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 ...
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Javier Jasso – A Nomadic Analysis & Existence
Javier Jasso is one of those rare spirits that seems unfazed by much these days. One quickly can assume through Jasso's friendly nature and measured response he plowed through the pandemic, recent socio-political turmoil, and any number of lofty obstacles that would hinder most unencumbered. Since completing his MFA ...
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Nic Eckmayer – Perfect Imperfections in Stoneware
Nic Eckmayer explores a marginally tapped area of beauty through ceramics and sculpture in a process that is informed by eastern arts, natural materials, and a controlled level of chance. The artworks straddle utilitarian and fine arts strategies to produce imperfect, yet visually provocative, tactile objects. This week The ...
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Matt Kayhoe Brett – Shifting Vision & Weird Phenomena
Part visual anthropologist, part optics investigator, Matt Kayhoe Brett’s artistic practice can be seen to reside in the past, present and future simultaneously. From collecting and arranging mundane artifacts found in the studio or outdoors to working with industrial grade materials, Brett’s ongoing examinations suggest visceral digestion and application ...
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2019 Art & Design Senior Thesis Exhibition
University of St. Francis Announces Senior Thesis Exhibition and Reception.
Joliet, IL, April 26, 2019 — The University of St. Francis (USF) will be hosting the 2019 Senior Thesis Exhibition reception on Friday, April 26, 2019, 6-8pm at USF Art Gallery located at 25 E. Van Buren, Joliet.
Leah Morrow, 2019 Art & Design ...
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Ji Su Kwak – Balanced Talk & Fluid Identities
The studio of Ji Su Kwak is spartan. Neatly organized in the space are a couple completed works, a couple shelving units with just enough materials to continue experimenting with on new projects, a small table with a laptop, one chair, and a stool. Her practice takes on a ...
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Boris Ostrerov – Iniquitous Poo, Colorful Forms, & an Uzbek Voice
Boris Ostrerov makes a lot of "shit". This simple statement can certainly be misinterpretated. I trust you will set aside my overly drole and literal note and focus moreso upon the quality and revelatory production of this young and exciting artist. Ostrerov is that rare breed who has taken ...
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Erin Smego – Navigating Sculptural Fashion
It can be said that sculpture and fashion can be easily linked. Distill the two disciplines down to their essential form and one finds the occupying of space and commenting upon present day aesthetics to be two apparent intersections. A young Chicago artist, Erin Smego, is investigating this frequently ...
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Leslie Baum – Mysterious Depths and Worlds Within
An aesthetic awareness has been a part of Leslie Baum's life experience since her youth. Through consistently researching the art and culture encountered in these early rendezvous and holding an understanding of universal tenets that recur in art, Baum produces subtle meditative works and installations that initially appear aligned ...
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Monica Rezman – A Persistent Winding Path
Initially trained in a traditional atelier format, artist Monica Rezman takes a nod from formal aesthetic investigations that found roots in the early 20th century while simultaneously staying current with ongoing current advancements in artistic production. Her artwork melds and transforms hair, cardboard, traditional media, and formal analysis to ...
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