Delia Jean Hickey

b. Chicago, Illinois 1984



Education

2010-2012 BFA; School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2002-2004 AFA; Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, MA

Selected Exhibitions

2023 Portrait Studies from Life: Oak Park Library (Maze Branch), Oak Park, IL (solo)

2022 Andersonville Arts Weekend, Featured Artist, The Coffee Studio, Chicago, IL (solo)

Spring Collection, Rev Billy’s Art Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)

2021 Ravenswood Art Walk, Outdoor Market, Chicago, IL

2020 Urban Sketchers Art Show, BLICK Lincoln Park, Chicago, IL

2019 Mirror on Mirror, Fine Arts Building, Chicago, IL

Spring Exhibition, Artpie Gallery, Waukegan, IL

Inside the Box, Arts of Life, Glenview, IL

Beginnings, 47th Ward Alderman’s Office, Chicago, IL

Mail Art Show, Lawrence & Clark Gallery, Chicago, IL

2018 Portraits by Delia Jean, Artful Annie’s Gallery, Stafford Springs, CT (solo)

Grotesque Burlesque Art Show, Uptown Underground, Chicago, IL

ICONS, Toy de Jour, Chicago, IL

2017 Amadora DB, Amadora, Portugal

Culture Bridge, DANK Haus, Chicago, IL

Ladies of the 80s, Toy de Jour, Chicago, IL

Kitty Cat Attack, Toy de Jour, Chicago, IL

2016 Culture Bridge, DANK Haus, Chicago, IL

Open Studios, Autotelic Studios, Chicago, IL

Delia Jean’s Pop Up Shop, DANK Haus, Chicago, IL

A Shot of Art, Perkolator, Chicago, IL

Andersonville Arts Weekend, Women and Children First, Chicago, IL

Art Meets Craft, The Grafton Pub, Chicago, IL (organizer)

Sensual Chicago, Fulton Street Collective, Chicago, IL

THREADBARE: Book Party & Trunk Show, IN HOUSE, Chicago, IL (organizer)

2015 Spring Art Exhibition, House of Art, Monson, MA

Lincoln Square Art Walk, DANK HAUS, Chicago IL

Art & Paper, Arterie Fine Arts Gallery, Naperville, IL

2014 Nice Work if You Can Get It, Gallery 400, Chicago IL

Art as Research, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

Lincoln Square Art Walk, DANK Haus, Chicago, IL

Ladydrawers: Our Fashion Year and Other Projects, URI-EICHEN, Chicago, IL

STAR Collaboration: Open Studios, The Center at Eagle Hill, Hardwick, MA

2013 SEX.MONEY.RACE.GENDER, A+D Gallery, Chicago, IL

Station in Life: The Art Show!, Wishbone, Chicago, IL (solo)

2010 Art at the Alleys, Lincoln Square Lanes, Chicago IL (organizer)

Residencies/Awards

2013-14 S.T.A.R. (Students, Teachers, Artists in Residence) Program, Eagle Hill School, Hardwick, MA

2014 Propeller Fund Grant Best in Show Lincoln Square Art Walk

Speaking Engagements/Workshops

2018 Comics Fest Panelist, Making Comics, Sulzer Library, Chicago, IL

2017 Visiting Artist Presentation, 826CHI, Chicago, IL

Comics Fest Panelist, Working as a Creative, Sulzer Library, Chicago, IL

2016 Workshop: Drawing out the Issues: Comics Journalism, Chicago Zine Fest, Chicago, IL

Visiting Artist Presentation, 826CHI, Chicago, IL

2015 Summer Writers’ Conference, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

Sex and Gender Empowerment in the Arts Panelist, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

2014 Nice Work if You Can Get It, Panelist, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL

2013 Workshop: Life and Labor, A & D Gallery, Chicago, IL

Press

Miner, Michael. Queen for a Day, The Bleader, Chicago, IL 2012.