EDUCATION
Self-taught in Fine Art
American Academy of Art, Chicago, IL: two year certificate, Commercial Art, 1961
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020: American Tattoo in the Greasy Grass, Hofheimer Gallery, Chicago, IL
2019: Last Chance Tattoo, Hofheimer Gallery, Chicago, IL
2016: Nerves On Fire: Reflections On WWII, Cuba: Rebels, Orishas and 26 Julio, The National Veterans Art Museum, Chicago, IL
2015: CUBA: Rebels, Orishas, and 26 Julio, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2013: Nerves on Fire: Memorials of WWII, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2010: Soul of the Sea, paintings of Celestial Voyagers, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007: Avis Transformata Continuum, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005: Avis Transformata, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003: Love, Desire, and Retribution, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000: Fallen Angels, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997: Sacred Profanity, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
1987: George Klauba, Zaks Gallery, Chicago, IL
1981: George Klauba, Zaks Gallery, Chicago, IL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2019: Exploring Aspects of War, NIU Art Museum, DeKalb, IL
Sing Muses, History and Allegory in Narrative Art, Lockport, IL
2013: Through the Ages: 100 Years of RAM, Rockford, IL. A tribute to the history of the Rockford Art Museum and its permanent collection.
2009: Heart of the Sea, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL. A 3-person exhibit: a Moby-Dick retrospective of 37 paintings with additional works by Kathleen Piercefield and Robert McCauley.
Chasing the White Whale in Northern Kentucky, Gallerie Zaum, Newport, KY, group show of thirteen artists.
2007: While All the Tribes of Bird Sang, Illinois State Museum Chicago Gallery, Chicago, IL. (Group), originated Chicago, traveled the ISM Lockport Gallery.
2005: Reading Between the Lines, Moby-Dick series, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI (2 person)
Visions of Moby Dick: 3 Contemporary Artists, New Bedford, MA (3 person)
2003: Art Chicago 2003, Navy Pier, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Intuit Show, 847 W. Jackson, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002: Art Chicago 2002, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Art of the 20th Century, Ann Nathan Gallery, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY
1999: The Figure Studied: An Examination of Historical and Contemporary Perspectives of the Human Form, Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, WI
Sextableaux, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
Special Presentations, Absolut Vision Chicago, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago IL
1998: January Artists' Salon, Chicago Artists' Coalition, Ann Nathan Gallery, IL
1996: Tattoo Paintings, Furniture, and Sculpture, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
1995: Eye Tattooed America, Virginia Beach Center for the Arts, Virginia Beach, VA
Eye Tattooed America, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
Lasting Impressions, Tattoo Imagery in Fine Prints, Landfall Press, New York, NY
1994: Eye Tattooed America, Truman Art Gallery, Indiana State University, Terra Haute, IN
Mary Bero & George Klauba, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Eye Tattooed America, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
1993: Eye Tattooed America, Museum of Art University of lowa, Iowa City, IA
1992:Eye Tattooed America, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago IL(originated here, became a traveling museum show)
1990: The Chicago Show, Chicago, IL (Juried)
1987: 16 Sculptors, Chicago, Northeastern Univ. Art Gallery, Boston, MA
Painting & Sculpture Today, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis , IN
Byer Museum of Arts, Evanston, IL
136th Illinois Invitational, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
1982: Eberdt Gallery, Marycrest College, Davenport, IA
1981-88: Chicago International Art Exposition, Zaks Gallery, Chicago, IL
1980: Notre Dame University Gallery, South Bend, IN
Lakeview Museum of Arts & Sciences, Lakeview, MI
MEDIA/TV PRESENTATIONS
2019: Chicago Tonight, PBS, Channel 11: October 24, 2019 “Former Tattoo Artist Leaves Indelible Marks on Canvas” by Marc Vitali
2016: Chicago Tonight, PBS, Channel 11: March 22, 2016 “Paintings Illustrate Chicagoan’s Memories of Cuban Revolution” by Marc Vitali
2014: Art Beat Chicago, PBS Channel 11 August 25, 2014 “More Than War Stories” by Marc Vitali
2007: Art Beat Chicago, PBS, Channel 11: June 25, 2007: Feature story: "George Klauba: Ex-Tattooist, Sailor, and Moby-Dick Painter”
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
2019: PUBLICATION Womankind Magazine Featuring Cuba
2015: INTERVIEW by Robert Charito, The Chicago Ambassador Magazine
2010: INTERVIEW by Robert K. Wallace, Leviation, a Journal of Melville Studies, Vol. 12, number 2, June, 2010
2007: REVIEW Artner, Alan: George Klauba, Chicago Tribune, February 15
REVIEW Viera, Lauren, George Klauba, TimeOut Chicago, February
PUBLICATION Painting chosen for cover art of Longman Critical Edition of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, Pearson Longman Press
PUBLICATION Painting chosen for cover art of A Melville Companion, Blackwell Publishing
2005: PUBLICATION New American Paintings: Juried exhibition in print, No 59, Open Studio Press
REVIEW Artner, Alan, George Klauba, Chicago Tribune, February 18
REVIEW Hawkins, Margaret, George Klauba, Chicago Sun-Times, February 18
REVIEW Workman, Michael, Devil Inside, New City, February 17
REVIEW Felshman, Jeff, George Klauba, Chicago Reader, January 21
2003: REVIEW Hawkins, Margaret, Inner Selves Undressed, Chicago Sun-Times, February 8
2002: PUBLICATION Spectrum 9: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, Underwood Books
2000: REVIEW George Klauba, Fallen Angels, New City, March 2
1999: PUBLICATION Godfrey, Linda, The Figure Studied (catalogue) Grossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin, October/November AWARDS
1990: Pauline Palmer Prize, The Chicago Show
COLLECTIONS
George Klauba's work is in public and private collections, including the New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA; the Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL; the Vermillion County War Museum, Danville, IL; and the Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL.