ARTIST

Veronica Cuculich

Chicago Studio

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Girl Sleepin’ on the Job

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Long White Hair Down to There

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Girl Going to Visit Her Boyfriend

About


Veronica “Ronnie” Cuculich was born April 4, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois. She grew up in Dixon, Illinois with two sisters, her mother, and father.  As a young woman, Ronnie attended Dixon State School. After living in state-operated institutions for many years, Ronnie finally got to live in the community with her friends.  She worked in a sheltered workshop, but art-making was her true calling. Ronnie had been drawing and making crafts her whole life. She was the inspiration behind the Arts of Life studio and helped open it in January of 2000. While Ronnie was an untrained artist, she worked with various media and was always drawn to experimentation, creating mixed media works, drawings, and paintings in both oil and acrylic. In Ronnie’s words, “The studio is perfect because I get to paint!” After practicing as an artist for 10 years, and working to open two studios, Ronnie passed away in 2010.

Watch the 45 min documentary about Veronica and the founding of Arts of Life on our youtube page.

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Exhibitions

No current exhibitions

Portfolio work

Girl Sleepin’ on the Job, 2006

Long White Hair Down to There, 2006

Girl Going to Visit Her Boyfriend, 2006

Girl (pink/blue), 2006

Hot Shot, 2006

Naked Jailbird II, 2006

Naked Jailbird with Crooked Neck, 2006

Naked Jailbirds, 2006

Single Naked Jailbird, 2006

Two Sideways Naked Jailbirds, 2006

They’re Just Lookin’, 2006

Babydoll II, 2006

68 Babydolls, 2006

Maybel, 2006

Girl with Hand Lotion, 2006

Pretty Girl with Sunglasses, 2006

Happy Sitting Lady, 2006

Girl Going to the Art Store, 2006

Girl with Blue Skirt, 2006

Girl Thinking of a Man, 2006

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