Frank Connet
6140 W. North Ave. Chicago, IL 60639, (773) 517-8217
www.frankconnet.com
EDUCATION
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City Missouri, BFA, 1983
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 The Work of Frank Connet, Art Works Chicago
Metropolitan Capital, Chicago, IL
2015 Topography of Tension: Frank Connet
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
2012 Semblance
Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, IL
2011 Process and Revelation
Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
Indigo and Shibori - History and the Individual
Elgin Community College, Elgin, Il
2009 Blue Divide: New Work in Indigo
Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007 Clamped and Bound
Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 Frank Connet: New Textile Work
Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 Frank Connet Textiles
Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004 Memories of Tomorrow
Flatfile Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003 Split Forms
C.G. Jung Institute, Evanston, IL
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024 Making Space
Alma Art, Chicago, Il
Curated by Mark Ballogg
Agency: Craft in Chicago from the 1970's-80s and Beyond
Ukrainian Museum of Modern Art, Chicago, Il
Curated by Adrienne Kochman.
2022 InterTextura
Chicago Mosaic School, Chicago, IL
InQUEERY: 4 ALT/REALITIES
Center on Halsted, Chicago, IL
Unseen: Frank Connet, Gene Skala, Doug Stapleton,
Michelle Stone, Rebecca Wolfram
3D4D Gallery, Chicago, IL
2021 Agave! Curated by Kiff Slemmons and Trine Ellitsgaard
Epiphany Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL
Biomorphic: Beth Herman Adler, Frank Connet and Jeanine Coupe Ryding
Christopher Art Gallery, Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL
2020 Biomorphic (virtual), Beth Herman Adler, Frank Connet and
Jeanine Coupe Ryding
Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL
2019 Art In Embassies Exhibition
American Embassy, Tunis, Tunisia
Water
Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts, Cedarburg, WI
2017 Spectrum
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
2016 Axiom: Frank Connet, Anne McGinn and Lialia Kuchma
Ukrainian Museum of Modern Art, Chicago, IL
2015 Brink: Frank Connet, Ted Stanuga, Doug Stapleton
Curated by Amy King, Matthew Rachman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Return of the Exquisite Corpse
Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL
Miniartextil, Foundation of the United States
International University, Paris, France
2014 GEA: ARTE&ARTE Miniartextil 2014
Villa Olmo, Como, Italy, winner of the Ratti Purchase Award.
Material Possessions
Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN
Calder: Exhuming Influences
Elgin Community College, Curated by Ed Krantz
35 Years of Public Art
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, Curated by Nathan Mason
REFINED VIII: Maker’s Choice
The Cole Art Center, SFA State University, Nacogdoches, Texas;
Cindi Strauss Jurer, third place award.
New Weaves: Sculptural Basketry
Blue Door Art Center, Yonkers, New York
2013 Warp and Weft: Deviations Away From the Woven Image
University of Chicago Medical Center Gallery, Chicago, IL
Organic Connections: Three Artists
Jeffery Leder Gallery, Long Island City, NY
Mnemonikos: Art of Memory in Contemporary Textiles
Jim Thompson Art Center, Bangkok, Thailand
2012 Art in Embassies
Exhibition and purchase, American Embassy, Lusaka, Zambia
FiberArt International 2013
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts (traveling)
2011 Energy Nexus: Art Informs Shibori
International Shibori Symposium, Hong Kong, Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Stories in Cloth; The Threads of Daily Life
Dr. May Weber Collection, Loyola University Museum of Art
2010 Contemporary Fiber Art: A Selection from the Permanent Collection
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Featured Objects: Frank Connet
Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
The Weight of Black
Penland Gallery, Penland, NC
Restoration
516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM
2009 Art Works Chicago: Frank Connet & Judith Geichmann
Metropolitan Capital Bank, Chicago, IL
2008 Chicago Connection: The Four Artist Project
Ossia Fine Arts Space, Chicago, IL
Material Difference Post Script Exhibition
Hinsdale Center for the Arts, Hinsdale, IL
Penland School Instructors Exhibition
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
2007 Material Difference
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
2006 Silk Road Oasis
Illinois Artisan Program, Chicago Tourism Center, Chicago, IL
Frank Connet & Jiro Yonezawa
Jane Sauer Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2005 Nature’s Color-Contemporary Textiles- Connet, Feldman and Klos,
Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL
Fiberart International 2004
Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
2004 Gift, Bequest, and Purchase: A Selection of Textile Acquisitions,
1998-
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Fiberology: Six Extraordinary Contemporary Fiber Artists
Montgomery College Art Gallery, Rockville, MD
Fiberart International 2004
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Fiberart International 2004
Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY
Sublime Beauty
online gallery, fiberscene.com
2003 Crafts National
Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
SOFA Chicago 2003
Heltzer Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Raking Stones: Four Artist Reflecting the Japanese Aesthetic
Fontbonne University Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Invitational Floor Mat Design Exhibition
Union Station, Surface Design Conference, Kansas City, MO
2002 Craft USA 2002
Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
SOFA Chicago 2002
Heltzer Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Earth Tones
Brunnier Gallery, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Group show
Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2001 Japanese Inspirations
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
SOFA Chicago 2001
Heltzer Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Musings: Contemporizing Tradition
Gallery 312, Chicago, IL
Fiberart International 2001
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Fiber Direction 2001
Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KN
SOFA Chicago 2000
Heltzer Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
City of Chicago, Chicago Police Headquarters, Chicago, IL (% for art commission)
De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Museum of Art & Design, New York, NY
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
Elgin Community College collection, Elgin, IL
MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, IL
Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon MI
The University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center, Ann Arbor, MI
Vedder Price, Washington D.C.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Axiom, Frank Connet, Anne McGinn and Lialia Kuchma, exhibition catalog, 2016
Artsyle.com, Artist interview, July 27, 2007
Chicago Tribune Newspaper, review by Alan Artner, November 24, 2006
“Material Difference” Exhibition Catalog, curated by Polly Ullrich, 2006, pgs. 32, 36
Art Letter, on-line magazine, review by Paul Klein, November 3, 2006
“Woven Shibori”, Catherine Ellis (book), published 2005, Interweave Press, pg. 9
Fiberarts Magazine, review by Victor Cassidy, March, 2005
Chicago Sun-Times Newspaper, review by Keven Nance, November 1, 2005, pg. 51
Fiberart International Exhibition catalog, 2004, pg. 23
Chicago Reader Newspaper, review by Fred Camper, January 25, 2002, pg. 23
Surface Design Journal, artist’s profile, fall 2002, pgs. 26-33
Fiberart International Exhibition catalog, 2001, pg. 11
Architectural Digest Magazine, artist’s profile, September 2001, pg. 190
Chicago Reader Newspaper, artist’s profile, February 25, 2000
Fiberarts Magazine, artist’s profile, November/December 2000, pg. 9
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2016, Textile Study Group of New York, artist’s talk.
2010, Teaching, "Exploring Indigo Through Shibori"
Penland School of Craft, Penland, North Carolina
2008, Teaching, "Exploring Indigo Through Shibori"
Penland School of Craft, Penland, North Carolina
“Soft Life” Curated by Frank Connet and Alison Peters, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
Kansas City Art Institute, Visiting artist
Chicago Critics on Chicago Art, Art Chicago 2003, Navy Pier, Slide presentation by Fred Camper
Visiting Artist, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
Visiting artist, Southern Illinois University, Fiber Department, Edwardsville, IL
Home and Garden Television (HGTV), Artist Profile
6140 W. North Ave. Chicago, IL 60639, (773) 517-8217
www.frankconnet.com
EDUCATION
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City Missouri, BFA, 1983
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 The Work of Frank Connet, Art Works Chicago
Metropolitan Capital, Chicago, IL
2015 Topography of Tension: Frank Connet
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
2012 Semblance
Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, IL
2011 Process and Revelation
Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
Indigo and Shibori - History and the Individual
Elgin Community College, Elgin, Il
2009 Blue Divide: New Work in Indigo
Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007 Clamped and Bound
Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 Frank Connet: New Textile Work
Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 Frank Connet Textiles
Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004 Memories of Tomorrow
Flatfile Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003 Split Forms
C.G. Jung Institute, Evanston, IL
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024 Making Space
Alma Art, Chicago, Il
Curated by Mark Ballogg
Agency: Craft in Chicago from the 1970's-80s and Beyond
Ukrainian Museum of Modern Art, Chicago, Il
Curated by Adrienne Kochman.
2022 InterTextura
Chicago Mosaic School, Chicago, IL
InQUEERY: 4 ALT/REALITIES
Center on Halsted, Chicago, IL
Unseen: Frank Connet, Gene Skala, Doug Stapleton,
Michelle Stone, Rebecca Wolfram
3D4D Gallery, Chicago, IL
2021 Agave! Curated by Kiff Slemmons and Trine Ellitsgaard
Epiphany Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL
Biomorphic: Beth Herman Adler, Frank Connet and Jeanine Coupe Ryding
Christopher Art Gallery, Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL
2020 Biomorphic (virtual), Beth Herman Adler, Frank Connet and
Jeanine Coupe Ryding
Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL
2019 Art In Embassies Exhibition
American Embassy, Tunis, Tunisia
Water
Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts, Cedarburg, WI
2017 Spectrum
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
2016 Axiom: Frank Connet, Anne McGinn and Lialia Kuchma
Ukrainian Museum of Modern Art, Chicago, IL
2015 Brink: Frank Connet, Ted Stanuga, Doug Stapleton
Curated by Amy King, Matthew Rachman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Return of the Exquisite Corpse
Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL
Miniartextil, Foundation of the United States
International University, Paris, France
2014 GEA: ARTE&ARTE Miniartextil 2014
Villa Olmo, Como, Italy, winner of the Ratti Purchase Award.
Material Possessions
Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN
Calder: Exhuming Influences
Elgin Community College, Curated by Ed Krantz
35 Years of Public Art
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, Curated by Nathan Mason
REFINED VIII: Maker’s Choice
The Cole Art Center, SFA State University, Nacogdoches, Texas;
Cindi Strauss Jurer, third place award.
New Weaves: Sculptural Basketry
Blue Door Art Center, Yonkers, New York
2013 Warp and Weft: Deviations Away From the Woven Image
University of Chicago Medical Center Gallery, Chicago, IL
Organic Connections: Three Artists
Jeffery Leder Gallery, Long Island City, NY
Mnemonikos: Art of Memory in Contemporary Textiles
Jim Thompson Art Center, Bangkok, Thailand
2012 Art in Embassies
Exhibition and purchase, American Embassy, Lusaka, Zambia
FiberArt International 2013
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts (traveling)
2011 Energy Nexus: Art Informs Shibori
International Shibori Symposium, Hong Kong, Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Stories in Cloth; The Threads of Daily Life
Dr. May Weber Collection, Loyola University Museum of Art
2010 Contemporary Fiber Art: A Selection from the Permanent Collection
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Featured Objects: Frank Connet
Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
The Weight of Black
Penland Gallery, Penland, NC
Restoration
516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM
2009 Art Works Chicago: Frank Connet & Judith Geichmann
Metropolitan Capital Bank, Chicago, IL
2008 Chicago Connection: The Four Artist Project
Ossia Fine Arts Space, Chicago, IL
Material Difference Post Script Exhibition
Hinsdale Center for the Arts, Hinsdale, IL
Penland School Instructors Exhibition
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
2007 Material Difference
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
2006 Silk Road Oasis
Illinois Artisan Program, Chicago Tourism Center, Chicago, IL
Frank Connet & Jiro Yonezawa
Jane Sauer Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2005 Nature’s Color-Contemporary Textiles- Connet, Feldman and Klos,
Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL
Fiberart International 2004
Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
2004 Gift, Bequest, and Purchase: A Selection of Textile Acquisitions,
1998-
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Fiberology: Six Extraordinary Contemporary Fiber Artists
Montgomery College Art Gallery, Rockville, MD
Fiberart International 2004
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Fiberart International 2004
Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY
Sublime Beauty
online gallery, fiberscene.com
2003 Crafts National
Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
SOFA Chicago 2003
Heltzer Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Raking Stones: Four Artist Reflecting the Japanese Aesthetic
Fontbonne University Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Invitational Floor Mat Design Exhibition
Union Station, Surface Design Conference, Kansas City, MO
2002 Craft USA 2002
Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
SOFA Chicago 2002
Heltzer Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Earth Tones
Brunnier Gallery, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Group show
Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2001 Japanese Inspirations
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
SOFA Chicago 2001
Heltzer Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Musings: Contemporizing Tradition
Gallery 312, Chicago, IL
Fiberart International 2001
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Fiber Direction 2001
Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KN
SOFA Chicago 2000
Heltzer Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
City of Chicago, Chicago Police Headquarters, Chicago, IL (% for art commission)
De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Museum of Art & Design, New York, NY
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
Elgin Community College collection, Elgin, IL
MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, IL
Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon MI
The University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center, Ann Arbor, MI
Vedder Price, Washington D.C.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Axiom, Frank Connet, Anne McGinn and Lialia Kuchma, exhibition catalog, 2016
Artsyle.com, Artist interview, July 27, 2007
Chicago Tribune Newspaper, review by Alan Artner, November 24, 2006
“Material Difference” Exhibition Catalog, curated by Polly Ullrich, 2006, pgs. 32, 36
Art Letter, on-line magazine, review by Paul Klein, November 3, 2006
“Woven Shibori”, Catherine Ellis (book), published 2005, Interweave Press, pg. 9
Fiberarts Magazine, review by Victor Cassidy, March, 2005
Chicago Sun-Times Newspaper, review by Keven Nance, November 1, 2005, pg. 51
Fiberart International Exhibition catalog, 2004, pg. 23
Chicago Reader Newspaper, review by Fred Camper, January 25, 2002, pg. 23
Surface Design Journal, artist’s profile, fall 2002, pgs. 26-33
Fiberart International Exhibition catalog, 2001, pg. 11
Architectural Digest Magazine, artist’s profile, September 2001, pg. 190
Chicago Reader Newspaper, artist’s profile, February 25, 2000
Fiberarts Magazine, artist’s profile, November/December 2000, pg. 9
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2016, Textile Study Group of New York, artist’s talk.
2010, Teaching, "Exploring Indigo Through Shibori"
Penland School of Craft, Penland, North Carolina
2008, Teaching, "Exploring Indigo Through Shibori"
Penland School of Craft, Penland, North Carolina
“Soft Life” Curated by Frank Connet and Alison Peters, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
Kansas City Art Institute, Visiting artist
Chicago Critics on Chicago Art, Art Chicago 2003, Navy Pier, Slide presentation by Fred Camper
Visiting Artist, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
Visiting artist, Southern Illinois University, Fiber Department, Edwardsville, IL
Home and Garden Television (HGTV), Artist Profile
