Iwona Biedermann
2415 W. North Ave., Chicago, IL 60647
773.292.0419
Email: iwonabiedermann@aol.com


EXHIBITIONS
Solo
2004 DreamBox Foto Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999 Divine DisComfort, Arsenal Gallery, Poznan, Poland
1998 Divine DisComfort, Elmhurst Museum, Elmhurst, IL
1997 EmbRace, Tene Gallery, Chicago, IL
1987 "Iwona Biederman", Body Politic Gallery, Chicago, IL


Group, Invitational, Juried
2006 Curators Choice, Around the Coyote Gallery, Chicago,IL
2006 Annual Women Photographers Competition, DreamBox Foto Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 Curators Choice, Around the Coyote Fall Festival, Chicago,IL
2005 2 Annual Women Photographers Competition, DreamBox Foto Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004 1st Annual Women Photographers Competition, DreamBox Foto Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004 Hocus Pocus Focus, Bloomingdale Art Museum, Bloomingdale, IL
2003 DreamBox Foto Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003 Portraits, Bloomingdale Park District Museum, Bloomingdale, IL
2002 Beyond the Veil, Polish Museum of America, Chicago, IL
2002 Poles in Chicago, The Polish Museum of America, Chicago, IL
2002 Chicago Art Open, Chicago, IL
2002 Face to Face, Harold Washington Library, Chicago, IL
2001 Poles in Chicago, The James R. Thompson Center, Chicago, IL
2001 Art in Progress, North Lakeside Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
2001 Around the Coyote, Chopin Theatre, Chicago, IL
1999 Face Race, Buckham Gallery, Detroit, MI
1998 Evanston Vicinity, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
1994 Fetishism & Obsessions II, Korean Cultural Center, Chicago, IL>
P.A.P.A Polish American Photographers,
HWLC Congress Gallery, Chicago, IL
1991 Polish Photography in the World, Traveling Exhibit, Szczecin, Poland
1989 Heads & Tails: Documentary Nudes, Wooden Gallery, Chicago, IL
1986 Weisman Scholarship, Sun-Times Gallery, Chicago, IL
1985 Weisman Scholarship, 11th Street Gallery, Chicago, IL


AWARDS
2007 Artist Fellowship Award, Illinois Art Council
2002 Commission from Public Art Program, Chicago, IL
1995 Newsweek Photojournalist Award
1995 Eddie Adams Workshop, Woodstock, NY
1985 & 1986 Weisman Scholarship


GRANTS
2001 Illinois Humanities Council Grant, Polish Museum of America, Chicago, IL
City of Chicago Cultural Affairs Grant, Chicago, IL


EDUCATION
1990 B.F.A., Photography, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
1978-80 Science of Culture, University of Adam Mickiewicz, Poland


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

DreamBox Foto STUDIO	2003 - Present	Photography Director
DreamBox Foto Gallery	2003 - 2006	Director

Freelance photographer. 1989 Present Independent. 1995 - 2002 Movco Production, Chicago, IL 1989 - 2001 Northwestern Memorial Hospital Media Services
Photographer's Assistant	1990-1996	Bruce Davidson, Chicago, IL
Assistant Director	1995	Discovery Channel documentary on Invisible Places “Underworld”, at Wieliczka Saltmine, Poland
Panelist	2001	Chicago Artists Assistance Program Grant, Chicago, IL
Panelist	2004	The Photojournalist Seminar
Visiting Artist	2002	Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL
Visiting Artist	2001	Columbia College, Chicago, IL

CLIENTS: Ameritech, Charter One Bank, Erie Health Center, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Saint Mary Hospital, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, University Club, National Book Foundation, Random House, Women Business Development Center, Xerox & GE…

Published works in Australia, Brazil, Chile, England, France, Germany, Japan, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and United States

REPRESENTATION: DreamBox Foto Gallery


STOCK PHOTO AGENCY: Ibid

PUBLICATIONS Has images reproduced in the following news media publications

Chicago Magazine	In These Times	Quest Magazine
Chicago Parent	Currier	Real Simple
Chicago Tribune	New City	Screen Magazine
Dziennik Zwiazkowy Daily	Newsweek	Sun-Times
Excito!	Panorama	The Reader
Index Magazine	Puliter-Lerner Newspaper	Time Out U.K.