Bio and Contact information

Rita Dianni·Kaleel’s award winning work has been exhibited in local, national and international galleries for many years. Her private studies began in 1976 with The Carol Cameron Studio, and continued with the Drisi Studio Of Fine Art, Gerald Merfeld, Brookwood Studio and Koh-Varilla Guild. She continues to learn from life experiences, broadening her perspectives which are constantly changing, bringing forth new ways of seeing. She served as president of the Professional Artists’ Alliance from 1987-90, and as Board Member of the Municipal Art League of Chicago 1990-91. Since 1991 up until the present time, she serves on the Board of the Chicago Society Of Artists, Inc. . Rita has had many solo exhibitions as well as having been included in numerous national and local group shows. Among her Corporate and public exhibitions are Unilever, O’Hare Airport International, Time Life Building Chicago, and Midway Airport. Her work is included in the following corporate collections:

Corporate Collections

Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago
Sandridge Bank, Munster IN
NIPSCO (Indiana)
Heritage Building, So. Holland, IL
Alliance Relocations Corp., Chicago
Dept. Of Children & Family Services, Chicago
Art Casting Of Illinois, Oregon, IL
TOC Productions, Winter Park, FL

Introduction To Criminology, 4th Ed., Cover
Art Calendar Cover, 1998
Social Psycology, College textbook
The Monthly Aspectarian, Cover June-August
Nat'l. League Of American Pen Women, Cover
Artscope, Spectrum Contemporary Art Of Chicago, 2002
Art On The Prairie (sculpture) Wildlife State Park, June-Oct 2003
Beginning Sculpture (textbook) Davis
Florence Italy Bienale 2003