Samantha Butkus
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CV

Exhibitions
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2019
  •  Sycamore High School Alumni Art Show. Sycamore High School. Sycamore, IL.
2018
  • Small Works Members' Show 2018. Woman Made Gallery. Chicago, IL.
  • Alumni Mail Show. Jerry and Annette Johns Student Gallery. DeKalb, IL.
  • Golden Alumni Show. Jack Olson Gallery. DeKalb, IL.
  • ​James L. Applegate Long Term Student Art Exhibition. Illinois Board of Higher Education Headquarters. Springfield, IL.
2017
  • Future Art Educators Show: A Celebration of Admission to Student Teaching. Annette and Jerry Johns Student Gallery. DeKalb, IL.
  • Ink-tober Student and Alumni Art Show. Sycamore High School. Sycamore, IL.
  • ArtiGras on 4th Street. 4th Street Gallery. DeKalb, IL.
  • NAEA Pop Up Art Show, ArtiGras. Jack Arends Hall. DeKalb, IL.
  • Sycamore High School Alumni Art Show. Sycamore High School. Sycamore, IL.
  • Long Term Art Exhibit. Illinois Board of Higher Education Headquarters. Springfield, IL.
2016
  • NAEA Pop Up Art Show. Jack Arends Hall. DeKalb, IL.
  • DeKalb Area Arts Council Art Walk. Barb City Manor. DeKalb, IL.​
  • NAEA Welcome Back Event Exhibition. Gallery 215 on 4th Street. DeKalb, IL.
  • Grand Opening Exhibition and Sale. Gallery 215 on 4th Street. DeKalb, IL.
  • Dick Blick Ars Nova Juried Art Exhibition. Jack Olson Gallery. DeKalb, IL.
  • Invitational Kishwaukee College Alumni Art Exhibition. Kishwaukee College. Malta, IL 2015
  • Portraits Of. Gallery 215, Northern Illinois University. DeKalb, IL.
  • The Weight of Being. Juried by Felicia Holman. Gallery 214, Northern Illinois University. DeKalb, IL.
  • This Is. Gallery 214, Northern Illinois University. DeKalb, IL.​
​2015
  • Kishwaukee College Student Prints. The Art Box. DeKalb, IL.
  • Installation Art, Beyond Paper and Wall. Kishwaukee College. Malta, IL.
  • Kishwaukee College Juried Student Art Show. Kishwaukee College. Malta, IL.

Awards
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2016
  • Runner Up, Draw DeKalb Area Women's Center. DeKalb, IL.
​2015
  • 3rd Place, Two-Dimensional Art Category. Kamelian, Kishwaukee College Literary and Arts Journal. 
  • Outstanding 2-D Design Award. Kishwaukee College. Malta, IL.

Organizations
  • Illinois Art Education Association. 2016-Present.
  • National Art Education Association. 2016-Present.
    • ​Vice President, Northern Illinois University Student Chapter. 2017.
  • Tau Sigma National Honors Society. 

Publications
2015
  • Kamelian, Kishwaukee College Literary and Arts Journal.

Collections
2016
  • Dekalb Area Women's Center Permanent Collection. DeKalb, IL.
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