Jeffrey Krantz
College of Arts and Sciences, Art + Design
Senior Instructor, Drawing
Office:
FA 252
Email:
j-krantz@neiu.edu
Office Hours:
By appointment.
Country:
United States
Expertise
Instruction for major and non-art majors that focuses on the acquisition of perceptual skills necessary for the objective representation of drawn and painted subject matter. More advanced instruction is aimed at parlaying these skills into realizing more content driven imagery where the intuitive and inventive powers are more aggressively developed.
Studio Experiences: Drawing
Drawing I
Drawing II
Advanced Drawing
Expertise
Instruction for major and non-art majors that focuses on the acquisition of perceptual skills necessary for the objective representation of drawn and painted subject matter. More advanced instruction is aimed at parlaying these skills into realizing more content driven imagery where the intuitive and inventive powers are more aggressively developed.
Research Interests
Mr. Krantz is currently working on paintings and drawings that examine questions of male identity on an individual and societal level. His work is particularly concerned with self-validating behaviors that lead to personal growth and nurturing relationships, and conversely with fabricated or assimilated behaviors that are regressive for the individual and toxic for humanity as a whole.
Education
Masters of Fine Arts in Painting, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Selected Exhibitions
Bloodletting, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL (solo)
Faculty Biennial, Å·²©ÓÎÏ·¹ÙÍø Illinois University, Chicago, IL
MVCC Faculty Present: New Work, Moraine Valley Community College
MVCC Faculty Exhibit: Innerview, Moraine Valley Community College
Guest List, Gescheidle Gallery, Chicago, IL
Building Beauty, Carlson Tower Gallery, North Park University, Chicago, IL
Seattle Art Fair, Martin-Zambito Gallery, Seattle, WA
Background
A native of Niagra Falls, N.Y., Mr. Krantz earned his BFA in painting at Washington University and his masters in painting at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. He was awarded a teaching fellowship following his graduate study where he acted as Associate Professor of Drawing at Indiana University's Overseas Program in Florence, Italy. After moving to Chicago in the fall of 1995, Mr. Krantz began teaching basic and advanced courses in drawing and painting at the Highland Park Fine Arts Center, and the Evanston Arts center. He currently teaches at Å·²©ÓÎÏ·¹ÙÍø Illinois University and Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, Ill. He divides his time between teaching and working in the studio preparing for his next and very occasional show at home where he lives with his wife and four cats.