3605 Buckthorn LN downers grove IL 60515

Phone 630-322-9309 • E-mail jdstanicek@comcast.net

WWW.JONSTANICEK.COM

Education

 

 

1983 - Graduated Rich East  high school, Park Forest IL

  1984-1986 - Southern Il . University, Carbondale IL , Studied Graphic Art. Activities- played football

  1986-1988 - American Academy of Art , Chicago Il , Graduated with Assoc. degree in Graphic Art

Professional experience

 

  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)

 

Additional professional activities

 

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, 2006

Computer Skills

 

 Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark Express, Painter 8, html, FrontPage, CAD

 

 

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."

michelangelo3ringssmall.jpg (34343 bytes)     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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