education:
2004 - 2006 MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2003 - 2004 Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2000 Central Saint Martins, London, England
1992 University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
1990 - 1991 Fifth-year Certificate, University of California, Santa Cruz, California
1985 - 1990 BA, University of California, Santa Cruz, California
teaching employment:
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2007-Present Early College Program Faculty
2006 Roving Substitute Professor
Fall 2005 Teaching Assistant, First Year Program
Summer 2005 Teaching Assistant, Advanced Painting
Spring 2005 Teaching Assistant, Multi-level Painting
College of DuPage
2007-Present Adjunct Faculty, Fine Arts Department
Loyola University, Chicago
2008-Present Instructor, Department of Fine and Performing Arts
The Dolphin School, Berkshire, England
1999 - 2000 Art Instructor
other employment:
2000 – present Owner/Designer Outer Space Garden Design, Chicago, IL, Madison, WI, London, UK
2004 – present Host/Disc jockey, “Robot Rock”, www.freeradiosaic.org
2000 - 2001 Production Assistant, Will van der Vlugt Film Productions, London, England
1996 - 1999 Manager, L’Odeon Restaurant, London, England
exhibitions:
2013 More Than Naked (curator), Ralph Arnold Annex Gallery, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois
Group show, Lloyd Dobler Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2012 The Failure of Rational Thought, The Bike Room, Chicago, Illinois
Ordinacija #3, Inex Film, Belgrade, Serbia
Faculty Biennale, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois
2011 Studio Art Faculty Exhibit, Gahlberg Gallery, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Meat for the Siren, Gallery Uno, Chicago, Illinois
2010 Faculty Biennale: Outside the Classroom, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois
Studio Art Faculty Exhibit, Gahlberg Gallery, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois
2009 Christian Rieben: Recent Work, Gallery 73, Belgrade, Serbia
Christian Rieben: Phallusy, Stumptown Gallery, Alma Wisconsin
Christian Rieben: Friend of Dorothy, Gallery Uno, Chicago, Illinois
2008 Berliner Liste, Cumberland Haus, Berlin, Germany
Make Me an Offer, Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago, Illinois
Summer Show, Castello di Santa Severa, Italy
Secret Lives Revealed, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois
Kewaunee Art Fair, Voda Gallerie, Kewaunee, Wisconsin
Living Room Paintings, Bucket Rider Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2007 One by One, Lloyd Dobler Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Studio Art Faculty Exhibit, Gahlberg Gallery, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Christian Rieben: How To Make a Painting, Gallery UNO, Chicago, Illinois
(Un)restricted, Lloyd Dobler Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2006 Balls Out (curator), 518 Erie, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Fantastical Dreams and Primitive Desires, Thesis Show, Gallery 2, Chicago, Illinois
2005 Love 8, Gallery X, Chicago, Illinois
(W)holeness (curator), Gallery 1926, Chicago, Illinois
Fluid Motion, Chicago theater building, Chicago, Illinois
2004 Thesis Show, Gallery 2, Chicago, Illinois
Art Fair Off the Square, Madison, Wisconsin
2003 “Best in Painting”, Art Fair Off the Square, Madison, Wisconsin.