Lilach Schrag is an Israeli-born Chicago-based artist. She graduated from Hamidrasha Art School in Israel and holds a Master of Arts from Spertus Institute, Chicago.
From large-scale drawings and paintings to installations and short videos - Lilach utilizes a large range of contemporary materials to study themes related to transformative existence.
She participates in, and facilitates, critique groups such as Dialogue Chicago and Midwest Artists Retreats and has exhibited her work in solo and group shows in Israel and in the United States.
LILACH SCHRAG
lilachschrag.com . Lilach.Schrag@gmail.com . 847 322 4200 . Highland Park, IL USA
SOLO / TWO PERSON EXHIBITS
A Place to Belong / Jerusalem Biennale / Jerusalem Botanical Gardens, Israel / 2024
Power: A Feminist Exhibit / two-person show / Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL / 2024
Naturally / two-person show / Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL / 2022
Up/Down / Gordon-London Municipal Gallery, Rishon le Zion, Israel / 2019
Consider This My Prayer - Rissman Kol Ami Museum, Highland Park, IL / 2019
Ineffable Mundane - Part III / Hasadna Leomanut, Yavne, Israel / 2016
Ineffable Mundane - Part II / Tova Osman Galley, Tel Aviv, Israel / 2015
Ineffable Mundane / two-person show / Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL / 2014
GROUP EXHIBITS
Psychomagic / Mitzpe Ramon Film Festival / Backstage + New Hangar, Mizpe Ramon, Israel / 2024
6th Side/Lot Experimental Video Showcase / Mezcla Media Collective, Evanston IL / 2024
Dialogue Out Loud / Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL / 2024
Unfavorable Conditions / CSI Project Space, Chicago, IL / 2024
Reaction Wall - Artists React to War / Hasadna Leomanut, Yavne, Israel / 2023
Visible - Health, Equity, Nature Accelerator / Brushwood Center, Lincolnshire, IL / 2023
Little But Bold / 3D4D Gallery, Chicago, IL /2022
Layered Meanings / three-person show / Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL / 2022
Voices & Visions - Between Health and Disease / The Art Center Highland Park, IL / 2020
Threads of Truth - Social Impact & Fiber Arts / Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL / 2020
In Dialogue / Governors State University, University Park, IL / 2020
Beyond the Surface / Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL / 2020
From Here to There / four-person show / Spertus Institute, Chicago, IL / 2019
Inside/Outside / The Art Center Highland Park / 2019
Refreshing Feminism / Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL / 2019
Ephemera / Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA / 2017
Power of the Feminine, Twisted Oyster Film Festival / 33 Gallery, Chicago / 2017
Jerusalem Biennale Select Works / San Diego / New York / Miami Beach / 2016
Dialogue Chicago - Full Force / Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL / 2016
A Fine Line / Jerusalem Biennale /Achim Hasid Complex, Jerusalem, Israel / 2015
Drawing with Scissors / City Gallery Kfar Saba, Israel / 2015
Cutouts in Contemporary Art / The Janco-Dada Museum, Ein Hod, Israel / 2015
Taking Chances / Noyes Cultural Center, Evanston, IL / 2013, 2015
PRESS
Kol HaOt Jerusalem / Studio Stories Series / 2020
Textiel Plus, The Netherlands / The Mythical Figures of Lilach Schrag / Dorothé Swinkels / July 20, 2020
Newcity Art / Lech Lecha: A Review of From Here to There at Spertus Institute / Damien James / October 23, 2019
Yediot Aharonot, Israel / Consider This My Prayer/ Anat Tanner / February 22, 2019
The Jerusalem Post, Israel / Sitting in the Hot Seat / October 18, 2015
Re-port, Japanese business news / Art Camp: Powerful Attempt of Female Artists / May 6, 2014
Chicago Tribune / Highland Park Artist Displays Work / February 18, 2014
RESIDENCIES AND AFFILIATIONS
J.A.W. Fellowship / The Amen Institute / 2024-2025
Visiting Artist / Architreasures: Altgeld community, Chicago / 2023
Kol HaOt Artist Residency / Jerusalem, Israel / 2020
Studio Art + AP Art Instructor / Rochelle Zell Jewish High School, Deerfield, IL / Since 2019
Visiting Artist / Evanston Township and Stevenson high schools, IL / 2017, 2023, 2024
Artist in Residence / Camp Ramah Wisconsin / since 2015
Member / Dialogue Chicago - interdisciplinary critique / since 2013
Leader / Midwest Artist Retreats, Michigan and Wisconsin / since 2013
Eastern Frontier Residency / Maine, USA / 2012
Chicago Sculpture International / since 2009
America-Israel Cultural Foundation - Sharet Creative Excellence Grant / 1987
EDUCATION
Master of Arts / Spertus Institute, Chicago, IL / 2013
Graduate + Teaching Certificate / Hamidrasha Art College, Israel / 1987