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Resume Marti McGinnis - HappyArt - 1916 Lee Street, Evanston, IL 60202 - (847)492-9074 www.happyart.com - [email protected]

SELECTED SHOWS & EXHIBITIONS:

ongoing: www.happyart.com. Recent projects, paintings and graphic arts.

2003 March. "The Natural History of a Happy Land" - Allegheny Arts Council, Saville Gallery, Cumberland, MD. A solo show of the specimens, artifacts and illustrations from a far off, imaginary place. Paintings and sculpture. July. Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL. Opens July 18, "Mythical Animals", group show. Paintings & objects. Evanston Art Center - Faculty Biennial Show - Opens July 26, "Flahff TuTu Bird" mixed media sculpture and "Lastini Bird" gouache on paper painting.

2002 June. Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL. Faculty Show, recent painting. September. Studio 34 - Glenview, IL. Solo exhibition of paintings.

2000 Bank One - Evanston, IL. Paintings. 2000-2003 Illustrations and digital animations for such clients as: MacGraw-Hill, Amazon.com and others.

1999 March. Creative Workshop on a beach in the South Pacific with German greeting card company, Perleberg. An invitational experience in which a collective of artists from all over the world were brought together to create greeting card designs on a southern island in the Philippine archipelago. June. "Licensing '99!" - The international licensing show. June 8-10, as MARTI! Avanstar/Expocon Group. Javitts Center, New York, NY. Showed 2 & 3-dimensional illustrations, characters and fully developed concepts to manufacturers, publishers and entertainment industry executives. October. International BookFair, Frankfurt, Germany. Showed paintings and illustrations in the art hall. May. Portfolio Presentation Open House. Sponsored by the Graphic Artists' Guild - Chicago Chapter. The Three Arts Building. Chicago, IL. Showed my portfolio of cartoon-y fun. June. "Licensing '98!". Introduced "The Happy Noodlers" and other characters. July. ACC Chicago, showed wooden sculptures and lamps. September. Skokie Public Library, Skokie, IL. Paintings.

1998 June. SURTEX. Surface and Textile Design show by George Little Management Company. At The Javitts Center, New York, NY. Was featured artist and made a lobby presentation titled "Fear No Surface" in which I painted or created over 30 different permanent surfaces (a 1997 Saturn car, clothing, cans, glass, paper, silk, tiles, etc.). September. "Around the Coyote" Art walk - Chicago, IL. The largest art walk of the midwest. Sold paintings and sculpture in my studio. October. "Portfolio Open House", The Puck Building, New York, NY. Sponsored by the Graphic Artists' Guild, presented an assemblage of portfolio materials, mostly 2-D. The International Book Fair - Artists section, Frankfurt, Germany. Dealer sold new paintings.

1996 March. "Marti!", Antiquites Gallery, L'Ardeche, France. Solo exhibition of new paintings. April. "Neu Von Marti!" (New from Marti!), Scala Gallerie, Hamburg, Germany. Solo exhibition of new paintings. 1997-1996 Represented by Norbert Haun throughout Germany.

1995 January. Hanna Bekker von Rath Gallerie, Frankfurt, Germany. 3 person show. Showed paintings and painted suitcases. May. "Neu von Marti!", Slutsky Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany. 30 recent paintings in a solo show. Summer. "Artes" catalog of art. A major contemporary art catalog throughout Europe; showed one-of-a-kind painted suitcases, next to Picasso lithos and Herring originals. September. The Art Car Parade, Chicago, IL. Art cars from around the U.S, 1984 Beauville van; painted!

1989-1999 As "Martoons", created, exhibited and sold pieces through national fine craft shows organized by The Rosen Group, The New York International Gift Fair - HandMade, and American Craft Council shows. 1989-90 Participated in mostly outdoor art fairs in the upper midwest and throughout Florida. Numerous awards. Many media. SELECTED WORK EXPERIENCE 10/2001 - Present - Art Reach, Evanston, IL., Instructor. Art Reach is a non-profit after-school art program that targets 'at risk' children. 6/1999 - 2001 amazon.com, Seattle, WA., Freelance ecard writer & computer animator I created and animated over 100 ecards for this world class website. 1/2000 - Present - Evanston Art Center , Evanston IL., Youth Fine Arts & Workshop Instructor 1/1998 - Present - HappyArt (TM), Self employed graphic artist, some recent clients include: MacGraw-Hill, Silver Dog Greeting Cards, Design-Design Greeting cards, and others. 6/1989 - 3/1999 - Martoons, Self-employed fine craft artist. Had booths at major craft trade shows and sold to hundreds of craft galleries throughout the U.S. 1987-89 - Peace Corps Volunteer -Ministry of Health, Fiji . 1 year in the capital city, Suva, 1 year way out in a remote village. Completed full term, despite coup d'etat that disfigured the country's political framework the month I arrived.

AFFILIATIONS 5/2003 - Present - Chicago Artists' Coalition 2/2002 - Present - Mermaids - Founder - an itinerant women's group that gets together for adventures. 2/1999 - 1/2002 - Graphic Artists Guild - National Rep - Chicago Chapter ('01,'02)

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