About Me
Eileen Meindl O’Hagan
Artist Statement
My paintings are largely autobiographical and depict my search for balance in art and in life. Whether the pictures are realistic paintings of birds’eggs or fruit, or abstract contemplations of the world around me as well as the world within, it is finding the balance in them that propels me, inspires me and fascinates me. I often rotate my pictures while I paint them, and discovering which end is up is an ongoing process. Discovering which end is up these days of COVID 19, Systemic Racism, and Climate Change with accompanying fires and floods add an element of sorrow and panic to this endeavor. New paintings called It Used To Be Ice reflect this.
I have been educated all over the place, including at Kent State University with “Papa”Dan Rohn, at Portland State University with Margaret Shirley, at San Diego City College with Deborah Babylon, and at Northwestern University with Judy Legerwood and Bill Cass. I graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in art and philosophy.
Solo shows include several in Chicago at Bell Studio, as featured guest artist at the Smith Nature Symposium, and in San Diego at North Park Studio. I have been in group shows at Gallery Studio Oh, Bell Studio, Art Chicago and the WomanMade Gallery in Chicago, at the Mirror Pond Gallery and Avenida Gallery in Bend, Oregon, at the Kenton Family Gallery in Portland, Oregon, and
at the Del Mar Art Fair in Del Mar, California.
SoloShows
2010, Ex Ovo Omnia, Or What Came First
Oil Paintings
Bell Studio,Chicago, IL
2008, Lakeviews
Oil Paintings
Smith Nature Symposium, Featured Artist, Ryerson Woods, Deerfield IL
2008, Lakeviews
Oil Paintings
Bell Studio,Chicago, IL
2006, My Existential Crisis
Oil Paintings,
Bell Studio,Chicago, IL
2003, Produce Department, My People as Fruits and Vegetables
Oil Paintings
Bell Studio, Chicago, IL
2002, Inside Views
Oil Paintings
Bell Studio, Chicago, IL
2001, Paintings and Prints
Bell Studio, Chicago, IL
2000, Mostly Fruit
Oil Paintings
North Park Studio, San Diego, CA
Group Shows
2023, Pembroke College Gallery, Oxford University, Oxford, England
"Orbs," Triptych, oil on canvas
2019, Gallery Studio Oh, Chicago, IL
Unlikely Pairings
"Three Sisters" "Pears" oil paintings
2020, Who's Afraid of Red?
"Fire Season" oil painting
2021, Who's Afraid of Red?
Aftermath, oil paintings
2010, Kenton Center Gallery. Portland, OR
“Hanging Together,” with Rinaldo Pelosi
oil paintings
2006, Art Chicago at the Merchandise Mart
Galerie Beckel Idille Boicos, Paris, and Bell Studio, Chicago, IL
“Red and Yellow,” oil painting
2004, Soft Meats and Sauce
Avenida Gallery, Bend, OR
“Red” and “Ice Cave” oil paintings
2004, The Last Big Picture Show
Avenida Gallery, Bend, OR
“Red and Yellow” oil on canvas
2003, Annual Member Show
WomanMade Gallery,Chicago, IL
“Ice Cave” oil on canvas
2001, Works on Paper
Bell Studio and Norback Art, Chicago, IL
Etchings, hand-colored etchings, monoprint
2000, Contemporary Icons, Invitational
Mirror Pond Gallery, Bend, Or
12 Icons, oil on board
1993, Del Mar Art Fair, Juried Show
Del Mar, CA
“The Fat Woman Goes to California, With Fanfare,” collage
1990, Rose Room Gallery, Powell’s Books, Portland, OR
Mixed Media Show
“Hats,” acrylic on canvas
1980, Carousel Theater Gallery
Ravenna, OH
Drawings, graphite on paper
1968, 35th Annual May Show,
Canton Art Institute, Canton, OH
“Zubin,”graphite on paper
"Seated Figure," graphite on paper
Student Shows
1999, Northwestern University Student Show
“Inside Views,” oil on board
1993, San Diego City College, Student and Faculty Invitational
“Plates,” oil on canvas
1988, Portland State University Student Show
“Hats,” acrylic on canvas
1969, Kent State University, Student Concourse
“Still Life,”acrylic on board
Commissions
2021, Cate O'Hagan
"Circles," Oil on Canvas, triptych
2021, Morgan Wascko and Jocelyn Monroe
"Daughters," Oil on Canvas
2021, Peggie Schwarz
"Peggie," Oil on Board
2020, Anne Kenny
"Ireland" Oil on Canvas
2019, Anne Kenny
"Peaches" oil on board
2019, Jocelyn Monroe
"Portrait" oil on canvas
2019, Leslie Berring
Portrait, oil on board
2019, Emil Meindl
Portrait, as Shakespeare, oil on board
2019, Emma O'Hagan
Portrait, The Girl With the Pearlized Earring, oil on board
2019, Nelda Pelosi
Two Pears, oil on board
2019, Anne Kenny
“Evensong” and “Aubade” oil on canvas
2019, Beth Herbert
“Sets of Pears,” oil on board
2018, Andy Bush
“Peach,” oil on Board
2018, Mary Ellen Meindl
“Outside In #1,”oil on canvas
2018, Morgan Wascko and Jocelyn Monroe
“Reflections of Geneva,” oil on canvases
2018, John Adams
“Thinking,” oil on canvas
2016, Patt Moser
“Life,” oil on canvases
2015, Terry Culver
“Nude I,” “Nude II,” oil on canvas
2010, Steve Meindl
“Loon’s Egg,” oil on board
2005, Kevin O’Hagan
LakeView I, Lakeview II, Lakeview III, oil on canvas
2004, John Wischinewski
“Pear,” and“Apple” oil paintings
2004, Joe Graber
“Pear,” oil on board
2004, Sharon Therieau
“Apples,” oil on canvas
2004, Hilary Ebach
“Pear,” oil on canvas
2003, Robin Strausser
“Nude,” acrylic on canvas
2003, Julie Swift
“Peas,” oil on canvas
“Peach,” oil on canvas
2001, Catherine Franklin
“Medusa,” Icon, oil on board
2001, Ches Gayda
"Tulips" oil on canvas
2000, Tournesol Restaurant, Chicago, IL
Ten Oil Paintings on canvas
2001, Stephanie Whiteside
“Magna Mater,”Icon, oil on board
“Three Pumpkins,”oil on canvas
"Looking for the Titanic," oil on canvas
2001, Marcia Maffei
“Passionata,”Icon, oil on board
1999, Catherine Pelosi
“Nude,” oil oncanvas
“Pear,” oil painting
1998, Morgan Wascko
"Green Flash" acrylic on canvas
1996, Denise Therieau
“Mermaid,” oil on board
Education
Northwestern University,
1999, Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Art
Also attended
Kent State University, Kent, OH
Wilbur Wright Junior College, Chicago, IL
Portland State University, Portland, OR
San Diego City College, San Diego, CA