Paul Erschen: LEACHFIELD

Paul Erschen: LEACHFIELDOn exhibit August 24 – October 6, 2023Reception: Thursday, August 24, 5-7pm  Paul Erschen, LEACHFIELD, exhibition view, University of St. Francis Art Gallery, Joliet, Illinois, 2023. The USF Art Gallery presents an exhibition by Paul Erschen: LEACHFIELDBorn in 1975, in Aurora, IL, Paul Erschen lives and works in Chicago, ... Read more

Matthew Bandsuch – Isolated Aesthetic Excavations

Working in isolation for roughly 20 years, Matthew Bandsuch has focused his studio practice on translating an understanding of carbon-based materials into visual representations. In this, Bandsuch works with foundations of drawing to create a long form series of works that takes on a physical manifestation through layering of ... Read more

Milo Christie – Retroreflective Pseudo Volumetric

One of the most remarkable times to make art is in youth. An undefinable raw freedom and fluid yet erratic approach can give rise to something unknown, potentially something the audience (and artist) struggles to identify by name. In the seemingly disjointed visual vocabulary of Milo Christie there appears ... Read more

Sam Jaffe – Pattern-Based Dizzying Effect

For over a decade Sam Jaffe has been producing visually sensuous artworks that track contemporary colour representation via fashion and popular culture. Jaffe's process is a combination of tracking mainstream usage of colour, recycling of materials, and spontaneity. The completed works often play with one's vision to dizzying effect ... Read more

Kelly Reaves – Intuition, Meditation & Exorcising Demons

As a talented painter, musician, and writer, Kelly Reaves has traversed a variety of creative fringe microcosms since arriving in Chicago from Florida in the early 2000s. In her portrayal of moments of intense ecstasy to an intimate embrace there has been a consistent adept fluidity in her ... Read more

Monika Plioplyte – Cyclic Pagan Patterns & Universes

One item I am drawn to is direct display and conversation. Monika Plioplyte holds these nonevasive traits in her art practice and the manner in which she carries herself. In recent time, there's been an insistence to avoid frankness and honesty due to our present socio-political milieu. In Plioplyte's ... Read more

Elnaz Javani – Intersecting Craft, Ideas & Parietal Art Today

Elnaz Javani has located the importance of combining adept craft with art forms and storytelling that date back over a millennium. Though rooted in the past, Javani's practice addresses a range of contemporary ideas that are highly relevant today. This week The COMP Magazine visited Javani at her studio ... Read more

Olivia Zubko – Lifecycles of Objects & Belongings

In this post-pandemic period there are those who located the relevance of family, the importance of (often overlooked) quotidian art approaches, and how to stay busy. Olivia Zubko is one such artist. What is even more appealing is how, in youth, she is expanding dialogues in contemporary ceramics. This ... Read more

Unyimeabasi Udoh – Medium-Agnostic in Image & Text

There is clear evidence that Unyimeabasi Udoh understands the interrelation of image + text + language and the implications that ensue. From a seemingly simplistic use of appropriation in typographic selection to needlework that draws upon intimate scale and tactile experience, Udoh's communications are fluid, free, open ended, and, ... Read more

Zehra Khan – Meditative Masks, Curious Quilts & Engaging Travels

Zehra Khan exudes a graceful efficacious energy and an engagement with life rarely encountered. Her unique background coupled with an outlander sensibility can be seen clearly in the visual materials she produces. This week, The COMP Magazine headed up to Sheridan Park to discuss with Khan her recent artist ... Read more
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