ACSEMO GALLERY
16 N. Spanish Street
Cape Girardeau, MO

Thursday, December 4, 2020 - Wednesday, JANUARY 30, 2021
Opening Reception Friday, December 4, 5:00-8:00 PM

The South Studios

Prop the Door is the inaugural show and launch of TheSouthStudios.com, a new online art platform and virtual exhibition space run by the Studio MFA graduate students.

Organized by Sydney Vize, Salem Turchan, and Jake Foster.

Exhibiting Artists: Emmaly Crimmel, Jake Foster, Nathan Grimes, Katherine Hair, Abigail Holcombe, E. Ainsley, Paul Kenneth, Conor Murphy, Tamar Segev, Salem Turchan, Sydney Vize, Kendra Ward

OPEN Gallery
1963 Johns Drive
Glenview, IL 60025

Friday March 22, 2019 - Friday April 26, 2019
Opening reception Friday March 22, 5:30-7:30PM

Happy Gallery Chicago
902 N. California Ave.
Chicago, IL 60622

Saturday February 23rd, 2019
Opening receptionSaturday February 23rd, 6-10PM

Ivy House Gallery
704 N State St
Champaign, IL 61820

Friday October 6th, 2018 - Friday October 10th, 2018
Opening reception Friday October 6th, 6-9PM

Circle Contemporary
2010 W Carroll Ave
Chicago, Illinois 60612

Friday August 31st, 2018 - Friday October 12th, 2018
Opening reception Friday August 31st, 5-8PM

The title of this exhibition is borrowed from the great American writer and humanitarian, Walt Whitman. In a 2002 essay, “For the Sake of People’s Poetry: Walt Whitman and the Rest of Us,” June Jordan questions why the great-grandfather of American poetry is not celebrated with the stature she believes this “weird” poet deserves.

Whitman dispensed with the European-centric and Old World canon, calling it “poisonous to the idea of the pride and dignity of the common people.” Jordan traces this linage, writing on the poetry of the “New World” and Whitman’s insistence on a legible and common, yet strong and wild democratic spirit in literature. Brave art that is for the many, rather than the few.

Defiantly straightforward, “The Beasts” has been organized according to a raw and democratic vision of how art might be. Featuring a diverse array of artists, including studio members of the Arts of Life, educators, elementary school children, tattoo artists, illustrators and other creative individuals, this exhibition celebrates the special bond between animals and humans. Sometimes as pet, but also as teacher, mystical guide, and fellow sentient being.

Exhibiting artists include: Madaline Aguilar, Stephanie Behaim, Renata Berdes, Stella Brown, Guy Conners, Russell Copenharve, Howard Fonda, Amanda Gantner, Dan Gunn, Nikole Heusman, Liana Jeagers, Bill Lilly, Manal Kara, Paul Kenneth, Tairell Oliver-Young, Jack O’ Sulliva, Carol Pyes, Ed Rawski, Brian Reed, Eric Ruschman, Fred Sasaki, Alex Scott, Kris Schenkel, Jenn Smith, Kelly Stone, Benjamin Torres, Jean Wilson, Miranda Winters, Maria Vanik, Chris Viau, Carrie Vinarsky.

Curated by: Dana Bassett

The Beasts
By Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
I THINK I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained;
I stand and look at them long and long.
They do not sweat and whine about their condition;
They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins;
They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God;
Not one is dissatisfied—not one is demented with the mania of owning things;
Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago;
Not one is respectable or industrious over the whole earth.

GIFC Western Exhibitions
5009, 1709 W Chicago Ave,
Chicago, IL 60622
Saturday July 28th, 2018

Got It For Cheap is a traveling series of group shows including 750+ artists. All works are original works on paper and sold for the low price of $30 USD, or the local equivalent. The goal of GIFC is to make buying original art accessible to all people and to give young artists a platform to sell their work and be exposed to a worldwide audience.

Zg Gallery
300 W. Superior St.
Chicago, IL 60654
Friday July 13th, 2018 - Friday August 31st, 2018
Opening Reception Friday July 13th, 5-7:30 PM

Exhibiting Works by:
Molly Briggs | Amy Casey | Benjamin Cook | Barbara Cooper
Julie Farstad | Brandice Guerra | Steve Hough | Gregory Jacobsen
Amanda Elizabeth Joseph | Anna Jóelsdóttir | Paul Kenneth
Renee McGinnis | Justin Henry Miller | Dana Oldfather
Clare Rosean | Jackie Tileston | Eric Tucker

C.C's Art Garage & Gallery
2727 S. Mary St.
Chicago, IL 60608
Friday February 16th, 2018
Opening Reception Friday February 16th, 6-9 PM

Curated by: Mary J. Saran

Collaboration is a powerful and often an underutilized tool for developing as an artist. The goal of the exhibition is to bring local artists and creatives together in order to break down the boundaries between different artistic approaches, styles, and mediums. Collaboration can be interpreted in many different ways; from two artists with similar styles creating together, to mentorship, to inspiration. Some artists collaborate for emotional reasons, others for inspiration, and sometimes it takes more than one person's skill set to complete a project. Whether it's one or several of these concepts. Great minds have always come together to create, expand knowledge and discover fruitful collisions of practice.

Artists and collectives featured include: Qais Assali Claire Bartlett Lindsey Bell Yesenia Bello Virginia Broersma Benjamin F Calvert III Madeleine Finley Brian Garbrecht Michelle Graves Jessica Gregory David Heo Oscar Joyo Paul Kenneth Jonathan Korotko Nataliya Kotlova Alice Kricheli Kayla Mahaffey Lara Mann Matamba Solomon Salim Moore Nicholas Nadja Frederick Nitsch Jisu Oh Mother Art: Revisited Sarah H. Reynolds Mary J. Saran Vince Schrader Mary Sheehan James T. Sturnfield Rebecca Tanda Devon Thompson Elliot Urban Alex Valinsky Katie Wood Celina Wu Cherrie Yu Or Zubalsky.

LVL3 Gallery
1542 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, IL 60622
Saturday May13th, 2017 - Sunday June 11th, 2017
Opening Reception Saturday May13th, 6-10 PM

LVL3 and Tusk are happy to present Ltd. Wear2. Following in the footsteps of last year’s premier, Ltd. Wear2 is both a group exhibition and a fashion line presenting one-of-a-kind looks by 45 artists.

Armstrong State University Gallery
11935 Abercorn Street
Savannah, GA 31419

Monday, December 12, 2016 to Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Closing Reception: Wednesday, January 18, 2017 from 12:15 to 1:45 p.m

Elephant Room Gallery
C.C.'s Art Garage
2727 S. Mary St.
Chicago, IL 60608

Friday, November 11th, 2016 to Saturday, January 7th, 2017

Opening Reception: Friday, November 11th, 2016, 6pm - 9pm

The BIG Small Works Show brings together some Elephant Room Gallery alumni artists as well as new artists. The resulting exhibition will be an exciting mix and will allow for some great networking opportunities and community building for the duration of the exhibit. ​

Exhibiting artists include Hannah Lin, Paul Kenneth, Deva Tuckerman, Raul Ortiz, Anitra Frazier, Luisa Martinez, Sara Peak Convery, Beata Chrzanowska, Janice Meister, Jaime Foster, Lara Mann, Taylor Imel, Abraham, Gabby Fischer, Steve Tritt, George Larson, Adrienne Elyse Meyers, David Hauptschein, Yingting Cui, Maria Tzeka, Spencer Rogers, Daniel Gamez, Maya Scott, Marie Chloé Duval, Amanda Mulcahy, Tiffany Gholar, Gina Lee Robbins, Elisa Boughner, Bruce Thorn, Hillary Miles, Stuart Hall, Lewis Taylor and Uncle Harvey.

stARTup Art Fair
MileNorth Hotel
166 East Superior Street, Chicago
Floors 4, 5, 6

INSIDE/WITHIN, LVL3, & Arts of Life curated room

Friday September 23nd, 2016 - Sunday September 25th, 2016

Friday 12pm - 10pm
Saturday 12pm - 9pm
Sunday 12pm - 7pm

The art world is changing, and many working artists are finding themselves without a space to present their work. The core mission of stARTup Art Fair is to provide an exhibition venue for independent artists who are seeking to engage with art enthusiasts in a welcoming and interactive environment. 

HeavenGallery
1542 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, IL 60622
Friday September 2nd, 2016 - Friday October 14th, 2016
Opening Reception Friday September 2nd, 7-11 PM

Wicker Park says goodbye to its colorful history from the Lumpen Buddy days, to the Around the Coyote art fair and now the Double Door. Everything Must Go! reflects the selling of our neighborhood and with it our art and culture. This new wave of corporate colonization is being felt all over the city with Google’s tech boom in the West loop, sending artists and galleries to Pilsen.

Historically Wicker Park was home to artists. By the late 70’s artists that were gentrified out of Old Town and Lincoln Park began settling there in large numbers. As more artists came they began to transform loft space into livable studios, storefronts became galleries, music venues, coffee shops, and bars. Roberto Lopez a native and long time superintendent of the Flat Iron Building said “Wicker Park wasn’t just a place, it was a state of mind.” At it’s peak was Around the Coyote that began in September of 1990, this art fair changed the cultural landscape by drawing tens of thousands of visitors--and hundreds of thousands of dollars--to the community. A victim of its own success, this new bohemia attracted economic investment. The neighborhood feared yuppies and "Lincoln Parkization." They recalled how the visual arts industry created a real estate boom on Manhattan's lower east side, that ended in the Tompkins Square anti-gentrification uprising of 1988. The community feared that Wicker Park’s unique ethnic and artistic diversity was at risk and that its growing popularity would lead to their displacement. “Anytime a community is discovered, the indigenous population is forced out and the new colonizers reap the benefits.” Theories of gentrification indicate that capital follows culture and identify artists as the main agents for gentrifying working class neighborhoods. Whatever pandered to the "commodification of the artist's lifestyle in the service of a real estate market" was fair game for protest wrote the Lumpen Times in the mid 90’s. Back then anti-gentrification groups and radical neighborhood activists printed flyers and used guerrilla tactics. They sabotaged businesses by gluing their doors shut, breaking windows, and spray painting “The Natives Are Restless” and "Gentrafux". Many people fought to keep the neighborhood but as time went on one by one they all left. The nail in the coffin came in 2012 when Wicker Park was featured by Forbes as one of the 5 hippest neighborhoods in the U.S.

Everything Must Go! speaks of the loss of authenticity and to a new era of political passiveness where people are carried by the wave. Over the past 15 years many artist and independent businesses have been priced out of Wicker Park. Heaven gallery that was established in 1998 in the Flat Iron building and in its current location for the past 16 years is one of the last stands that reflect the spirit of the old neighborhood.

Claire Molek and Heaven Gallery invite galleries and curators to rummage through works they have on hand, as a celebration of unique producers, and recalls the collective histories and togetherness of artist neighborhoods and street art fairs. Intersecting the boundaries between a clearance sale and an art fair, the exhibition further explores the magic of unknowable context, and what it means to encourage practice over product, or product over practice.

Galleries include Chicago Artist Coalition featuring work by Jaclyn Jacunski, Amina Ross curated by Teresa Silva; , The Franklin, featuring work by EC Brown, Jeremy Foy, Diana Gabriel, Jessica Harvey, Daniel Hojnacki, Kelly Reaves, James Jankowiak, Catie Olsen, Nicole Lane, Melissa Oresky, Victoria Martinez, Michael Rea, E. Aaron Ross, Luis Sahagun, Christopher Smith, Dan Sullivan and Edra Soto; Heaven Gallery, featuring work by Sarah and Joseph Belknap, Morgan Sims, Sarah Mosk, Annie Kielman, Soo Shin, Jessica Caponigro, Marissa Lee Benedict, Ilan Gutin, Lesley Jackson, and Arianna Petrich; , LVL3 featuring work from Allison Wade, Frances Roberts, Josh Reames, Paul Kenneth, Guy Conners, Matt Nichols, Marianne Wehr, Kate Bonner, Michael Rocco and Ruglio-Misurell; ,Woman Made Gallery, featuring work by Maira Egan, Juliet Eldred, Olivia Rogers, Renee Robbins, Tiffany Funk ,Sarai Redmond, Yevette Mayorga, Alessandra Hickman, Tonia Hughes, Michael Zhang, Lisa Vinebaum, Martha Morimoto, Vivian Le, Michelle Miller, and Annie Grossinger; , Fernwey Gallery editioned prints and multiples and Co-Prosperity Sphere prints and books.

Curators include Claire Molek, featuring work by Ariel Baldwin, Banrei, Marcelo Eli, Julia Haw, Lindsey Liss, Stephanie Burke, Kira Scerbin, Lucy Ellerton, Steven Vainberg, and Xiao Tse Janice Bond, featuring work by David Anthony Geary, Una Delic, Sonja Henderseon, Zakkiyyah Naieebah, Martha Wade and Reisha.

Jackson Junge Gallery
1389 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, IL 60622
Friday July 22nd, 2016 - Thursday August 4th, 2016
Opening Reception Friday July 22nd, 2016 6-8 PM
Featuring thirty-six new paintings by Paul Kenneth.

Exhibition Statement
Of my childhood memories, my fondest time was spent exploring my grandparent's eclectic Minnesota estate. They had countless treasures, my favorite being tintype portraits of family members dating back several generations. Some of the photographs were kept in old musty albums, while others were displayed in a crooked salon style arrangement in their bedroom. To me, time had a way of distorting these images; it made them more than just depictions of people. The portraits whispered to me.

The ancestors depicted in Curious Kin come from both my maternal and paternal lineage to create a self-realized pictorial history of my origins. My process begins with a rigorous preparation of the canvas substrate. Layer upon layer of medium is slowly built up, then sanded away leaving a velvet-like surface that amplifies the materiality of the paint. The foundation of the image is drawn in pencil and begins as a direct representation of the source photograph. The portrait is then transformed into a drawing-painting hybrid after a precise amount of acrylic is applied. The varied textures undulate between harmonious continuity and intentional self-destruction, consummating the final fragmented likeness.

LVL3 Gallery
1542 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, IL 60622
Saturday July 16th, 2016 - Sunday August 7th, 2016
Opening Reception Saturday July 16th, 6-10 PM
Featuring altered clothing works from over twenty artists.

MOUNTAIN
284 Seigel Street, 1B
Brooklyn, NY 11206
Friday June 3rd, 2016 - Saturday June 25th, 2016
Opening Reception: June 3rd, 2016 | 7-10 PM

LVL3 presents "Acquisitions" at MOUNTAIN, an exhibition of works acquired by Chicago collectors through LVL3. Looking back through the archives of LVL3, this exhibition pulls together a selection of memorably displayed pieces that helped build personal collections and broaden the creative dialog surrounding the second city and beyond. Featuring works by Jamie Angelopoulos, Conor Backman, Sangho Choi, Stephen Collier, Austin Eddy, Paul Kenneth, Liz Nielsen, Sabina Ott, Derrick Piens, Josh Reames, Zach Reini.

LVL3 Gallery
1542 N. Milwaukee Ave. 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL
Saturday April 9th, 2016, 6:00PM - 10:00PM

LVL3 Gallery
1542 N. Milwaukee Ave. 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL
Saturday April 4th, 2015, 6:00PM - 9:00PM
With works for purchase by Adam Parker Smith, Alex Scott, Allison Wade, Amy Feldman, Ben Sanders, Calvin Ross Carl, Chelsea Culp, Clay Hickson, Cody Tumblin, Easton A Miller, Frances Roberts, Guy Conners, Lara Mann, Leslie Baum, Michael and Alan Fleming, Mike Paro, Noël Morical, Paul Kenneth, Peter Shear, Robert Chase Heishman, Ryan Fenchel, Sofia Leiby, Spencer Stucky, Stephen Collier, Tim Stone, Wyatt Grant

The 3 Walls 11th Annual Gala
Located at: Mana Contemporary Chicago
2233 S. Throop St
Chicago IL 60608
Saturday, June 7, 2014
9:00 PM – 1:00 AM

The Leroy Neiman Center
37 S. Wabash Ave.
Chicago, IL 60603
January 30th - February 7th, 2014
Opening Reception Thursday, January 30, 4:30 – 7:30 p.m
#figureground
Currated by Vincent Uribe and Chelsea Culp

LVL3 Gallery
1542 N. Milwaukee Ave. 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL
Saturday March 29th, 2014, 6:00PM - 10:00PM
With works for purchase by Alex Chitty, Ben Medansky, Brian Kokoska, Brion Nuda Rosch, Calvin Ross Carl, Chelsea S. Culp, Clay Hickson, Cody Tumblin, Daniel Shea, Evan Robarts, Josh Reames, Lauren Clay, Leslie Baum, Liz Nielsen, Maria Walker, Paul Kenneth, Peter Shear, Rachel Niffenegger, Robert Costello, Ryan De La Hoz, Sabina Ott, Sofia Leiby, Steven Riddle, Zach Reini

LVL3 Gallery
1542 N. Milwaukee Ave. 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL
Saturday April 6th, 2013, 6:00PM - 10:30PM

LVL3 Gallery
1542 N. Milwaukee Ave. 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL
February 23rd - March 24th, 2013
Opening Reception February 23rd 6:00pm - 10:00pm
With works by Michael Hunter, Paul Kenneth, Easton Miller, Liz Nielsen, Kate Steciw
LVL3 celebrates its three year anniversary highlighting artists shown during its first year of operation. Wingding looks back on the gallery’s achievements as it continues to grow and expand its programming. Featuring artists from coast to coast, each with their own unique relation to Chicago, Wingding consists of work by Michael Hunter, Paul Kenneth, Easton Miller, Liz Nielsen, and Kate Steciw, highlighting the ways in which their work has progressed in the past three years.

LVL3 Gallery
1542 N. Milwaukee Ave. 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL
3nd Annual Benefit auction + raffle
Saturday, April 7, 2012
6:00pm – 10:30pm
All proceeds going to support arts education at Yollocalli Arts Reach
With works for purchase by Alex Ebstein, Amy Feldman, Bobby Scheidemann, Conor Backman, Dan Bradica, Daniel Shea, Dave Murray, Emily Keegan, Fraser Taylor, Hans Peter Sundquist, Jeremy Liebman, Leslie Baum, Magalie Guérin, Matt Nichols, Michael Bussell, Nathan Green, Peter Shear, Ryan Fenchel, Sofia Leiby, Wyatt Grant, Zak Arctander

LVL3 Gallery
1542 N. Milwaukee Ave. 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL
2nd Annual Benefit auction + raffle
Saturday, March 19, 2011
6:00pm – 11:00pm
All proceeds going to support arts education at Association House
With works for purchase by Alysia Kaplan, Amy Yao, Andrew Holmquist, Austin Eddy, David Geeting, David Leggett, Easton Miller, Erin Zona, Gary Petersen, Heidi Norton, Jacob Goudreault, James Cooper, Jason Benson, Jason Lazarus, Jenny Kendler, Jon Rafman, Kate Ruggeri, Kate Steciw, Leslie Supnet, Liz Nielsen, McKeever Donovan, Michael Hunter, WarpWeftWoof, Paul Kenneth, Racer Levan, Richard Galling, Robin Cameron, Ryan Fenchel, Stephen Eichhorn, Timothy Bergstrom, Vanesa Zendejas, Veronica Rafael,+more

ebersmoore gallery
213 N Morgan, #3C
Chicago, IL 60607
December 16th, 2010 - January 12th, 2011
With works by Thomas Berenz, Deoborah Boardman, Ryan Travis Christian, Alika Cooper, Dan Devening, Austin Eddy, Stephen Eichhorn, Corinne Halbert, Ryan Da La Hoz, Matt Irie, Thaddeus Kellstadt, Paul Kenneth, B.C. MacEachran, Alexis Mackenzie, Mark Mulroney, Marcie Oakes, Melissa Oresky, Jessica Paulson, Hilary Pecis, Kim Piotrowski, Nina Rizzo, Thomas Roach, Brion Nuda Rosch, Jonathan Runcio, Steve Ruiz, Andrew Schoultz, Steve Seeley, John Sparagana, Kevin Earl Taylor, Frank Trankina, Paul Wackers, Ryan Wallace, and more...

LVL3 project space
222 West Merchandise Mart Plaza
Suite 1573
Chicago, IL 60654
October 22nd - October 31st, 2010
Opening October 22nd, 6:00pm - 10:00pm
With mugs from Alysia Kaplan, Andrew Holmquist, Andrew Norman Wilson, Annie Bielski, Ben Russell, Brook Sinkinson Withrow, Carson Fisk-Vittori, Clara Kim, Clint Enns, Daniel Eatock, Daniel Shea, David Robert Elliott, David Sampson, Dominic Paul Moore, Easton Miller, EJ Hill, Jason Lazarus, Jason Pickleman, Jeremy Tinder, Jessica Bardsley, John Riepenhoff, Kate Ruggeri, Kate Steciw, Katie Kraft, Katy Keefe, Leslie Supnet, Liz Nielson, Lucy Chinen, Marco Kane Braunschweiler, Martine Syms, Mat Rappaport, McKeever Donovan, Megan Plunkett, Michael Sirianni, Nick Nold, Olivia Swider, Patrick Bobilin, Paul Kenneth, Rachel Niffenegger, Randy Sterling Hunter, Ryan Travis Christian, Samuel D York, Sangho Choi, Stephen Eichhorn

The Invitational Exhibition of Emerging Art
The Merchandise Mart
Chicago, IL
April 29th - May 3rd, 2010
LVL3 Booth #7-9034 in the Goffo Section
With works by Sangho Choi, Christopher Gatton, Paul Kenneth, and Easton Miller

LVL3 Gallery
1542 N. Milwaukee Ave. 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL
March 20th - April 10th, 2010
Opening March 20th, 6:00pm - 10:00pm
With works by Paul Kenneth, Easton Miller, and Nozomi Rose

Sullivan Galleries
33 S. Sate St. 7th Floor
Chicago, IL
October 30th - November 14th, 2009
Opening October 30th, 7:00pm - 9:00pm