Meredith Dytch: Meredith Dytch takes the tradition of plein air to the streets of Chicago, revealing vignettes of the city through subtle colors and soft lines. In describing her practice, Dytch states, “I am interested in how our built environment co-exists, often uneasily, with the natural world. In my art, I often explore the way Read more…

This article is part of Chicago Art Magazine’s “40 over 40″ series. Though the canon of painting hasn’t been dominated by the representational figurative tradition in oh, I don’t know, at least a hundred years, there are still many artists who choose to pursue that path in their work. A quick flip through recent issues Read more…

Johannah Silva, a Chicago painter and full time faculty member at Wright Community College, is a relative new comer to the artist-run space scene. Portage ARTspace, located in Portage Park, opened its doors in mid-2010 and is purported to be a one year experiment. Exhibited artists include Hui-min Tsen, Tom Burtonwood, Holly Holmes, and Phillip Read more…

Laura Schaeffer has made an artist practice out of running alternative spaces. After many years running a commercial gallery space, Schaeffer decided to experiment with the integration of art exhibitions into the domestic space, and Home Gallery of Hyde Park was born. Since 2007 Schaeffer has been exhibiting the works of painters, sculptors, and printmakers Read more…

Michelle Grabner/The Suburban Michelle Grabner (b. 1962) runs probably one of the best known artist-run spaces, situated in Oak Park alongside Fraser’s He Said She Said and Tom Burtonwood’s What It Is. Run with her husband Brad Killam, The Suburban has shown many nationally and internationally renowned artists since its establishment in 1999. The Suburban Read more…

Pamela Fraser (b. 1965) received a BFA in painting from the School of Visual Arts in 1988, and proceeded to get her MFA in New Genres at UCLA in 1992. In the past year she’s had three solo exhibitions, in Golden Gallery, Chicago, IL, Galerie Schmidt Maczollek, Cologne, Germany, and 1k Projectspace de Ekster, Amsterdam, Read more…

Tony performs at the Jan. 30 Fear No ART presents The Dinner Party.  The Dinner Party broadcasts the last Monday of every month on FearNoArt.tv @ 7:30 CST.  For more information and to be a guest in the audience, click here. http://youtu.be/SXh6dLZh7 Tony Fitzpatrick (b. 1958) has been a central figure in the Chicago art Read more…

40 Over 40: Artist-Run Spaces By Chicago Art Magazine on Feb 11, 2011 in Featured Chicago has been host to an amazing array of artist-run spaces since at least the 1970’s. Many of these spaces originally emerged as venues working counter to the predominately commercial (and early on, predominantly male) gallery culture in Chicago. Starting Read more…

by Kathryn Born Breaking the Mold of Ageism in the Art World: Chicago Art Magazine Begins the “40 Over 40” Series Chicago Art Magazine will release a series of eight articles, featuring forty artists born before February, 1971. The series seeks to challenge the New Museum’s acclaimed “Younger Than Jesus” exhibit, which only allowed artists Read more…

Libby McClintick As the year comes to an end, the photographers at DwJohnson Photography are preparing for their 5th annual exhibition event. In the past, the gallery holiday party has been at a local venue in Naperville, IL, but this year the team has decided to step out and make it a citywide event in Read more…