Ground Floor 2018 Biennial
Ashley M. Freeby
…writing his dream inside a rectangle 2018 (detail image)
Hand-painted gravel
8 × 20 feet
Ground Floor 2018 is the fifth iteration of the biennial exhibition that features artwork by many of Chicago’s most promising emergent talent. The selected artists are 2017 and 2018 graduates from the city's top-ranked Master of Fine Art programs: Columbia College Chicago, Northwestern University, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, University of Chicago, and the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Led by Dawoud Bey, Exhibitions Committee Chair; Allison Peters Quinn, Director of Exhibitions.
ROLE: catalogue editor, exhibition coordinator
DESCRIPTION: essay and introduction
IMAGES: catalogue PDF (photos by Tran Tran and Tom Van Ende)
SITE: Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
ARTISTS: Mark Blanchard, Madeline Finley, Mina Fitzpatrick, Ashley M. Freeby, Kandis Friesen, Jasper Goodrich, Ben Harle, Betsy Johnson, Melissa Leandro, Frances Lee, Kat Liu, Liz McCarthy, Carissa Meier, Roni Packer, Joseriberto Perez, Jessica Sladek, Maryam Taghavi, Zespo Velazquez, Shanna Zentner, and FeiFan Zhang
Led by Dawoud Bey, Exhibitions Committee Chair; Allison Peters Quinn, Director of Exhibitions.
ROLE: catalogue editor, exhibition coordinator
DESCRIPTION: essay and introduction
IMAGES: catalogue PDF (photos by Tran Tran and Tom Van Ende)
SITE: Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
ARTISTS: Mark Blanchard, Madeline Finley, Mina Fitzpatrick, Ashley M. Freeby, Kandis Friesen, Jasper Goodrich, Ben Harle, Betsy Johnson, Melissa Leandro, Frances Lee, Kat Liu, Liz McCarthy, Carissa Meier, Roni Packer, Joseriberto Perez, Jessica Sladek, Maryam Taghavi, Zespo Velazquez, Shanna Zentner, and FeiFan Zhang
Kat Liu
Mom and I
2018
Single-channel video with split screen 3 minutes, 13 seconds
Mark Blanchard Light-footed Revelation 2016
Black and white photo print 17 × 24 inches
Mark Blanchard Effluence of the Cosmic Void 2016
Black and white photo print 17 × 24 inches
Mark Blanchard ExoProgeny 2017–18
Virtual reality Dimensions variable
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Mark Blanchard ExoProgeny (stills) 2017–18
Virtual reality Dimensions variable
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Kandis Friesen
IF ALL THE SHELTERS IN THE WORLD CAME TOGETHER, THEN THIS TOO IS ALSO A SHELTER; IF ALL THE MONUMENTS IN THE WORLD COME TOGETHER, THEN THIS TOO IS ALSO A MONUMENT; IF ALL THE REFRAINS IN THE WORLD CAME TOGETHER, THEN THIS TOO IS ALSO A REFRAIN
2018
Wool, cotton batting, bull denim, thread,
wood, drywall, paint, hardware
360 × 60 × 1/2 inches
Maryam Taghavi Sleep Hours (exterior view)
2018; façade projection, dimensions variable