Category: Events

3rd Annual Portrait Exhibition – All Women Artists

Elephant Room Gallery is excited to present the 3rd Annual Portrait Exhibition, curated by the gallery’s co-owner, Kimberly Leja Atwood. The portrait exhibition was exhibited in 2016 and 2017 in a large warehouse gallery in Bridgeport, featuring around 20 Chicago-based artists doing portraiture. This year’s exhibition is unique in that it includes solely women artists… Continue reading 3rd Annual Portrait Exhibition – All Women Artists

DREAMBOX Gallery presents Carmella Saraceno

Hiding in Public – Conversation PiecesFriday, October 5th – Saturday, November 10th. Opening reception with artist:Saturday, OCTOBER 20th from 12pm to 4pm Carmella Saraceno gathers found objects and materials, and through deliberate selection, creates free-standing figures that are constructed from plywood. Each individual sculpture is intended to initiate a conversation. Stripped from their initial meaning,… Continue reading DREAMBOX Gallery presents Carmella Saraceno

Democracy: Present & Future

Democracy: Present & Futurein the garden with Louis SilversteinFriday, October 5th at 5:30 p.m. “Where you see wrong or inequality or injustice, speak out, because this is your country. This is your democracy. Make it. Protect it. Pass it on.” Thurgood Marshall Let’s talk about democracy! What does it mean to you? How is it… Continue reading Democracy: Present & Future

Landscaped with Artists Joyce Polance & Chantala Kommanivanh

Above: “Eagles” by Joyce Polance Landscaped A Contemporary Landscape Exhibition Featuring Artists Joyce Polance and Chantala Kommanivanh Elephant Room Gallery is excited to present artists Joyce Polance and Chantala Kommanivanh in an exhibition featuring contemporary landscapes. “Landscaped” opens August 11th and will include additional programming during Expo Art Week in September. When we think of… Continue reading Landscaped with Artists Joyce Polance & Chantala Kommanivanh

ART | Poetry

Ekphrasis – Poetry of Seeing  DreamBox Gallery invites you to join us for CONVERSATION about ART and POETRY with poet and art historian ALEKSANDER NAJDA.  Saturday, March 31, from 4pm-6pm This month we will begin our exploration of the ekphrastic tradition with works by Nobel Prize winners in Literature: Tomas Gösta Tranströmer, Czesław Miłosz and Samuel Beckett. Our afternoon journey will survey the veracity… Continue reading ART | Poetry

At The Raw Stage

Artist Mimi Zaphiratos Exhibits Her Most Recent Work Elephant Room Gallery is thrilled to be working with artist Mimi Zaphiratos on her solo exhibition, “At the Raw Stage”, opening Saturday, March 10th with a reception from 5:30pm to 9:00pm. The exhibition features oil paintings, hand-painted bottles and porcelain tea sets. The show runs through May… Continue reading At The Raw Stage

Dreambox Gallery: Expo de Jeunes Artistes

Young Artists EXPO POP UP Saturday, February 10th and 17th from 2pm-6pm DreamBox Gallery presents Young Artists EXPO – the artwork of students and participants of after school art classes (1st through 5th grade) at the French International School in Chicago. As part of the Before-And-After art classes, ceramics and drawing are taught by visual… Continue reading Dreambox Gallery: Expo de Jeunes Artistes

DreamBox Gallery presents WOW Frequency SPECIAL GUEST: ALA JARON

Chicagoan’s may know Ala Jaron’s unique organically inspired jewelry from area boutiques and the store at the Art Institute and Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Formerly based here, Ala’s studio is now located near Warsaw, Poland. We are so happy to have her work available to you for one day only. A L A  J… Continue reading DreamBox Gallery presents WOW Frequency SPECIAL GUEST: ALA JARON

BURN353: Through My Mind’s Eye

Elephant Room Gallery is excited to have Springfield-based Artist BURN353 back for another solo exhibition opening April 8th. BURN353 last exhibited with the gallery in 2012 and is back to show brand new works created over the last several months with an exhibition titled “Through My Mind’s Eye”. “Through My Mind’s Eye” refers to BURN353’s… Continue reading BURN353: Through My Mind’s Eye