Maria is an artist, designer and art administrator/educator.

Maria Gedroc-Malo is an accomplished artist, designer, curator, arts administrator, and educator whose work has been featured in more than 180 exhibitions across a wide range of galleries and venues. Her exhibitions include the Dancing Krow Studio in the Oak Park Harrison Arts District, the Oak Park Art League, the Chicago Public Library, the Ferguson Art Gallery at Concordia University Chicago, the Northern Illinois University Art Museum, and international showcases such as It’s Liquid in Venice and Rome, Italy.

Degrees

  • MA, Art Administration - The School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Chicago, IL
  • BA, Fine Arts - Northern Illinois University; DeKalb, IL

Primary Areas of Research/Expertise

  • Art
  • Design
  • Arts and Nonprofit Administration 

Publications:

  • The Oak Park Art League Centennial Yearbook, Blurb, Incorporated, January 2022, various pages.

  • Werks, Contemporary Art Magazine, Issue 3, Chicago Artist Survey Special, 2021

  • Art in the Post, Elmhurst art Museum, 2020, pg. 105

  • Jack Arends Hall Alumni Celebration: 50 Years of Excellence in the Visual Arts, Northern Illinois University, C. Cwiklik J, Blurb, Incorporated, 2019, pgs. 30-31, 37, 70-71

  • Motif, A Creative Literary Journal of Concordia University, River Forest, IL; numerous publications since 2006

  • School of the Art Institute 2009 Alumni Calendar

  • Cows on Parade in Chicago, NeptunArt, 1999, pgs. 96-97

  • Chicago Art Scene, Ivy Sundell, Crow Wood Publishing, 1998, pgs. 54-55

Exhibits:

  • The Body Language Art Fair, Monti Gallery Space, Rome, Italy

  • Visions: Architectures of Identities, Palazzo Ca' Zanardi, Venice, Italy

  • Devonshire Cultural Center, Skokie, IL

  • Stola Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

  • Concordia University Chicago, River Forest, IL

  • Northern Illinois University Art Museum, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL

  • The James and Catherine Denny Center at the Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, IL

  • Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL

  • Koehnline Museum of Art at Oakton Community College, DesPlaines, IL

  • Chicago Public Library, Chicago, IL