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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.



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