Artist, Aesop Rhim

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AESOP RHIM
6800 N. Kildare Lincolnwood, IL 60712
Phone: 773-263-3151, Fax: 847-982-9473
aesoprhim@sbcglobal.net
www.AesopRhim.com
www.aesop-art.com
 
Education:
1967-70
Institute of Design, IIT, Chicago, MA
1964-65
Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles
1966-67
Chicago Fine Art Academy
1954-59
Fine Art College, Seoul National University, Seoul, BFA
 

Solo Exhibitions:

2011
Prayer for Peace” 9/11 10th Anniv. Exhibition, James Thompson Center
2008
Art of Peace”   Illinois Institute of Technology
2006
"Art for Peace"  The Peace Museum, Chicago
2005
"Peace and Art" The Peace Museum, Chicago 
2002
"Remembering   9/11 "  James Thompson Center, Chicago
2002
"Prayer for Peace"   Richard J. Daley Center, Chicago
1995
"Chicago"  DePaul University Gallery, Chicago
1991
"Chicago,Beautiful" Richard Daley Center Chicago
1978
"Chicago and Architecture"   Illinois Center Gallery
1971
"Chicago on Relief"  Jacques Baruch Gallery, Chicago
   

Group Show

2009
Peace on Earth” Cool Globe Exhibition, Capitol Garden, Washington DC
2008
“Peace on Earth” Cool Globe Exhibition, Field Museum, Chicago
1980
Bauhaus Show, Chicago
   

Awards:

2010
Unity Award  Commissioner of Human Rights, Chicago
2008
Professional Achievement Award from IIT
1995
"Aesop Rhim Day" Proclaimed by Mayor of Chicago
1966
First Prize, Chicago Artist Guild's Annual Art Exhibition
1961
Special Prize, Annual Industrial Art Exhibition of Korea
   

Reviews:

Chicago SunTimes:

“The Artist who has taken the historical step by abstracting from reality is a Korean, called Aesop”.

 

Chicago Tribune:

“They are a strange blend of naive illusionism and formal abstraction”.


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Aesop Rhim
Artist 773-263-3151

 

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