travis

http://www.travistravis.com/

 

NAME        travis

BORN          23SEP46                     ITAWAMBA, MISSISSIPPI

 

Vice-President/Treasurer, American Veterans for Equal Rights (AVER), Chicago Chapter, which promotes the interests of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender American veterans

 

http://www.averchicago.org/

 

 

1963-1969       U.S. NAVY

RTC Great Lakes, IL                                                   Radioman “A” School Bainbridge, MD;

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba                                                USS America (CVA 66);

Dominican Republic Conflict                                         Middle East Crisis(1967)

AWARDS & MEDALS                               

Republic of Viet Nam Campaign Medal                       

National Defense Service Medal

Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal                             

Navy Unit Commendation Medal

 

EDUCATION

1993    MA      Northwestern Univ. (GPA 4.0)             HONORS:  With Highest Distinction.

1990    BS       Northwestern Univ. (GPA 4.0)             Alpha Sigma Lambda Nat. Honor Society.

 

Solo Exhibitions:        2003                Capsule Gallery, Chelsea/NYC

2006                South Side Community Art Ctr., Chicago

2007                MidwayStudios/Courtyard Glry/Univ.ofChgo.

Group Exhibitions:     2005                Capsule Gallery, Chelsea/NYC

                                    2007                Bartlett Commons/VisionCity Glry/Univ.ofChgo.

                                    2007                GLANCe/”First40”/N.Lakeside Cultural Center

                                    2007                GLANCe/”Contrasts”/Scot’s Bar

 

LIVE Art/PERFORMANCE Art/Art OBJECTS: (Selected Shows)

1980    ONO: Experimental Performance Art & poetry performance band

1986    Space Shuttle Performance Unit / Art Fiction / Laboratorio de Arte

1980    Wizards Dance Club                                                     1981    Prop Theatre Corp

1982    Cabaret Metro (Also 1983)                                          1982    LP/Machines that Kill People

1983    Club Exit                                                                                  ONO/Thermidor Records

1983    Germania Club                                                             1983    JOZ Penthouse

1983    Noise Factory                                                              1983    Smart Bar

1983    Crosscurrents Music Hall                                              1983    Randolph St. Gallery

1983    Helicon Journal Vol. IV, 1983                                      1984    Wicker Park Art Gallery

1984    Arc Gallery                                                                   1984    Chicago Cultural Center

1984    Chicago Filmmakers                                                     1984    Navy Pier Art Expo

1985    LP/ENNUI/ONO/Thermidor Records                          1985    Cabaret Voltaire

1985    Kaleidoscope Klub                                                       1985    Club West End

1986    Beacon Street Gallery                                                   1986    Objects Art Gallery

1990    Links Hall & Lower Links                                             1990    Ann Nathan Gallery

1990    ABC No Rio (NYC)                                                    1990    Pyramid Club (NYC)

1993    MuseumSuferFest/Germany                                          1996    Noyes Cultural Art Ctr. Evanston

1996    Palette & Chisel Academy                                            1996    Club Solo & Mind & Sol Gallery

1996    Zebra Crossing Theatre                                                1996    WCYC-FM

1996    Bailiwick Theatre                                                          1996    Heartland Cafe

1996    Chopin Theatre                                                             1996    North Suburban Fine Arts Center

2002    Pilgrim Baptist Church, Chicago                                                Highland Park, IL

2002    Rockefeller Chapel, Chicago                                         2003    Aldo Castillo Gallery (Also 1996)

2004    Club3030 w/Marvin Tate                                              2004    Univ. of IL, Chicago

2004    “Half Life” By Tracy Baim: Sang “America the Beautiful” at Premiere. Amer. Theatre Co., Chgo

2005    Yale Law School, New Haven

2006    “Mayor Daley Salutes LGBT Veterans”: “America the Beautiful” (Also 2005, 2004) Chgo.

2007    HydeParkArtCenter, “Interstellar Low Ways.”  2007    Intern’l House/King Day performance.

2007    FeelTank PathoGeographies, UIC, Chicago                  2007    Elastic Arts Foundn.. Chgo.

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Recent Media Interviews & Images

=04APR07.  Paul Varnell, “Portrait of an Artist’s Soul:  Expressionism by travis.” Chicago Free Press, at p.16. 

=27APR07.  Plastic Crimewave.  “Secret History of Chicago Music.”  Chicago Reader, at p.30.

=29APR07.  WGN-AM Radio 720/Nick Digilio & Plastic Crimewave.  “Secret History of Chicago Music.”

=13JUN07.  “AVER….”Chicago Free Press/Freetime, at p.1. 

=27JUN07.  Matt Simonette, “City of Chicago Salutes GLBT Veterans at Daley Plaza.”  Chicago Free Press, at p.9. 

=27JUN07.  travis & Matt at Pridefest.”  Chicago Free Press/Freetime, , at p.20.. 

 

=31MAY06.  “Members of AVER carry the rainbow flag down State Street.”  Windy City Times, at p.6.

=07JUN06.  Amy Wooten, “Gay Vet Salute” (p.1).  City Honors LGBT Vets.”  Windy City Times, at p.9

=07JUN06.  Gay Veterans Honor Murdered Sailor.”  Windy City Times.

=25JUN06.  Windy City Times 

=26JUN06.  Dan Lavoie, “We’re Here, We’re Queer, We Wear Combat Gear:  Out of the Military and Out of the Closet.”  Daily Southtown, at p.1

=26JUN06.  Lavoie article also appears (w/different photos) in: Chicago Sun-Times.  See, “Gay Vets take Pride in their Military Service.”  Page 16.

 

Published Work

ZIN (a performance chapbook), Prairie Poet Books, 1979, The Amer. Poets Fellowship Soc. •Beyond Baroque •Lakeside •Spoon River Quarterly •Free Lance •Modern Images •Poetry & •Ram •Chgo Reader •Syncline • Be That Way •Real Slick •New Voices in Amer. Poetry •Cincinnati Journal of Ceremonial Magick •Chgo Sun-Times •Chgo Tribune •ABC TV CH-7 •WBEZ FM •WNUR FM •WVVX FM •WZRD FM •Chgo Cable Network •Matter Magazine •Aeon Music Magazine •Chgo State Univ •Earotica Music Magazine • Evanston Cable Network •Chgo Sun-Times, 26JUN06.

 

Art/Ethnotraphic Surveys Since 2000

EUROPE:  Amsterdam; Antwerp; DenHaag; Dublin; Leuven; London; Maastricht; Paris; Prague; Tervuren.

USA:  Amory, Fulton, Itawamba and Quincy, MS (cemeteries). Tucson (cemeteries), NYC.

 

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