Sean Griskenas

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Narrative Vitae

I have combined success in business with a life in the arts. Throughout a career as an executive vice president in scientific/medical publishing, I continued to pursue my experimental innovations.

My experience in business with my expertise in management informed and accommodated the inevitable demands of working in relative obscurity and isolation. It freed me from pressure to conform and allowed me to move, unimpeded in the direction I set myself.

In 2000, I abandoned the business world to focus entirely on painting.

Education

BA Medieval History and BA Plastic & Graphic Arts, UI Chicago, Summa Cum Laude

Master of Arts and MFA in painting UW, Madison, WI, Magna Cum Laude

Exhibits

4Art Inc. Gallery – Chicago, IL 2009

RCM Galleries – Chicago and Springfield, IL 2008
City of Urbino Amministrazione del Patrimonio Legato Albani – Urbino, Italy 2006

Robert Morris College – Chicago, IL 2005

TZ Gallery – Chicago, IL 2004 (group show)

ARC Gallery, Main Gallery – Chicago, IL 2004

Xavier University SXU Gallery – Chicago, IL 2004

Art in the Garden – Joliet, IL 2002 (group show)

Around the Coyote – Chicago, IL 2001

Studio Castellamonte – Torino, Italy 1997

Collections

Permanent

City of Urbino, Patrimonio del Legato Albani – Urbino, Italy

Robert Morris College – Chicago, IL

Urbino Arte Circolo Culturale – Urbino, Italy

TGI Televisone – Pesaro, Italy

Private

Giuliano Rettori – Urbino, Italy

John Vorrasi – Chicago, IL

Signore e Signora GianMatteo Strola – Tornio, Italy

Legacy Realty – Boca Raton, FL

North Central College Library Collection – Naperville, IL

Mrs. Cheryl Rozychi – San Diego, CA

Prof. Mary Becker – Elmwood Park, IL

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gillespie – Chicago, IL

Estate of Mary T. Rausa – Rockford, IL

Mr. and Mrs. William McVey, Chicago, IL