About The Artist

imageDennis P. McCann was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1961.

Dennis studied painting througout his schooling, and was selected to represent his school in the City of Chicago All-City Art program as a freshman. He later attended Thornton Community College, the University of Illinois and Governor's State University, and apprenticed for Andy Warhol.

His work has been featured in the Daily Calumet, Daily Southtown, Kankakee Journal, Manteno News, Chicago Sun-Times, Oak Park Journal, What Goes On, Unihaber, Sabah and Sanat Cevresi, and he has been the subject of two documentaries- "Dennis McCann, Artist," a film by Gerry Barajas, and "Dennis McCann: Portrait of an Artist," a film by Sohhyun Yi.

In 2004 Dennis began collaborating and exhibiting with Turkish artist Fatma Gulnar. Their paintings were shown in co-exhibits at the National Museum of Painting and Sculpture, The Turkish-American Association and Ankara University Sanat Evi (ANKUSEV), in Ankara, and made history as the first co-exhibits by a Turk and an American, in Turkey, in 70 years. Their collaborative works were the first ever by a Turkish Artist and an American Artist.

Fatma and Dennis married in 2005.

Works of the artist are found in museums, special collections and galleries throughout America and Europe. The artist currently lives in Ankara.


Curriculum Vitae

  • 1975-77
  • All City Art Program, Chicago, IL.

    1976
  • Permanent Exhibit, Bronze Wall Sculpture, Continental Bank, Chicago, IL.


  • 1978
  • First place in "UFO over Chicago" banner contest sponsored by WLUP-FM.


  • 1979
  • Permanent Exhibit, Glass Sculpture, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL.


  • 1984
  • Inducted into Phi Theta Kappa (National Honor Society of American Community Colleges).
  • Associates Degree, Fine Art, South Suburban College, South Holland, IL., High Academic Honors.


  • 1991
  • Commissioned for 48" x 384" Mural. Mattson's Restaurant, Burbank, IL.


  • 1991-93
  • Donated Portraits to Christmas Is For Kids, a charity sponsored by JAM Productions, Chicago, IL., to benefit homeless and abused children.
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    1992
  • Exhibit - "Portraits,", Atrium Gallery, Chicago, IL.
  • Portrait Signed by Lou Reed, Arie Crown Theater, Chicago, IL.
  • Portrait Signed by Eric Clapton, Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, IL.

  • 1993
  • Exhibit - "Innovators, Idols & Icons: The Rock Era, " Dorothea Thiel Gallery, Chicago, IL.
  • Portrait Signed by Jerry Seinfeld, Chicago Theater, Chicago, IL.
  • Inducted into Who's Who Among American College Students.


  • 1994
  • Cover design, Hip Deep Trilogy CD


  • 1995
  • Cover design, Eminar CD
  • Portrait Signed by Penn & Teller, Star Plaza Theater, Merrillville, IN.


  • 1996
  • Donated four portraits to the Manteno, IL, D.A.R.E. Program.Funded program for two years.
  • Bachelor's Degree , Fine Art, Governor's State University, University Park, IL, High Academic Honors.
  • Feature Article- Daily Southtown, Chicago, IL.
  • Feature Article- Kankakee Journal, Kankakee, IL.
  • Portrait of Lou Reed featured in What Goes On #5.


  • 1997
  • Feature Article in Manteno News, Manteno, IL.
  • Documentary- "Dennis McCann, Artist," a film by Gerry Barajas

  • 1998
  • Portrait Signed by Buddy Guy, Center for the Performing Arts, Governor's State University, University Park, IL.


  • 1999
  • Documentary- "Dennis McCann: Portrait of an Artist," a film by Sohhyun Yi.


  • 2000
  • Invited to participate in the 1st Biennale of Arts, Cyprus
  • Invited to participate in "Small Is Big III", at the Galleria D'Art Zero, Barcelona, Spain


  • 2002
  • Exhibit- "Star Struck," Anatomically Correct Gallery, Steppenwolf Theater, Chicago, IL.
  • Feature Article- Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago, IL.
  • Feature Article- Oak Park Journal, Oak Park, IL.
  • Invited to participate in an International show at Omma Centre of Contemporary Art, Chania, Crete, Greece.
  • Invited to exhibit in ArtWalk 2003, San Diego California.
  • Invited to exhibit in the Lessedra Second World Art Print Annual, Sofia, Bulgaria


  • 2004
  • Exhibit in the Osman Hamdi Sanat Galerisi, at the Ankara Museum of Painting and Sculpture in Ankara, Turkey.
  • Feature Article- UniHaber, Ankara, Turkey.
  • Feature Article- Sanat Cevresi, National Magazine, Turkey.
  • Feature Article- UniHaber, Ankara, Turkey.
  • Feature Article- Sabah, Ankara, Turkey.
  • Feature Article- Sabah, Ankara, Turkey.
  • Exhibit with Fatma Gulnar at the Turkish-American Association (Turk-American Dernegi) in Ankara, Turkey.
  • Exhibit at Ankara University Kultur ve Sanat Evi (ANKUSEV) in Ankara,Turkey.


  • 2006
  • Guest Artist - First Annual Painting and Sculpture Symposium. Ankara, University. Ankara, Turkey.


  • 2007
  • Artist - Second Annual Painting and Sculpture Symposium. Ankara, University. Ankara, Turkey.


  • 2008
  • Exhibit - Library Gallery. Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.

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