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2008 Artist Biography

Education:

A.S. Business – Kishwaukee College 1994

B.F.A. Painting - Northern Illinois University 2006

Group Showings:

2002 The Art Attack School of Art, “Wine Tasting Show”, Sycamore, IL                  

Kishwaukee Valley Art League, DeKalb County Courthouse, June 2002-2004, 06-07

Ellwood House Association, “Art at Ellwood Art Fair”, DeKalb, IL 2002-2007

Rockford Art Guild, Rockford Artist Fair” Beatty Park, Rockford, IL 2003-2007

Winthrop Harbor, “Lake County Art League Venetian Art Festival” Zion IL 2003

Sun Prairie Fine Arts and Crafts Fair”, Madison, Wisconsin 2004                                     

Water Color Society of America’s 43^rd Midwest Society Art Show at                               

The Wrigley Building, Chicago, IL 2004                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

“Glen Ellyn Art Festival”, 2004 “Honorable Mention Award”                                            

Grayslake Area Chamber of Commerce “BEST OF SHOW” June 17, 2006,

Grayslake “Second Place” June 17, 2007

Barrington Fine Art Festival 2007 June 18, 2007 “Award of Excellence”

Rockford Art Guild Beatty Park, 2007 September 15, 2007 “Best of Class”

Lemont Art Guild, 2007 November 3, 2007,“Love Of Art Show”, “First Place”-2D

Displays:

Geneva Train Station, 2003

DeKalb Florist, DeKalb, IL 2004

Clock Tower Resort, Rockford, IL 2004

Shawn’s Restaurant, 204 Somonauk St., Sycamore, IL 2003 – Present

DeKalb Public Library, June 2003-2004, 2007

Marriot Doubletree Oak Brook IL part of six national artists display “Chicago Dreams II” 2006

Home Now Furniture, DeKalb, Illinois, “Special Edition, Newly Released Prints of the Artist”.

Published:

Book, Art Rockford!, 2004 Display of painting “Friends of Montrose”, page 120

DeKalb Chronicle: “Zoberis to demonstrate watercolors at KVAL”, September, 2003

“Egyptian Art” two paintings March 15, 2006, Daily Chronicle, “KVAL sponsors annual Northern Illinois Art Show”, May 31, 2007

Fox Valley Weekly, “Art Lessons at not, but two Zobie’s, August 4, 2007

Genoa Journal, “Artist, Open for Business” September 27, 2007

Daily Chronicle,”KVAL to host member David Zoberis”, April 2, 2008

Seminars:

Blackwell Museum, Northern Illinois University, June 6, 2006 Lecture, “Paintings of One-Room School Houses, DeKalb County”, presented 10 Large-Scaled Paintings.

Lecture, KVAL, Sycamore, June, 2002, “Modified Wash-Off Technique in Gouache”.

Electronic Display on 10 laptops, June 11-13, 2007“Bemis I & II”, “Gail’s Bridge”, NEOCON, Chicago Merchandise Mart. In-conjunction with Art-Exchange Inc.