Constance Volk is a musician, a painter, and an illustrator. She is a member of Ensemble Dal Niente, the Grossman Ensemble, the Chicago Wind project, and Fulcrum Point New Music Project. She has collaborated with  Alarm Will Sound, Eighth Blackbird, and Lookingglass Theatre. She has exhibited paintings at many galleries, listed below. Her illustrations are featured with ‘Density Seeds’, an offshoot of the ‘Density 2036’ solo flute repertoire project by Claire Chase. Constance is the creator of ‘Connie’s Characters’, a series of mix and match coloring books full of wacky weirdos. Her paintings, poster art, coloring books and music can be found at constancevolk.com

Art Exhibitions

2023, Artprize Grand Rapids, ‘Yellowstone National Park Tour’ // Art Center Highland Park, Boundaries and Borders Redefined, ‘Sensation of Choosing’ // Dragonfly Gallery, Synergy, ‘Thermal Drift’ // Anysquared exhibition at Agitator Gallery, ‘Negative Transfer“ // Bridgeport Art Center, 11th Annual Juried Exhibition, ‘Thermal Drift’ // Oak Park Art League, Juried Exhibition, Eyes Wide Open, ‘Candy-Rattler’ // Art Barn School of Art, Juried Exhibition, ‘Sensation of Choice’, honorable mention // Arc Gallery, Juried Exhibition, Color, ‘Chromaflow’

2022, ArtPrize Grand Rapids, ‘Devils Tower Maze Series’ // Oak Park Art League, Tangible Abstractions, ‘Honokalani’, awarded 1st place // Oak Park Art League, Hothouse: A Botanical Oasis, ‘Flowers for Rex’, honorable mention

2021, Rendezvous Arts, solo exhibition, Lake Forest, Dixon and Chicago

2020, Miller Beach Arts and Creative District, solo exhibition

2019, Zhou B Art Center, BlackLight

Publications

2022, ‘Connie’s Characters: MishMash’, mix and match coloring book

2021, ‘Connie’s Characters: Weirdos’, mix and match coloring book