Education

1990
BFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL 
Painting and drawing emphasis.

Solo Exhibitions

2015
Beyond the Soviet Union, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL

2010
Seeing White, Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL

2009                
PUSH, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY

2008               
Vadim Katznelson: Paint Substance, Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL

2007
Vadim Katznelson: Interiority of Paint, Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL
Recent Work, Northwestern College, St. Paul, MN

2005               
For Paint’s Sake, Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL

2003                
Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL

2002                
Intrepid, Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, New York, NY 

2001               
Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL

1999
The Butcher Shop Gallery, Chicago, IL

Selected Group Exhibitions

2014
Turn Up the Heat, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
ReAnimate, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL

2013 
Catch As Catch Can, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY

2009
Minimalist Work, Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL

2008
Re-Mix, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY

2007
Brenda Taylor Gallery, New York, NY
Harper College, Palatine, IL

2006
Lifebomb Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, New York, NY
Gallery Group Exhibition, Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago IL

2005
Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, New York, NY

2004
Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago IL
Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, New York, NY

2003
Thirteen Pieces: Katznelson & Stolyarov, Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, New York, NY

2002
30th Anniversary Exhibition, Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL
New Work from New York, Purdy/Hicks Gallery, London

2001
Harper College, Palatine, IL

2000
Garner Tullis + Vadim Katznelson, Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, New York, NY
Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago IL
Harper College, Palatine, IL

1999
(un)resolved, Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, New York, NY

1998 
The Butcher Shop Gallery, Chicago, IL

1995
Chicago Conservation Center, Chicago, IL

1991
Cadahay Gallery at Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI

1990
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Gallery

1985
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI

1984
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI

1983
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI

1982
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI

Grants and Awards

2011
Adolf and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Grant

2006
Pollock-Krasner Foundation

2005
Robert M. MacNamara Foundation

1992
NEA institutional grant
IMS institutional grant

1985
National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts
State of Wisconsin Scholastic Art Competition, 1st Prize
Hallmark Prize
Merit Scholarship to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Reviews

2007
Lieber, Katherine R. Vadim Katznelson: Interiority of Paint. ArtScope. http://www.artscope.net/VAREVIEWS/katznelson0107.shtml. Chicago Reader, January 12.

2005
Color Wonderful, New City Chicago, February 15.
Klein, Paul. Art Letter. February 10. http://www.artletter.com/2005/02/                        

2003
Cassidy, Victor M. Vadim Katznelson. The Chicago Art Critics Association Review. Vol. 4, No. 1. October.

2002
Abstract Art Online, www.abartonline.com.

2001
ARTnews, February. 

2000
Art Guide, New York Times, January 28. Abstract Art Online, www.abartonline.com, January and September.

Collections
TheArtCollTrust, Seattle, WA
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Dona Arnett, Chicago, IL
John and Linda Arrington, Tulsa, OK
Don and Jane Hunt, Chicago, IL
Phyllis and Ken Langsdorf, St. Louis, MO
Brian T. Herbstritt, Chicago, IL
Jay and Edie Fitts, Chicago, IL
Anne Bertoin, Quebec, Canada
Kerry Grady, Chicago, IL
Brian Herbstritt, Chicago, IL
Paul Sack, San Francisco, CA
William and Susan Brandarbur Puetz, San Francisco, CA
David and Becky LeBuhn, Glenbrook, NV
Jon and Sharron Seymour, Chicago, IL
Maureen McLain, San Francisco, CA
Chad Buck, Oakland, CA
Robert Friedman, Chicago, IL
Paul Klein, Chicago, IL
Jerry Reinsdorf, Chicago, IL
Daryl and Jeffery Stokols, Chicago, IL
John and Laura Fraser, St. Charles, IL
Garner Tullis, NYC, NY
Robert Fisher, Boston, MA