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Dan
ATTOESOLO SHOW: Fourteen 30 Contemporary, Portland, OR, May 23 - July 6, 2014 | Review: The Portland Oregonian | Oregon Arts Watch
MUSEUM SHOW (group): The Crime Was Almost Perfect. Witte de With Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. January 24 – April 27, 2014
SOLO SHOW: Landscapes with Water. Peres Projects. Berlin. Mar 1 — Apr 19, 2014 | Interview: Beautiful/Decay | Review: Frieze
GROUP SHOW: PAINTALLICA - SMELL THE BAR OIL, Rocks Box Fine Art, Portland, OR. August 10, 2013-September 15, 2013GROUP SHOW: EXPO 1, MOMA PS1. Ong Island City, NY. May 12 - September 2, 2013
Elijah
BURGHERBIENNIAL: AA Bronson's "House of Shame" in Burning Down the House: The 10th Gwangju Biennale 2014, Republic of Korea. September 5 to November 9, 2014
BIENNIAL: 2014 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY. March 7 to May 25, 2014. Press: New York Times | Chicago Magazine | New York Times | Artinfo | Chicago Magazine | Mousee Magazine | The New Yorker | Contemporary Art Daily | Phaidon | Sotheby's Magazine | Reviews: New York Times | Art in America |
GROUP SHOW: Roving Room, curated by Kelly Kaczynski and Cori Williams, Habersham Mills, Demorest, Georgia. May 16 to July 26, 2014
GROUP SHOW: Das stille Leben des Sammlers Kempinski, curated by Billy Miller and Christian Siekmeier, Exile, Berlin, Germany. May 24 - June 21, 2014
GROUP SHOW: Tony Greene: Curated by John Neff, with contributions from Elijah Burgher, Edie Fake, Miller & Shellabarger, Paul P., Dean Sameshima, Scott Treleaven, and Latham Zearfoss. Iceberg Projects, Chicago
INTERVIEW: ArtSlant. Honigman, Ana Finel. "Rackroom: As Art and Magic: An Interview with Elijah Burgher". March 2014
GROUP SHOW: "No Fate But What We Make", Clough-Hanson Gallery at Rhodes College, Memphis, TN. February 21 - March 29, 2014. Review: Memphis Flyer
GROUP SHOW: Alms for the Birds, curated by James Richards, Cabinet London, London March 21 to April 26, 2014 | Press: Contemporary Art Daily
GROUP SHOW: The Stench of Rotting Flowers, curated by Danny Orendorf, la Esquina gallery, Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, MO April 19 to June 7, 2014
PINUPS. Issue No. 18 featuring Elijah Burgher. January 2014
ARTICLE: Chicago Magazine. Foumberg, Jason. “10 Memorable Art Moments from 2013” . December 24, 2013
MUSEUM SHOW (group), The Temptation of AA Bronson, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, September 6, 2013 – January 5, 2014 | Review: Art in America
SOLO SHOW: Friendship as a way of life b/w I’m seeking the Minotaur. Western Exhibitions, October 25 to December 7, 2013. images | Review: Daily Serving | New City | Art Review | Artforum.com | Bad at Sports
PUBLICATION: Vitamin D2: New Perspectives in Drawing. [hardcover]. Griffin, Jonathan (essay). Published by Phaidon.
Lilli
CARRÉMUSEUM SHOW (solo). BMO Harris Bank Chicago Works: Lilli Carré. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL. Dec 17, 2013–Apr 15, 2014 | Press: Chicago Tribune | Chicago Reader | fNews
GROUP SHOW: My Hands Are My Bite, curated by Dann Gunn, Monique Meloche Gallery. June 7 - August 2, 2014
SOLO SHOW/RESIDENCY (Museum).2014 Graphic Novelist Residency Exhibition. Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH. March 14 – June 8, 2014
Artist Talk, March 30ANIMATION: Trailer for HAIRY WHO & THE CHICAGO IMAGISTS from Pentimenti Productions
GROUP SHOW: AAIEEE! John Michael Kohler Arts Center. Sheboygan WI. October 13, 2013–February 16, 2014
Ryan Travis
CHRISTIANSOLO SHOW: Check Please!, Western Exhibitions, Chicago. April 25 to May 31, 2014 | Interview: The Hundreds
ARTICLE: DAZED. Gavin, Francesca. "Top ten artists working with monochrome". April 23, 2013
CATALOG: Juxtapoz. Juxtapoz Psychedelic . Hard Cover. 240 Color PagesGROUP SHOW/Brooklyn . TELL THEM I HATE THEM. Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. November 8 — December 6, 2013
MURAL. Untitled: RYAN TRAVIS CHRISTIAN plus contributions by Cody Hudson, Josh Reames, Adam Scott, Peter Skvara and Geoffrey Todd Smith. Rear exterior wall of the 845 W Washington Building, View via the alley between Green and Peoria Streets. Chicago, IL
MUSEUM SHOW (solo). "Ryan Travis Christian—Well, Here We Aren't Again". CAM Raleigh, North Carolina. February 22, 2013 – June 17, 2013 | Press: Associated Press .| Associated Press | Indy Week | Art Papers
Courttney
COOPERMUSEUM SHOW (2-person). Cincinnati Everyday (with Cole Carothers). Cincinnati Art Museum. May 25, 2013 to September 22, 2013
REVIEW. City Beat. Durrell, Jane. "The City As Subject: Cole Carothers and Courttney Cooper share their perspectives at Cincinnati Art Museum". July 3, 2013
Nicholas
FRANKESSAY: David Foster Wallace: Nicholas Frank speaks with Brooke Kanther, Whitney Museum Biennial 2014 (catalogue essay)
MUSEUM SHOW (group). A Study in Midwest Appropriation, Curated by Michelle Grabner, Hyde Park Art Center. September 29, 2013 – January 12, 2014
CURATORIAL: Milwaukeeists: 1996-2006, curated by Nicholas Frank. Lawton Gallery. University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. September 12th - October 3rd, 2013
SOLO SHOW: Peregrine was great.., Peregrine Projects. Chicago, IL. May 5 to June 16, 2013
Richard
HULLSOLO SHOW: Richard Hull, Metropolitan Capital Bank, curated by Nixon Art Associates, Inc. July 22 – November 11, 2014
SOLO SHOW: Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, MO, March 1 to 30, 2013
Dutes
MILLERGROUP SHOW: OSSUARY, Herron Galleries, Indianapolis, IN. January 13 - February 15, 2014; traveled from Ewing Gallery | UT School of Art, Knoxville, TN. October 4 - 26, 2013
ARTICLE: NIGHTCHARM. Adnum, Mark. "Call of Dutes: The Grotty Mixed Media Art of Dutes Miller Includes Food Porn." Tuesday, June 25th, 2013
MILLER &
SHELLABARGERPROFILE: New City. Tinari, Anastasia Karpova. "Portrait of the Artists: Miller & Shellabarger". July 18, 2014
MUSEUM SHOW (solo): AGAIN GONE ~ Miller & Shellabarger. Chicago Cultural Center, Michigan Ave. Galleries, 1st Floor | Review: AretFuse
GROUP SHOW: Miss Kilman and She Were Terrible Together, Curated by Matt Morris. The Hills Esthetic Center, Chicago. May 10 - June 6, 2014
GROUP SHOW: Tony Greene: Curated by John Neff, with contributions from Elijah Burgher, Edie Fake, Miller & Shellabarger, Paul P., Dean Sameshima, Scott Treleaven, and Latham Zearfoss. Iceberg Projects, Chicago
GROUP SHOW: Happy Homemakers: The Pleasures and Perils of Domestic Life, curated by Toby Kamps, Sala Diaz, San Antonio. Performance on March 22
MUSEUM SHOW (solo). Untitled (Pink Tube). Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL. October 15 – November 19, 2013. Press: Chicago Tribune | Chicago Reader | Chicago Magazine.
GROUP SHOW: Why Marriage: An Arts Festival, origanized by Mia Ruyter and Chuck Thurow, The Br. David Darst Center. February 22, 2014, 6 to 10pm.
GROUP SHOW: Sticky Sweet, curated Scott Hunter, Terrain, Oak Park, IL. April 6 to 30, 2014
PERFORMANCE: Link Pin at Hub 14, Toronto , CANADA, April 12 and 13, 2014
GROUP SHOW: Strange Bedfellows, curated by Amy Cancelmo, A+D Gallery | Columbia College Chicago Chicago, Il January 16-February 22, 2014
RESIDENCY: Center for Paper and Book Arts, Columbia College, Chicago, IL. Summer 2013 | Portfolio
Rachel
NIFFENEGGERGROUP SHOW: About a Mountain, Curated by Holly Jarrett. Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York, NY. June 26 to August 9, 2014
GROUP SHOW: On the Blue Shore of Silence, Tracy Williams, Ltd., New York, NY. June 26 to September 3, 2014
GROUP SHOW: Roving Room, curated by Kelly Kaczynski and Cori Williams, Habersham Mills, Demorest, Georgia. May 16 to July 26, 2014
SOLO SHOW: Flesh Club, Western Exhibitions, September 6 to October 19, 2013. | Review: Chicago Tribune
GROUP SHOW: Mutant Porcelain, So What Space, Brooklyn, NY, opens September 7, 2013
MUSEUM SHOW (group): Physical and Virtual Bodies - ...in the name of any signification whatever Curated by Kris Dittel and Stephanie Seidel. Museum for Modern Art in Arnhem, The Netherlands. February 16 to April 21, 2013
Paul
NUDDGROUP SHOW: In the Flesh: Physical Anatomy and the Human Form, The Park School, Baltimore, MD. September 10–December 12, 2014
GROUP SHOW: Tight Pencils, Columbia College Chicago, June 23 to August 22, 2014
SOLO SHOW: Pituitumorphology, Western Exhibitions, Chicago. March 14 to April 19, 2014 | Press: Chicago Magazine | Visual Art Source
ARTICLE: Art in Print. Ishmael, Amelia. "Onsmith & Nudd". March-April 2013, Volume 2, Number 6Stan
SHELLABARGERMUSEUM SHOW (group): Sacred, Minneapolis Institute of Art. August 31, 2013—July 13, 2014
PERFORMANCE: “Walking Book” Performance, Minneapolis Institute of Art. Thursday, May 15, 2014.
Geoffrey Todd
SMITHPUBLICATION: under the gum tree: July 2014. Visual Art by Geoffrey Todd Smith. Publisher: ThinkHouse Collective, Sacramento, California.
GROUP SHOW: Now Chicago, The Hughes Gallery, Sydney, Australia. May 1 to June 10, 2014
GROUP SHOW: Roving Room, curated by Kelly Kaczynski and Cori Williams, Habersham Mills, Demorest, Georgia. May 16 to July 26, 2014
SOLO SHOW: GEOFFREY TODD SMITH Forcefields. Union League Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL, November 2013
GROUP SHOW/Brooklyn . TELL THEM I HATE THEM. Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. November 8 — December 6, 2013
GROUP SHOW: Acid Summer, DCKT. New York, NY. July 11 - August 9, 2013
SOLO SHOW: Secret Lives of Rainbows. Luis de Jesus Gallery, Culver City, CA. Sept 07 - Oct 12, 2013
Deb
SOKOLOWINTERVIEW: Inside/Within. Sierzputowski, Kate. "Deb Sokolow's Fictionalized Blueprints". July 2014
ARTICLE: The Seen. Demaree, Joshua Michael. "PROFILE OF THE ARTIST PT I // DEB SOKOLOW". May 12, 2014 | Part II
VIDEO: The Art Assignment by PBS Digital Studios. Green, Sarah Urist (host). The Art Assignment - Stakeout! - Deb Sokolow - Ep. 2. February 27, 2014
MUSEUM SHOW (group): ICA@50: Pleasing Artists and Publics Since 1963, Institute of Contemporary Art
February 12 – August 17, 2014INTERNATIONAL BIENNIALE: AGORA 4th Athens Biennale. Former Athens Stock Exchange. 29 September–1 December, 2013
MUSEUM SHOW (group). Drawing Time, Reading Time, curated by Claire Gilman. The Drawing Center. New York, November 22, 2013-January 5 2014| Review: New York Times
MUSEUM SHOW (group): At Work: Studio and Production as a Subject of Today’s Art. Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Germany. November 17, 2013 to February 23, 2014
BEST of 2013: Chicago Tribune. Ise, Claudine. "Best art shows of 2013" (Deb Sokolow). December 13, 2013
PUBLICATION: Vitamin D2: New Perspectives in Drawing. [hardcover]. Published by Phaidon.
MUSEUM SHOW (solo). MATRIX 166: Some concerns about the candidate. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT. February 7 – June 30, 2013 | Reviews: New York Times. | Hartford Courant | The Culture Trip | Art New England | Podcast interview: Modern Art Notes
SOLO SHOW/Chicago. Deb Sokolow. Western Exhibitions. March 15 to April 20. Reviews: Art Ltd | Visual Art Source | Art News | Interview: Bad at Sports
Ben
STONESOLO SHOW: Western Exhibitions, December 13, 2013 - January 25, 2014. Press: NewCity | art ltd | Blackbook
GROUP SHOW/Queens. Snail Salon, curated by Adrianne Rubenstein. Regina Rex. Queens, NY, November 2-December 15, 2013
MUSEUM SHOW (group). A Study in Midwest Appropriation , Curated by Michelle Grabner, Hyde Park Art Center. September 29, 2013 – January 12, 2014 | Press: Hyperallergic
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