The New Museum of Contemporary Art. New York, NY, “Picturing the Modern Amazon Woman”
Printworks Gallery, Chicago IL, “The Exquisite Corpse,” catalog
Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL, “Carl Hammer 2000: Group Show of Gallery Artists"
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana, “Invitational Biennial 2000”
Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL, “Mirror on the Millennium: Self-Portrait”
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, “Out of Line: Drawing New Conclusions”
Florida International University, The Art Museum, Miami, FL “Fantasies and Curiosities,” catalog
Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA, “Large Paintings”
Block Museum, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, “Works from Printworks - 20th Year Anniversary”
Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL, “Self-Portraits 2000”
Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL, “Reflections in Hope”
Smart Museum at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, on view as part of permanent collection
Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL, “…but smaller than expected”
Littlejohn Contemporary, Chicago, IL, “Summer Painting Exhibition”
Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL, “Of Dreams and Dreamers”
Lyons Weir Gallery, Chicago, IL, “Snow Globe Invitational”
Exit Art, New York , NY, “Reactions,” Invitational. Traveled to Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
Gallery of Contemporary Art, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, “Shark’s Ink, 1976–2001”
Littlejohn Contemporary, New York, NY, “Works by Gallery Artists”
Emily Davis Gallery, Myers, School of Art, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, “Private Figures”
Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL, “Pasted On”
The Armory Show, New York, NY
Ace Gallery, New York, NY, “Artists to Artists: Sharpe Foundation Residency Program/10 years”
Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA, “The June Show”
Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL, “Luscious Too”
Palm Springs Museum, Palm Springs, CA, “Humor as Art: Selections from the Permanent Collection”
Sheppard Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, “Contemporary Drawing”
Columbia College/Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL, “To Kiss The Spirits”
First Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN, “Real Illusions: Contemporary Art from Nashville Collections”
Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL, “Operation: Human Intelligence” sponsored by the Contemporary Arts Council
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, “2003 Spring Benefit Exhibition”
Littlejohn Contemporary, New York, NY, “Summer Show of Gallery Artists”
Art Museum, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, “Operations Human Intelligence”
SOFA Chicago 2003, Chicago, IL, “Artists on the Map,” a curated exhibition sponsored by the city of Chicago
Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL, “A Passionate Perspective: The Frances and June Spiezer Collection”
Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL, “I Read if for the Art: Creativity, and Playboy"
National Academy Museum, New York City, NY, “179th Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art”
Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, IN, “That 70’s Show: The Age of Pluralism in Chicago”
Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, IN, “Artist as Collector”
Purdue University, Purdue, IN, “Treasure Trove,” Purdue University Galleries
COFA/Claire Oliver Fine Art, New York, NY, “Innocence and Insight”
NIU Art Museum, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL, “Highlights from the Permanent Collection”
Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL, “The Reflected/Refracted Self”
West Virginia University, University Gallery Morgantown, WV, “Selected Work from Normal Editions”
Emily David Gallery, Myers School of Art, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, “Man and Beast”
Claire Oliver Fine Arts, New York, NY, “Earthly Delights/A Selection From Gallery Artists”
The Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, “Centrally Located: The Artadia and Richard H. Driehaus Foundation 2004
H. F. Johnson Art Gallery, Carthage College, Kenosha, WI, “Chop Mark 11”
Laura Mesaros Gallery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, VA, “On Paper: Prints from Normal Editions Workshop”
Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, CO, “5 Presses: Selected Works”
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, “On the Mark: Chicago Printmaker's Collaborative, 1989–2005”
Savannah College of Art and Design, Red Gallery, Savannah, GA, “Print, Process, Collaboration”
Artists Space, New York, NY, “Night of 1000 Drawings”
Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, “Modern Stories”
Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL, “All About Woman”
Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL, “Scapes”
Printworks, Chicago, IL, “The Art of Bookplate”
South Eastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC, “Secca Collects”
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, ILL, “2006 Spring Benefit Exhibition”
Highland Park Art Center, Highland Park, IL, “The Spirit and the Psyche”
Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, NY, “What F Word?” (catalog)
Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL, “Fresh Takes on Familiar Faces”
The Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Evanston, IL, “The Exquisite Snake”
University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, “Marks From the Matrix, Normal Editions Workshops 979–2006”
Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PN, “Contemporary Work By Woman”
Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL, “Just Good Art”
ArtSpace, New Haven, CN, “Pretty Things: Confronting the Sensuousness” (catalog)
Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL, “Work From the Permanent Collection”
The School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL, Sullivan Galleries, “Ah, Decadence” (catalog)
Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, MO, “Twenty Artists of Two-Thousand Eight”
Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO “ARAC@AAM: Anderson Art Ranch Center at the Aspen Art Museum”
H.F. Johnson Gallery of Art at Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin, “June Spiezer, Whatever I'm Looking At. A Post 1960’s
Collection of Chicago Art”
Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, MO, “Works On Paper By Selected Artists”
AquArt Miami, Miami, FL, “Selected Philip Slein Gallery Artists at Aqua Wynwood”
Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL, “Pleasure Paintings,” 3 person exhibition
Art Chicago, Chicago, IL, “The Hairy Who and the Imagist Legacy”
Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL, “Drawing as a Mirror of Self”
Rockford Art Museum, Rockfort, IL, “The Francis and June Spiezer Collection”
Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL, “As We Live and Breathe”
Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI, “Chicago Imagists Work on Paper”
The Art Center, Highland Park, IL, “50th Anniversary Exhibition”
Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA, “Normal Editions Workshop Collaborative: Prints, 1976 - 2008”
University Galleries at Illinois State University, Normal, IL, “Selections From the Permanent Collection”
Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL, “On View, Work From the Permanent Collection”
The Art Center, Highland Park, IL, “Tethered to My World, Contemporary Figure Painting: Location, Chicago”
Natalie and James Thompson Art Gallery of San Jose State University (James Yood, guest curator),
San Jose, CA, “Chicago Imagism(s)”
Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL, “Cover Stores: The Art of the Book Jacket”
Pop-Up Gallery, Chicago, IL, “Prints: Paschke and His Coast to Coast Contemporaries From CA to Chicago to NYC”
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI, "Chicago School: Imagists in Context
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, “Seeing Is a Kind of Thinking: A Jim Nutt Companion”
Philip Slein, St. Louis, MO, “Return of the Outlaw (Printmakers)”
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI, “E Pluribus Unum: Artists Picture Society”
Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL, “Chicago Odyssey”
Illinois State Museum Chicago Gallery, Chicago, IL, “Figurism”
Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL, “Face Forward: The Art of the Self-Portrait”
Northern Illinois University Art Museum, DeKalb, IL, “Vice/Virtue”
Illinois State Museum, Lockport Gallery, Lockport, IL, “Figurism: Narrative and Figurative Art from Illinois State Museum
Collection,” traveled to Springfield, IL
Rockford Art Musuem, Rockford, IL “Through the Ages: 100 Years of RAM”
Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL “Inventory_The EAM Collection”
H.F. Johnson Gallery of Art at Carthage College, Kenosha, WI, “The Return of Rococo” 3-person exhibition
Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL “Studio Pedagogies”
Constellation Studios, Lincoln, NE, “The Space Between”
Pattern Shop Studio Gallery, Denver, CO, “Shark’s Ink: Collaborations”
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL “35 Years of Public Art”
National Veterans Museum, Chicago, IL, “The Exquisite Corpse Project,” (in conjunction with “Surrealism and War” exhibition)
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Galleries, Philadelphia, PA “Summer Shuffle: Contemporary Art The PAFA Remixed”
Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL “ReAnimate”
South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN, (Jerome J. Crowley Community Gallery)
“Through An Artist’s Eye: Recent Acquisitions to the SBMA’s Permanent Collection”
Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH, “Midwest Artists Drawings from the Museum’s Holdings and Local Collections”
Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL, “Objects to Be Contemplated”
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL, “Pro-Text Additions from the Collection (When Words Enter A Visual Art exhibition)”
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, “Surrealism: The Conjured Life”
Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL, “Chicago and Vicinity”
Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL, “A Summer Exhibition”
Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL, "The Figure and the Chicago Imagists: Selections from Elmhurst College Art Collection"
ADDS DONNA, Chicago, IL, “Casting Inside”
Essex Flowers, New York, NY, "Casting Inside"
Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL, “Between the Buildings: Art From Chicago, 1930s - 1980s”
Aspect/Ratio, Chicago, IL, “On The Fence: Group Exhibition”
One After 909, Chicago, IL, “Serious Vanity”
Bates Museum of Art, Lewiston, ME, “Evolve: a changing exhibition of work from the collection”
Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN, “Round Hole/Square Peg”
Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL, “What Came After: Figurative Painting in Chicago 1978-1998”
Schingoethe Center, Aurora University, Aurora, IL, “FIGURISM: Narrative and Fantastic Figurative Art from the Illinois State Museum Collection”
Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL, “Face to Face”
Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL, “Technicolor Constellation”
Rockford Art Museum, Rockford IL, “Selections from the Rockford Art Collection, Curated by Buzz Spector”
Engage Projects, Chicago, IL, “Blue Space” (Newcity Art Top 5 selection, March 2023, pg 51)
Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH, “100 Years of Change”
Art Museum of West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, “Transcend: A Visual Response to Transcendent Kingdom”
Curatorial Projects
“What Came After: Figurative Painting in Chicago 1978-1998” Elmhurst Art Museum
September 14, 2019 - January 12, 2020
"Tethered to My World, Contemporary Figure Painting: Location, Chicago"
The Art Center in Highland Park, IL
September 3 - October 1, 2010
“Pasted On”
Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, co-curated with Carl Hammer
January 2 - 31, 2002
“It Looks Easy: A Cross Section of Painting in Chicago”
Gallery 400 at the University of Illinois/Chicago, co-curated with Phyllis Bramson, Julia Fish and Susan Senseman
August 30 - October 2, 1999
“...And Everything Nice”
Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL, co-curated with Phyllis Bramson and Scott Snyder/curator
February 12 - May 2, 1999
“More Then Real”
Gallery 400 at the University of Illinois/Chicago
January 1 - February 2, 1995
Selected Bibliography
(catalogs/essays)
Krainak, Paul, “Inland Art | Imagism”, thecommunityword.com/online/blog/2019/11/27/inland-art-imagism/
Warren, Lynne, “Welcome to the Pleasure Dome,” Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, Survey exhibition “Under the Pleasure Dome,” June 4 - Aug. 27. 2016, pp. 3 - 4
Yood, James, “Phyllis Bramson and That Neo-Rococo,” Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, Survey exhibition “Under the Pleasure Dome,” June 4 - Aug. 27, 2016, pp. 1 - 2
Yood, James, "The Return of the Rococo," H.F. Johnson Gallery of Art, Carthage College, Kenosha, WI, Sept. 10 - Nov. 2, 2013, pp. 8 - 11
Orendorff, Danny, "In Praise of Folly: A Retrospective, 1989 - 2016," Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL, pp 2 - 3
Printworks, Chicago, IL "Cover Stories: The Art of the Book Jacket", Dec. 3, 2010 - Feb. 12, 2011
Warren, Lynne, "I Tremble for you," Laura Moseros Gallery/ A Branch of the University of West Virginia Museum, Morgantown, WV, Sept. 3 - Oct. 8, 2009, pp. 5 - 9
Wainwright, Lisa, "Ah...Decadence!," The Sullivan Galleries , The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Aug 23 - Sept. 27, 2008, pp. 20
Pepe, Joy, "Pretty Things: confronting sensuousness," Artspace, New Haven, CN, May 15 - Aug. 9, 2008, pp. 7
McClintic, Miranda, "What F Word" (catalog), Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, NY, Feb 15 - March 17, 2007
Printworks, Chicago, IL, "The Art of the Book Plate," Dec. 2 - Feb. 4, 2006
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO, "When the Body Speaks It's Mind", Sept. 10 - Oct. 31, 2004
Silverman, Larry, "Floating Worlds: The Art of Phyllis Bramson: A Thousand Secret and Scattered Yearnings," SoFa Gallery, Indiana University/Bloomington, Feb 8 - Mar 9, 2002, pp. 6 -7
Rea, Tom, "Flexible Valance: A Thousand Secret and Scattered Yearnings," SoFa Gallery, University/Bloomington, Feb. 8 - Mar. 9, 2002 pp. 8 - 11
Shroeder, Robert, "Phyllis Bramson: A Thousand Secret and Scattered Yearnings", Dialogue Magazine, Nov/Dec 2001, pp. 21 - 22
The Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, "Out of Line/Drawings by Illinois Artists," organized by the Department of Cultural Affairs and Union League Club of Chicago, April 29 - Aug. 20, 2000, pp. 7, 24
Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL, "The Exquisite Corpse," Jan. 2 - Feb. 5, 2000, pp. 18
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN, "2000 Biennial," pp. 24 - 25
The Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, FL, "American Art Today: Fantasies & Curiosities," pp. 8, 18
Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL, Art on Paper, "The Exquisite Corpse," Kristen Brooke Schleifer, May - June 2000
Yood, James, Fort Wayne Museum, Fort Wayne, IN, "Biennial 2000," June 3 - Aug. 20, 2000
The Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, "Out of Line/Drawings by Illinois Artists," organized by the Department of Cultural Affairs and the Union League Club of Chicago, April 29 - Aug. 20, 2000, pp. 7, 8, 24
Parkland College, Parkland College Art Gallery, Champaign, IL, "Drawing Invitational," Nov. 4 - Dec. 11, 1998, pp. 2, curated by John Ekstrom
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, "Art in Chicago: 1945-1995," Nov. 14, 1996 - March 23, 1997, pp. 233, 244
Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL, "Women and Chicago Imagism," Oct. 25, 1996 - Jan. 5, 1997, pp. 3, 12, curated by Scott H. Snyder
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art Work, Salem, SC, "Woman's Work/Examining the Feminine in Women's Work," July 19 - Sept. 3, 1997, pp. 7
Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, “Second Sight: Printmaking in Chicago 1935 - 1995,” Sept. 27–Dec. 8, 1996, pp. 17, 18
The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY, “Temporarily Possessed: The Semi-Permanent Collection,” 1996, pp. 14
CU Art Galleries, University of Colorado at Boulder, “Working Proof—20 Years of Prints from Shark’s Ink,” 1996, pp. 7
Kirshner, Judith Russi. “Phyllis Bramson, 43rd Exhibition of Contemporary Painting,” The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Oct. 30, 1993–Jan. 4, 1994, pp. 44, 45, curated by Terrie Sultan.
Sultan, Terrie. Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC, “43rd Biennial of Contemporary American Painting,” Oct. 30, - Jan. 4, 1994, pp. 2
Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC. “Already Buddha,” Sept. - Oct, 1993, pp. 10, curated by Thomas Styron, n.a.
Yood, James. “From America’s Studio, Betty Rymer Gallery,” The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, May 1 - June 10, 1992, pp. 15
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art. “Beyond Realism: Image and Enigma,” June 14–Sept. 7, 1992, pp. 8, curated by Paul Binai, n.a
Shure, Terri. “Locations of Desire,” State of Illinois Museum, July 29 - Oct. 7, 1990, pp. 17
Yood, James. “Locations of Desire,” State of Illinois Museum, July 24 - Oct. 7, 1990, pp. 9 - 11
“Spirited Visions: Portraits of Chicago Artists,” University of Illinois/Urbana Press.
Klekner, Len. “The Developing Image: Continuity and Change in a Chicago Artistic Tradition,” The Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, April 8 - May 13, 1988, pp. 5 - 11
Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL. “The Big Pitcher: 20 Years of the Abstracted in Chicago Art,” January 9 - February 19, pp. 7, 12, curated by Devon Golden, n.a.
Adrian, Dennis. “Phyllis Bramson,” 1973 - 1986, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Mayer, Charles. “Intimate/Intimate,” Turmand Gallery, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN, March 22 - April, 1986, pp. 1 - 5, 14 - 15.
Hillwood Art Gallery, Long Island University, Greenvale, NY. “The Doll Show/Artists Dolls and Figurines,” December 11, 1985 - Jan. 9, 1986, pp. 18, curated by Carol Becker Davis, n.a.
Lake View Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL. “Partners in Purchase—Selected Works, 1976 - 1986,” curated by William G. Landwehr, n.a.
Guenther, Bruce. “States of War/New European and American Painting,” Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, April 18- June 23, 1985, pp. 10, 28 - 29.
Jacobs, Mary Jane. “Phyllis Bramson,” Gallery at the Plaza, Security National Bank, Los Angeles, CA, “Self Portraits by Women Artists,” Jan. 26 - April 27, 1985, pp. 14 - 15, 36.
Lake View Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL. “20th Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition,” February 16 - March 17, 1985, pp. 8 - 9, curated by Leslie Luebbers, n.a.
Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL. “Artemisia 10 Years/1972 - 1983,” June 1984, pp. 26, curated by Joanna Frueh, n.a.
Adrian, Dennis. "Phyllis Bramson, Chicago/Some Other Traditions,” The Madison Art Center, Madison, WI, Oct. 2 - Nov. 25, 1983, pp. 12 - 15.
Evans, Robert. Untitled, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL, “34th Illinois Invitational,” 1983.
Penns Landing Museum, Philadelphia, PA. “National Exhibition of Prints and Photographs by Women,” Feb. 17 - March 27, 1983, pp. 21, curated by Ofelia Garcia, n.a.
Madison Art Center and The University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. “New American Graphics 2,” March 13 - April 25, 1982, pp. 24, curated by Warrington Colescott, n.a.
Ratcliff, Carter. “Phyllis Bramson,” Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY, “Narrative Painting,” April 4 - May 2, 1981, pp. 3, 7, 8.
Robertson, Joan. “Phyllis Bramson,” Kemper Insurance Co., Kemper Art Collection, Long Grove, IL
Frueh, Joanna. “Touch Me,” N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, IL, February 1 - 23, 1980, pp. 15
Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH. “Chicago/Chicago,” Oct. 3 - Nov. 9, 1980, pp. 6, curated by Pauline Saliga, n.a.
ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL. “Narrative Imagery,” Feb. 4 - March 4, 1979, pp. 12 - 13, curated by Judith Raphael, n.a.
Saliga, Pauline. “Phyllis Bramson,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, “Color in Sticks,” June 5 - Aug. 1979
Logan, Susan. “Phyllis Bramson,” The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY, “In a Pictorial Framework,” Aug. 28 - Sept. 15, 1979, pp. 32 - 49.
The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY, “In a Pictorial Framework,” Aug. 28 - Sept. 15, 1979, pp. 32 - 49.
Visual Arts Gallery, Illinois State University, Normal, IL. Illinois Artists 78, “A Drawing Invitational,” 1978, pp. 6 - 7, curated by Thomas Traperzer, n.a.
Renwick Gallery of the National Collection of Fine Arts. “The Object as Poet,” Dec. 19, 1976 - June 26, 1977, curated by Rose Silka, n.a.
Brooke Schleifer, Kristen, “Block Party,” ART on Paper, March - April, 2003, pp. 15.
Hawkins, Margaret, “The Best of 2003,” (listing of top 10 exhibitions), Chicago Sun-Times, Dec. 28, pp. 6, 13D.
Hawkins, Margaret, “The Surreal World,” Phyllis Bramson at Carl Hammer, Chicago Sun-Times, Oct. 24, 2003, pp. 54.
MouthtoMouth, volume 1/ number / Spring 2003 (Farstad and Schleifer), “WordforWord,” pp. 15 - 21
Brooke Schliefer, Kristen, “Gallery Walk/Chicago: Phyllis Bramson at Ispace”, ART on Paper, Sept - Oct. 2002, pp. 107
Margaret Hawkins, “The real thing: sex becomes art and it’s luscious, too”, Chicago Sun Times, Aug. 18, 2002, pp. 3D.
“Phyllis Bramson/ (and the) Project Room at Littlejohn,” The New Yorker, June 16, 2002, pp. 18
Smith, Roberta, “Artist to Artist: A Decade of the Space Program,” New York Times, May 24, 2002, pp. 7
Hawkins, Margaret, “Galleries At A Glance,” Chicago Sun Times, May 17, 2002
Hawkins, Margaret, “Pasted On At Carl Hammer Gallery,” Chicago Sun Times, Jan. 2, 2002
Hawkins, Margaret “Another opening, another show: Galleries and artists ready for new season,” Chicago Sun Times, Sept. 7, 2001, pp. 26, 27
“Recommend / Phyllis Bramson at Fort Wayne Museum,” New Art Examiner, Chicago, IL, Nov - Dec. 2001, pp. 2
Penhollow, Steve, “Chicago Artist Strives for Disagreeable Beauty,” review for Fort Wayne Museum Exhibition, The Journal Gazette, Nov. 23, 2001, pp. 10 - 11
Purcell, Gregory, “Self-portraits 2000 at Printworks Gallery,” New Art Examiner, May 2001, pp. 92.
Sorkin, Jenni, “Phyllis Bramson at Carl Hammer, Chicago,” Frieze, Nov. - Dec 2000, pp. 110 - 111.
Galleries Uptown (at Littlejohn Contemporary), “Phyllis Bramson,” The New Yorker, Nov 6, 2000, pp. 19
Schleifer, Kristen Brooke, “The Exquisite Corpse,” Printworks Gallery Chicago, Print Magazine, May - June 2000
Brunetti, John, “Phyllis Bramson,” New Art Examiner, June 2000, pp. 35 - 36
Berlind, Robert, “Phyllis Bramson at Littlejohn Contemporary,” Art In America, Dec. 2000, pp. 95 - 96
Artner, Alan, “It’s taken 15 years, but exhibition is top drawer,” Chicago Tribune, Tempo, Section 5, May 4, 2000, pp. 2
Camper, Fred, “Picturing Ecstasy,” Chicago Reader, Section 1, April 14, 2000, pp. 40
Hawkins, Margaret, “Sweet Seductions: Bramson creates inviting delirium,” Chicago Sun Times, April 7, 2000, pp. 26
O’Neal, Denise L., “Keepers/Out & About,” Chicago Sun-Times, March 30, 2000, pp. 50
Holg, Garret. “Art of the City / The Imagists and Beyond,” Chicago Sun-Times, March 22, 1998, pp. 1, 14, Showcase Section.
Hawkins, Margaret, “Phyllis Bramson: Concupiscence,” Chicago Sun-Times, May 1, 1998, pp. 56
Williams, Kevin M. “Alternative Realities/Pioneering Galleries Celebrating 25 Years: Some Alumni,” Chicago Sun-Times, Sept. 28, 1998, pp. 33
Hixson, Kathryn. “Feminine Wiles,” New Art Examiner, Feb. 1997, pp. 21 - 24, 56
Kind. Joshua. “Women and Chicago Imagism,” New Art Examiner, Feb. 1997, pp. 54 - 55
Hawkins, Margaret. “Imagism Exhibition Defies Labeling,” Chicago Sun-Times, Feb. 14, 1997, pp. 16N
Artner, Alan. “Bramson’s Work Fails to Come Together,” Chicago Tribune, March 6, 1997, pp. 2, Tempo Section.
Twardy, Chuck. “Daughters of the Revolution,” The News and Observer, Winston-Salem, SC, July 27, 1997, pp. 3G - 4G
Patterson, Tom. “CATCHY: Humor, satire abound in show at SECCA,” Winston-Salem Journal, Sept 7, 1997, pp. E3
Coby, Joy Hakanson. “Women Use Industrial Materials to Fabricate Whimsical Works,” The Detroit News, Detroit, MI, Sept 19, 1996, pp. 51
Provenzano, Frank. “One Artist Mellows A Bit; Another Makes Us Think,” Detroit Free Press, Oct. 13, 1996, pp. 4E
Artner, Alan. “Bramson: Too Much Confusion,” Chicago Tribune, Oct. 17, 1996, pp. 2, Section 5
Camper, Fred. “Phyllis Bramson Gives Pieces A Chance,” Chicago Reader, Oct. 18, 1996, pp. 59, Section 1
Wiens, Ann. “Phyllis Bramson at Phyllis Kind Gallery,” New City, Oct. 24, 1996, pp. 31
Leber, Co. “Women and Chicago Imagism,” Rockford Register Star, Nov. 1, 1996, pp. 11
Hixson, Kathryn. “Phyllis Bramson/Phyllis Kind Gallery,” New Art Examiner, Dec. 1996, pp. 32 - 33
Glatt, Cora. “Cultural Collaboration Makes Exciting Art,” The Herald, Chicago, July 5, 1995, pp. 9
Edelman, Robert. “The Figure Returns,” Art in America, March 1994, pp. 39 - 43
Hawkins, Margaret. “Random Musings on Sex, Other Courtship Rituals,” Chicago Sun-Times, Sept. 30, 1994, pp. 19, 21
McWilliams, Martha. “Phyllis Bramson: Transgressions,” Washington City Paper, Nov. 26, 1993, pp. 42
Hawkins, Margaret. “Artist’s work depicts the battle between the sexes,” Chicago Sun Times, Feb. 21, 1992, pp. 50
McCracken, David. “Phyllis Bramson at Dart Gallery,” Chicago Tribune, Feb. 21, 1992, pp. 78, Section 7
Yood, James. “Phyllis Bramson at Dart Gallery,” Art Forum, May 1992, pp. 122
Condon, Elizabeth. “Phyllis Bramson at Dart Gallery,” New Art Examiner, May 1992, pp. 30
Donato, Deborah. “Phyllis Bramson/Vicissitude at Dart Gallery,” Dialogue Magazine, May - June 1992, pp. 19
Bas, Ruth. “Phyllis Bramson,” Art News, May 1991, pp. 150
Forester, Abigail. “Exposures: Photographer Fuses Artists and Their Inner Worlds,” Chicago Tribune, May 27, 1990
McCracken, David. “Complementary Colors: 3 Artists with Similar Themes Shown Together,” Chicago Tribune, June 7, 1990
Hanson, Joyce. “Dreams of Flying,” New City, July 17, 1990, pp. 16, 17
Hanson, Henry. “Bramson Paints Pantomimes of Erotic Desire,” Chicago Magazine, Aug. 1990, pp. 22
Porges, Timothy. “Chicago Review,” Contemporanea, Oct. 1990, pp. 31
Hoffman, Gabriele. “Von Isolation und Geschlechterkamf,” Stuttgart-Zeitung, Stuttgart, Germany, March 3, 1989
McCracken, David. “3 Artists Cast a Critical View at Exhibition,” Chicago Tribune, Feb. 12, 1988, pp. 54, Section 7
Carroll, Patty. “Portraits of the Artists," Chicago Magazine 37, No.11, Nov. 1988, pp. 165
Yood, James. “Midwestern Art," Art and Antiques, Nov. 1988, pp. 50 - 53
Frueh, Joanna. “Recent Oils Show Phyllis Bramson at Technical and Emotional Park,” St. Louis Post Dispatch July 26, 1987, pp. 4-C
Plotrowski, Christa. “Chicago er Kontraste. Itatani, Bramson, und Klement in Amerika-Haus der Tragessplegie/Femilleton,” Berlin, Germany, Dec. 23, 1987
Artner, Alan. “Review Unflattering Forum for Bramson,” Chicago Tribune, April 18, 1986, pp. 49, Section 7
Frueh, Joanna. “Phyllis Bramson at the Renaissance Society,” Art in America, Sept, 1986
Glatt, Cara. “Dramatic Colors Animate Bramson’s,” The Herald, Chicago, March 19, 1986
"Chicago Exhibit A Big Draw,” The Herald, Chicago, Oct. 15, 1986, pp. 28
Raynor, Vivian. “Phyllis Bramson,” New York Times, May 23, 1986
Taylor, Sue. “Bramson’s Subjects Tred in a Tangle of Relationships,” Chicago Sun-Times, April 3, 1986, pp. 64
Leonhart, Mark Michael. “Phyllis Bramson,” New Art Examiner, June 1986
Westerbeck, Cody. “Phyllis Bramson,” Art Forum, Summer 1986, pp. 131
Golden, Devon. “Locations of Desire,” Dialogue Magazine, Oct. 1986
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