CRAIG BLIETZ American (1956- ) EDUCATION: University of Denver, Denver CO, BS School of Representational Art, Chicago IL Harrington College of Design, Chicago IL Independent Study: France, Great Britain, Italy, New York City, Washington DC Private Study: Fred Berger, Richard Halstead, John Rush ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS: 2011 Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, "Craig Blietz - Midwest" 2009 Brickton Art Center - 'Monochromes', Park Ridge, Illinois 2007 Muskegon Museum of Art - Contemporary Art Showcase, Muskegon, Michigan. 2007 Fairfield Center for Contemporary Art, Sturgeon Bay, WI 2005 Joyce Petter Gallery, Saugatuck, MI 2002 Baer Gallery, Carol and Robert Bush Art Center, St. Norbert College, De Pere, WI 2000 University Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL 2000 Northern Indiana Arts Association, Crown Point, IN 1999 Union League Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS: 2011  Button-Petter Gallery, Douglas, Michigan 2008 Constance Petter Gallery, Saugatuck, MI 2007 Meyer Gallery, Park City, UT 2006 Constance Petter Gallery, Saugatuck, MI 2003 Meyer Gallery, Park City, UT 2001 Joyce Petter Gallery, Saugatuck, MI 1998 Center for Visual and Performing Arts, Munster, IN THREE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS: 2010 Button-Petter Gallery, Douglas, Michigan 2009 Button-Petter Gallery, Douglas, Michigan 2002 Wright Museum, Beloit College, Beloit, WI 2002 West Bend Art Museum, West Bend, WI 2001 Rahr-West Museum, Manitowoc, WI SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2011  South Shore Arts, "Reassembled" (8 Person Show), Munster, Indiana 2011  The Art Center, "Compilation" (5 Person Show), Highland Park, Illinois 2010 John Almquist Gallery, "Shared Visions", Winnetka, Illinois 2010 Fort Wayne Museum of Art, '2010 Contemporary Realism Biennial', Fort Wayne, Indiana 2010 Guenzel Gallery, Peninsula School of Art, 'The Value of Black and White', Fish Creek, Wisconsin 2010 Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Fish Creek, WI 2010 Brickton Art Center, "Sevres", Park Ridge, Illinois 2010 Charles Allis Art Museum, "Forward: A Survey of Wisconsin Art Now", Milwaukee, Wisconsin   2009 Atelier Pavia, "The Chicago Salon - Kunst 10 daagse Art Unites", Bergen, The Netherlands ( 8 Person Show ) 2008 Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Fish Creek, WI 2008 Meyer Gallery, Park City, UT 2006 Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Fish Creek, WI 2005 Miller Art Museum (Five Person Show), Sturgeon Bay, WI 2004 Meyer Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY 2004 Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Fish Creek, WI 2002 Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Fish Creek, WI 2001 Meyer Gallery, Park City, UT 2001 Miller Art Museum (Four Person Show), Sturgeon Bay, WI 2001 Indiana University, South Bend, IN 2000 Joyce Petter Gallery, Saugatuck, MI 2000 Sable V Fine Art Gallery, Galveston, TX 2000 Uihlein Peters Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2000 Center for Visual and Performing Arts, Munster, IN 2000 Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Fish Creek, WI 1999 Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, IN 1999 Governor's Residence, Indianapolis, IN 1999 Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Fish Creek, WI 1998 Birchstone Studio and Gallery, Egg Harbor, WI 1998 Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL 1997 Prairie Center for the Arts, Schaumburg, IL 1997 Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, IN 1996 Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL 1996 Prairie Center for the Arts, Schaumburg, IL 1995 Overland Park Arts Commission, Overland Park, KS 1995 Prairie Center for the Arts, Schaumburg, IL 1994 Overland Park Arts Commission, Overland Park, KS 1994 Prairie Center for the Arts, Schaumburg, IL AWARDS: 2010 Director's Choice Award, "Forward: A Survey of Wisconsin Art Now", Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 2007 Certificate of Excellence Award, Portrait Society of America 1998 Portrait Competition Finalist, Washington DC Society of Portrait Artists 1996 Best of Show, Midwest Pastel Society 1995 Judges' Award for Portraiture, Midwest Pastel Society PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS: Miller Art Museum Northwestern University Sprint Corporation NiSource of Indiana Glenview State Bank Peninsula School of Art BIBLIOGRAPHY: Shepherd Express Milwaukee, March 3 - 9, 2011. Shepherd Express Milwaukee, July 1- 7, 2010 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 21, 2010 Door County Magazine, Fall 2007 Door County Advocate, "Achieve" Section, March 2007 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 4, 2007 Door County Living Magazine, Summer 2005 American Artist, August 2002 Door County Magazine, Spring 2002 Agri-View, Jan 2002 American Artist, Oct 2001 Herald Times Reporter (Manitowoc, WI), Sept 2001 West Bend Daily News, Dec 2001 Wisconsin Trails Magazine, Jan 2000, Dec 2001 "Celebrating Door County's Wild Places:     Paintings of The Peninsula" by Frances Burton,     Publisher -Trails Media Group, Inc., 2001 Chicago Artists News, July/August 2000 The Times (Northwest Indiana), July 2000 Grand Rapids Press, June 2000, Oct 2001 Commercial Record (Saugatuck, MI), Feb. 2000 Peninsula Pulse, Oct 1999, August 2001, July 2002, July 2004 Door County Advocate (Door Co., WI), Sept 1999, August 2001, July 2002 Chicago Tribune, Dec 1997 FILM 2001 "Farm Stories: Studies in a Disappearing Landscape", JVS Productions, Rahr-West Museum RADIO 2007 "The Morning Edition" 105.1 FM WSBW Sturgeon Bay, October 11 TELEVISION 2010 Fox 11 Green Bay, WI News Feature - "Kewaunee Academy of Fine Art has moved to a New Location", August, 27, 2010; Reporter: Laura Smith. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Board of Directors Curriculum Committee Co-Chair, Peninsula School of Art, Fish Creek, WI Artistic Director Kewaunee Academy of Fine Art, Algoma, Wisconsin Instructor Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI School of Representational Art, Chicago, IL Peninsula Art School, Fish Creek, WI Kewaunee Academy of Fine Art, Algoma, WI Barnsite Art Studio, Kewaunee, WI Juror Peninsula Arts Association, Ephraim, WI "Barn's and Farms" Natl., Kewaunee, WI Speaker/Lecturer Hardy Gallery Docent Program, Ephraim, Wisconsin Fairfield Center for Contemporary Art, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin Cedarburg Art Guild, Cedarburg, Wisconsin Miller Art Museum, Sturgeon Bay, WI St. Norbert College, De Pere, WI