“You have to do that in life. You have to transform the scary into something magical. Otherwise, what’s the point?”

– Ange Altenhofen, interviewed by Michael Morain, Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs

: : Recent GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS : :

Iowa Artist Fellow; Iowa Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, 2019/FY2020 

New York Foundation for the Arts Grant, 2021 

Selected Solo Exhibitions: 

2022
“Sense Surrogates”, Grand View University, Des Moines, Iowa 

“Occupation: Coax, Coddle, Caress”, interactive sculpture performance at the Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa 

2019
“Ange Altenhofen: Night Fell: a Work-in-Progress”, Freight House Art Center, Chariton, Iowa 

“Ange Altenhofen and Josh Sorrell: TransForm”, Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, Iowa 

2018
"Ange Altenhofen", Chariton Public Library, Chariton, Iowa 

2005
“Project Molehill”, installation at the Cook County Administration Building in cooperation with the Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago 

2000
“Stuffed”, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago 

1999
“Angela Altenhofen: 12 Little Stories About Beauty”, University of Illinois, Chicago 

1995
“Recent Works by Angela Altenhofen”, La Cabiria Gallery, Florence, Italy 

1994
“la condizione delle passioni passate”, Cardillac Gallery, Florence, Italy 

Selected Group Exhibitions and Projects: 

2023
“Transform Any Room”, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa; curated by Laura Burkhalter 

“Thread, Pattern, Form: Work by Iowa Surface Design Association Artists”, UNI Gallery of Art, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa; curated by Isabel Barbuzza 

“Bemis Center 2023 Benefit Art Auction and Exhibition”, Bemis Center for the Arts, Omaha, Nebraska 

“Lost and Found”, Philadelphia; traveling exhibition curated by Larassa Kabel 

2022
“Mindscapes”, 3D4D Gallery, Chicago; curated by Micki LeMieux 

“Lost and Found”, Golden Hind Alternative Gallery, Fitch Building, Des Moines, Iowa; curated by Larassa Kabel 

“Contemporary Fiber Art: Works by Members of the Iowa Surface Design Association”, Clear Lake Art Center, Iowa 

“Chicago Sculpture International Biennial”, Koehnline Museum of Art, Des Plaines, Illinois 

“Gallery Night at the FreightHouse”, Chariton, Iowa 

2021
“DUMA Benefit Auction”, Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, Iowa 

“Gallery Night at the FreightHouse”, Chariton, Iowa 

“DUMA Biennial”, Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, Iowa; curated by Laura Burkhalter 

“Sapient_2.021” film project produced and directed by Amenda Tate; costume consultant 

“12x12x12 Small Works Exhibition”, 3Dx4D Gallery, Chicago Sculpture International, Chicago 

2020
“Rockford Midwestern Biennial Exhibition”, Rockford Museum of Art, Rockford, Illinois; curated by Jim Dempsey 

“Below, Through, Above, and Beyond the Datum Level”, Surface Design Association; online exhibition curated by Viv Davy 

“#ISDay” online exhibition sponsored by the International Sculpture Center 

2019
“Art at the Museum”, Lucas County Historical Society, Chariton, Iowa 

“Gallery Night at the Freight House”, Lucas County Arts Council, Chariton, Iowa 

“Octagonal: All Media Exhibit”, Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, Iowa 

“POV: Unconventional Point of View”, artlessBastard Gallery, DePere, Wisconsin 

2018
“Gallery Night at the Freight House”, Lucas County Arts Council, Chariton, Iowa 

“Art at the Museum”, Lucas County Historical Society in collaboration with LCAC, Chariton, Iowa 

2017
“Iowa Women's Art Exhibition", Office of the Governor, State Capitol Building, Des Moines, Iowa; three-artist exhibition sponsored by the Office of the Governor of Iowa and the Iowa Arts Council 

“Lucas County Arts Council Group Exhibition", Nearwood Winery, Knoxville, Iowa 

2015
“Entangled”, Some Things Looming Gallery, Reading, Pennsylvania 

2014
“EcoSculpt”, Hatch Art House, Madison, Wisconsin 

2007
“Rock and Roll: Impatience”, collaboration with Lucky Pierre performance group, Chicago; costume design 

“Just Good Art”, benefit auction for the Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago 

2006
“No Danger of the Spiritual Thing: Short Works by Samuel Beckett”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; costume concept and design for “Texts for Nothing #3” 

2005
“Recent Works”, LIPA Gallery, Chicago 

“Just Good Art”, benefit auction for the Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago 

“Players”, University of St. Francis, Joliet, Illinois; curated by Sara Schnadt 

2004
“2004 Biennial", Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Indiana; curated by Susan Snodgrass 

“ENCORE: New Works by Illinois Millennium Artists”, Mitchell Museum, Mount Vernon, Illinois; curated by Clare Henry 

“Good and Bad Things Come from Explosions”, The Atheneum, Chicago; curated by Lorelei Stewart and Heather Hubbs 

2003
“Thrill III”, Joymore Gallery, Chicago; curated by Melissa Schubeck 

“Depiction”, Gallery 400, University of Illinois, Chicago; curated by Lorelei Stewart 

“Fashionism!”, Open End Gallery, Chicago; curated by Sarah Staskauskas 

“The Solution Show”, Gallery on Lake Judith Racht; curated by Ed Paschke 

2002
“The Stray Show”, Thomas Blackman event, Chicago; exhibited with Joymore Gallery 

“Binder Archive: A Portable Traveling Exhibition”, Temporary Services, Chicago 

“Burlesque Tartare”, The Hideout, Chicago; performance event by DeCorps Costume Collective, group founded by Angela Altenhofen 

“Blue Collar/Blue Blood”, Heaven Gallery, Chicago; curated by Meg Duguid and Maire Kennedy 

2001
“The Stray Show”, Thomas Blackman event, Chicago; wearable art program curated by Angela Altenhofen 

“Dress Code Cracked”, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago; performance event by DeCorps Costume Collective 

“A Very Nice Day with Grey”, Hammond Civic Center, Hammond, Indiana 

“Chrome Yellow”, Joymore Gallery, Chicago; curated by Robert Tavani 

“The Thrill of It All”, Joymore Gallery, Chicago; curated by Melissa Schubeck 

2000
“Evanston and Vicinity Biennial Exhibition”, Evanston Art Center, Illinois; curated by Elizabeth Smith 

“Artlink@Sotheby’s International Young Art 2000”, series of three auctions and exhibitions held at Sotheby’s Auction Houses in Tel Aviv, Vienna, and Chicago 

“New Art Examiner Benefit Auction”, Chicago 

1999
“Illinois Women Artists: The New Millennium”, 3-year traveling exhibition sponsored by the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C. 

“Watch”, Bona Fide Gallery, Chicago; curated by Patrick Collier 

“I, ANIMAL”, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago 

1998
“In Flex, In Flux”, Gallery 2, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago 

“Regional V”, ARC Gallery, Chicago 

1996
“Breadth of View”, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago 

“Heat”, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago; curated by Susan Sensemann 

“Hearts”, International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago 

“St. Valentine’s Day Benefit Auction”, N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago 

1995
“Altenhofen, Clarson, Friedenberg, Mendelbaum, Thrush”, Gallery 2, School of the Art Institute of Chicago 

“giovani artisti” Florence Civic Gallery, Florence, Italy 

1994
“The Game Show”, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago; curated by Sonya Carlborg 

Selected Awards, Grants, and Scholarships: 

2023
Project Grant for interactive sculpture Grotto, Iowa Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts 

2022
Catalyst Grant, Iowa Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts 

Surface Design Association 2022 Conference “Community Ties”, Attendee Scholarship 

2021
ARPA Grant, Iowa Art Council and the National Endowment for the Arts 

CERF Grant (Craft Emergency Relief Fund) 

New York Foundation for the Arts/Rauschenberg Foundation Grant 

Arts Midwest 2021 Conference; Lead Attendee Scholarship 

CCHS Hall of Pride Inductee, Chariton, Iowa 

2019
Iowa Artist Fellowship, Iowa Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, FY2020 

2001
CAAP Grant (Community Artists Assistance Program), City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs 

2000
CAAP Grant (Community Artists Assistance Program), City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs 

1999
Artlink@Sotheby’s International Young Art 2000; series of three auctions and exhibitions by selected artists held at Sotheby’s Auction Houses in Tel Aviv, Vienna, and Chicago, January 2000 

1999-2000 Membership Scholarship, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago 

CAAP Grant (Community Artists Assistance Program), City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs 

1995
Artemisia Gallery Mentorship Program, Chicago; mentee 

Fred Forster Traveling Fellowship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago 

Fulbright Study Grant to Italy, first alternate; 1995-96 

1992
“Aesthetics ‘2” McPherson College, McPherson, Kansas; 1st Place 3-D 

1991
“Six States of Clay” Kansas City Artists Coalition; Award for Merit 

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine; Monitorship Grant with sculptor Walter McConnell 

Education: 

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; MFA 1995 

Cleveland Institute of Art, Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy; 1990 

Professional Affiliations: 

Lucas County Arts Council ( LCAC ); exhibiting member; secretary 2017-2019 

International Sculpture Center ( ISC ); member 

Chicago Sculpture International ( CSI ); member 

Surface Design Association ( SDA ); member and exhibition coordinator for Iowa chapter 

Bemis Center for the Arts; artist member