christopher meerdo
cmeerdo at gmail dot com
EDUCATION
| 2011 | MFA Photography, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois |
| 2003 | BFA Photography, Cum Laude, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan |
AWARDS/GRANTS/RESIDENCIES
| 2010 | Artist in Residence, Ox-Bow, Saugatuck, Michigan |
| 2009 | Provost’s Award for Graduate Research, University of Illinois at Chicago |
| Teaching Assistant Fellowship, Department of Photography, University of Illinois at Chicago | |
| Individual Artists Grant, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Illinois Arts Council | |
| 2005 | Acquisitions Award, Biennial 23, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, Indiana |
| Individual Artists Grant, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Illinois Arts Council |
EXHIBITIONS
| 2010 | ArtPrize, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, Michigan (upcoming) |
| Christopher Meerdo: Reiteraton, Harper College, Palatine, Illinois (upcoming) | |
| Union League Civic & Arts Foundation, Chicago, Illinois | |
| UIC MFA GOLD, NEXT Art Fair, Chicago, Illinois | |
| 2009 | Aspect Ratio, Plaines Project, Chicago, Illinois |
| Over The Top, Walsh Gallery, Chicago, Illinois | |
| Chicago Gardens: Past and Present (curated by Nathan Mason), Chicago Tourism Center, Chicago, Illinois | |
| Response: Art and the Art of Criticism, I-Space, Chicago, Illinois | |
| 2008 | The 2nd Annual Mary Beth Cregier Memorial Photo Exhibition (juried by Catherine Edelman), Around The Coyote, Chicago, Illinois |
| Faketure Short Film Festival, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, Illinois | |
| 2007 | Just Good Art, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Illinois |
| Faketure Short Film Festival, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, Illinois | |
| 2006 | Martial Arts, Seattle, Washington |
| Fotowerks 2006, Flatfile Gallery, Chicago, Illinois | |
| Video Laundry, Mess Hall, Chicago, Illinois | |
| Transmedia:29:59, Year Zero One, video billboard at Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto, Canada | |
| 2005 | Experiment 400/5, Gallery 400, Chicago, Illinois |
| NOW Festival, TV Sky, storefront projection, Nottingham, England | |
| Chicago Artists Month, Walsh Gallery, Chicago, Illinois | |
| The Chicago Solutions Show (juried by James Rondeau), ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois | |
| Biennial 23 (juried by Aron Packer), South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, Indiana | |
| Fear, Trampoline House, featured online artist, Brooklyn, New York | |
| Christopher Meerdo and Joseph Reihsen, Damen Studio, Chicago, Illinois | |
| Vice Grip, Hoken Gallery, Chicago, Illinois | |
| 2004 | Promise Land, Fluxcore, Chicago, Illinois |
| For Your Eyes Only, Walsh Gallery, Chicago, Illinois | |
| Inked, Walsh Gallery, Chicago, Illinois | |
| 2003 | Lee Hall Gallery, Marquette, Michigan |
| Two Thirty One Gallery, Marquette, Michigan | |
| Emma Joe's, Marquette, Michigan | |
| 2002 | Marquette Arts and Culture Center, Marquette, Michigan |
| Northern Michigan University SAG, Marquette, Michigan | |
| Oasis Gallery, Marquette, Michigan |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| 2009 | Ullrich, Polly, “Representing the Unsayable”, Response: Art and the Art of Criticism, catalog |
| Born, Kathryn “Response to Response”, Response: Art and the Art of Criticism, ArtSlant | |
| Gunn, Dan, “Review: Response: Art and the Art of Criticism/I Space”, Newcity | |
| Ise, Claudine, “Response: Art and the Art of Criticism”, Bad At Sports | |
| 2008 | Weinstein, Michael, “Mary Beth Cregier Memorial Photo Exhibition”, Newcity |
| Liberty Nichols, Thea, The 2nd Annual Mary Beth Cregier Memorial Photo Exhibition, ArtSlant | |
| 2005 | Hawkins, Margaret, "Problem-solving artists aim high in 'Solution' Exhibition", Chicago Sun-Times |
| Bendix, Trish, "Bad Habets Exposed", The Columbia Chronicle | |
| 2004 | Metz, Nina. "The Skin's the Thing in 'Inked", The Chicago Tribune |
| Workman, Michael. "Body Artist", Newcity Chicago | |
| Lee Ann Trotter, Metromix: The TV Exhibition, CLTV Chicago |