Biography

PEG CULLEN IS A NATIONALLY KNOWN AWARD-WINNING ARTIST WITH WORK IN NUMEROUS EXHIBITIONS. SHE RECEIVED HER UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE AT EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY AND HER GRADUATE DEGREE AT NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY. POST GRADUATE WORK WAS DONE AT THE SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE IN CHICAGO, IL AND AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, MADISON, WI. SHE TAUGHT IN THE ILLINOIS PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR 29 YEARS AND HAS TAUGHT AT VARIOUS PLACES IN ILLINOIS INCLUDING WILLIAM RAINEY HARPER COLLEGE, AND IN WISCONSIN AND FLORIDA.

HER WORK IS IN MANY PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS INCLUDING ROCKFORD ART MUSEUM, ROCKFORD, IL, TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM, SPRINGFIELD, IL, WISCONSIN POWER AND LIGHT, MILWAUKEE, WI AND CHARLES WUSTUM MUSEUM, RACINE, WI, PROMEGA, MADISON, WI. IN ADDITION TO HER NUMEROUS ART AWARDS SHE WAS NAMED "TEACHER OF THE YEAR" BY THE CHICAGO ARTISTS COALITION AND WAS SELECTED BY THE EASTER SEALS FOUNDATION TO PRODUCE A PAINTING FOR AN EASTER SEAL.

HER SOLO SHOWS INCLUDE LAND'S END CORPORATE GALLERY, DODGEVILLE, WI, KEMPER CORPORATION, LONG GROVE, IL, BOHLIN GALLERY, MINERAL POINT, WI, OLBRICH GARDENS, MADISON, WI, MONROE ARTS CENTER, MONROE WI, WOODSTOCK, IL, BARRINGTON, IL, PINE ISLAND, FL, FT MYERS, FL, PUNTA GORDA, FL, AURORA, IL, CHARLESTON, IL.

PEG'S WORK HAS BEEN PUBLISHED AS A CD COVER FOR "WALTER TIPTON'S OLD TIME FIDDLIN", IN "THE CHICAGO ART REVIEW", "ARTISTS NEWS", CHICAGO, IL, "SEAFOOD LEADER", SEATTLE, WA, "WE EXIST", BARRINGTON, IL, "COMMON THREADS", DODGEVILLE, "THE HEART", WOODSTOCK, IL.

PEG HAS WON NUMEROUS AWARDS AT VARIOUS EXHIBITIONS, INCLUDING "BEST OF SHOW, WOODSTOCK, IL, PUNTA GORDA, FL, CEDAR KEY, FL. HER WORK HAS BEEN EXHIBITED IN CHICAGO, IL, BARRINGTON, IL, WOODSTOCK, IL, MADISON, WI, MILWAUKEE, WI, PUNTA GORDA, FL, PINE ISLAND, FL, CEDAR KEY, FL, RHINELANDER, WI, SANIBEL, FL, VENICE, FL, MONROE, WI, AND PLACES TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION.

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