Corbett vs. Dempsey

works by Stanley Edwards

Born in Joliet, Illinois, Stan Edwards moved to Chicago early in life. He studied painting and design at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, receiving a BFA in 1964. While at SAIC, Edwards was influenced by Vera Berdich's printmaking classes, Betsy Rupprecht's color class, and Daniel Massen's design classes. After a brief stay in New York (1967 - 1970), where he was profoundly shaken by the urban rioting and general upheaval of this time, Edwards returned to Chicago and later set up a studio in the Pilsen neighborhood.

Edwards' exhibitions include solo shows in Chicago at Fairweather-Hardin Gallery (1965, 1968, and 1973) and Carole Jones Gallery (1994). Edwards participated in such group exhibitions as "Momentum II" at the University of Chicago in 1964; "The Sunken City Rises" at IIT (1964); the "29th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting" at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, D.C. (1965); "Twelve Chicago Painters" at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (1966); "Violence in Recent American Art" at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (1968) as well as exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Hyde Park Art Center, and The Arts Club in Chicago. Permanent collections include the National Museum of American Art and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

From the biography by Anna Friedman, from Art in Chicago 1945 - 1995