Roger Carlson – Painting In Reverse

Last Fall at Joliet's Gallery 7, USF Art & Design alum and Joliet, Illinois native, Roger Carlson produced the comprehensive and thoughtful exhibition, Innocent Dawn. The exhibit consisted of a number of artworks he has been diligently working upon since 2006. In early January, The COMP Magazine caught up ... Read more

Anders Lindseth – Transitioning Points of View

In the fledgling stages of his career, Anders Lindseth is at a crossroads. Lindseth is juggling the daunting task of building a serious practice as a painter, while simultaneously establishing a strategy for creating an outlet for young art collectors. The COMP Magazine caught up with Lindseth at his ... Read more

Jaime Foster – Telluris Corda, Hearts of the Earth

Jaime Foster Telluris Corda, Hearts of the Earth February 1 - February 26, 2016 Public reception: Thursday, February 4, 6:30-9:00pm The University of St. Francis Gallery 25 East Van Buren Joliet, Illinois 60432 Gallery hours: Monday-Thursday, 10am-2pm Telluris Corda, Hearts of the Earth is a solo exhibition featuring the work of artist Jaime Foster, a self ... Read more

2015-2016 Joliet Area High School Art Competition

2015-2016 Joliet Area High School Art Competition The USF Art Gallery is currently exhibiting the University of St. Francis Art & Design Department Illinois High School Art Competition and Exhibition. The exhibit spans through the University’s Gallery and the third floor of the Art Department. The exhibit includes over 160 ... Read more

Lee Blalock – Re-Designing Bodies & Worlds

Cross-pollinating new art techniques, sound, technology, and video, Lee Blalock explores a variety of critical and complex topics that confirm our society's immersion into a time-period which many are now defining as "posthuman". The first week of 2016, The COMP Magazine visited Blalock's Bryn Mawr studio to discuss her ... Read more

Alex Gartelmann – Shit Guilty & Collaborative Efforts

Alex Gartelmann couples formal visual principles commonly found in architecture and sculpture with alternative visions to create artworks that establish a weirdly subversive and ambiguous cosmology. Last month The COMP Magazine visited Gartlemann's westside industrial corridor studio to discuss his time in Chicago, the influence of skateboarding on his ... Read more

Darrell Roberts – The Intuitive Traveller

At present, Darrell Roberts is most likely on a plane in transit to his next aesthetic frontier. In recent years, this artist has traveled extensively to various residencies around the globe, while maintaining a serious art practice here in Chicago. The COMP Magazine caught up with Roberts in his ... Read more

Mika Horibuchi – Familiar Reality Translations

Mika Horibuchi creates ethereal paintings and sculpture that straddle that tract between perceived reality and illusionism. Last month, The COMP Magazine visited Horibuchi's west Ukranian Village studio to discuss her thoughts on Patron Gallery's inaugural exhibition "Theory of Forms", her fascination with the process of painting, her collaborative efforts ... Read more

Serhii Chrucky – Operating Principles or Programmatic Intent

Locating and analyzing patterns, shifts, and signifiers in our architectural and visual culture through serious contemplation and research is central to the ongoing photographic work of Serhii Chrucky. The COMP magazine caught up last month with Chrucky to discuss his affection for the city's architectural and photographic history, the ... Read more

Paul Erschen – Mayor Daley & Store Brand

From abandoned industrial sites to alternative exhibition spaces to DIY music venues, Paul Erschen is that Chicago guy who finds comfort in the obscure gritty minutiae that makes up the city's backbone. The COMP Magazine caught up with Erschen this week to discuss his obsession with detail and materials, ... Read more
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