SAIC at EXPO CHICAGO 2025

The Annual Breakfast & Open Studios at Chicago Artists Coalition
1431 West Hubbard Street, Suite 201 Chicago, IL 60642
Friday, April 25
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Featuring:
bex ya yolk (MFA 2023)
Maryam Faridani (MFA 2019)
Chelsea Bighorn (MFA 2024)
Ruth L Poor (MFA 2022)

Newcity Breakout Artists Exhibition Opening at Chicago Artists Coalition
1431 West Hubbard Street, Suite 201 Chicago, IL 60642
Wednesday, April 23
5:00–8:00 p.m.
Exhibition on view April 23–June 5
Featuring:
Leticia Pardo (MFA 2025)
Breanna Robinson (BFA 2017)
Dabin Ahn (MFA 2020)
Sebastian Bruno-Harris (MFA 2023)
Hope Wang (BFA 2018)
Sofia Fernandez Diaz (MFA 2022)

EXPO Curatorial Forum
April 24–27
Navy Pier
Featured Participants: 
Robyn Farrell (MA 2014)
Bana Kattan (MA 2011)
Jack Schneider (BFA 2014)
Alyssa Martinez (BFA 2009)

Jiaming You: Looking Out at the Chinese American Museum of Chicago
238 W 23rd Street, Chicago, 60616
March 9–April 27
Featuring:
Jiaming You (MFA 2022) 

A Tale of Today: Materialities at the Driehaus Museum
50 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611
Closing April 27
Featuring: 
Adam Brooks (MFA 1989)
Mathew Wilson (MFA 1993)
Petra Bachmaier (BFA 1999)
Sean Gallero (BFA 1998)
Bobbi Meier (MFA 2011)
Edra Soto (MFA 2000)
Olivia Block (SAIC 1996–97)
Rebecca Beachy (Lecturer)
Jefferson Pinder (Professor, Presidential Professor)
Jonas N.T. Becker (Associate Professor)
Laleh Motlagh (Lecturer)
Dr. Giovanni Aloi (Professor)

In Conversation: Materialities Artists and Curator at the Driehaus Museum
50 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611
Wednesday, April 23
6:00–7:00 p.m.
Featuring: 
Laleh Motlagh (Lecturer)
Dr. Giovanni Aloi (Professor)
Edra Soto (MFA 2000)
Rebecca Beachy (Lecturer)

25! 25th Anniversary Exhibition Opening Reception at Monique Meloche Gallery
451 N Paulina Street, Chicago, IL 60622
Friday, April 25
5:00–8:00 p.m.
Featuring:
Luke Agada (MFA 2023)
Sanford Biggers (MFA 1999)
Justin Cooper (MFA 2005)
Dan Gunn (MFA 2007)
Sheree Hovsepian (MFA 2002)
Rashid Johnson (HON 2018)
Candida Alvarez (Faculty Emerita)
Carla Arocha (MFA 1994)
Davis/Langlois – Robert Davis (BFA 1998) and Michael Langlois (MFA 1999)
Cheryl Pope (BFA 2003, MA 2010)
Carrie Schneider (MFA 2007)

Artists at the Pier Exhibition at Sable Hotel Lobby
900 E. Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Closes September 7, 2023
Featuring:
René Morrell (BFA 2023)
Joan Schenk (MA 1980)
Gwen Yen Chiu (BFA 2019)
Louise Pappageorge (BFA 1983)

APPARITIONS Opening Reception at GRAY Chicago
2044 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Friday, April 25
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Featuring:
Rashid Johnson (HON 2018)
David Klamen (MFA 1985)
Trevor Paglen (HON 2021)
Jaume Plensa (HON 2005)
Theaster Gates (HON 2014)
Jim Lutes (MFA 1982)

Master Class: Inside the Last American Museum School with SAIC Painting Alumni Opening Reception at SECRIST | BEACH
Saturday, April 19
5:00–8:00 p.m.
Featuring:
Lindsay Adams (PBS 2023)
Noelle Africh (MFA 2022)
Luke Agada (MFA 2023)
Alberto Aguilar (BFA 1997, MFA 2001)
Latifa Alajlan (BFA 2021, MFA 2023)
Cecilia Beaven (MFA 2019)
Aviv Benn (MFA 2018)
Samantha Bittman (MFA 2010)
Elijah Burgher (MFA 2004)
Robert Burnier (MFA 2016)
Nik Cho (BFA 2024)
Alex Bradley Cohen (BFA 2014)
Jeane Cohen (MFA 2018)
Paula Crown (MFA 2012)
Chelsea Culprit (BFA 2007)
Tavin Davis (MFA 2023)
Dana DeGiulio (BFA 2001, MFA 2007)
Austin Eddy (BFA 2010)
Stephen Eichhorn (BFA 2006)
Peter Fagundo (MFA 1995)
Nicola Florimbi (MFA 2024)
Howard Fonda (MFA 2001)
Jae Ford (MFA 2016)
Jonathan Gardner (PBS 2008)
Magalie Guérin (MFA 2011)
Antonia Gurkovska (MFA 2011)
Efrat Hakimi (MFA 2019)
Andrew Holmquist (BFA 2008, MFA 2014)
Mika Horibuchi (BFA 2013)
Patrick Dean Hubbell (MFA 2021)
Steven Husby (MFA 2003)
Omair Hussain (BFA 2018)
G.D. Johnson (MFA 2025)
James Kao (BFA 2004, MFA 2006)
Em Kettner (MFA 2014)
Minami Kobayashi (MFA 2018)
Meredith Kopelman (PBS 2020, MFA 2022)
David Leggett (PBS 2005, MFA 2020)
Tony Lewis (MFA 2012)
MJ Lounsberry (BFA 2017, MFA 2023)
Wangari Mathenge (MFA 2021)
Kristoffer McAfee (BFA 2020)
Rodney McMillian (PBS 2000)
Isabella Mellado (MFA 2023)
Emily Miller (MFA 2025)
Jeffly Gabriela Molina (MFA 2016)
Aliza Nisenbaum (BFA 2001)
Angel Otero BFA, (BFA 2007, MFA 2009)
Ruth Poor (PBS 2019, MFA 2022)
Kaveri Raina (MFA 2016)
Pedro Trueba Ramírez (PBS 2023, MFA 2025)
Autumn Ramsey (BFA 2005, MFA 2013)
Celeste Rapone (MFA 2013)
Josh Reames (MFA 2010)
Clare Rojas (MFA 2002)
Sterling Ruby (BFA 2002)
Charlotte Saylor (MFA 2025)
Claire Sherman (MFA 2005)
Sumakshi Singh (MFA 2003)
Cameron Spratley (MFA 2021)
Keer Tanchak (MFA 2003)
Sebastian Thomas (MFA 2023)
Alice Tippit (MFA 2013)
Orkideh Torabi (PBS 2014, MFA 2016)
Cody Tumblin (BFA 2013)
Omar Velázquez (MFA 2016)
Jonathan Worcester (MFA 2024)
Hiejin Yoo (BFA 2014, PBS 2015)
Molly Zuckerman-Hartung (MFA 2007)
Elissa Tenny (President Emerita)
Lisa Wainwright (Chair of Painting and Drawing)

Art After Hours Powered by Gertie
Friday, April 25
5:00–8:00 p.m.
Participating galleries featuring/founded by SAIC alums:
Arts of Life – Circle Contemporary
Corbett vs. Dempsey
DOCUMENT
Hyde Park Art Center
McCormick Gallery
MICKEY
moniquemeloche
Secrist | Beach
65GRAND

OVERRIDE Chicago Billboard Series with EXPO CHICAGO
April 7–27
Featured Artists:
Damon Locks (BFA 1991)
Shi Zheng (MFA 2019)
Ryan Patrick Krueger (MFA 2025)

Jessica Campbell: Dogman Lives on the Ground at Western Exhibitions
1709 W Chicago Ave #5009, Chicago, IL 60622
April 19–June 7
Featuring:
Jessica Campbell (MFA 2014)

All water has a perfect memory at PATRON Gallery
1612 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
April 10–June 7
Featuring:
Lindsay Adams (PBS 2023)

two hundred and fifty-one days at the Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington St., Chicago, 60602
February 1–May 18
Featuring:
Bryana Bibbs (BFA 2014)

litany at South Side Community Art Center
3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
April 12–May 24
Featuring:
Erika Allen (BFA 1992)
Sonja Henderson (BFA 1992)
Jada-amina (BFA 2020) (Curator)

Give the Drummer Some! at Smart Museum of Art
5550 S. Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637
Open through July 2025
Featuring:
Robert Earl Paige (SAIC 1952)

What they said at Arts of Life – Circle Contemporary
2010 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
March 28–May 9
Featuring:
Frank Vega (MFA 2022)
Saumitra Chandratreya (MDF 2017)
Nick Cave (Faculty) & Bob Faust (Co-curators)

Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615

Emily Frances Winter: Apparent Paths
April 5–Nov 16
Featuring:
Emily Frances Winter (Faculty)

Cecilia Beaven: Flickering Cocoon
Open until June 2025
Featuring:
Cecilia Beaven (MFA 2019)

Fara Salem: Uninhibited People of the Earth
March 15–July 20
Featuring:
Fara Salem (MA 2018)

Bad at Sports: Bad @ Reality
Permanent installation
Featuring:
Michelle Grabner (Faculty)
Kerry James Marshall (HON 2017)
Edra Soto (MFA 2000)

Wafaa Bilal: Indulge Me at MCA Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Open until October 2025
Featuring:
Wafaa Bilal (MFA 2003)
Bana Kattan (MA 2011) (Curator)

Chicago Cluster Project

Don’t Make Photographs, Think Them at the former Hedrich & Blessing Photographers
400 N. Peoria Street, Chicago, 60642
March 28–April 27
Featuring:
Mahsa Alafar (MFA 2022)
Kioto Aoki (BFA 2015, MFA 2017)
Nimrod Astarhan (MFA 2023)
Katharine Schutta (BFA 1986, MFA 1989)
Jan Tichy (MFA 2009)
Kate Dumbleton (Faculty)
Dr. Lizzie Leopold (Faculty)

Shadowy Evidence: Discussion with Kristin Taylor & Selena Kearney
400 N. Peoria Street, Chicago, 60642
Friday, April 25 
3:00 p.m.

Curatorial Walkthrough with Jan Tichy
400 N. Peoria Street, Chicago, 60642
Sunday, April 27 
3:00 p.m.
Featuring:
Jan Tichy (MFA 2009)

Contemporary Curated at McCormick Gallery
2251 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
April 10–May 23
Featuring: 
Anna Kunz (MFA 1991)
Kim Piotrowski (BFA 1987)
Gordon Powell (BFA 1975)
Gwen Yen Chiu (BFA 2019)

Landscapes at MICKEY Gallery
1635 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
April 4–June 1
Featuring:
Ryan Nault (BFA 2014)

Dead Reckoning at 65GRAND
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
April 18-May 17
Featuring:
Jonathan Worcester (MFA 2024)

Micah Lewis-Văn Sweezie: Simpler Times at Old Friends Gallery
3405 North Paulina, Chicago, IL, 60657
April 23–June 7
Featuring:
Micah Lewis-Văn Sweezie (BFA 2022)
Fawn Penn (BFA 2022) (Co-founder of Old Friends Gallery)

Kavi Gupta Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd floors 1-3, Chicago, IL 60607

Matter of Fact: Material as a Political Act Opening Reception 
Friday, April 25
Open until June 20, 2025
Featuring:
Angel Otero (BFA 2007, MFA 2009)
Jeffrey Gibson (BFA 1995)
Theaster Gates (HON 2014)
Jessica Jackson Hutchins (PBS 1997, MFA 1999)

Mapping Resistance: The Legacy of Black Liberation (1925-1975) Opening Reception
Friday, April 25
Open until June 20, 2025
Featuring:
Wadsworth Jarrell (BFA 1958, HON 2020)