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3605 Buckthorn LN
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downers grove
IL 60515
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Phone 630-322-9309 • E-mail jdstanicek@comcast.net
WWW.JONSTANICEK.COM
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1983
- Graduated Rich East
high school,
Park Forest
IL
1984-1986
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Southern Il
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University,
Carbondale
IL
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Studied Graphic Art. Activities- played football
1986-1988
- American
Academy
of
Art
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Chicago
Il
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Graduated with Assoc. degree in Graphic Art
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1988
- 1989
Mieselman
Design- Graphic
Artist
1989
- 1997
Leo
Burnett Chicago – Illustration Group; responsibilities
included everything from key-line paste up, storyboard work and
art direction.
1997-
Present Freelance
Artist- Web Design, graphic art, storyboard and Illustration
work, and fine art painting.
Clients
include
Survey
Center L.L.C ( logo design, web design, illustration)
Shafer
Condon Carter (storyboard work)
Harris
Bank (storyboard work, Illustration)
Nottile & Son (logo design)
Lincoln
Park Rugby (logo Design, Poster Design, t-shirt Design)
Grays
Lake Navel Base (medical Illustration)
Motorola
(poster design Chicago Marathon)
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Additional professional activities
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Gallery
Shows
Triangle Gallery of
Old
Town
Chicago
Il
Art Exchange Chicago Il(Group show)
Erotic Art Show,
Chicago
(Group show)
“First Light 2”
Dunham
Gallery
Aurora
University
(Group show)
Downers Grove
Public Library,
Downers Grove
IL
2007
Chicago
Art Open
Permanent
member of Galleries
Hentschell Gallery,
Des Moines
Iowa
Tall Grass Gallery,
Park Forest
Il
Jon Stanicek’s Art appeared in Direct Art Magazine in October,
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Photoshop,
Illustrator, Quark Express, Painter 8, html, FrontPage, CAD
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| BIO "The most important part of my work is
people." "And how our dreams, our childhood, the thought process, and the
everyday reality of one's existence manifests in the precise moment when a person crosses
over between reality and the land of thought where anything can happen." |
The unique style of painting Jon Stanicek uses was started by
his desire to create something that is definable only by himself, somewhat in the manner
of Seurat or Van Gogh, artists who discovered a new way of looking at the world.
The style Stanicek uses balances realism with bold brush strokes for a dramatic effect of
constant movement.
This mélange of feelings is precisely what Chicago-based artist Jon Stanicek endeavors to
capture, whether by depicting an individual relationship between the artist and model, or
the abstract relationship between the characters in his compositions.
Yet he acknowledges that he
must always change and push forward to reflect the fluctuations of life's vagaries and his
constant battle to restore a sense of order and simplicity to his paintings.
"The contrast between the
simplification of one's life, and the never-ending emotions and feelings that help make
life more complex is something I try to explore. One way I try to do this is by exploring
the "Litost" in my subjects. And revealing the revelation of these feelings is
my goal."
Jon stanicek studied
Graphic Art at the American Academy of Art from 86-88 and has been working as a freelance
artist since 97 after working at the Ad agency Leo Burnett Chicago for nine years.
Jon Stanicek, 3605 Buckthorn Ln Downers
Grove Il, 630-322-9309 jdstanicek@comcast.net
www.jonstanicek.com
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