- TONY FITZPATRICK
- BIRTH OF A KING SNAKE
1993 etching and aquatint inches
Edition of 25, # 17/25- Inquire
BORN: 1958 Chicago, Illinois
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Tony Fitzpatrick: The Early Prints / World Tattoo to Big Cat Press, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2010 Tony Fitzpatrick: 10 Years of Prints: 1992-2001, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2008 Tony Fitzpatrick: Prints, Augen Gallery , Portland, OR
2006 The Wonder: Portraits of a Remembered City, Volume 2, The Dream City.
2006 Billy Shire Fine Arts, Culver City, CA
2005 The Wonder: Portraits of a Remembered City, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
2003 Remembered City, DePaul University Art Museum, Chicago, IL
2002 Blackbird - New Work, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001 Grace: New Work by Tony Fitzpatrick, Union League Club of Chicago, IL
2001 The Alphabet, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2001 Tony Fitzpatrick: Max and Gaby’s Alphabet, Museum of Contemporary Art,
Chicago, IL – traveling exhibition to Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences,
Peoria, IL; Mitchell Museum at Cedarhurst, Mt. Vernon, IL; and Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
1998 New Etchings, Marguerite Oestriecher Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1998 New Etchings, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
1998 Drawings, John McEnroe Gallery, New York, NY
1997 The Holy Slang, Recent drawings and prints, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
1997 Recent Prints, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
1997 The Dope Drawings, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY
1997 Recent Prints, Fleisher Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1996 Salvation and Damnation, Crossman Art Center, Whitewater, WS
1995 Joe’s Garden, Recent Prints, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
1995 Davidson Gallery, Seattle, WA
1995 The Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH
1995 Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, KS
1995 Thomas Barry Gallery, Minneapolis, MNk
1995 Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY
1995 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1994 Recent Prints, Davidson Gallery, Seattle, WA
1994 The Secret Birds, Prints, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
1994 Tony Fitzpatrick, Prints, Davidson Gallery, Seattle, WA
1993 White Circus, Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1992 Bridgewater Lustberg Gallery, New York, NY
1992 Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, New York, NY
1992 New Prints, Landfall Press, New York, NY
1992 Lorenzo Rodriquez Gallery, Chicago, IL
1992 New Prints from Landfall Press, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX
1992 New Prints from Landfall Press, Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
1992 Hard Angels and Other Subjects, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
1991 Red Circus, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL
1990 American Mysteries: The Diaries, Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1990 Schmidt Markow Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1989 Radio Birds, Mincher/Wilcox Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1988 Hard Angels, Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1988 Bad Blood, Portraits of Murders, Todd Capp Gallery, New York, NY
1987 Carnival at Midnight, Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1987 Coney Island, The Ghost, Todd Capp Gallery, New York, NY
1986 Phoenix City Gallery, New York, NY
1985 Phoenix City Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1998 Artists of Big Cat Press, Davidson Gallery, Seattle, WA
1998 Artists of Big Cat Press, American Pop Culture Gallery, Nashville, TN
1997 Art in Chicago, 1945-1995, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
1996 Low Brow Gods, Yerba Buena Center, San Francisco, CA
1996 Tony Fitzpatrick and John Geldersman, Marguerite Oestreicher Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1995 Peace on Earth, Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1995 Prison Sentences, Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1994 The Real Deal, World Tattoo Gallery, Chicago, IL
1994 Marilyn + Elvis: 2X Immortal, Travelling Exhibition
1994 Edge of the Tune, Calvin Morris Inc., New York, NY
1993 Masterworks from Connecticut Collections, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
1993 Eye Tattooed America, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
1993 The Return of the Cadavre Exquis, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
1993 Big Cat Press, Bridgewater/ Lustberg Gallery, New York, NY
1993 Open Exhibition, Dime Museum, Chicago, IL
1993 Group Show, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
1993 Big Cat Prints, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL
1993 Visionary Landscapes, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL
1992 Prints, Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, Saskachewan
1992 Prints, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX
1992 Drawings, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, NY
1992 The Re-Figured Image, Carl Hammer gallery, Chicago, IL
1991 Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE
1990 Invitational, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
1990 Summer Group Show, Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1989 Summer Group Show, Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1988 Summer Group Show, Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1988 Shape Shifting, Calvin Morris Inc., New York, NY
1987 Animals, Todd Capp Gallery, New York, NY
1987 Visionary Landscapes, Calvin Morris Gallery Inc., New York, NY
1986 Group Show, Chromocide Gallery, New York, NY
1985 Group Show, Phoenix City Gallery, New York, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Athitakis, Mark. “Tony Fitzpatrick’s magical remembrances of his dad’s city.” Chicago Sun Times – Books, May 14, p. 108 (illustrated)
2005 Hirsch, Faye. “A Chicago Eulogy,” Art in America, May, pp. 144-147 and 182 (illustrated)
Gore, Janice S. “Native Son - Tony Fitzpatrick’s Drawing-Collages,” Juxtapoz, Jan/Feb, pp. 68 and 71, (illustrated)
2004 Houlihan, Mary. “interpreting the city,” Chicago Sun-Times - Showcase, December 19, pp. 1D and 13D (illustrated)
The Dope Drawings, review, Adam Baumgold Gallery, Art in America
Polsky, Richard. “Five Artists Under $5,000,” Smoke Magazine, Spring, pp. 302
And 304 (illustrated)
Fitzpatrick, Tony. “Joe’s Garden,” Chicago Magazine
1995 Jillette, Penn “Christmas In Las Vegas,” Playboy, December, pp. 82 and 83 (illustrations by Tony Fitzpatrick)
Ellin, Harlene, “Mr. Outsider,” Chicago Tribune Magazine, March 26
Friedman, Anna, “You Can’t Eat a Degree,” F News, School of The Art Institute of Chicago, February
Nashawaty, Chris, “Past Times,” LIT (Chicago’s News and Arts Weekly), April 13-19
1994 “Speakeasy,” New Art Examiner, May
Sorsoli, Dave, review of “Secret Birds and Other Subjects,” The Oregonian, June 10
Hartford Courant, Exhibits, Artwork by Tony Fitzpatrick, February 10
Janet Reynolds, Review, Hartford Courant, February 9
McGuire, Judy, “Jesus Dog Meets the Magic Cat Act and Other Real Life Tales,”ART? Alternatives, p. 58-65
1993 Borum, Jennifer, Review, Artforum, March, p. 97
Malham, Howard, “Etch He Said,” Chicago Reader, March, p. 45-6
1992 Hawkins, Margaret, “Printmakers Unite,” Chicago Sun Times, February 7
1991 Snead, Elizabeth, “Drawing on His Talents,” USA Today, August 19
1990 Adler, Anthony, “Deadly Dozen, The Reader, March 16, p. 34
1989 Crohn, Jennifer, “Tony Fitzpatrick: Janet Fleisher Gallery,” New Art Examiner, March, p. 51
1988 Sozanski, Edward, “Fifty-four Drawings from an Ex-Fighter,” Philadelphia Inquirer, December
McCormick, Carlo, “Tony Fitzpatrick: Janet Fleisher Gallery,” Artforum Magazine, December, p. 123
Donato, Marla, “Hanging Out,” Chicago Tribune, December 7, pg. 20
Guadagnoli, Julie, “Art at the Edge, A Neighborhood Event,” Villa Park Review, December 7, section 2
Ryan, Paul, “Honest Work,” Chicago Jazz and Blues News, March, p. 14
Schnepf, Ken, “Blood Runs Through Artist’s Work,” DuPage Profile, April 27, p.4
Flinn, Kathleen, “Gallery Walks the Edge of Art Lunacy,” Chicago Sun Times, March, p. 44
Aletti, Vince, “Rogues Gallery,” Village Voice, May 24, p. 112
1987 Robinson, Walter, “State of the Art, Young, Gifted and Affordable,” Metropolitan Home, pp. 58-63
Telander, Rick, “Tony Fitzpatrick and the Slam,” Chicago Magazine, November, p. 140
Joans, Ted “Coney Island Mind,” Cover Magazine, September, pg. 15
Blau, Robert, “Big Apple Takes a Shine to the Work of Villa Park Artist,” Chicago Tribune, March, p. 1
McCormick, Carlo, “Hero Worship,” East Village Eye, pg. 41
PUBLICATIONS
The Wonder: Portraits of a Remembered City, Volume: The Dream City , La Luz
De Jesus, Los Angeles/Last Gasp, San Francisco
The Wonder: Portraits of a Remembered City, La Luz de Jesus Press, Los Angeles/Last Gasp, San Francisco
Bum Town, collection of art and poetry, Tia Chucha
Tony Fitzpatrick: Max and Gaby’s Alphabet, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, essays by Jonathan Demme, Lynne Warren and Mickey Cartin
1997 Dirty Boulevard-Portrait from The Underneath, poetry and drawings by Tony Fitzpatrick, Hard Press, West Stockbridge, MA
The Holy Slang, exhibition catalog, Augen Gallery, Fleisher Ollman gallery foreword by Penn Jillette
1996 Joe’s Garden, exhibition catalog, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR, and Janet FleisherGallery, Philadelphia, PA, forward by Joel Weinstein
1994 The Real Deal, exhibition catalog, World Tattoo Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Secret Birds and Other Subjects, exhibition catalog, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR and Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Son of a Sailor, exhibition catalog, Loomis Chaffee School, Richmond Art Center,Windsor, CT
1992 The Coming of Locusts, collection of poems, Sheba Publishing
1988 The Hard Angels, exhibition catalog, Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, introduction by Jonathan Demme
The Midnights, collection of poems, Society for Mad Poets Press, Chicago, IL
1986 The Neighborhood, collection of poems, Society for Mad Poets Press, Chicago, IL
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Seattle Portable Works Collection, Seattle, WA
ART RELATED ACTIVITIES
2003 Race, actor, Lookingglass Theatre, directed by David Schwimmer
1997 El Corazon, album cover for Steve Earle
1997 The Lightning Plant, poster for Art Fair/Seattle
1993 Drive in Reviews, Movie Review Show, Comedy Central Network
1993 Album Cover for King of the Hill, Nicholas Tremulis, Monster Disc
1993 Philadelphia, actor. Director, Jonathan Demme
1992 Founded BIG CAT PRESS, Chicago, IL
1992 Mad Dog and Glory, actor. Director, John McNauton
1992 Hero, actor. Director, Stephen Frears
1992 Gladiator, actor. Director, Roddy Herrington
1991 David J., Candy on the Cross, song to Tony Fitzpatrick’s poem (Memphis Ghost), MCA Records
1990 Mass Murder, Prop Theatre, Chicago, IL, Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Actor
1990 Founded World Tattoo Gallery, Chicago, IL
1990 Visiting Artist, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
1990 Poetry Reading, Schmidt Markow Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1990 Commission, Playboy Magazine, James Buster Douglas (interview drawing)
1990 Chicago Magazine, book review on Nelson Algren, Contributing Columnist, Chicago Magazine
1990 Contributing Columnist, Neon Magazine
1993-87 Drive in Reviews, Movie Review Show, WLUP, Chicago, IL
1989 Commission, A&M Records, album cover for The Neville Brothers, Yellow Moon, Nominated for Diamond Award, Best Album Cover
1989 Visiting Artist, Kutztown University, Reading, PA
1989 Visiting Artist, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR
1989 Pagan Hour, WLUP Radio, Chicago,
1988 Commission, Chicago Magazine, commemorative portrait for Mayor Harold Washington
1986 Album cover for Something Wild, MCA records