Fraction Magazine!

Go Deep Into the Woods is featured in Fraction Magazine's Contemporary Landscape issue, along with work by Alexis Pike, David Ondrik, Keith Johnson, and Bethany Souza. Check it out here!

Opening at Barbara and Barbara this Saturday

In honor of gay pride weekend in Chicago, join me for the opening of the group show, Premier the Queer, at Barbara and Barbara Gallery this coming Saturday, 5-10pm. I have several pieces in the show, on view until July 18th, which investigates various issues surrounding alternative sexualities. Also, check out Jungle Juice in the Chicago Reader today.

Info:

Barbara and Barbara Gallery

1021 N. Western Ave, Chicago

Opening reception - Saturday, June 27th 5-10pm

Works by:

Kara Wabbel

Torie McMillian

Jen Pagonis

Mike Frick

Dustin Yager

Jorge Minano

Jennifer Ray

Chris Knight

Performances by:

Natalie Grace

Kate Sosin

Amie Clarke

Kinsey, Review Santa Fe

I went down to Bloomington, Indiana a couple of days ago for the opening of the Kinsey Institute Juried Art show (see below post), and I just wanted to put up images of some of my favorite pieces from the show. The Kinsey Institute has a pretty remarkable permanent collection, over 100,000 pieces, and regularly mounts exhibitions from the collection. Up now is a fascinating exhibition titled "Eros in Asia: Erotic Art from Iran to Japan" featuring work from the 16th-19th centuries. Walking through the halls of the Kinsey I saw some really incredible work from artists such as Hans Bellmer and Judy Dater.

You can hear an interview with Jennifer Cahn, the show's juror, here. A few shots from the show and pictures of some of my favorite pieces:

my good friend Niki Grangruth's piece Burden from her series The New Madonnas

Russel Semerau, The Castle, 2008 (it moved!)

Dimitre Andonov's hilarious and kind of sad Congratulations and Soccer from his Erection series

Natalie Theis, Knock Knock, 2005

Tomorrow morning I'm headed for Review Santa Fe, where I'll have a chance to show my work to Charlotte Cotton (LACMA), Katherine Ware (NM Museum of Fine Arts), Laura Addison (also NMMFA), Kate Bussard (Art Institute of Chicago), Andy Adams (Flak Photo), Michael Mazzeo, David Bram, Darren Ching (of KlompChing gallery) and Jon Feinstein (Humble Art Foundation).

The Kinsey Institute Juried Art Show

Two of my pieces Shelf Fungus and Impression will be on view in Bloomington, Indiana at the Kinsey Institute Juried Art Show, which opens this Friday at SoFA Gallery at the University of Indiana Bloomington.  Check it out if you're in the area!

Shelf Fungus, 42x32", 2008

Impression, 42x52", 2008

Evanston Art Center Benefit Auction

Come support the Evanston Art Center at their annual gala and benefit auction.  It's a fantastic organization that offers art classes and puts on great exhibitions.  The work will be up for preview from April 26 until May 16.  One of my pieces, Strangler Fig Embrace, will be for sale at the auction, so stop by, have a look, and support a great cause!  

 

Strangler Fig Embrace, 2009

Chicago Art Open

I've started this blog as a place to post new work before it makes it onto the website proper, to keep people updated on what I'm working on, and as a forum to discuss the things that come across my radar.

I'll start with some self-promotion: I have a piece in the Chicago Art Open, which opens Friday, October 3 and runs until October 19. The show, curated by Catherine Edelman, Candida Alvarez, and Kimberly Pinder, is on the 8th floor of the Merchandise Mart in Chicago, and features work by nearly 300 artists. My piece selected by the curators, Mattress and pillow, was chosen for a Curator's Choice award. A number of Columbia students' work is in the show, including that of my fellow grad students, Lisa Lindvay, Brooke Berger, Allison Grant, and Mike Reinders. For more details go to chicagoartopen.org.