Ginny Sykes

GINNY SYKES 4520 N Dover Street Chicago IL 60640 ginny@ginnysykes.com www.ginnysykes.com

EDUCATION

MA, Women Studies and Gender Studies, Loyola University, 2014, Chicago, IL

BFA Painting, Dance Minor, Washington University, 1979, St. Louis, MO     

Studio Cecil Graves, European Painting and Art History, 1988-1991, Florence, Italy

EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES 

2024

Winter Salon, Chicago Art Source Gallery 1871, Chicago, IL, Curated by Jackie Pernot

FemmeFilmFestival, Engage Projects, Chicago, IL, Curated by Curators Gone Rogue

100 Women: Collaborations Beyond the Veil, Epiphany Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL, Curated by Julie Carpenter

Migrations in Black and White 2.0, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, Curated by Makeba Kedem-DuBose

Buna Varna: Nature of Relations, GALAXY Stalker Fandom, Varna, Bulgaria, Curated by Irina Batkova

Power, Christopher Art Gallery, Prairie State College,  Chicago Heights, IL Curated by Beth Shadur

Imperfetto Futuro,  Arte che Cura, Vi Edizione, Chiesa di San Severo al Pendino, Naples, Italy, Curated by Maria Rosaria Di Virgilio

2023

Urban Bitches Not Witches, Neurotitan Gallery, Berlin, Germany, Curated by Viviana Druga

The Recovery Drawings, (solo exhibition) Gallery CPAG, Chicago, IL

Feminist to the Core, Salonlb, Chicago, IL Curated by Susan Aurinko

She’s Only Sleeping, (performance) Salonlb, Chicago, IL

L’arte come Sofferenza o Supremo Godimento dello Spirito, Sala dell’Armeria, Maschio Angioino, Naples, Italy

L’arte come fusione di emozioni e poesia, il Centro Multimedia Mario Cacace, Anacapri, Italy

L’arte connette i sensi all’infinito, il Museo della Scuola Grande di San Teodoro, Venice, Italy

Tra Taglie e Strappo, Collaborative Exhibition and Poetry Readings, Cortile Viva, Naples, Italy

Paradise Now: How to Bring Apples to the City, Living Theatre Europa, performed at Casa Morra and Galleria Umberto, Naples, Italy

Feministas Futuristicas, Pop Up Exhibit, lehaim space, Sofia, Bulgaria

New Directions, Gallery 1871, Chicago, IL

2022

Private Notes and Public Rhythms, Chicago Public Art Group, Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL

Espansioni 2022 10* edizione, Percorsi di creatitivita delle donne, Hangar Teatri, Trieste, Italy

XI Biennale dell’Incisione Italiana Contemporanea, Fondazione Molise Cultura, Campobasso, Italy 

San Francesco, Il Senso della Meraviglia, XXXIV edizione del Porticato, La Pinacoteca Communale, “Antonio Sapone”, Gaeta, Italy

Supermarket Art Fair, Holy Fluff, Stockholm, Sweden

Fiber-Fashion-Feminism, Art Center of Highland Park, Highland Park, IL, Curated by Caren Helene Rudman

Threaded Together,  Alma Art and Interiors, Chicago, IL

Earth Abundance, Oliva Gallery, Chicago, IL

56 Milwaukee, Oliva Gallery, Chicago, IL

 2021

Water Tower Arts Festival, (video), Varna, Bulgaria, Curated by Nia Pushkarova

Minerva’s Dream, Live Performance Premiere, Ravenswood Arts Walk Festival & Joel Hall Dancers, Chicago, IL

ArtPerformingFestival ed. V: Humanity-The World to Come, (video) Castel dell’Ovo, Naples, Italy, Curated by Gianni Nappa 

100 Women: Collaborations Beyond the Veil, (solo exhibition) Legler Regional Public Library, Chicago, IL, Curated by Megan Greenback

2020

100 Women: Collaborations Beyond the Veil, (solo exhibition) Woodson Regional Public Library, Chicago IL, Curated by Elizabeth Loch

Strength in Suffrage, 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment Premiere,  Video, CWHC twitch and CWHC youtube channels

Build, Oliva Gallery, Chicago, IL 

2019

Video Performance Showcase, Palazzo delle Arti Napoli, Naples, Italy, Curated by Gianni Nappa 

Collaborations Beyond the Veil, (solo exhibition and performance) dryphoto arte contemporanea, Prato, Italy, Curated by Renata Summo-O’Connell 

ArtPerformingFestival ed. IV: Art Self Energy, (video) Forte Marghera, Venice, Italy, Curated by Gianni Nappa

2018

Love and Grief, Land Art Festival XIV, Campi Flegrei, Italy, Curated by Davide Carnevale 

Anima + Animus, (solo exhibition) Florence Dance Center, Florence Italy, Curated by Daniela Pronesti

Her Awakening, Performance premiere, Florence Dance Center, Florence, Italy

2017

La Certezza e Il Dubbio, ArtPerformingFestival ed. II, (multimedia theater production) TRAM, Naples, Italy, Curated by Gianni Nappa

MART, ArtPerformingFestival ed. II, Castel dell’Ovo, Naples, Italy, Curated by Gianni Nappa 

Paint, Splatter, and Roll, (solo exhibition) Chicago Art Source, Chicago, IL

Conspiracy Boogie, (video screening) Circus 3000, Age Slaughterhouse, Karlsruhe, Germany 

New Horizons, Chicago Art Source, Chicago, IL  

Stronger Together, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL

2016

Cairn and Cloud Performance Series, (video screening) Citlalin Gallery and Theater, Chicago, IL 

Pieno e Vuoto, Pinacoteca Comunale d’Arte Contemporanea, Gaeta, Italy

Art Ruhr Innovative Art Fair, (video screening) Contemporary Art Ruhr, Ruhr, Germany

The Incandescent Ephemeral, (solo exhibition) top Schillerpalais, Berlin, Germany

L’Iniziazione, (performance) Fiorillo Arte, Naples, Italy

Selected Works, 2013-2016, (solo exhibition) Fiorillo Arte, Naples, Italy

The Tangle of Existence, (solo exhibition) Castel dell’Ovo, Naples, Italy, Curated by Daniela Ricci 

Roses for Sofia, (installation and performance) Water Tower Arts Festival, Fabrika 126, Sofia, Bulgaria

By Land or By Sea, LACE Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA, Curated by Micol Hebron

HearteartH Festival, Berlin, Germany

2015

Arceo Press: Santitos, Presidents Gallery, Chicago State University, Chicago, IL

Traffic Jam #4, Festival de Arte Contemporáneo, Saltillo Contemporary, Saltillo, Mexico

Omaggio del Cilento a Palma Bucarelli, Palazzo Marchesale, Pisciotta, Italy

Traffic Jam #4, Can Gelabert Casal de Cultura, Binissalem, Mallorca; Centre d’Art I Creació de Ses Voltes, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

2014

Finding Space, (solo exhibition) Chicago Art Source Gallery, Chicago, IL

Continuum, (solo exhibition) Prospectus Gallery, Chicago, IL

2013

Deliberate Dissonance, (solo exhibition) Art on Armitage, Chicago, IL, Curated by Mary Ellen Croteau

Bodies of Memory, (multimedia theater production) Next Theatre, Evanston, IL

Supermarket 2013, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden

2012

Los Santitos, Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, IL; Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán, México; Benedictine University, Lisle, IL; Fundación Casa de los Tres Mundos, Granada, Nicaragua 

Celebrating Women’s History Month, Chicago Women’s Caucus for Art, Chicago, IL

2011

Call and Response: From Artemisia to Frida, Koehline Museum of Art, Des Plaines, IL

2010

New Noyes, Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, IL

Artists Respond Globally: In My Own Backyard I Can See the World, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL

2009

Prints and Drawings: Works on Paper, Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN 

Here on the Pulse of This New Day, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, IL

Hand Made Prints, Noyes Cultural Center, Evanston, IL

12 X 12, APW Gallery, Long Island City, NY

Chicago Feminisms: Past, Present, and Future, (Return/Redux performance) Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL

Alchemy and Archetype, (solo exhibition) Ogilvie and Pertl Gallery, Chicago, IL

2008

Divided Beauty, (solo exhibition) Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL

Lessons of Water and Thirst, (performance) Flat File Gallery, Chicago, IL

2007

Velocity, (performance) Studio Rose Gallery, Chicago, IL

2005

Images of Uptown, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, Chicago, IL 

The Spain Series, (solo exhibition) Stephen Kelly Gallery, Chicago, IL 

Pandora Meets Sarajevo, Line Drive Gallery, Evanston, IL

2003

Public Art Project Finalists, Marfa Studios, Marfa, TX

Flights of Imagination, The Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL

2002 

Transcultural Exchange’s Coaster Project, Wood Street Gallery, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL 

Daughters, (traveling exhibition) with venues in Missouri, Indiana, Nebraska, Illinois, Iowa

2001

Women Artists: 18 Years Retrospective, Beacon Street Gallery, Chicago, IL

2000

Drawings of Sarah, Chicago Public Library, Chicago, IL

1999

Rora: Project Genesis, (solo exhibition) Pedway Gallery, Richard J. Daley Center, Chicago, IL

1998

Portraits by Women, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL

1997

Making Waves, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL

1996

Recent Realisms, Appleton Museum of Fine Art, Ocala, FL

1995

Out of Silence, Beacon Street Gallery, Geneva, IL

Recent Realisms, Italian Cultural Institute, San Francisco, CA

Recent Works, (solo exhibition) Jayson Gallery, Chicago, IL

1994

Abstract Realities, (solo exhibition) Galleria del Conte, Milwaukee, WI

Chop Marks: Prints from Local & Regional Presses, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL

1993

Vivan las Mujeres, Casa Aztlan, Chicago, IL

Unique Impressions, Anchor Graphics, Chicago, IL

Color Complexities, (solo exhibition) Jayson Gallery, Chicago, IL

Out of Silence, Beacon Street Gallery, Chicago, IL

1992

Mix, Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago, IL

Articipate, Beacon Street Gallery, Chicago, IL

1990

International Group Show, Studio Cecil Graves, Florence, Italy

1989

Reverse Angle Transcultural Exchange, WUK Kunsthalle, Vienna, Austria; Chicago, IL

1988

The Body Series, NAB Gallery, Chicago, IL

Natural Aspects, Northern Illinois University Gallery, Chicago, IL

Rites/Rights of Passage, Northwestern University Gallery, Chicago, IL

1987

Walking to the Dark, (performance) Axe Street Arena, Chicago, IL

Small Works, NAB Gallery, Chicago, IL

The Figure, J. Rosenthal Fine Arts, Chicago, IL

1986

Evocation, (performance) Salt of the Earth Books, Albuquerque, NM and AXE Street Arena, Chicago, IL

In Exchange, Escuela de Artes Plasticas, Managua, Nicaragua

1985

9th Annual Print and Drawing Exhibition, Harper College, Palatine, IL

The Exchange Show, ACME Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

Drawings, J. Rosenthal Fine Arts, Chicago, IL

Artists’ Call, NAB Gallery, Chicago, IL

1984

The Dream of Common Language, (performance) Randolph Street Gallery Chicago, IL and ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL

GRANTS / AWARDS / RESIDENCIES

2023 Feministas Futuristicas! Water Tower Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria

2022 First Place Video Performance Prize, 1st Edition, ArtPerformingFestival VII Ed., Naples, Italy.

2021 Individual Artists Program Grant, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Chicago, IL

2019 Artist in Residence, Artegiro Contemporary Art, Conzano, Italy

2017-2019 Artist in Residence, LAB 25, Naples, Italy

2016 Artist in Residence, Cape Fear Botanical Gardens, Fayetteville, NC

Individual Artists Program Grant, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Chicago, IL

1997-2016 Arts-in-Education Roster Artist, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago, IL

2015 The Art of Consciousness, workshop with Ernesto Pujol Wonderwell, Mountain Refuge, Springfield, NH

Artist Residency, Centre d’Art I Creació de Ses Voltes, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

2013 Community and Global Stewards Fellowship, Loyola University, Chicago, IL

Mary Griffin Scholarship Award, Loyola University, Chicago, IL

2004, 1988 Artist in Residence, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL

1999 Artist in Residence, Department of Education, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL 

Honor Award, American Society of Landscape Artists, Illinois Chapter, Chicago, IL

1998 One Percent for Art Commission, City of Chicago, Chicago, IL 

PUBLIC ART, SPECIAL PROJECTS 

2015       Starring the Arts, Stone Scholastic Academy, Chicago, IL

                Think/Breathe/Explore/Feel/Risk/Play/Trust, Performance Workshop, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL

2014 East Meets West, Mixed media mural, Uptown United, Chicago, IL

2012 The Four Seasons, Mixed media mural, Hamilton Elementary School, Chicago, IL

How Far a Child Can Go, Mosaic mural, Baker Elementary School, Wilmette, IL

2011 We Grow When We Learn, Mosaic, Hamilton Elementary School, Chicago, IL

Calming/Calling/Cooling, Environmental Installation for ComEd, Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL

2010 Arc of Nature, Mixed media mural, Open Lands Bartlett Ravine, Ft. Sheridan, IL

The Arts Make Learning Come Alive, Mosaic, Hamilton Elementary School, Chicago, IL

2009 A Crazy Day, Mosaic mural, Stockton Elementary School, Chicago, IL

2008 Layers of History, Layers of Meaning, Glass and porcelain mural, Latin School of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2007 On the Wings of Water, Glass and porcelain tile mosaic, O’Hare Airport, Chicago, IL

World on Fire, Mixed media globe, Cool Globes Project, Field Museum Campus, Chicago, IL

Soaring Spirals, Ceramic mural, Franklin Fine Arts School, Chicago, IL

2006 Exploring Our Dreams, Mosaic, Faith Hope and Charity School, Winnetka, IL

Hand in Hand We Learn and Grow, Mosaic, South Elementary School, Des Plaines, IL

2005 Balancing Acts, Mixed media mural with video, animation, ceramic and mosaic, Lake Forest High School, IL

The Many Migrations, Mixed media mural, Chase Elementary School, Chicago, IL

Addison Arts Council Residencies, Army Trail, Lincoln, and St Joseph’s School: Three mosaic and painted murals, Addison, IL

2004 Inspirations, Painted mural, Inspiration Café Resource Center, Chicago, IL  

Lakefront Abstraction, Mosaic benches for new playground, Margate Park, Chicago, IL

The Hulda B. and Maurice L. Rothschild Mosaics, Mosaic panels, The Levy Center, Evanston, IL 

Celestial Arcs, Glass mosaic mural, Cherry School, Evanston, IL

Transcultural Exchange: The Tile Project, 22 International Venues (www.transculturalexchange.org/tileproject)

Dreams of Success, Mosaic mural, Senn High School, Chicago, IL

For the Roses, Lead mosaicist and Project Manager, Beacon Street Gallery with Gallery 37 and Little Black Pearl, Anderson Park, Chicago, IL

2003 Boogie Woogie Gone Wild, Mosaic and ceramic mural, DuPage Children’s Museum, Naperville, Illinois.      

The Flow of the Natural, Mosaic and ceramic mural, Ravenswood School. Chicago, IL.

Caring Hands, Painted mural, Resurrection Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Alternatives, Mosaic mural, Margate Park, Chicago, IL

Ornamental and Adorned Garden, Hawthorne Scholastic Academy: IAC residency project, Chicago, IL

2002 Prairie Whispers, Black-Eyed Susans, Lead mosaicist, Beacon Street Gallery and Walter Payton High School with Gallery 37, Chicago, IL

2001 Who We Are, Mosaic mural, Plato Academy, Niles, IL

2000 Nature’s Community, Ceramic and glass tile mosaic, Stockton School, Chicago, IL

Lily, Birth-Rebirth, Venetian glass tile mosaic, Associate artist, Clarendon Park, Chicago, IL

Masks and Journeys, Ceramic and glass tile mosaic, Lead artist, Stockton School, Chicago, IL

1999 Rora: Illinois Percent for Art Commission, Glass tiles mosaic, Eric Terraces, Chicago, IL

1998 Over the Rainbow, Ceramic and glass tile mosaic, Lead artist, Stockton School, Chicago, IL

1997 Sunnyside Mall Sculpture Mosaic Plaza, Lead artist, Uptown Neighborhood, Chicago, IL

Water Marks, Mosaic benches at Navy Pier, Assistant mosaicist, Chicago, IL

1995 Touching the Rainforest, Mural, Audubon School, LEAP Partnership Program, Chicago, IL

1994 Celebration of the Arts Mural, Assistant artist, Maine West High School, Des Plaines, IL

New Images, Mosaic, Lead artist, Community Counseling Centers of Chicago, IL

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

2023

Panelist, Women’s Work: Feminist Artists in the Midwest: Between Women: Love as Consequential Content in Collaborative Practice, Bradley University, Peoria, IL

Panelist, Myth, Aging, and Transcendence: The Woman Artist as Maker and Subject, Oliva Gallery, Chicago, IL

Panelist, Feminism in Diverse Art Practices Today, Goethe Institute, Sofia Bulgaria

2021

Contemporary Activist Visual Art Performance Course, Martha Wilson

Water Tower Arts Festival, Virtual Artist in Residence, Varna, Bulgaria 

Stellar Artists #11, Virtual Presentation, Chicago Womens Caucus for Art

2019

“A Bit of a Trick: Narrating the Artist’s Life and Work”, Artist Talk, Artegiro Residency, Vila Vidua, Conzano, Italy 

As Far Away as She Can Get, Panelist, Art and Psyche Jungian Conference IV, “The Illuminated Imagination”, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA

2018       

Feminist Performance Art in Postwar Naples, Italy: Lina Mangiacapre and Le Nemesiache, Panelist, “The Production of Public Space: Women Artists in Performance Across the Globe”, College Art Association Conference, New York, NY

2011

The 606, (Bloomingdale Trail) Arts Committee, Ross Barney Architects, Chicago, IL 

2008

Feminist Influences, Art History Department, Invitational Lecture, Loyola University, Chicago, IL

2005         

Elisabetta Sirani, Invitational Lecture, Flint Museum of Art, Flint, MI

Pandora Meets Sarajevo, Invitational Talk on Art and War Crimes, St. Luke’s Church and Emanuel Congregation, Chicago, IL

2003-2005

Faculty, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL

2004

Instructor, Ox-Bow School of the Art and Artists’ Residency, Saugatuck, MI

2004, 1994

Panelist, CAAP Grant, Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL

1997-2004

Resident Artist/Instructor Coordinator, Beacon Street Gallery, Chicago, IL

1993-2003

Faculty, Continuing Studies, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2001

Panelist, Women in Public Art, Women’s Caucus for Art Conference, Chicago, IL

Visiting Artist, Northeastern University, Chicago, IL

1994

Visiting Artist, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

1992-2007

Chicago Public Art Group Core Artist

 ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS

Leen Yassine. “Bridgeport Art Gallery Salonlb. Spotlights Local and International Artists In ‘Feminist To The Core’ Exhibit.” Block Club Chicago. October 13, 2023. https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/09/22/bridgeport-art-gallery-salonlb-spotlights-local-and-international-artists-in-feminist-to-the-core-exhibit/.

Radio Interview, World Bank Radio Show, Berlin. 2023.

XL BIENNALE Dell’Incisione Italiana Contemporanea Domenico Fratianni. pgs 52, 120, 144-5; 2022.

XXXIV Porticato Gaetano, Collettiva sul tema: Francesco, il senso della meraviglia. pg 29; 2022.

Vasia Rigou. “Weaving Together: Fiber Artists Reframe Feminism at the Art Center Highland Park.” Newcity Design. July 15, 2022. https://design.newcity.com/2022/04/20/fiber-artists-reframe-feminism-at-the-art-center-highland-park/.

The Art Center Highland Park. “2022 Fiber Fashion Feminism Exhibition at The Art Center Highland Park.” Youtube Video, 5:53. June 28, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73Om6n0_lH8&ab_channel=TheArtCenterHighlandPark

Noah Berlatsky. “Subverting the Dominant Paradigm, One Stitch at a Time.” Chicago Reader, April 4, 2022. https://chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/subverting-the-dominant-paradigm-one-stitch-at-a-time/.

Kyle Brown, “Next time you’re at O’Hare Airport between Terminals 2 and 3, look up.” Chicago Sun Times, March 12, 2021. https://chicago.suntimes.com/murals-mosaics/2021/3/12/22312297/chicago-murals-mosaic-ohare-airport-ginny-sykes-environment-water

Lori Waxman. “60wrd/Min Covid Edition: Ginny Sykes, Alejandro Jiménez-Flores, an Instrument in the Shape of a Woman, Danny Bredar and Leah Ke Yi Zheng.” Newcity Art. December 16, 2020. https://art.newcity.com/2020/12/04/60wrd-min-covid-edition-ginny-sykes-alejandro-jimenez-flores-an-instrument-in-the-shape-of-a-woman-danny-bredar-and-leah-ke-yi-zheng/.

Marina Maffei. “I diritti delle donne da Chicago al Monferrato, ‘Anche l’arte è una forma di lotta politica’.” La Stampa. pg 55. June 15, 2019.

Alberto Ballerino. Il Piccolo. “Villa Vidua Residenza d’artista” con Ginny. June 14, 2019.

“Art & Life with Ginny Sykes.” Voyage Chicago. July 17, 2018. http://voyagechicago.com/interview/art-life-ginny-sykes/

Daniela Pronesti. La Toscana. “Firenze Mostre di Ginny Sykes.” pg 37. April 2018.

“Ginny Sykes and Teresa Mangiacapra.” artperformingfestival. 2017. http://www.artperformingfestival.it/ginny-sykes-teresa-mangiacapra#site-header

Steven Dahlman. “Glass tile artwork restored, returned to riverfront.” Loop North News. September 21, 2017. https://www.loopnorth.com/news/mosaic0921.htm

Stephanie Lenchard Warren. “Paint Takes Form in Ginny Sykes’ Irreverent Abstractions.” Third Coast Review. September 8, 2017. https://thirdcoastreview.com/2017/09/08/paint-takes-form-in-ginny-sykes-irreverent-abstractions/

Katherine Welsch. “BUILDING THE FUTURE: Q&A WITH GINNY SYKES.” Sam Fox School. July 12, 2017. https://www.sgci2011.samfoxschool.wustl.edu/news/12113

Daniela Ricci. “L’arte di Sykes rilancia I riti di iniziazione delle donne.” Il Mattino. October 6, 2016.

Marina de Rxsosa. “Il Groviglio dell”esistenza di Ginny Sykes.” mywhere.it. Napoli, Italy. September 28, 2016.

Angela Paone. “The Tangle of Existence: tra femmisnismo e Elena Ferrante.” Eroica Fenice. September 14, 2016.

Streaming network Interview. Interview by journalist Nunzia Marciano. Italian streaming network Canale 8. September, 8, 2016.

Broadcast Interview. Interview by journalist, Antonella Maffei, Italian television network Rai Tre (Rai 3). September 13, 2016.

“Ginny Sykes: The Tangle of Existence.” ARTE.it. September 5, 2016. http://www.arte.it/calendario-arte/napoli/mostra-ginny-sykes-the-tangle-of-existence-30431

“ALARME!” National Bulgarian Radio (interview). Sofia, Bulgaria. June 17, 2016.

Dale Bowman. “Relishing a Ravine: Rambling Through Openlands Lakeshore Preserve.” Chicago Sun Times. June 5, 2016. http://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/relishing-a-ravine-rambling-through-openlands-lakeshore-preserve/

Curro Viera. “Exposición Colectiva En Can Gelabert.” Ultima Hora, March 28, 2015. https://www.ultimahora.es/vips/eventos/2015/03/28/315330/exposicion-colectiva-can-gelabert-1.html.

Brigitte Kramer. “Offline in Binissalem.” Mallorca Zeitung. No. 776. March 19, 2015. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5700203859827e8400826d99/t/5918741fe6f2e16ac85312b0/1494774815900/Mallorca+Zeitung_776_TrafficJam.pdf

Elena Ballestero. “Traffic Jam, una residencia artística con proyección internacional.” Ultima Hora. March 20, 2015. https://www.waikitlam.com/_files/ugd/59934b_90f475cab8154639800e9d1dd8aceaca.pdf

“Ginny Sykes: Change Agent.” Flats Magazine. flatschicago.com. July 30, 2014.

“Fort Sheridan’s Arc of Nature.” Connecting the Windy City. June 19, 2014. http://www.connectingthewindycity.com/2014/06/fort-sheridans-arc-of-nature.html

Adeshina Emmanuel. “Longtime Uptown Artist Leading Argyle-Broadway Art Wall Project.” dna.info.com. June 5, 2013. https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20130605/uptown/longtime-uptown-artist-leading-argyle-broadway-artwall-project  

Ginny Sykes. “Evaluating the Worth of Art Fairs and Satellites: Lessons from the Field: Miami and Stockholm.” CAR: Chicago Artists Resource. May 10, 2013.

Laura Molzahn. “Don’t Fear the Reaper: Geezer Dance Breaks down Ageist Barriers.” Chicago Reader. April 23, 2013. chicagoreader.com/blogs/dont-fear-the-reaper-geezer-dance-breaks-down-ageist-barriers/

Sergio Gomez. “In-Sync with Ginny Sykes.” Art NXT Level Journal. arntxtleveljournal.com. April 18, 2013. https://artnxtleveljournal.com/2013/04/18/in-sync-with-ginny-sykes-interview/

“Deliberate Dissonance,” www.artonarmitage.com, March 1, 2013.

Jan Yourst. "Bodies of Memory.” Nexus, connectere.wordpress.com. May 5, 2013. https://connectere.wordpress.com/2013/05/05/bodies-of-memory/?iframe=true&theme_preview=true

Patricia Cohen. “Blocks From Art Basel, Artists with More Modest Hopes.” Arts Beat New York Times Blog. December 6, 2012. http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/06/blocks-from-art-basel-miami-beach-artists-with-more-modest-hopes/?_r=0

Peter Von Buol. “Hamilton School mosaics unveiled.” Inside Booster. June 26, 2012.

Laura Molzahn. “Don’t fear the reaper: Geezer dance breaks down ageist barriers.” Chicago Reader. June 23, 2012. http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2013/04/23/dont-fear-the-reaper-geezer-dance-breaks-down-ageist-barriers

Lisa Roberts and Ginny Sykes. Narrators. "Marwen Art @ Work: Arc of Nature.” Marwen on Vimeo. 2012. https://vimeo.com/channels/395205/49850056

Guadalupe Anaya. “Santitos (2011).” Arceo Press. 2011. https://arceopress.com/producto/santitos-2011/#Introduction

Charles Mutscheller. “Openlands Lakeshore Preserve offers wealth of plant diversity.” Daily Herald. September 8, 2011.

“Bartlett Ravine Mural.” Geocaching. July 12, 2011. https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC301F9_bartlett-ravine-mural

Stefano Esposito. “Cool Stuff: Fridge Art graces Michigan Avenue.” Chicago Sun Times. August 3, 2010.

Jyoti Srivastava. “Rora.” Chicago Outdoor Sculptures Blog. November 12, 2010. http://chicago-outdoor-sculptures.blogspot.com/2010/11/rora-by-ginny-sykes.html

Jyoti Srivastava. “2010 STUDIO VISIT: ARTIST GINNY SYKES.” Public Art in Chicago Blog. October 30, 2010. http://www.publicartinchicago.com/2010-studio-visit-artist-ginny-sykes/

serumido. “Ginny Sykes Gallery Talk Part 1.” Youtube Video, 3:24. October 13, 2009. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQvJEO9Nb_o&t=12s&ab_channel=serumido

Stephanie Larkin. “Ginny Sykes/Ogilvie Pertl Gallery.” Newcity Art. art.newcity.com. August 3, 2009. http://art.newcity.com/2009/08/03/review-ginny-sykesogilvie-pertl-gallery/

Nola Akiwowo. “Artists to Watch.” Chicago Sun Times. centerstagechicago.com. January 2008.

Wendy Abrams. Cool Globes: Hot Ideas For A Cooler Planet, (hardcover with preface by former President William J. Clinton). Canada: Imagination Publishing, 2007.

The Chicago Public Art Guide. Department of Cultural Affairs. City of Chicago, 2005. 

Victoria Scott. “Pandora Meets Sarajevo: Reclamations for a Wounded World.” Evanston Round Table. March 23, 2005.

Ginny Sykes. essay, Porcupine Literary Arts Magazine. Cedarburg, WI: Volume 9, Number 1, 2005.

“Laying Foundations.” The News Sun, Lake Bluff, IL. November 4, 2005, p. 1.

Deb Mitchell. “Margate Playground, How Ordinary Became Extraordinary." Landscape Architect and Specifier News. October, 2005, pp. 92-96.

“Murals Make artists of Everyone.” Pioneer Press News Star. Sec 2, October 12, 2005, p. 1.

Addison Press. Northeast Dupage, IL, April 28, 2005, p. 3.

“Pandora Meets Sarajevo.” Evanston Roundtable. March 23, 2005, p. 35.

The Addison Independent. Addison, IL, March 2, 2005, p. 19.

Katie Copenhaver. “Ed Paschke, TransCultural Exchange Artists Enliven Chicago Art Open Preview Night.” CAC Chicago Artists’ News. December, 2004. 

Kathy Routliffe. “Mosaics celebrate short, radiant life.” Evanston Review, Evanston, IL. November 18, 2004. 

"Prairie Whispers at Walter Payton High School." Lerner Newspaper. November, 2003.

“New Hospital Mural Illustrates Service.” Pioneer Press Times Review. October 30, 2003.

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