Biography & Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae

» 1975-77

• All City Art Program, Chicago, IL.

» 1976

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

» 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.

» 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 Jerry 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, Hania, Crete, Greece.
• Invited to exhibit in ArtWalk 2003, San Diego California.

» 2003

• 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- 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.
• Feature Article- UniHaber, Ankara, Turkey.
• Feature Article- Sanat Cevresi, National Magazine, Turkey.