Andrea Jablonski

Polish Born, Chicago Bred

4048 W. Chicago Ave., Unit B • Chicago, IL 60651

www.andreajablonski.com • Instagram: @whackminx • andreamakesthings@gmail.com

Multidisciplinary artist, muralist, fabricator, and educator whose practice spans sculpture, textiles, installation, and large-scale public art. Creates site-specific works for cultural institutions, municipalities, commercial clients, and private collections, often incorporating reclaimed materials, traditional craft techniques, and community engagement.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Freelance Artist / Muralist / Fabricator 2012–Present

Stolatis Fab LLC — Art & Paint Department. 2019–Present

Johalla Projects — Artist / Muralist. 2015–Present

Design and execute public murals, exhibitions, installations, and community-based art projects.

After School Matters / Gallery 37 — Painting & Commissions Instructor 2019–2022

Developed and taught curriculum for Chicago youth, leading collaborative murals and professional commission projects.

Opera-Matic Chicago — Artist / Fabricator 2015–2021

Fabrication, installation, scenic painting, and collaborative public artworks.

Artists Painters LLC — Master Painter 2014–2020

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & PUBLIC ART

2026

Miami Fiber Triennial (MFT), Miami, FL

Dock 6 Collective — 17th Annual Open House, Chicago, IL

Racine Art Museum — PEEPS Art Exhibition, Racine, WI

Woman Made Gallery — International Invitational, Chicago, IL

GAG Gallery — Group Exhibition, Chicago, IL

2025

CAMP Gallery, Miami, FL

Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL

Evanston Art Center Biennial, Evanston, IL

GAG Gallery — Spring Exhibition, Chicago, IL

2024

Graduate Hotel — Permanent Site-Specific Installation, Auburn, AL

Oliva Gallery — Duo Exhibition, Chicago, IL

2023

Chicago History Museum — Back Home: Polish Chicago

Alma Art & Interiors — Group Exhibition, Chicago, IL

Columbus! — Public Mural & Installation with Could Be Architecture

2022

Oliva Gallery — Solo Exhibition, Chicago, IL

Chicago Loop Alliance — Activate!

Ground Mural City of Gary Transit Authority — Public Installation with Could Be Architecture

Winter Holiday Pop-Up — Interactive Installation, Chicago, IL

AWARDS, GRANTS & HONORS

National Endowment for the Arts Grant (with Martha Bayne & Theater Oobleck)

Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs Grant — Soup & Thread

Elgin Arts Mural Grant

Chicago Center for Green Technology — Artist-in-Residence

Arts of Life — Artist-in-Residence

Experimental Sound Studio — Audio Grant

Chicago Artists' Month — Featured Artist

Chicago Reader — People of the Year

Chicago Sun-Times — Featured "New Millennium Artist"

Dunning Library — Design Honoree

EDUCATION & TRAINING

School of the Art Institute of Chicago General Art Studies

World Tattoo GalleryStudio Internship with Tony Fitzpatrick

Carl Hammer GalleryCuratorial Internship

Constance Trojnar, Painter & Designer Apprenticeship

ADDITIONAL

Languages: English, Polish (fluent)

References and full portfolio available upon request.