Sherri Denault 
Kankakee, IL  

Employment
2018-Present Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park, University Park, IL, Education and Outreach Coordinator https://www.govst.edu/sculpture/
Aug. 2015- May 2018 Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, IL, Gallery Director
2006-2017 Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, IL, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art 
August 2012-December 2013 Visual Art Gallery, Governors State University, University Park, IL, Grad Assistant
2011-December 2012 SD Studio 123 Portrait Studio and Fine Art Gallery, Cullom, IL, Owner


​Solo Exhibitions:
Feb. 15 - March 22, 2022 From a Whirlwind, University of St. Francis Art Gallery, 25 E Van Buren, Joliet, IL  
October 26, 2019 - November 22, 2019 Crete Creative,1304 Main Street, Crete, IL, Exploration and Discovery
​​2018 Governors State University, University Park, IL - Skylight Gallery, Finding Place
2017, May 29th, Cultivator at Bray Grove Farms, Morris, IL,  Solo Site-Specific Installation www.cultivatorarts.com, review by Lise McKean for Bad at Sports badatsports.com/2017/memorial-day-at-cultivator/
2013 Brandenburg Gallery, Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, IL
2013 Governors State University, University Park, IL - Visual Arts Gallery
2012 Governors State University, University Park, IL - Atrium Gallery
2012 Monkey Mind Art Studio, Frankfort, IL
2011 Provena St. Mary’s Hospital, Kankakee, IL 
2011 Monkey Mind Art Studio, Frankfort, IL
2009 Watseka Historical Museum, Watseka, IL
2006 Brandenburg Gallery, Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, IL

Juried Exhibitions:
2023, March 10 - April 7, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL, 46th Art Comp
2022, 10-7 through 1-30-2023, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL, Midwestern Biennial
2021 Art Center Highland Park, Ephemera: The Power of Impermanence https://theartcenterhp.org/ephemera-the-power-of-impermanence
2018 Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL, ​6th Annual Art Competition
2017 White Ripple Gallery, Hammond, IN, ​Small Works 2017
2016 Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL, Midwestern Biennial 2016
2016  Tall Grass Art Association, Park Forest, IL From Earth
2016 Annex:Art, Berlin, Germany, Quadratfuss
2015  The Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL Biennial Quad-State Exhibit 
2014 Nov. 12th - Dec. Paul Henry Gallery, Hammond, IN. South Lake Artist Co-Op 5th Annual Exhibition
2014 Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL Minute Musings
2014 Water Street Studio, Batavia, IL Spring Show  
2014 Women's Work, 2014, Woodstock, IL
2014 Jan. 17 - Feb. 27. Woman Made Gallery, 685 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL. Women's Caucus for Art: Equilibrium: Art for a Changing World
2013 November 1 - Dec. 7. Lander Art Center, 224 Main St., Lander, Wyoming
2013 Sept. 13 - Jan. 7 Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC:  Road Trip
2013 April 6 - May 18 The Women's Caucus for Art: Petroleum Paradox: For Better or For Worse, Narrows Center for The Arts, Fall River, MA 
2013 Women's Works, 2013, Woodstock, IL
2012 Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL, I Shall Be Released 
2011 Monkey Mind Art Studio, Frankfort, IL
2008 Pen & Brush Art Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Elmhurst Artist Guild, Elmhurst, IL
2006 33 Collective, Chicago, IL
2005 Fra Angelica Art Foundation, Gallery 37, Chicago, IL
2004 Fra Angelica Art Foundation, Gallery 37, Chicago, IL 

Invitational Exhibition:
April - September, 2023 Alma Arts and Interiors, Chicago, IL
April 10 - May 12, 2023, Kenny Machay Gallery, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL Wordless Wonder, Sherri Denault, Lisa Goesling, Janice Meister, Margie Glass Sula
January 29 - March 6, 2020 O'Connor Art Gallery, Dominican University, River Forest, IL Slowly, with Care​, group exhibit including Joanne Aono, Holly Homes, Kate Ingold, Jeffly Gabriela Molina, Gwendolyn Zabicki.
​January 18 - March 1, 2019 Curators Create 2nd Biennial Exhibition, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL
August 3 - August 31, 2018, Gallery Seven, Lockport, IL Two-person Exhibit with Margie Glass Sula
March 9 - April 8, 2018, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL, Repose, Two-person Exhibit with Margie Glass Sula
2018, Joliet Junior College, Laura Sprague Gallery, Water Street Studio Collective Artists
2017, September - October, Oesterle Gallery, North Central College with Alicia Forestall-Boehm and Margie Glass Sula
2017, June 15 - July 22, Tall Grass Arts Association, Park Forest, IL  Solace, with Margie Glass Sula and Patty McWilliams, Curated by Claudia Craemer
2017, March - June, 201 Gallery at Argonne National Laboratory, Willowbrook, IL A Woman's View, Curated by Mary Bookwalter, Janice Meister and Carol Weber
2017, University of Saint Francis Gallery, Joliet, IL  Three Graces: Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, with Margie Glass Sula and Patty McWilliams
2016, Gallery 336B, Illinois Central Community College, Peoria, IL Three Graces: Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, with Margie Glass Sula and Patty McWilliams
2016, September 30th - November 5th, Tall Grass Art Association, Park Forest, IL
2016, August 26th - October 7th, Perry Farm Park, Bourbonnais, IL, An Unexpected Pause,​ Outdoor Installations
2012 Tall Grass Art Gallery, Park Forest, IL, Outside the Box Photography Exhibition

Traveling Exhibition
2008 The Foundation for Sacred Arts, Washington D.C.
Naples, FL, Orlando, FL, Richmond VA, Omaha, NE 

Group Exhibitions: 
2015 Illinois State Museum Lockport Gallery, Lockport, IL The Peoples Show
2015 Brandenburg Gallery, Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, IL Faculty Show
2015 Gretchen Charlton Gallery, Kankakee, IL Members Show
2015 Visual Arts Gallery, University Park, IL 100% Regional, 30 Miles, 30 Inches and 30 Artists
2014 Laura A Sprague Gallery, Joliet Junior College, Joliet, IL with Margie Glass Sula and Patty McWilliams
2014 Ritual and Memory: Day of the Dead, Group Collaboration Invitational Led by Javier Chavira, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, IL
2013 Visual Arts Gallery, Governors State University, University Park, IL
2012 Gretchen Charlton Gallery, Kankakee, IL
2012 Pen & Brush Art Gallery, New York, NY, Celebrating Women’s Art 
2011 Gretchen Charlton Gallery, Kankakee, IL
2011 Monkey Mind Art Gallery, Frankfort, IL
2011 Tall Grass Art Associations, Park Forest, IL
2010 Brandenburg Gallery, Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, IL
2009 Gretchen Charlton Gallery, Kankakee, IL

Awards
2015 Merit Award, Gretchen Charlton Gallery, Kankakee, IL, Members Show, Juror: Jeff Stevenson
2013 Second Place, Governors State University, All Student Exhibition, University Park, IL, Juror: Kate Ingold
2012 Honorable Mention, Gretchen Charlton Gallery, Kankakee, IL 
2011 Third Place, Gretchen Charlton Gallery, Kankakee, IL
2009 First Place, Gretchen Charlton Gallery, Kankakee, IL
2005 Honorable Mention, Fra Angelica Art Foundation, Chicago, IL 2005 
Purchase Award, Fra Angelica Art Foundation, Chicago, IL 2004 
Purchase Award, Gretchen Charlton Gallery, Kankakee, IL Exhibition Catalogue 

Exhibition Catalogue
2014 Women's Caucus for Art and Woman Made Gallery, Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL: Equilibrium: Art for a Changing World
2013 Women's Caucus for Art and Phoenix Gallery, 210 Eleventh Avenue @25th Street, Suite 902 , New York, New York: Bound
2012 Women’s Caucus for Art and Denise Bibro Gallery, New York: Petroleum Paradox Private Collections

Public Collections
Governors State University, University Park, IL
Fra Angelica Foundation of Sacred Art, Riverside, IL
Gretchen Charlton Art Gallery, Kankakee, IL
Orthopedic Associates of Kankakee, Kankakee, IL 

Education
2013 Masters of Art, Studio Courses under Javier Chavira, Governors State University, University Park, IL
2006 Bachelors of Science in Art with a concentration in painting, Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, IL
2004 Associates of Fine Art, High Honors, Phi Theta Kappa, Kankakee Community College, Kankakee, IL