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| The Merman, 2018 Wool and cotton woven around glazed porcelain 3.5" x 1.5" x 4.5" Em Kettner (b. 1988) is an artist and writer based in El Cerrito, CA. Em creates ceramic-textile sculptures that address misconceptions related to agency and sexuality in the disability community. Recent exhibitions include those at Goldfinch, Roman Susan and Andrew Rafacz Gallery (Chicago, IL); HARPY and Field Projects (New York, NY); Massman Gallery (Oakland, CA); and an upcoming solo exhibition at François Ghebaly Gallery (Los Angeles, CA). She has been the recipient of an SAIC Teaching Fellowship, the MIUSA Women’s Institute on Leadership and Disability, and the 2019-2020 AAC Diversity + Leadership Fellowship. Em received an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and has been a Lecturer in the Painting + Drawing, Contemporary Practices, and Liberal Arts departments. She is currently Exhibitions Coordinator and Studio Facilitator at NIAD Art Center, a studio and gallery space that supports artists with disabilities in the Bay Area. Em is represented by Goldfinch Gallery in Chicago, IL. emkettner.com, @em_kettner |
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| Radwood Amphora, 2021 resin, urethane, steel 16" x 9" x 4" Adam Parker Smith (b. 1978, Arcata, CA) is a sculpture and installation artist. He attended the University of California at Santa Cruz (BA Painting, 2000), the Tyler School of Art at Temple University (MFA Painting, 2003) and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (2008). Smith has had solo exhibitions at The Hole (New York, 2019, 2017, 2016); Galería Curro (Guadalajara, 2019); and Ever Gold [Projects] (San Francisco, 2014). Smith has been included in group exhibitions at Ever Gold [Projects] (San Francisco, 2019); Marlborough (London, 2019); Library Street Collective (Detroit, 2018), Galerie Odile Ouizeman (Paris, 2018); Honor Fraser (Los Angeles, 2016), Eric Firestone Gallery (East Hampton, 2016), and Derek Eller (New York, 2015). Reviews of his work have appeared in Art in America (March 2013, Brian Boucher) and The New York Times (August 2015, Roberta Smith) and others; his work has been featured in Paper Magazine, Interview, AUTRE, Forbes, Art News, The New Yorker, Modern Painters, The Village Voice, and The New York Post. In 2015, he was a recipient of the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Painting and has participated in artist residencies at Abron Arts Center, Wave Hill, Triangle, Swing Space, Sculpture Space and the Atlantic Center for the Arts, among others. Smith lives and works in Brooklyn. www.adamparkersmith.com |
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| Brush Pot with Gold, 2019 Glazed ceramic and gold lustre 7" x 7" x 7 1/2" Jeffry Mitchell (b. 1958, Seattle, WA) is an artist well versed in ceramic traditions from around the globe. He earned a BA in Painting from the University of Dallas in 1980, and an MFA in Printmaking at the Tyler School of Art in 1988. His work references Early American glazes, Pennsylvania Dutch pickle jars, asymmetrical Japanese aesthetic decisions and Chinese Foo Dogs. His work eschews refinements that commonly accompany many ceramic processes. The resulting pieces radiate an exuberant, unbridled immediacy. He feels that this unfettered approach is essentially relatable to our shared human experience. The imagery he uses is also very accessible: bears, elefants (he prefers ‘f’ to ‘ph’), bunnies and flowers appear over and over in his work and although they can definitely be related to his own personal story, he feels that these too spring from an early and universally familiar place. Mitchell seeks to tap into and broadcast a sense of vitality whether it be joyful, or colored with a more complex mix of emotions in his work. This throughline can been seen in the thick, dripping glazes, the unabashed appropriation of decorative motifs and an unmistakeable suffusion of playfulness. His work is in numerous prestigious collections including the Smithsonian, Seattle Art Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Philadelphia Art Museum, and Fogg Art Museum of Harvard University. Courtesy of the Artist and PDX Contemporary Art, Portland https://pdxcontemporaryart.com/jeffry-mitchell, @jeffrymitchell |
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| Dusk, 2015 Steel, stainless steel, wood, 3D printed PLA, twine, acrylic paint, spray paint, and magnets. 12'' x 6.5'' x 23'' Chris Bradley (b.1982) is an artist based in Chicago. He received his MFA degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2010. Over the past two decades, Bradley has developed a sculptural language around representation, poetics of ordinary subjects, trompe l’oeil techniques, and exhibition as site for the imagination. He aims to use this creative language to encourage his audience to practice the suspension of disbelief as a method for reconsidering and understanding this shared common world. He has presented solo exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Shane Campbell Gallery, Roberto Paradise, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Raleigh, as well as group exhibitions including The Renaissance Society, Atlanta Contemporary, Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, the NRW-Forum, and the Elmhurst Art Museum. In 2014, he was included in the Modern Painters magazine feature “25 Artists to Watch.” In 2017, he was the recipient of the Meier Achievement Award. In addition to his studio practice, he is an instructor of sculpture at both SAIC and the University of Chicago. @chrisbradleystudio |
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| Untitled, 2018 mixed media - acrylic, paper, string, foam, textiles, found objects 17" x 18" x 17" As a non-verbal artist, Hubert utilizes his art-making process as a tool for connection and communication with others. With the help of support staff and volunteers, Hubert builds multidimensional sculptures, amassing an array of materials collected from around the studio. His additive method of layering creates finished objects that are otherworldly. He can often be found laughing as he paints, opening himself up to the world around him and to the community of the studio. Hubert’s process is so intrinsically linked with his own personal exploration that his progress is a beautiful thing to observe. Born and raised in Chicago, Posey’s work was recently included in "OUT 2021" at Galerie C.O.A. in Montreal, "Do U Dig" at Good Weather, and previously in "In Good Company" at the Chicago Cultural Center and "All Well and Good" at Circle Contemporary. https://artsoflife.org/artists/hubert-posey/ |
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| Happy Wolf, 2019 Acrylic on paper 19'' x 24'' *framed Jean Wilson (b.1958) is a Chicago based artist. As a child and young adult, Jean lived in several state operated institutions. In 2000, Jean moved into L’Arche Chicago as one of the founding core members. An accomplished visual artist and a musician in the Arts of Life Band, Jean has a creative drive that seems limitless. Her unique talent lies in determining the emotional core of her subject matter and depicting this as fiercely as she possibly can. Drawn to animals as subject matter, Jean concentrates on qualities that make her subjects powerful, dangerous, and respected. Before anything else, one will notice teeth, claws, and glowing eyes. Jean's ferocious menagerie acts as protection for Jean while announcing her artistic identity. She recently launched a limited edition print run with Summertime Gallery in Brooklyn. https://artsoflife.org/artists/jean-wilson/ |
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| Shape, 2015 Acrylic and collage on paper 18" x 12" *framed Lawrence joined Arts of Life in 2016 to begin developing his studio practice. Working primarily in drawing, painting, and collage, he engages with a process and aesthetic reflecting his everyday interests - gathering imagery of animals, watching cartoons, and a spontaneous layering of diverse materials and ideas. Lawrence also enjoys traveling with his family, spending time with friends, and playing basketball, shot put, and a variety of other sports in Special Olympics. His work has recently been included in Coloured Fire, an online Arts of Life exhibition guest curated by Peri Ehsan and Dance Dance Dance at Circle Contemporary guest curated by Tyson Reeder. https://artsoflife.org/artists/lawrence/ |
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| Invitation to an Image, 2019 linen, wood, rubber, stamp pad, foam, graphite, ceramic, magnet and paper 14" x 10.88" x 2.5" Mika Horibuchi (b. 1991, San Francisco, CA) is a Chicago based artist. She earned a BFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2015. She deftly uses trompe-l’oeil as a conceptual framework to explore the intersection of truth and artifice. Her images of curtains, blinds and screens are rendered to create illusions that conceal as much as they reveal. Although conspicuously recognizable, her subjects can slip into the fissures of visual perception to simultaneously hide and reveal.Recent solo and group exhibitions include A Tale of Today, Nate Young and Mika Horibuchi, The Driehaus Museum, Chicago, IL (2020); Bortolami Gallery, New York, NY (2021); Mika Horibuchi: Chicago Works, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago IL (2018); Una vida domestica, Salon ACME, Mexico City, MX (2018); On Anxiety, Cleve Carney Gallery, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL (2018); Good News, Ralph Arnold Gallery, Loyola University, Chicago IL (2018), Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA (2019), KMAC Museum, Lexington, KY (2019) and Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago, IL (2019). Mika invites the viewer to look at the very nature of surface, to have us rest our eyes upon doppelgangers on the heels of reality, always at arms reach but never meeting. Edition 8 of 25. Work Courtesy the artist and PATRON, Chicago. https://patrongallery.com/artist/mikahoribuchi |
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| Two people drawing together (Danny Shapiro, I), 2017 colored pencil on paper 11" x 10" *framed (b. 1979, Miami, FL) is an interdisciplinary artist based in Chicago. Chitty received a BFA from Smith College and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Recent exhibitions include: State of the Art II (2020), Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AK; Becoming the Breeze: Alex Chitty with Alexander Calder (2019), Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL; pulling flavor from the dirt (2018), PATRON, Chicago, IL; Small Sculpture (2017), Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL; Stranger Things (2017) DePaul Art Museum, Chicago, IL and others. She was awarded the Artist Fellowship Award by the Illinois Arts Council Agency (2019) and completed numerous artist residencies including the Fundacion Casa Wabi (2018), the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art (2017), Real Time & Space (2015) and Fountainhead (2015). Work is unframed. Courtesy the Artist and PATRON, Chicago. https://patrongallery.com/artist/alexchitty |
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| Bête Noire, 2018 Acrylic, spray enamel & epoxy resin on shaped wood 20" x 16" x 2" Francesco Lo Castro's (b. 1976, Catania, Italy) was raised in Germany and transplanted to South Florida where he became immersed in the graffiti, punk and music scenes. He quickly found a foothold in the creative arts with a diverse technical range and a strong social message. His work examines the underlying nodes that make up physical reality through the use of historically grounding visual elements, reminiscent of Italian Futurism, 1980’s analog computer graphics, and Art Deco color palettes. At its center lies a drive to recollect and arrest memories, as well as a future-forward aesthetic that dares to question the boundaries of biology and technology, the physical and the virtual, charting a holistic, common space within the increasingly fluid boundaries that are shaping contemporary culture. www.francescolocastro.com, @locastro |
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| Knotted wall with steps, 2021 colored pencil on paper 9.5" x 7.5" *framed Lauren Clay lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. She received a MFA in Painting from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2007, and BFA in Painting from Savannah College of Art in 2004. Recent solo exhibitions include Tread, Riser, Passage at Bosse & Baum gallery (London) and While Sleeping, Watch at Cris Worley Fine Arts (Dallas). Clay’s site-specific installation Cenotaph was included in Peter Halley’s solo project, “Heterotopia I” in Venice, Italy, in conjunction with the Venice Biennale (2019). Her work has been reviewed in Art Forum, The New York Times, Bomb Magazine, Artsy and the Washington Post. Clay was a grant recipient of the Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant (2019) and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts (2020). laurenclay.com |
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| A Dad's Love, 2020 graphite on paper 11'' x 9'' *framed Ardillio Anderson (also known as Hector Jones) has cultivated a praxis of methodical, portrait-based artwork. He studies the nuances of facial expressions and presents them to the viewer with empathy and vulnerability. The resulting works are easily relatable yet powerful. “I’m just trying to make it look as realistic as possible but have my own little twist. I put my own style to it. It’s time consuming but it’s fun.” His style is rooted in low contrast graphite drawings punctuated with colored pencil and ink, though his most recent works have evolved to incorporate an increased measure of saturated colors. For Anderson, art making functions as a reprieve from the stresses of every day life. “It gets me away from being bored or in front of the TV or in my room all day. I can listen to music and do art at the same time. It lets me be free to do something other than be bored. I can get out there and people can look at my stuff.” Anderson is also a member of the studio’s band, Van Go Go. He has exhibited at the Chicago Cultural Center, the Chazen Museum of Art in Wisconsin and the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art in Chicago. Anderson was also interviewed in a Chicago Athletic Association podcast featuring Arts of Life in 2019. @ardillio_anderson2880 |
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| The Sight, 2021 colored pencil, paper 17'' x 10'' *framed Hannah Pratt’s artwork is rooted simultaneously in fantasy and realism. She creates lush colored pencil drawings that feature felines from the book series, Warriors, by Erin Hunter. “For people who are familiar with the work, they will know it instantly without me having to say anything. The Warriors fandom is huge! It’s been going on for over 15 years… a decade and a half! I’ve been a fan since 2005. I want to become known for these drawings and have people anticipate them and talk to me about them if they’re familiar with the source. I love talking about warrior cats! I want them to anticipate what I do next.” Each work is brought to life through Pratt’s masterful rendering of shadow and light. She draws with a high investment in exactitude, and this attention to detail results in exquisitely rendered scenes. Careful blending and layers of pigment produce bold works, yet Pratt’s treatment of her subject matter relays a softness indicative of the artist’s observant nature. “The recreation of it. Well it’s measuring out the proportions and basically redrawing the original. It’s really fun because I get to see the colors the artist used and I get to choose from my pencils to mix them together and try to get a similar color. To watch it come to life, I guess. At the end, you’re like “I made that!” I just want to be the best I can be.” Hannah just completed her first year at Arts of Life, and welcomes artwork commissions. Interested parties can inquire with the North Shore studio Art Manager. https://artsoflife.org/artists/hannah-pratt/ @Reddzarts |
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| Fine, 2019 acrylic on canvas 16'' x 20'' *framed Debra Johnson is a focused and intentional maker. Her abstract works explore texture through mixing mediums and manipulating thick layers of paint. “It’s beautiful. I want paint.” Color also plays an important role in works inspired by nature. Johnson investigates monochromatic color schemes and high contrast color schemes with equal fervor. She manipulates paint with a wet-on-wet technique, enabling subtle shifts in hue to emerge. “I paint all red.” Johnson creates with confidence and certainty. When asked which artist she admires most, Johnson replied “Just me!” In this spirit, we eagerly anticipate the works that will flow from her hands. https://artsoflife.org/artists/debra-johnson/ |
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| Doll Walker, 2019 acrylic on gauze 3.25" x 3" x 3.5" The persistence and laser focus Renata Berdes possesses in pursuit of her artistic outcomes is indomitable. She continually pursues her themes, or “obsessions” as she calls them, with voracity and intention. “I want to do it because I am capable. I want to do art.” https://artsoflife.org/artists/renata-berdes/ |
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| The Highway, 2021 Recycled Yarn, Thread, Quilt, Batting, Upholstery Foam, Cardboard, and Wood 15" x 15" x 2" Sam Jaffe is an artist currently living and working in Chicago, IL. Her work is characterized by wacky, toxic color and overstuffed, mutated forms and explores labor, folk and domestic art traditions, ornamentation, collecting behaviors, femininity, and the grotesque fallibility of the human body. Sam received her BFA from The Rhode Island School of Design in 2005 and her MFA from the School of The Art Institute of Chicago in 2009. She is represented by 65GRAND in Chicago. Sam is an Associate Adjunct Professor in the Department of Painting and Drawing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is a director of ADDS DONNA, an artist-run collective and exhibition space in Chicago. www.thesamjaffe.com, @thesamjaffe |
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| Different Designs, 2019 Graphite and colored pencil on paper 14'' x 11'' *framed Frances was born in 1948 in Chicago and spent time in New Orleans, Louisiana throughout her childhood. Before coming to the Arts of Life she worked at a bank. Frances has previously worked collaboratively with Allison Wade, a Chicago community artist. She has also collaborated with outside organizations through the 20 Neighborhoods Project, including WomanMade Gallery and the Center on Halsted. She has an interest in poetry and jazz. In her free time she likes to watch Court TV, cook, do laundry, go shopping and out to restaurants. Frances' work has recently been included in the online Arts of Life exhibition "Micropop USA" guest curated by Max Guy. https://artsoflife.org/artists/frances-roberts/ |
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| The New Year 2021, 2020 Graphite on paper 18'' x 24'' *framed Tim is a native of Park Ridge, IL, where he grew up with his father and sister. His interest in art began at the age of five, with Mickey Mouse as his first subject. Dissatisfied with copying the images of others, he took up abstraction and has been painting and drawing ever since. After joining Arts of Life, Tim has expanded his practice with forays into drawing, painting, collaborative projects, and sculpture. He is an active member of the curatorial committee, assisting community curators with selection and display of various local and national artists at Circle Contemporary. As a maker, Tim has a steadfast vision for his practice and is currently focused on minimalist graphite drawings. https://artsoflife.org/artists/tim-stone/, @timstone6 |
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| Cotton Candy, 2018 Colored pencil on paper 14" x 18.75" *framed Born in Chicago in 1955, Sue is a dreamer and visionary. Fascinated by color, shapes, and organic forms Pasowicz uses colored pencil to create whimsical compositions that reflect her dream-like state. Looking at the everyday, her work incorporates hints of her surroundings which become tangled in the web of forms created by wispy, worm-like marks that build up on the works’ surface. Often incorporating windows, doors, or portals, Pasowicz transports the viewer to a new environment. Her work has recently been included in several online exhibitions: Arts of Life’s "Inside/Outside" guest curated by Esther Ruiz, "Micropop USA" guest curated by Max Guy, and notably NADA Chicago Gallery Open with both Arts of Life and Ruschman. https://artsoflife.org/artists/susan-pasowicz/ |
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| Leopld #2, 2021 Collage on sintra board, chicago screws, looseleaf bookrings, galvanized cable 11"x 13" Max Guy is a multidisciplinary artist who works with paper, video, performance, assemblage and installation. He has exhibited at the Malmo Museum of Art, MCA Chicago, UIS Visual Arts Gallery, Prairie, Apparatus Projects, and Heaven Gallery. From 2017-2018 Max was a Jackman Goldwasser Resident Artist at Hyde Park Art Center. He lives and works in Chicago, USA. maxguy.studio |
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| Paradise II, 2018 Cement, plexiglas, paint 3'' x 3'' x 3'' Esther Ruiz (b. Houston, TX) received a bachelor of Arts degree in Sculpture from Rhodes College and currently lives and works in Brooklyn. Ruiz's work combines the cylinder, the semicircle, the triangle, and other Euclidean forms into colorful and expressive freestanding sculpture. Constructing her sculptures from cement, colored Plexiglas, paint and other industrial materials, Ruiz uses a minimalist vocabulary to create relics of imagined experiences. Of her creative process, she says "the imagery I work with is born out of exploring and researching fictional places imagined in my mind, and ultimately, my work exists as an effort to visually explain an emotional state of mind with mathematical acuteness.” She begins with a collection of emotions, memories, impressions of light, and sounds, then translates them into an abstract geometric aesthetic. www.estherruiz.com @esther___ruiz |
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| Waiting on the wind, 2021 Gouache and pastel on paper 14.5'' x 22.5'' *framed Ryan Whelan (b. in 1991) is an Oakland-based visual artist whose current practice investigates how connections can create a sense of place. Originally from Torrance, California, Whelan moved to the Bay Area in 2009 to earn his BFA in Printmaking from San Francisco State. In addition to his art practice, he has been working at the Creative Growth Art Center since 2015. Whelan has exhibited in the San Francisco Bay Area at pt. 2 Gallery and Hashimoto Contemporary, in Portland at Stephanie Chefas Projects, and at pt. 2 Gallery and Hey There! Projects in Los Angeles. www.arewhyayen.com @fake_vegan |
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| Two Way Mirror, 2014 pencil and ink on paper 12" x 9" *framed David Leggett is a working artist in Los Angeles. He earned his BFA at the Savannah College of Art and Design and an MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has also studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. David was an artist in residence at the Joan Mitchell Center (2018) and the University of Chicago (2014-5). His work has been exhibited in numerous solo shows including Aspect/Ratio Projects, James Fuentes, Steve Turner Contemporary, Shane Campbell Gallery, Gallery 400, 65 Grand Gallery, the Hyde Park Art Center, and the Kimmerich Gallery in Berlin. He has also exhibited in group shows at Various Small Fires, The Pit, Library Street Collective, Standard Space, Tag Gallery, Zevitas Marcus Gallery, Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Trestle Projects, and internationally at Zidoun & Bossuyt (Luxemberg), Kunstraum (Germany), Kunstverein (Germany), Ramp Gallery (London). davidleggettart.com Courtesy of private Chicago collector. |
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| Chicago Through a Fashion Eye, 2019 watercolor, marker, glitter 15'' x 9'' *framed Aria Carter has a singular vision for fashion and passion! Her artwork is rife with haute couture references interspersed with youthful, pop culture iconography. Her compositions construct narratives around this unexpected juxtaposition of high and low-brow cultural fixtures. “My goal is to save money to open my own studio. I want to use a fashion that’s silk leaves, flower silks, hoop cage, woods, plastic pearls, plastic colors, tinsel garland, glitters.” Carter works with complete focus and confidence. She skillfully balances compositions, exercising restraint to preserve and craft thoughtful negative space that accentuates her designs. An undeniable playfulness manifests in vivid colors and functionally counterbalances the seductiveness of her imagery. Carter’s artwork has appeared in public installations in Chicago. She was the North Shore studio’s Artist of the Month in September 2019 and represented Arts of Life in a filmed interview with WTTW in 2020. @ariagabrielle34 |
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| Shortcut Frame, 2019 Acrylic on canvas 20'' x 20'' Nate Otto is a Chicago-based painter and muralist. He has exhibited his work in New York, Los Angeles, and Austin, and has done projects for VANS, Chase Bank, National Public Radio, and Goose Island Brewery. He explores cities, maps, and landscapes in his art practice, and has lived in Chicago for more than 20 years. nateotto.com @ottonate |
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| Desvelo, 2021 Magicicada wings sewn with hair 17" x 17" x 3" Selva Aparicio is an interdisciplinary artist working across installation and sculpture to create artwork that digs deeply into ideas of memory, intimacy and mourning. Born and raised in the woods just outside of Barcelona, Spain, she found solace in nature from a young age and cultivated a profound interest in the ephemeral as inspired by the natural world around her. She received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2015 and her MFA in Sculpture from Yale University in 2017. Aparicio’s work has been shown internationally in solo and group exhibitions including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; The International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago; Yale Center for British Art; Can Mario Museum, Spain; CRUSH Curatorial, New York; The Kyoto International Craft Center, Japan; Instituto Cervantes, New York; and the Centre de Cultura Contemporanea de Barcelona. She was awarded the JUNCTURE Fellowship in Art and International Human Rights in 2016, the Blair Dickinson Memorial Prize in 2017, and received a MAKER Grant from the Chicago Artist Coalition in 2020. She was also named one of the 2020 "Breakout Artists in Chicago" by NewCity Art and is a current artist in residence at BOLT. www.selvaaparicio.com @selvaaparicio |
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| White Mallow Can't Jump, 2019 Acrylic on shaped MDF panel, three elements; 8" x 8" x 3/4" (each) Eric Ruschman’s paintings are witty reflections on popular culture. In television production vernacular, “easter eggs” are coy inside jokes or special features situated in widely consumed media. This is precisely how Ruschman structures his ornate and highly chromatic paintings. The launchpads for these geometric abstractions and woodworked shaped panels are those of the gaymer, the sissy, and the fan boy. He draws from diverse source materials from film and television, fashion, design, and architecture as a means of recapitulating anecdotes from our shared cultural pasts and present. His buoyantly colorful, abstract paintings playfully engage with Modernist notions of distillation. Ruschman’s solo exhibition, CRIBS, at Circa Modern was comprised of a set of new paintings constructed from references to furniture that appeared in beloved TV shows like The Golden Girls, Frasier, The X-Files, and The Simpsons. These abstractions of patios, armchairs, and window dressings were exhibited in tableau of Modern furniture selected from the holdings of Chicago furniture dealer Donald Schmaltz. The resultant installations posed not only amusing interactions between “as seen on TV” décor and icons of Modernist design, but also instigated a lighthearted look at how painting is positioned within these desirably designed scenarios. Clichés are rendered with tenderness, and high forms of Modernism are detected then made to dance in commonplace contemporary contexts. www.ericruschman.com | ruschman.blue | @ericruschman |
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| Pie In The Sky, 2021 Wood, Epoxy, Glue, Pigment, Acrylic 6" x 9'' Values of Pizza Monument: 1. Follow your hands 2. Fun is its own form of intelligence 3. Making collaboratively helps us with our egos 4. Working across a table from another artist is powerfully algorithmic 5. Did you take a chance? 6. The promise of the next slice being the perfect slice is undeniable 7. Nervous is a sign you care 8.How can you be weird? 9. Dumbness carries profundity 10. If you’re not on your phone you are doing it right @pizza.monument.incorporated |
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| Love Man Haunted Hotel, 2019 marker on paper 9'' x 12'' *framed Chicago studio artist David (Dave) Krueger and longtime Arts of Life volunteer and collaborator Ben Marcus have developed their practice over years of working together. Their comedic reactive approach to painting and drawing allows them to create characters who project positivity despite desolate circumstances. Born in 1962, Dave joined Arts of Life in 2007. Dave approaches everything in his life with boundless energy and enthusiasm and this is most apparent within his art practice. Practicing artist, DJ and publisher Ben Marcus pulls his 80’s inspired aesthetic to create futuristic vibes that are both nostalgic and moody. @goodbye_press @davidraykrueger |
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| Lynell in a Sandtrap (Audobon Park), 2019 Piezographic carbon print 40" x 26" *framed (b.1990) Derrick Woods-Morrow work is a meditation on deviation and disruption, on language and representation, the laborious and the playful. Currently based in Chicago where he works as a sexual health advocate and activist, and originally from Greensboro, NC, his artistic practice explores black sexual freedoms, the complicated histories concerning access to land and the navigation of the American terrain by black and queer peoples. Woods-Morrow received his MFA in Photography from the School of Art Institute of Chicago in 2016, and was most recently an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Photography and teaching artist at the University of Illinois Chicago. His work was exhibited in collaboration with Paul Mpagi Sepuya in the 2019 Whitney Biennial; This is America | ART USA Today at Kunsthal KAdE (2020); Make America What America Must Become at the Contemporary Art Center in New Orleans (2020); the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (2020); YNCI V: Detroit Art Week Expo; in Photography Now: THE SEARCHERS, curated by Maurice Berger and Marvin Heiferman at The Center for Photography at Woodstock; and Down Time: On the Art of Retreat at the Smart Museum Chicago. His second short film, 'much handled things are always soft' debuted in collaboration with the VISUAL AIDS 30th Annual Day With(out) ART programming at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Contemporary Art LA, The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, The Brooklyn Museum, The New Museum and over a hundred institutions worldwide. He is the 2021 Edith and Philip Leonian fellow. www.derrickwoodsmorrow.com | @moresweetbeef |
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| Enjoy a private, in-home dinner made by Chef Max Robbins, Executive Chef of Chicago's acclaimed Longman & Eagle restaurant. This multicourse dinner for six will feature seasonal takeks on classic American regional dishes, as well as a bottle of Longman and Eagle's private barrel whiskey. Contents: Private dinner with Max Robbins Bottle of Longman and Eagle's private barrel whiskey |
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| It's all about beautifying and enjoying your home with this package. Win a beautiful terrarium from Chicago's Sprout Home, a handwoven rug by Chicago artist Caroline Mort, custom art framing by Frambridge, a puzzle from piecework puzzles, the art themed board game, Modern Art, and a gift card to Dice Dojo game store. Contents: Sprout Home Terrarium $250 Caroline Mort 5.5'x3.5' plant dyed hand woven rug $400 Framebridge framing - grand size $200 Piecework puzzle $35 Modern Art board game $50 $50 Dice dojo gift card (for use in store or online) |
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| Enjoy a luxury stay in a large hotel room at SoHo House Chicago, the city's most creative private clubhouse! Once you've enjoyed all this hotel has to offer, head down the street for snacks and beverages at Lone Wolf Tavern. Still thirsty? We've got you covered with a bottle of Jeppson's Bourobn, Malort swag, and a CH Distillery Bar and Table gift card. Contents: SoHo House one night stay in a large room $900 CH Distillery package $125 $50 gift card to Lone Wolf in the West Loop |
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| Enjoy a weekend of family fun! Including a family photoshoot with photographer Courtney Cimo, and a $100 gift card to Kimski Restaurant to enjoy delicious Polish Korean fusion. Finish off the day with a trip to Volumes bookstore and Hoosier Mama Pie Company to pick up a few family books and enjoy some treats. Contents: Family photo session $400 $100 Kimski gift card White Sox Tickets: 4 box seats in row 5, section 144 $50 Volume Bookstore giftcard $50 Hoosier Mama Pie Company Giftcard |
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| Bring the magic on the movies to your very own yard. This package includes an outdoor projected viewing experience, including set-up of screen, audio, and projector and a Tito's Premium Copper Cooler package. Backtard Movie Set-Up (screen, projector, audio) $1500 $500 Titos Cooler Package (54 quart gorgeous copper cooler filled to the brim with enough Tito's goodies to set up your home bar and enjoy the evening. Including but not limited too a full coper mixology kit, bar mat, sign, tip jar, koozies, and lots of toys for man's best friend. |
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| It's time for a date night. Gran drinks at the Revolution Brewing Taproom, then head to the United Center for a Bulls game in 100 level seats, before finishing your night on an appropriately sporty note with a stay at the historic Chicago Athletic Association Hotel on Michigan avenue. Contents: Bulls tickets (section 114, row 3) $350 $100 gift card to Revolution Brewing and swag bag (pint glasses, a beach towel, tap handle, a hat, and a tote bag) $265 One night at the Chicago Athletic Association Hotel $300 |
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