On view: July 8 - August 10, 2025
Leopold Segedin was born in Chicago in 1927, receiving his BFA (1948) and MFA (1950) from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. He has taught at the University of Illinois, U.S. Army Engineers, and at Northeastern Illinois University (1955-87). He has also taught at the Horwich JCC, and the Evanston Art Center. He is Art Professo Emeritus at Northeastern Illinois University. He retired in 1987 after teaching there for 32 years.
Mr. Segedin has been an exhibiting artist since 1944. His works having been shown at such museums as the Art Institute of Chicago (including the 60th Annual National Exhibition), the Corcoran Art Gallery in Washington, D.C. and the Milwaukee Art Institute. Since retiring from teaching in 1987, he had a major exhibition in the Renaissance Court of the Chicago Cultural Center called ‘I Remember’, a retrospective of paintings on Chicago themes done since 1947. He has exhibited with a group called the ‘5’ at the Belzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture, the Loyola University Art Gallery, the Ukranian Institute of Fine Art, and Suburban Fine Art Center in Highland Park. In 2000, he was included in a group show at the Muskegon Museum of Art called ‘Moments of Grace: New Regional Painting’. Also, during 2000, he had a one man show at the University Club of Chicago. In 2001, he participated in ‘Survey 2001’ at the Byron Roche Gallery. He was represented at ‘Chicago 2002’, the international show at Navy Pier. In 2000, 2002, 2006, and 2009, he had one-man shows at the Byron Roche Gallery. In 2010, Mr. Segedin was featured in a major retrospective at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. He has had 17 one-man shows and has won awards at several museums including the Art Institute.
Most recently his work has been featured in a solo show at the Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton College, Des Plaines, Illinois (Leopold Segedin: Self-Portraits), solo and group shows at Rare Nest Gallery in Chicago, and in a solo exhibition of his rarely seen Holocaust Series at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center in Evanston, Illinois.
Three books have been published about Segedin’s life and work: Leopold Segedin: A Habit of Art (2018), Segedin x Segedin: Self Portraits and Cameos: 1944-2020 (2020), and The Holocaust Series: Paintings & Drawings:1967-1979 (2023).
Mr. Segedin continues his habit of art from his Evanston home and studio at the age of 97.
GALLERY HOURS & VISITOR INFORMATION
This exhibition will be held in the Second Floor Gallery of the Evanston Art Center (EAC). Masks are optional but strongly recommended for students, visitors and staff.
Gallery Hours
Monday–Thursday: 9am–6pm
Friday: 9am–5pm
Saturday–Sunday: 9am–4pm
HOW TO PURCHASE ARTWORK
Artwork sale proceeds benefit both the artist and the Evanston Art Center. If you are interested in purchasing artwork on display, please contact Emma Rose Gudewicz, Director of Development and Exhibition Manager, at [email protected] or (847) 475-5300 x 102.
This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council through federal funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.