone Gallery, CA, September 2016
• Featured photographer, Rfotofolio, August 2016
• Featured photographer, October 31, 2015, Lenscratch
• Group Exhibition, Art Intersection, Phoenix AZ, September 2015
• Solo exhibition and catalogue, Monasterio de Santa Catalina, Arequipa, Peru, 2015
• Solo exhibition, Columbia (MS) Arts Council, February - March 2015
• Juried exhibition, Masquerade, New Orleans Photo Alliance, February - April 2014
• Juried exhibition, The Chait Galleries Downtown, Iowa City, IA, February - March 2014
• Featured Photographer, PH Magazine, January 2014
• Solo exhibition, Dittmar Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston IL, June - August 2013
• Solo exhibition and catalogue, Entre Q'alas Y Lonq'os, Museum of Contemporary Art, Arequipa, Peru, March - April 2013
• Group exhibition, Lost & Found, October 2012
• Two-person exhibition, 13, September 2012
• Featured artist, PHOTO/arts Magazine, 13, August 2012
• Permanent exhibition, Entre Q'alas Y Lonq'os, Gallery 591, Sweden, August 2012
• Group exhibition, Urban Landscapes, Chicago, August 2012
• Group exhibition, Curious Encounters, Chicago, July 2012
• Outside the Box, invitational show, June - July 2012
• Group exhibition, CPC, Chicago, July 2012
• Group exhibition, CPC, Chicago, May – June 2012
• 8 Photographers, Artists' Group Show, Urbana, IL March - April 2012
• Featured artist, Landscapes Stories.net, March 16, 2012
• PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, Juried exhibition, In Your Dreams, April - May 2012
• PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, Inclusion in photo book of In Your Dreams
• Kiernan Gallery, Lexington VA, Inclusion in photo book of I Spy, 2012
• Kiernan Gallery, Lexington VA, juried exhibition I Spy, March 2012
• Inclusion My Own Wilderness, International photo book, 2012
• Featured Interview, December 28, 2011, New Landscape Photography,
• Featured photographer, December 20, 2011, Lenscratch
• Featured photographer, November 24, 2011, New Landscape Photography
• Inclusion My Own Wilderness, International photo exhibition, 2011
• 5 x 500: A Camera Phone Image Event, MOCA Jacksonville, Sept. 2011
• Beach Days, 591 online galleries, Stockholm, Sweden, September 2011
• Feature Portfolio. The Magic Bench, Nuestra Mirada, August, 2011
• The Book of Death, Ties that Bind, Brooklyn, NY, August, 2011
• Zone Zero, Blue Eyes online exhibition, participating artist, June 2011
• 365 Days of Print, participating artist, June 2011
• Fatboy Review, a UK online publication, March 2011
• Men & Women, 591 group exhibition, Spring, 2011
• PolaDays, 591 online galleries, Stockholm, Sweden, August 2010
• The Book of Death, CW POST, Long Island University, NY, 2010
• The Book of Death, ABAD Belknap Gallery, New Hampshire, 2010
• The Book of Death, FLUXMUSEUM ABAD, Texas, 2010
• Fluxface in Space, an international exhibition of postcard art flown aboard the last Shuttle Mission. 11/2010 
• Museu Brasileiro da Escultura, Sao Paolo Brazil, Um Livro Sobre A Morte, permanent collection #102, 2010
• Fotoritim, online exhibition of The Magic Bench, as featured American Photographer in Turkish photo magazine Jan. 2010
• Solo exhibition, Recent Work, Wriston Galleries, Lawrence University, Jan - March.2010
• Face to Face: 150 Years of Photographic Portraiture, Phoenix Museum of Art, September 2009 - January 2010
• 591 online galleries, Stockholm, Sweden, featured photographer, October 2009 - February 2010
• The Book of Death, Emily Harvey Gallery, #53, New York City, NY, 2009
• APW postcard show, New York City, NY, 2009
• photoeye, API exhibitor, 2009 - present
• Booksmart Studio exhibition series, juried, Rochester, NY 2009
• Houston Center for Photography, Online exhibitor 2009
• Christopher Art Gallery, Out of the Box
• Columbia College Center for Book and Paper Arts, Invitational collective exhibition
• Rio Hondo Art Gallery Los Angeles, California, Invitational Exhibition, BroadCast
• Columbia College Center for Book and Paper Arts, Invitational collective exhibition
• Artemisia Gallery, Invitational exhibition, Contract On America
• Artemisia Gallery, Solo exhibition, Juicy News: Watching OJ
• Artemisia Gallery, Solo exhibition, The Garden of Me
• Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL, Private Relations 
• Photo National Traveling Exhibition, Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, PA
• Conflict Mailer, Peace Museum
• Museum of Modern Art, Cartagena, Colombia 
• Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL, Benefit Auction
• Centro-Colombo Americano, Medellin, Columbia, Collective exhibition
• Museum of Modern Art of Bucaramanga, Bucaramanga, Columbia
• Daley Civic Center, Chicago, IL, Mother/Daughter Collective exhibition
• Camara de Comercio de Cali, Cali, Columbia
• A.R.C. Gallery, Collective exhibition, poetry recitation, Inappropriate Men
• Centro Colombo–Americano de Medellin, Medellin, Columbia
• Pro–Arts-Guerrilla Girls West, Collective exhibition.
• Infinity Gallery, Governors State University, IL, Solo Exhibition, Threatened Spaces 
• Up Front Gallery, Bloomington, IL, Collective Juried Exhibition, April - May, Best of Show 
• Monkeywrencher Activity, A resistive activity in communities in Illinois
• Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Collective Exhibition
• University Museum of Art, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 
• Franklin University Museum, Columbus, OH, Collective Exhibition
• Master’s Thesis Exhibition, The School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL
• Sarnia Public Library and Art Gallery, London, Ontario, Canada, Group Exhibition 
• Columbia College, Chicago, IL, Video Screening
• Governors State University Art Gallery, University Park, IL, Group Exhibition, Alumni Show
• Ulster Community College, Collective Exhibition
• Gallery of the Ringling Museum of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL, Collective Exhibition
• Bookworks Edition, I.S.C.A., Xerox book mailing
• The School of the Art Institute Gallery, Collective Juried Exhibition, Say It Show
• Traveling Show, Canada, International Society of Copier Artists, Group Exhibition
• The Land Institute, Salina Kansas. May, 1987
• Valparaiso University Museum, Valparaiso, IN, Mueller Hall Commons Gallery
• The School of the Art Institute Gallery, Chicago, IL, Collective Exhibition, Paper Products
• The School of the Art Institute Gallery, Chicago, IL, Juried Exhibition, The Kodak Show
• Public Mural: Stamps, Chicago, IL, Corner of Wacker Drive and Van Buren Street
• Eye Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Collective Juried Exhibition
• Consumer General Sticker Mailing, Chicago, IL, A resistive activity
• Prairie State College Art Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL, Collective Faculty Exhibition
• Photo Center Gallery, Hong Kong, China, Collective Exhibition
• Lightsong Gallery, Tucson, AR, Collective Exhibition
• Inkworks, Chicago, IL, Collective Exhibition
• Laura A. Sprague Gallery, Joliet, IL, Solo Exhibition
• Infinity Gallery, University Park, IL, Solo Exhibition
• Pilsen Chamber of Commerce, Chicago, IL, Two - person Exhibition
• Museum of Science and Industry, Hispanic Arts Festival, Chicago IL

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

• Department of Special Collections and University Archives of the UMass Amherst Libraries, inclusion, 2023
• Dek Unu Magazine, June 2022   https://archive.org/details/dek-unu-magazine-ricketts-jun-2022
• PH Magazine, featured artist, January 2014
• Rangefinder Magazine, featured article, April 2013
• In Your Dreams, April - May 2012
• Roland & Jacques, trade edition, Sara Ranchouse Publishing 1999
• The Pinhole Journal, August 1993.
• Hyphen magazine, 4 short stories and four images, December 1992
• The Peace Release, a Handbill of The Peace Museum, September 1992
• The Pinhole Journal, December 1991
• Nota Bene, full two-page publication of visual piece and verse, Spring 1991
• Artists' Books:
  • Venividivici, 2003
  • Hootchimama 
  • Roland & Jacques, 1998, limited premier edition
  • Night Mother, 1999
  • Harriet Mercer, 1999.
  • Journey to Motherland, 1993
  • Hell-o-rama, 1991.
  • Mother Ache, 1991.
• Review of the curated show Engulfed, Chicago Tribune, February 1991
• Review of the Engulfed show, Lab Notes, Spring 1991
• Chicago Artists' News - interview - June 1990
• Art Papers, January – February 1990 edition, artists' page
• School of the Art Institute Graduate Portfolio, 1989
• School of the Art Institute Graduate Portfolio, 1988
• School of the Art Institute Graduate Portfolio, 1987
• Catalogue of Exhibition, Hong Kong, China, November 1986
• PBS/TV/WGBH Boston’s Frontline publicity, 1986
• School of the Art Institute Graduate Portfolio, 1986
• Joliet Herald News, article and photographs of work, September 1986
• Museum of Science and Industry, Calendar of Events cover photograph, April 1985
• Chicago Sun Times, 1983 - article and photographs of work
• First Exposure, Prairie State College portfolio, 1983 - published photograph

GRANTS:

• University of Chicago Laboratory Schools Summer grant
• Anita L. Mischler Fellowship Award
• Heineman Family Fund Grant, University of Chicago, 1991 - 92
• University of Chicago Laboratory Schools Grant, 1989
• School of the Art Institute of Chicago Grant, Chicago, IL, 1986
• Kodak Grant, Chicago, IL, 1986
• City of Chicago Grant, Chicago, IL - 1985
• Governors State University Foundation Grant, University Park, IL - 1985
• Governors State University Mini-Grant, University Park, IL - 1984

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS:

• Presenter, 17th Annual Festival of the Book, Arequipa, Peru, July 2024
• Artist of the Month, Illinois School, Matteson, April 2014
• University of Illinois, Chicago Visiting Lecturer Fall, 2000
• Bravo Arts Evanston High School Visiting Artist, February 1994
• University of Illinois, Chicago Visiting Lecturer Fall, 1993
• FIL '92, International Book Fair, University of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, Lecturer and Workshop presenter, December 1992
• NALS conference presenter, San Antonio, TX, February 1992
• Bravo Arts, Evanston High School Workshop presenter, February 1992
• Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Columbia College, Chicago, IL, October 1991
• Photographers' Colloquium Lecture Series, University of Illinois, Chicago, Presenter, September 1991
• Curator, Engulfed, an exhibition of student work about the Gulf War, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago IL, February 1991
• WGN-TV Television broadcast of Engulfed exhibition of student work, February 1991

INCLUSION OF WORK:

• Dek Unu, June. 2022
• Rangefinder Magazine, featured article, April 2013
• What's Behind the Red Door? Edgar Miller Retrospective, February 8 - February 19, 2016, Haley Jung and Livia Xie (curators), Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection, Art Institute of Chicago, 6 books included
• Survey of Women Photographers in the US, Nottingham Polytechnic, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, 1990 European City of Culture Festival
• Presentation of work to Anderson Art Ranch and San Francisco Camerawork Exhibitions Committee by Barbara De Genevieve, Summer, 1990
• Lecturer, Associated Colleges of the Midwest, Chicago Semester in the Arts, April 1990 
• Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, March 1990
• Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Columbia College, Chicago, IL. October 1989
• Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Columbia College, Chicago, IL, May 1989
• N.A.M.E. Gallery Education Committee member, Chicago, IL, 1989 - 1990
• University of Illinois, Chicago campus, Lecturer in Photographer’s Colloquium, June 1988 
• The Land Institute, Salina, Kansas, Presenter at the Prairie Festival, May 1988
• Truman College, Chicago, Guest Speaker, February 1988 
• Valparaiso University Museum of Art, Valparaiso, Guest Lecturer, Indiana, January 1988 
• Society for Photographic Education, Midwest Regional Conference, Presenter, November 1987
• WCGO Radio Interview, Guest Speaker, Chicago Heights, IL  May 1987 
• University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL, Guest Lecturer, February 1987
• Laura A. Sprague Gallery, Joliet, IL, Guest Speaker, September 1985

AWARDS/ RECOGNITIONS:

• 22nd Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, Best in Category of Collage, February 2024
• Channel 9 WGN Television interview for student work Duct and Covert
• Emmy nomination as Associate Producer for Frontline’s Chicago: Little Mexico
• Channel 44 interview, December 1992
• National Television Interview of Engulfed, a curated show of student work
• Survey of Women Photographers in the US
• Best of Show Award, Up Front Gallery, April 1990
• Magna cum laude degree in Classics, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY - 1970
• Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities-1970, 1985

MEMBER:

• Shootaplooza, a National Association of Artists /Photographers
• Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL 
•  https://womanmade.org/artwork/liese-a-ricketts/
• Rfotofolio Photographers