Education

Columbia College Chicago
B.A. in Fine Arts, 1994

Roosevelt University, Chicago
English and Continued Studies in Art, 1992

Assas University, Paris, France
B.A.. in Law, 1991

Solo Exhibitions

2025 — Tourlicoulis, SPOT, Chicago, IL, USA

2024 — Dances of Colors, Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Arts, Chicago, IL, USA

2022 — Les Tourlicoulis: A 30 Years Retrospective, Povos Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA

2021 — Never Out of Shapes, Fulton Market Kitchen, Chicago, IL, USA

2019 — The Sacred Woman, Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Arts, Chicago, IL, USA

2015 — Tourlicoulis d'Aujourd'hui, Chicago, IL, USA

2007 — Ebullition Two, State Street Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA

2006 — Ebullition, Expgallery, Chicago, IL, USA

2005 — Peintures et Tourlicoulis, La Chapelle Saint-Ferréol, Provence, France

2005 — Aventures des Tourlicoulis, Chicago, IL, USA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2026 — I Care a Lot, SZNL Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

2026 — 14th Annual Juried Art Competition, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL, USA

2025 — Vinoteca, Vagabond Art, Chicago, IL, USA

2023 — Bloom, Povos Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA

2021 — ALMA Art & Interiors, Chicago, IL, USA

2020 — M.A.D.S. Gallery, Milan, Italy (Virtual Exhibition)

Selected Art Fairs

2022 — The Other Art Fair (Saatchi), Chicago, IL, USA

2022 — Gold Coast Art Fair, Chicago, IL, USA

2022 — Printer's Row Art Fest, Chicago, IL, USA

2022 — Barrington Art Fair, Barrington, IL, USA

Public & Corporate Projects

2024 — Emory Brain Health Center, Atlanta, GA, USA
Commissioned digital artwork for a 5 × 5 ft, four-panel installation created for Emory Brain Health Center
in connection with the Super Bowl; later gifted to Arthur M. Blank Hospital.

Selected Collections

Christine Ruiz Picasso Collection, Provence, France

State Street Gallery Collection, Chicago, USA

Private collections throughout the United States and Europe.

Awards

2026 ­— 16th Abstract, Taravarna: Honorable Mention Award (Painting: The Princess with Horns)

2025 — Colorful Abstract, Circle Foundation for the Arts: Creative Excellence (Painting: The Princess with Horns)

2025 ­— 15th Abstract, Taravarna: Honorable Mention Award (Painting: Bloom of Joy)

2020 — Shades of Blue, Camelback Gallery: Finalist (Painting: Do You Want to Play with Me?) 

2020 — In the Reds, Artavita: Finalist (Painting: Indestructible) 

2020 — Bold Abstracts, Camelback Gallery: Finalist (Painting: The Mist of Fire)

2018 ­— All Colors, Contemporary Art Gallery Online: 4th Place (Painting: Summer Garden)

2018 — All Abstraction, Contemporary Art Gallery Online: 1st Place (Painting: Fire River)

2018 — Abstract Art, Camelback Gallery: Finalist (Painting: Voluptuous Coral)