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William John O'Brien
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Professor, Ceramics (2009), BA, 1997, Loyola University, Chicago; MFA, 2005, School of the Art Institute Chicago. Exhibitions: Witte De With Museum, Rotterdam, Netherlands; Art Institute of Chicago; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Renaissance Society, University of Chicago; Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago; Marianne Boesky Gallery, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York; Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison; Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville; Blum and Poe Gallery, Los Angeles; Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit; Aspen Art Museum, Aspen Bibliography: Artforum; Frieze; New York Times Collections: Art Institute of Chicago; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Hara Museum of Art, Tokyo; Miami Art Museum; Cleveland Clinic; New York Presbyterian Hospital. Awards: Artadia Chicago Grant, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation.