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Galatea
Kontos
Metals and Jewelry
Art + Design
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-4918
gkontos@neiu.edu
Expertise
Metals and jewelry fabrication techniques in ferrous and non-ferrous metals including: soldering, casting, smithing, enameling, etching, electroforming, chasing and repousse, hydraulic press, mold-making, powder coating, plastics, Rhino, AutoCad, 3d-printing, and laser cutting.
Courses Taught
Studio Experience: Metals and Jewelry
Metals and Jewelry I
Metals and Jewelry II
Metals and Jewelry III
Metals and Jewelry IV
Research Interests
I am interested in adornment and the role that jewelry plays in society and culture. I am also interested in material studies, the history of craft, and what it mean to be a maker.
Education

Masters of Fine Arts: Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Bachelor's of Arts: Boston University, Boston, MA

Selected Publications

Smitten Forum 2015: A Creative Gathering of Makers              

Keep it in the Can, The Tribute Pins: Exhibition Catalogue, Equinox Gallery

Showcase 500 Beaded Jewelry: Lark Books

Humor In Craft: Juror Brigitte Martin, Schiffer Publishing

MFA Graduate Catalogue: Indiana University

Selected Exhibitions

Works From Around Our State: Evanston Art Center: Evanston, IL

Adorned Spaces Pop-Up: Smitten Forum 2015: Boston Park Plaza Hotel: Boston, MA

Adorned Spaces Pop-Up: #thisisabrooch: Boston Park Plaza Hotel: Boston, MA

NEIU Studio Arts Faculty Biennial: NEIU Fine Arts Center Gallery: Chicago, IL

Brooch Show: The Racine Arts Center: Racine, WI

Material Topics: Making Marks: Jenkins Fine Arts Center: Greenville, NC

Ctrl + A: Attendee Exhibition: Fine Arts Building: Bloomington, IN

Keep it in the Can, The Tribute Pins: Equinox Gallery: San Antonio, TX

Common Thread, MFA Thesis Exhibition: Grunwald Gallery of Art: Bloomington, IN

Pieces of Eight: Fuller Project Space: Bloomington, IN

 

Professional Affiliations & Membership
gkontos@neiu.edu

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Ronald
Lancaster
Art + Design
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-4910
r-lancaster@neiu.edu
Expertise
Small sculpture using metal-smithing techniques
Courses Taught
Three Dimensional Design
Studio Experiences: Metals And Jewelry
Research Interests
African Cultures
Education

91Porn

University of Wisconscin

 

Selected Publications

Chicago Tribune

Home & Garden

Korean Monthly

r-lancaster@neiu.edu

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Sarah H. Hanrahan-Apple
Sarah
H.
Hanrahan Apple
Instructor, Art History
Art + Design
College of Arts and Sciences
sarahhanrahapple@neiu.edu
Expertise
Doctoral work in Romanesque sculpture, Gothic manuscript illumination and secular ivories.
Courses Taught
Art and Society
Introduction To Art History I
Introduction To Art History II
Research Interests
My areas of study include: Medieval art, Pre-historic art, Early Christian and Byzantine Art and Islamic art.
Education

Ph.D. Art History, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (unfinished)

Master of Arts, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Bachelor of Arts, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

sarahhanrahapple@neiu.edu

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Chantala Kommanivanh
Chantala
Kommanivanh
Instructor, Painting
Art + Design
College of Arts and Sciences
ckommani@neiu.edu
Expertise
Chantala Kommanivanh is a visual artist working primarily with mixed media. He has exhibited in his work in galleries and museums all across the U.S and international. Kommanivanh has been teaching at NEIU since 2012.
Courses Taught
Art and society
Studio experiences in painting
Mural painting
Research Interests
Chantala Kommanivanh is an emerging Laotian American artist based out of Chicago. Kommanivanh's work is inspired from old family photographs and found images representing his childhood and pivotal moments of his life. His work uses paint and loose canvas, often collage and layered with drawn and painted marks, areas of thick paint and thin stains of color to explore his experience as a member of a refugee family. There are glimpses of a displaced youth negotiating a new cultural landscape, family ties, and various aspects of identity and urban life in his work. His paintings combine colorful and sometimes aggressive abstraction with moments of sensitive photographic clarity...perhaps an appropriate analogy to an engaged life
Education

Masters of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing, Peck School of the Arts, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI

Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art, 91Porn, Chicago, IL

Selected Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions:

Union Art Gallery. Milwaukee, WI

Elephant Room. Chicago, IL

Group Exhibitions

Minnesota Museum Of American Art. Minneapolis, MN

Asian Arts Initiative. Philadelphia, PA

National Art Museum Of China. Beijing, China

Herbert J. Johnson Museum Of Art. Ithaca, NY

Elephant Room. Chicago, IL

Kenilworth Square East Gallery. Milwaukee, WI

New Rules Gallery. Minneapolis, MN

Additional Information

Large scale mural commissioned by Rebuild Foundation (Garfield BLVD & Prairie)

Large scale mural commissioned by Rebuild Foundation (67th & Stony Island)

Artist Talk, Cornell University. Ithaca, NY.

City of Chicago ‘s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events Grant (DCASE)

ckommani@neiu.edu

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Paul
Lempke
Art + Design
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-4910
p-lempke@neiu.edu
Expertise
Digital Art & Animation All types of Digital art including illustration and painting. 2D and 3D animation and motion graphics for video, web and interactive display.
Courses Taught
Honors Art
Web Design
Research Interests
Have a long history developing stereographic techniques. Currently active in scripting within the Adobe applications, SVG, and Unity3D. Turning to work on interactive installation and 3D video projection projects.
Education

MFA in Electronic Visualization, University of Illinois at Chicago

AB in Painting, Indiana University Bloomington

p-lempke@neiu.edu

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Ronald
Lancaster
Ronald Lancaster
Art + Design
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-4926
r-lancaster@neiu.edu
Courses Taught
Metals
Research Interests
Many
Education

M.F.A.

r-lancaster@neiu.edu

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Sarah
Hanrahan-Apple
Sarah Hanrahan-Apple
Art + Design
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-4922
s-hanrahanapple@neiu.edu
Expertise
Art History
Courses Taught
Art History
Research Interests
Art History
Education

M.A. Art History

s-hanrahanapple@neiu.edu

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(773) 442-4922
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Dubhe Carreno
Dubhe
䲹ñ
Senior Instructor, Ceramics
Art + Design
College of Arts and Sciences
d-carreno@neiu.edu
Expertise
Dubhe 䲹ñ’s expertise include teaching functional and sculptural ceramics for 20 years, curating at Dubhe 䲹ñ Gallery for 10 years (2002-2012) and running her own ceramics studio, This Quiet Dust Ceramics, as a designer and maker of ceramic functional objects.
Courses Taught
Studio experiences : Ceramics
Ceramics I
Ceramics II
Ceramics III
Ceramics IV
Research Interests
Dubhe 䲹ñ’s ceramic work is designed and handcrafted to offer perfectly simple forms inspired by a minimalist aesthetic and the colors and textures found in nature. Forms are intentionally irregular highlighting the presence of the artist’s hand, which honors the clay’s voice as an active participant and collaborator in the process of creating each individual form. Dubhe’s work aims to celebrate the simplicity and beauty of everyday rituals by enhancing the experience of holding a warm cup of tea or serving sliced peaches in a porcelain bowl.
Education

Master of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

Selected Publications

Daily Herald, Northbrook ceramic artist's work officially One of a Kind Article by Dave Oberherman. Nov. 2021

Ceramics Monthly, January 2020 issue: Chicago City Guide Article by Dubhe 䲹ñ. P. 20-25 January 2020

Pottery Making Illustrated. Nov/Dec 2019 Issue: “The Perfect Bruch” by Dubhe 䲹ñ. P.44-46 December 2019

Chicago Magazine, March 2019 issue: The Chicago Ceramicist Making Dance-Influenced Dishware. Dubhe 䲹ñ celebrates the beauty in asymmetry. March 2019

Pottery Making Illustrated, A Bowl of Soup, article by Dubhe 䲹ñ, Spring 2018

Midwest Living Magazine, Pottery Pieces We Love,  Article by Angela Ufheil April 2018

Selected Exhibitions

Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC

AMERICAN CRAFT EXPOSTION, Botanic Gardens, Glencoe, IL

ONE OF A KIND, Chicago, IL

NY NOW,  New York, NY

Studio 6F, Sedimentary, Chicago, IL

Kevin Reilly Collection, Dubhe 䲹ñ Ceramics, Chicago, IL

Additional Information

Commission for plates for 432 Park Avenue Restaurant NYC (Chef Shawn Hergatt)

Commission for plates for Dovetail Restaurant, NYC (Chef John Fraser)

d-carreno@neiu.edu

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