Peanut Gallery: Posititve Reinforcement
May 6 – May 29, 2012
Opening reception: Sunday May 6, 5 – 9pm
Positive Reinforcement is a collection of artwork describing and exploring several different local artists’ personal “happy places”. The exhibition is an opportunity for us to inhabit the fantasies of others and compare the similarities and differences between them. What they have in common is that none of them are literal visions of utopia. In fact, very few of the works are superficially pleasant, and many are aggressively ecstatic, even a bit violent. Motifs within this exhibition span across the board from nostalgia to sex and death, to more abstract, visceral interactions with shapes and materials. Mediums employed are equally diverse – from kinetic sculpture to pen and ink drawings. Peanut Gallery’s trademark sense of irreverent play is present more than ever in this exhibition, and we invite you to visit anytime and let Positive Reinforcement be your happy place for the month of May.
Opening reception: Sunday May 6, 5 – 9pm
Positive Reinforcement is a collection of artwork describing and exploring several different local artists’ personal “happy places”. The exhibition is an opportunity for us to inhabit the fantasies of others and compare the similarities and differences between them. What they have in common is that none of them are literal visions of utopia. In fact, very few of the works are superficially pleasant, and many are aggressively ecstatic, even a bit violent. Motifs within this exhibition span across the board from nostalgia to sex and death, to more abstract, visceral interactions with shapes and materials. Mediums employed are equally diverse – from kinetic sculpture to pen and ink drawings. Peanut Gallery’s trademark sense of irreverent play is present more than ever in this exhibition, and we invite you to visit anytime and let Positive Reinforcement be your happy place for the month of May.
Living By Example
February 13th – March 16th, 2012
To reflect the growing popularity of 'apartment exhibitions' in Chicago, Soto and Sullivan are creating a communal space in the form of a modern shed. The "shed" will exist in the gallery during the course of the exhibition. Several guest artists will be invited to share in a variety of activities which will comment on the
transformation of the traditional idea of the gallery as "white cube." After the exhibition, the "shed" will be relocated to soto and sullivan's backyard and will act as their personal exhibition space.
Gallery talk: Thursday February 16th, 3pm
Reception: Friday February 17th, 6-9pm
To reflect the growing popularity of 'apartment exhibitions' in Chicago, Soto and Sullivan are creating a communal space in the form of a modern shed. The "shed" will exist in the gallery during the course of the exhibition. Several guest artists will be invited to share in a variety of activities which will comment on the
transformation of the traditional idea of the gallery as "white cube." After the exhibition, the "shed" will be relocated to soto and sullivan's backyard and will act as their personal exhibition space.
Gallery talk: Thursday February 16th, 3pm
Reception: Friday February 17th, 6-9pm
Ah Wilderness!
December 17th - January 8th at Ebersmoore in Chicago the group show titled Ah Wilderness! with Tom Berenz, Deborah Boardman, Ryan Travis Christian, Alika Cooper, Dan Devening, Austin Eddy, Stephen Eichhorn, Richard Galling, Corinne Halbert, Ryan Da La Hoz, Matt Irie, Thaddeus Kellstadt, Paul Kenneth, B.C. MacEachran, Alexis Mackenzie, Lucy Mulroney, Mark Mulroney, Marcie Oakes, Heidi Norton, Melissa Oresky, Jessica Paulson, Hilary Pecis, Kim Piotrowski, Michael Rea, Nina Rizzo, Thomas Roach, Brion Nuda Rosch, Kammy Roulner, Jonathan Runcio, Steve Ruiz, Andrew Schoultz, Steve Seeley, John Sparagana, Kevin Earl Taylor, Frank Trankina, Russell Tyler, Paul Wackers, Ryan Wallace will open.
Ebersmoore
Edra Soto: Homily with Thad Kellstadt, Corinne Halbert and Carmen Price in Gallery 2, Curated by Edra Soto. The opening reception will be on Friday September 24th from 6:00 to 9:00 P.M. EBERSMOORE, 213 N Morgan, #3C
Chicago, IL 60607 http://ebersmoore.com/index.html
September 24 - October 30
Chicago, IL 60607 http://ebersmoore.com/index.html
September 24 - October 30
Gutter exhibition
Cole's Bar, 2338 North Milwaukee, Curated by Cheri Basak, Anne-Katrin Elliot, and Rebekah Brown A visual embodiment of the physical and mental gutter. Gutter is a multiple media exhibition that will encompass drawing, painting, printmaking, video, sound, djs and bands.
I have five pieces in this show, it's part of the Milwaukee Arts Festival. The opening is Friday July 23rd from 7:00 to 11 P.M.
Cole's Bar, 2338 North Milwaukee, Curated by Cheri Basak, Anne-Katrin Elliot, and Rebekah Brown A visual embodiment of the physical and mental gutter. Gutter is a multiple media exhibition that will encompass drawing, painting, printmaking, video, sound, djs and bands.
I have five pieces in this show, it's part of the Milwaukee Arts Festival. The opening is Friday July 23rd from 7:00 to 11 P.M.
Monsters and Dust: Darkness Issue
Monsters and Dust is an online contemporary art magazine run by Chris Pappas, Aay Preston-Myint and Joe Proulx. They have just released their second issue "Darkness" featuring my narrative collection of paintings and writing entitled "Shadow Lovers." http://www.monstersanddust.com/
Midnite Snacks: A Traveling Group Exhibition
Chicago will be the continuation of a traveling group show exhibited last year in both Richmond, VA and Brooklyn, NY. The works exhibited must be pieces that the artists never intended to show, but may have merit for that very reason. "Midnite Snacks" will take place at 1366 Space, located at 1366 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60622. The opening reception will be on Friday, March 12 from 6:00 - 9:00 pm. The closing reception will be held on Friday, April 9 from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
