Zallman is a Chicago artist whose 50-year art career art has focused on sculpture and drawing. Since 2014
she has used plastics in her sculpture and as inspiration for her drawings. Her art works shed light on the environmental devastation caused by our culture of consumerism. She has shown locally and nationally.“What We Leave Behind,” was a survey of works from 2018-2024 at OS Projects, Racine WI. She received
a 2022 Puffin Foundation grant, Illinois Arts Council grants in 2021, 1985, 1982, and 1980 and an Artist Grant from Chicago’s Dept. of Cultural Affairs in 2019. Her residencies include the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo,
and Ragdale.
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zart@tobyzallman.com (e-mail)
www.tobyzallman.com (website)
Born 1952
Lives/works Chicago, IL
Education
TYLER SCHOOL OF ART OF TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1974 B.F.A.; Major Areas: Painting and Drawing
Solo Exhibitions
2024
OS PROJECTS; Racine, WI; "What We Leave Behind," Survey of Works | 2018–2024
2022
IGNITION PROJECT SPACE; Chicago, Illinois; "reefscollapse"
2021
WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY GALLERY; Macomb, IL; "Our Plastic Trash"
2018
MORRAINE VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE; Palos Hills, IL; “Complicit”
2009
INDIANA UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST; Gary, IN; “R We Connctd?” Sculpture by Toby Zallman
1997
CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER; Chicago, IL; “Heart of the Matter: Sculpture by Toby Zallman”
1988
EVANSTON ART CENTER; Evanston, IL; “Toby Zallman–New Work”
1987
ARTEMISIA GALLERY; Chicago, IL; “Toby Zallman—‘Troubled Terrain’”
1984
ARTEMISIA GALLERY; Chicago, IL; “Toby Zallman—‘Fears and Longings’”
1982
ARTEMISIA GALLERY; Chicago, IL; “Toby Zallman—New Paintings”
1981
ARTEMISIA GALLERY; Chicago, IL; “Toby Zallman—‘Icarus Series’”
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
EVANSTON ART CENTER; Evanston, IL; "Dialogue Out Loud"
2023
HUNT GALLERY, WEBSTER UNIVERSITY; Webster Groves, MO; "Plastic Capital;" Five-person Exhibition
EVANSTON ART CENTER; Evanston, IL; "Transformations; " Three-person Exhibition
PRAIRIE STATE COLLEGE CHRISTOPHER ART GALLERY; Chicago Heights, IL; "Transcending," Three-person Exhibition
BRIDGEPORT ART CENTER; Chicago, IL; "Environment/S/Tallation"
2021
HIGHLAND PARK ART CENTER; Highland Park, IL; "Ephemera, The Power of Impermanence"
SCULPTORS ALLIANCE; New York, NY; "Up-cycling Detritus" Group on-line Exhibition
ENVISION ARTS; Denton; Texas; "Black + White IV" Group on-line Exhibition
Al•ter•Work Studios; Long Island City, NY; "Ecological: Healing Nature" Group on-line Exhibition
2020
UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE OF MODERN ART; Chicago, IL; "Chicago Sculpture International Biennial 2020"
GOVERNOR STATE UNIVERSITY; University Park, IL; “In Dialogue”
2019
Veeck Gallery at Catholic Theological Union; chicago, IL; "The Global Village,"
2018
HYDE PARK ART CENTER, Chicago, IL: “The Art of Being Dangerous”
2017
UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE OF MODERN ART; Chicago, IL; “Sedimented” Four-person Exhibition; Catalog
2015
ZHOU B. ART CENTER; Chicago IL; “Seductive Material”
KOEHNLINE MUSEUM OF ART, OAKTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE; Des Plaines, IL; “Sculpture Invasion,” Catalog
BLOOMINGDALE PARK DISTRICT MUSEUM; Bloomingdale, IL; “Landfills”
2014
The Elks Headquarters; Chicago, IL; “Invoking the Absence” Catalog
2012–15
ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM AT THE THOMPSON CENTER; Chicago, IL; Traveled to Lockport, Rendlake, and Springfield, IL;
“Fragile Relations, Art + Nature + Environment” Catalog
2012
EVANSTON ART CENTER; Evanston, IL; “Crossing Wires: Technology and Play”
2011
ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY AND THE COLLEGE OF SAINT BENEDICT GALLERIES; St. Joseph, MN; “Eco Byway”
2010
KOEHNLINE ART MUSEUM, OAKTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE; Des Plaines, IL; “Sculpture Invasion”
2009
INDIANA UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST; Gary, IN; “R We Connctd?” Sculpture by Toby Zallman
MID-SOUTH SCULPTURE ALLIANCE; Chattanooga, TN; Conference Exhibition
2008
FLATFILE GALLERY; Chicago, IL; Chicago Sculpture International Biennial; Catalog
2007
KOEHNLINE ART MUSEUM, OAKTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE; Des Plaines, IL, “Sculpture Invasion” Catalog
2006
PERIMETER GALLERY; Chicago, IL; Group Exhibition
JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ARTS CENTER; Sheboygan, WI; “Rebooted: Life After E-Junk”
ROCKFORD ART MUSEUM; “Rockford Midwestern Exhibition”
2002
ELMHURST ART MUSEUM; Elmhurst, IL, “Beyond the Surface” Toby Zallman and Barbara Cooper, Sculpture
2000
GWENDA JAY GALLERY; Chicago, IL; “End of the Rainbow: Following the Ragdale Experience”
1999
PERIMETER GALLERY; Chicago, IL; “Masters of Craft”
UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE OF MODERN ART; Chicago, IL; “Devotions” 3-Person Show
1998–99
ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM AT LOCKPORT; Lockport, IL; “From Limb to Limb” Traveling Group Exhibition; Catalog
1997
PERIMETER GALLERY; Chicago, IL; Two-Person Exhibition
1996
EVANSTON ART CENTER; Evanston, IL; “Evanston & Vicinity Show”
DE PAUL UNIVERSITY; Chicago, IL.; “Why is This Night Different?”
1994
GALLERY 312; Chicago, IL; “Unknown Chicago”
1993
ARTEMISIA GALLERY; Chicago, IL; “Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition”
1991
QUINCY ARTS CENTER; Quincy, IL; “Sculpture Invitational”
ARTEMISIA GALLERY; Chicago, IL; “Mothers and Daughters’
1990
ERIE STREET GALLERY, Chicago, IL; “Media Survey”
1989
PAPER PRESS; Chicago, IL; “Toby Zallman–Constructed Paintings & Drawings”
1988
ARTEMISIA GALLERY; Chicago, IL; “Fifteenth Anniversary Exhibition”
1987
BEACON STREET GALLERY; Chicago, IL; “Nine on Nature”
1985
EVANSTON ART CENTER; Evanston, IL; “Between Painting and Sculpture”
HALLWALLS; Buffalo, NY; “Group Exhibition”
1984
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART; Chicago, IL; “Alternative Spaces: A History in Chicago”
ARTEMISIA GALLERY; Chicago; “Tenth Anniversary Exhibition”
1983
CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY; Chicago, IL; “Artemisia Members”
ARTEMISIA GALLERY; Chicago, IL; “Artemisia Members”
1981
DART GALLERY; Chicago, IL; “Group Exhibition”
ST. LOUIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE–FOREST PARK; St. Louis, MO; “(4) Young Chicago Artists”
THE ALTERNATIVE MUSEUM; New York; “Emerging Artists;” Catalog
1980
CHICAGO COOPERATIVE GALLERIES; Chicago, IL; “6/6 Invitational”
NAME GALLERY; Chicago, IL; “Four Painters”
1977
SUBURBAN FINE ARTS CENTER; Highland Park, IL; “Toby Zallman/Kathy Lehar”
MOMING COLLECTION; Chicago, IL; “All Over the Place” Installation Exhibition
CHICAGO COOPERATIVE GALLERIES; Chicago, IL; “3/3 Invitational”
Lectures/Panels/ Presentations
2022
Horasis USA Meeting; Panelist: The Arts—Curating Fragile Nature
2021
Pivot Projects; UK; Toby Zallman—Meet the Artist
2016
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL; “Detours, Dead Ends and the Motherlode”
Awards and Fellowships
2023
BUINHO ARTIST RESIDENCY; Portugal; Awarded residency. Unable to attend due to contracting Covid.
2022
PUFFIN FOUNDATION GRANT
2021
ARTIST PROJECT GRANT; Illinois Arts Council
2019
INDIVIDUAL ARTIST PROGRAM GRANT; City of Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE)
ARTSCAPE GIBRALTER POINT; Toronto Island; Residency
2012
INDIVIDUAL ARTIST GRANT; Illinois Arts Council
2009, 2005, 2003, 2001, 1999, 1997, 1996, 1994
RAGDALE FELLOWSHIP; The Ragdale Foundation Art Colony
1995, 1990, 1989
COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE GRANT; Chicago Office of Fine Arts
1985
YADDO FELLOWSHIP; The Yaddo Art Colony
CHAIRMAN’S GRANT; Illinois Arts Council
1982, 1980
PROJECT COMPLETION GRANT; Illinois Arts Council
1979
MACDOWELL FELLOWSHIP; The MacDowell Colony
Commissions
1983
NATIONAL BOULEVARD BANK; Chicago, IL; “Crane’s Dance” Four large-scale constructed paintings installed on a 40-foot wall
Bibliography
2017
UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE OF MODERN ART; Chicago, IL; "Sedimented;" Catalog
2015 and 2007
KOEHNLINE MUSEUM OF ART, OAKTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE; Des Plaines, IL; “Sculpture Invasion;” Catalog
2014
Illinois Issues, http://wuis.org/topic/illinois-issues-0#stream/0, Art show glorifies the environment
2012
ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM; Chicago, IL; “Fragile Relations, Art + Nature + Environment;” Catalog
The Elks Headquarters; Chicago, IL; “Invoking the Absence” Catalog
2008
FLATFILE GALLERY; Chicago, IL; Chicago Sculpture International Biennial;" Catalog
1998
ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM; Lockport, IL; “From Limb to Limb”; Catalog
1981
THE ALTERNATIVE MUSEUM; New York; “Emerging Artists;” Catalog
Corporate Collections
AKZO CHEMIE; Chicago, IL
ARAPAHOE JUSTICE CENTER; Denver, CO
BAKER, KNAPP & TUBBS CO.; Chicago, IL
FORSYTHE, McARTHUR ASSOC., INC.; Skokie, IL
HOME INSURANCE COMPANY; New York
JOVAN CORP.; Chicago, IL
MAC NEIL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL; Berwyn, IL
MACY’S; Chicago, IL
MICHAEL REESE HOSPITAL; Chicago, IL
RICHARD MORTON COMPANY; Lisle, IL
NORTH SHORE OUTPATIENT TREATMENT CENTER; Evanston, IL
WESTERN NATIONAL BANK; Cicero, IL