Rex Solomon
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Rex Solomon is a practice-based art historian, interior designer, and performance artist whose work spans writing, installation, photography, and critical theory. Her research and creative practice examine how institutional and interpersonal violence persist in material culture, from case files and product copy to the body itself, as sites of critical inquiry. She is the founder of Surface Tensions, a queer-feminist practice that uses theory, evidence, and lived experience as both method and medium. Solomon owned and directed Rae Duncan Interior Design, an award-winning Chicago interiors firm, until 2023, and will launch The Design Authority, an interior design consultancy, and Solomon Fine Art, a fine art consultancy, in 2027. She trained at DePaul University’s Theatre School and the Moscow Arts Theatre, holds a graduate degree in interior architecture and design from Harrington College of Design, and is a master’s candidate in art history, theory, and criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Awards
Red Awards, St. Louis Design Awards
Publications
Elle Decor, Wall Street Journal, Modern Luxury, Chicago Business Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, Chicago Woman