Eric Cortez • Patrick DeJuilio • Sue Fox
Eric Kraybill • Aidan piper • Melina ester scotte
Kasia Szczesniewski • Daja weathers • rani young
NEXT is a virtual exhibition featuring past and present works from artists from our previous shows. Each exhibiting artist will have a piece from a past show and a piece that they have most recently completed. Due to the current crisis, many art exhibitions, events and opportunities have been put on hold. Right now, artists need your support more than ever. Help enrich their lives by enriching your environment with a purchase of original artwork. We want to keep the spirit of art alive and accessible to everyone.
We hope these works will inspire and motivate you.
Scroll through this page to see our featured artists. Hover over image for image description and/or click on the image to view larger.
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Eric’s work is an exploration of the body through figure drawings and automatic mark making systems using a variety of dry and wet media including charcoal, graphite, watercolors, ink, and paper itself. It is an expression of time, a product of compulsive behavior, as well as a reaction to physical and emotional stimuli derived from personal experiences.
Patrick’s art features commonly encountered, time-worn structures and utilitarian objects. Their weathered details tell a story;
their mystery invites new stories to be told. These are three-dimensional snapshots in time. He uses three basic formats: “corners” that project out from the wall, “flat” pieces that incorporate tromp-l’oeil elements, and “flat” pieces with sections that recede into the wall. With a focus on using re-purposed materials, he intermingles discarded architectural mill work, furniture manufacturing scraps, found objects, plaster, and paint to create his final product.
Sue Fox is a mixed media artist working in collage exploring color through movement, texture and light. Escaping the fast-paced nature of our society, she embraces her inward moments with the simplicity and complexity of color, to understand that this everyday contrivance is powerful, and can be both loud and quiet, expansive and contracting.
Eric Kraybill plays with detail and color harmonies. Printmaking gives him the abilities to concentrate on scenery and tonality of the composition, while aiding in conducting intricate details and exotic imagery with negative space. This experimentation helped him develop as an illustrator using linocut not only because of its drawing and relief quality, but because its historical significance in the printmaking process with illustration.
Aidan Piper is a Chicago based photographer. He creates ephemeral collages from discarded found objects and photographs his findings into urban still lifes.
Lately, he has been experimenting with his drawings using pastels, ink, and graphite while incorporating some of his collage techniques.
Born and raised in Argentina, Melina began her journey with painting when she was just 12 years old. She has developed the majority of her skills throughout the years through her own curiosity and growth. Dabbling with different materials, techniques and styles and truly allowing herself to enjoy the journey with her own creativity, she has developed her own unique style. In some ways, Melina expresses her own world, vision and personal emotions throughout different stages of her life through her paintings.
In a search for a special artistic language, Kasia discovered her own creative technique that combines versatile properties of paper with modern medium - acrylic paints. With rich textures she creates organic patterns, which seem familiar, but leave space for the viewer’s imagination.
The theme of Daja's current collection centers on primary colors, the feel of latex balloons, and pairing ideas with matching frames. Her reasoning, is to have the viewer focus on the texture of the piece. Working with latex, specifically balloons is like "connecting pieces of a puzzle" in order to create her almost bubble like pattern. Each balloon has its own personality which makes it a complex material to work with. Daja is constantly learning ways to manipulate the latex and transcend its shape into her art.
Rani Young is a Chicago-based visual artist. She captures vignettes of moments, whether real or fragments of her internal narrative. Her paintings and drawings commonly feature characters caught in moments of contemplation or of suspended motion. Born on Halloween, she has always been drawn to the idea of becoming a character, and often utilizes self-portraiture as a way of changing costume.