Zallman is a Chicago artist whose 50-year art career art has focused on sculpture and drawing. Since 2004 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, 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.
Education
TYLER SCHOOL OF ART OF TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
B.F.A.; Major Areas: Painting and Drawing
Selected Exhibitions
2 0 2 4
OS PROJECTS; Racine, WI; "What We Leave Behind;" One-person Exhibition
2 0 2 3
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," Group Exhibition
2 0 2 2
IGNITION PROJECT SPACE, Chicago, IL; "reefscollapse" Installation, One-person Exhibition
2 0 2 1
WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY GALLERY, Macomb, Illinois; "Our Plastic Trash" One-person Exhibition
HIGHLAND PARK ART CENTER, Highland Park, IL; "Ephemera, The Power of Impermanence," Group Exhibition
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
2 0 2 0
UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE OF MODERN ART; Chicago, IL "Chicago Sculpture International Biennial 2020" Group Exhibition
GOVERNOR STATE UNIVERSITY; University Park, IL; “In Dialogue;” Group Exhibition
2 0 1 9
VEECK GALLERY AT CATHOLIC THEOLOGICAL UNION; Chicago, IL; The Global Village," Group Exhibition
2 0 1 8
MORRAINE VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Palos Hills, IL; “Complicit” 1-Person Exhibition
2 0 1 7
UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE OF MODERN ART, Chicago IL; "Sedimented" Group Exhibition
2 0 1 5
ZHOU B. ART CENTER, Chicago IL; "Seductive Material" Group Exhibition
KOEHNLINE MUSEUM OF ART, OAKTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE; Des Plaines, IL; “Sculpture Invasion" Group Exhibition
2 0 1 4
THE ELKS HEADQUARTERS; “Invoking the Absence” Group Exhibition
2 0 1 2 – 1 5
ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM AT THE THOMPSON CENTER, Chicago, IL; Traveling to Lockport, Rendlake, and Springfield, IL; “Fragile Relations, Art + Nature + Environment” Group Exhibition
2 0 1 2
EVANSTON ART CENTER, Evanston, IL; “Crossing Wires: Technology and Play” Group Exhibition
2 0 1 1
ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY AND THE COLLEGE OF SAINT BENEDICT GALLERIES; St. Joseph, MN; “Eco Byway” Group Exhibition
2 0 1 0
KOEHNLINE ART MUSEUM, OAKTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Des Plaines, IL; “Sculpture Invasion” Group Exhibition
2 0 0 9
INDIANA UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST; “R We Connctd?” Sculpture by Toby Zallman
MID-SOUTH SCULPTURE ALLIANCE; Conference Group Exhibition
2 0 0 8
FLATFILE GALLERY; Chicago Sculpture International Bienniale
2 0 0 7
KOEHNLINE MUSEUM OF ART, OAKTON COMMUNTY COLLEGE; Des Plaines, IL; “Sculpture Invasion" Group Exhibition
2 0 0 6
PERIMETER GALLERY; Chicago, IL; Group Exhibition
ROCKFORD ART MUSEUM; Rockford, IL; “2006 Rockford Midwestern Exhibit”
2 0 0 2
ELMHURST ART MUSEUM; Elmhurst, Illinois; “Beyond the Surface” Toby Zallman and Barbara Cooper Sculpture
2 0 0 0
GWENDA JAY GALLERY; Chicago, IL; “End of the Rainbow: Following the Ragdale Experience” Group Exhibition
1 9 9 9
PERIMETER GALLERY; Chicago, IL; “Masters of Craft” Group Exhibition
UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE OF MODERN ART; Chicago, IL; “Devotions’ 3-Person Exhibition
1 9 9 8
ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM AT LOCKPORT, Lockport, IL; “From Limb to Limb” Traveling Group Exhibition
1 9 9 7
CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER; Chicago, IL; “Heart of the Matter: Sculpture by Toby Zallman”
PERIMETER GALLERY, Chicago, IL; 2-Person Exhibition
1 9 9 6
EVANSTON ART CENTER, Evanston, IL; ”Evanston & Vicinity Exhibition”
DE PAUL UNIVERSITY, Chicago, IL.; “Why is This Night Different?” Group Exhibition
1 9 9 4
GALLERY 312, Chicago, IL; “Unknown Chicago”
1 9 9 3
ARTEMISIA GALLERY, Chicago, “Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition”
1 9 9 1
QUINCY ARTS CENTER, Quincy, IL; “Sculpture Invitational”
ARTEMISIA GALLERY, Chicago, “Mothers and Daughters’
1 9 9 0
ERIE STREET GALLERY, Chicago; “Media Survey”
1 9 8 9
PAPER PRESS, Chicago; “Toby Zallman–Constructed Paintings & Drawings”
1 9 8 8
ARTEMISIA GALLERY, Chicago; “Fifteenth Anniversary Exhibition”
EVANSTON ART CENTER, Evanston, IL; “Toby Zallman–New Work”
1 9 8 7
BEACON STREET GALLERY, Chicago; “Nine on Nature”
ARTEMISIA GALLERY, Chicago; “Toby Zallman–‘Troubled Terrain’”
1 9 8 5
CONTEMPORARY ART WORKSHOP, Chicago; “5 Figural/5 Abstract”
EVANSTON ART CENTER, Evanston, IL; “Between Painting and Sculpture”
HALLWALLS, Buffalo, NY; “Group Show”
1 9 8 4
ARTEMISIA GALLERY, Chicago; “Toby Zallman–‘Fears and Longings’”
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Chicago; “Alternative Spaces: A History in Chicago”
ARTEMISIA GALLERY, Chicago; “Tenth Anniversary Exhibition”
1 9 8 3
CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY, Chicago; “Artemisia Members”
ARTEMISIA GALLERY, Chicago; “Artemisia Members, A Group Show”
1 9 8 2
ARTEMISIA GALLERY, Chicago; “Toby Zallman–New Paintings”
1 9 8 1
DART GALLERY, Chicago; “Group Show”
ST. LOUIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE–FOREST PARK, St. Louis, MO; “(4) Young Chicago Artists”
ARTEMISIA GALLERY, Chicago; “Toby Zallman–‘Icarus Series’”
THE ALTERNATIVE MUSEUM, New York; “Emerging Artists”
1 9 8 0
CHICAGO COOPERATIVE GALLERIES, Chicago; “6/6 Invitational”
NAME GALLERY, Chicago; “Four Painters”1
1 9 7 9
SUBURBAN FINE ARTS CENTER, Highland Park, IL; “Toby Zallman/Kathy Lehar”
MOMING COLLECTION, Chicago; “All Over the Place” Installation Show
CHICAGO COOPERATIVE GALLERIES, Chicago; “3/3 Invitational”
Awards and Fellowships
2 0 1 9
Individual Artist Program Grant, Chicago of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE)
Artscape Toronto island, Once Upon Water Residency
2 0 1 2
Individual Artist Grant, illinois Arts Council
2 0 0 5, 2 0 0 3, 2 0 0 2, 1 9 9 9, 1 9 9 7, 1 9 9 6, 1 9 9 4
RAGDALE FELLOWSHIP, The Ragdale Foundation Art Colony
1 9 9 5
COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE GRANT, Chicago Office of Fine Arts
1 9 9 0, 1 9 8 9
COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE GRANT, Chicago Office of Fine Arts
1 9 8 5
YADDO FELLOWSHIP, The Yaddo Art Colony
CHAIRMAN’S GRANT, Illinois Arts Council
1 9 8 2, 1 9 8 0
PROJECT COMPLETION GRANT, Illinois Arts Council
1 9 7 9
MACDOWELL FELLOWSHIP, The MacDowell Colony
Commissions
1 9 8 3
NATIONAL BOULEVARD BANK, Chicago;“Crane’s Dance” Four large-scale pieces on a 40-foot wall
Education
TYLER SCHOOL OF ART OF TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
B.F.A.; Major Areas: Painting and Drawing
Selected Exhibitions
2 0 2 4
OS PROJECTS; Racine, WI; "What We Leave Behind;" One-person Exhibition
2 0 2 3
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," Group Exhibition
2 0 2 2
IGNITION PROJECT SPACE, Chicago, IL; "reefscollapse" Installation, One-person Exhibition
2 0 2 1
WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY GALLERY, Macomb, Illinois; "Our Plastic Trash" One-person Exhibition
HIGHLAND PARK ART CENTER, Highland Park, IL; "Ephemera, The Power of Impermanence," Group Exhibition
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
2 0 2 0
UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE OF MODERN ART; Chicago, IL "Chicago Sculpture International Biennial 2020" Group Exhibition
GOVERNOR STATE UNIVERSITY; University Park, IL; “In Dialogue;” Group Exhibition
2 0 1 9
VEECK GALLERY AT CATHOLIC THEOLOGICAL UNION; Chicago, IL; The Global Village," Group Exhibition
2 0 1 8
MORRAINE VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Palos Hills, IL; “Complicit” 1-Person Exhibition
2 0 1 7
UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE OF MODERN ART, Chicago IL; "Sedimented" Group Exhibition
2 0 1 5
ZHOU B. ART CENTER, Chicago IL; "Seductive Material" Group Exhibition
KOEHNLINE MUSEUM OF ART, OAKTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE; Des Plaines, IL; “Sculpture Invasion" Group Exhibition
2 0 1 4
THE ELKS HEADQUARTERS; “Invoking the Absence” Group Exhibition
2 0 1 2 – 1 5
ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM AT THE THOMPSON CENTER, Chicago, IL; Traveling to Lockport, Rendlake, and Springfield, IL; “Fragile Relations, Art + Nature + Environment” Group Exhibition
2 0 1 2
EVANSTON ART CENTER, Evanston, IL; “Crossing Wires: Technology and Play” Group Exhibition
2 0 1 1
ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY AND THE COLLEGE OF SAINT BENEDICT GALLERIES; St. Joseph, MN; “Eco Byway” Group Exhibition
2 0 1 0
KOEHNLINE ART MUSEUM, OAKTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Des Plaines, IL; “Sculpture Invasion” Group Exhibition
2 0 0 9
INDIANA UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST; “R We Connctd?” Sculpture by Toby Zallman
MID-SOUTH SCULPTURE ALLIANCE; Conference Group Exhibition
2 0 0 8
FLATFILE GALLERY; Chicago Sculpture International Bienniale
2 0 0 7
KOEHNLINE MUSEUM OF ART, OAKTON COMMUNTY COLLEGE; Des Plaines, IL; “Sculpture Invasion" Group Exhibition
2 0 0 6
PERIMETER GALLERY; Chicago, IL; Group Exhibition
ROCKFORD ART MUSEUM; Rockford, IL; “2006 Rockford Midwestern Exhibit”
2 0 0 2
ELMHURST ART MUSEUM; Elmhurst, Illinois; “Beyond the Surface” Toby Zallman and Barbara Cooper Sculpture
2 0 0 0
GWENDA JAY GALLERY; Chicago, IL; “End of the Rainbow: Following the Ragdale Experience” Group Exhibition
1 9 9 9
PERIMETER GALLERY; Chicago, IL; “Masters of Craft” Group Exhibition
UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE OF MODERN ART; Chicago, IL; “Devotions’ 3-Person Exhibition
1 9 9 8
ILLINOIS STATE MUSEUM AT LOCKPORT, Lockport, IL; “From Limb to Limb” Traveling Group Exhibition
1 9 9 7
CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER; Chicago, IL; “Heart of the Matter: Sculpture by Toby Zallman”
PERIMETER GALLERY, Chicago, IL; 2-Person Exhibition
1 9 9 6
EVANSTON ART CENTER, Evanston, IL; ”Evanston & Vicinity Exhibition”
DE PAUL UNIVERSITY, Chicago, IL.; “Why is This Night Different?” Group Exhibition
1 9 9 4
GALLERY 312, Chicago, IL; “Unknown Chicago”
1 9 9 3
ARTEMISIA GALLERY, Chicago, “Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition”
1 9 9 1
QUINCY ARTS CENTER, Quincy, IL; “Sculpture Invitational”
ARTEMISIA GALLERY, Chicago, “Mothers and Daughters’
1 9 9 0
ERIE STREET GALLERY, Chicago; “Media Survey”
1 9 8 9
PAPER PRESS, Chicago; “Toby Zallman–Constructed Paintings & Drawings”
1 9 8 8
ARTEMISIA GALLERY, Chicago; “Fifteenth Anniversary Exhibition”
EVANSTON ART CENTER, Evanston, IL; “Toby Zallman–New Work”
1 9 8 7
BEACON STREET GALLERY, Chicago; “Nine on Nature”
ARTEMISIA GALLERY, Chicago; “Toby Zallman–‘Troubled Terrain’”
1 9 8 5
CONTEMPORARY ART WORKSHOP, Chicago; “5 Figural/5 Abstract”
EVANSTON ART CENTER, Evanston, IL; “Between Painting and Sculpture”
HALLWALLS, Buffalo, NY; “Group Show”
1 9 8 4
ARTEMISIA GALLERY, Chicago; “Toby Zallman–‘Fears and Longings’”
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Chicago; “Alternative Spaces: A History in Chicago”
ARTEMISIA GALLERY, Chicago; “Tenth Anniversary Exhibition”
1 9 8 3
CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY, Chicago; “Artemisia Members”
ARTEMISIA GALLERY, Chicago; “Artemisia Members, A Group Show”
1 9 8 2
ARTEMISIA GALLERY, Chicago; “Toby Zallman–New Paintings”
1 9 8 1
DART GALLERY, Chicago; “Group Show”
ST. LOUIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE–FOREST PARK, St. Louis, MO; “(4) Young Chicago Artists”
ARTEMISIA GALLERY, Chicago; “Toby Zallman–‘Icarus Series’”
THE ALTERNATIVE MUSEUM, New York; “Emerging Artists”
1 9 8 0
CHICAGO COOPERATIVE GALLERIES, Chicago; “6/6 Invitational”
NAME GALLERY, Chicago; “Four Painters”1
1 9 7 9
SUBURBAN FINE ARTS CENTER, Highland Park, IL; “Toby Zallman/Kathy Lehar”
MOMING COLLECTION, Chicago; “All Over the Place” Installation Show
CHICAGO COOPERATIVE GALLERIES, Chicago; “3/3 Invitational”
Awards and Fellowships
2 0 1 9
Individual Artist Program Grant, Chicago of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE)
Artscape Toronto island, Once Upon Water Residency
2 0 1 2
Individual Artist Grant, illinois Arts Council
2 0 0 5, 2 0 0 3, 2 0 0 2, 1 9 9 9, 1 9 9 7, 1 9 9 6, 1 9 9 4
RAGDALE FELLOWSHIP, The Ragdale Foundation Art Colony
1 9 9 5
COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE GRANT, Chicago Office of Fine Arts
1 9 9 0, 1 9 8 9
COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE GRANT, Chicago Office of Fine Arts
1 9 8 5
YADDO FELLOWSHIP, The Yaddo Art Colony
CHAIRMAN’S GRANT, Illinois Arts Council
1 9 8 2, 1 9 8 0
PROJECT COMPLETION GRANT, Illinois Arts Council
1 9 7 9
MACDOWELL FELLOWSHIP, The MacDowell Colony
Commissions
1 9 8 3
NATIONAL BOULEVARD BANK, Chicago;“Crane’s Dance” Four large-scale pieces on a 40-foot wall
