LaNia Sproles and Mariana Rockwell: Fall Artists in Residence
@ Kimball Arts Center
1757 N Kimball Ave, Chicago IL 60647
Opening Thursday, November 2nd, from 2PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, December 31st
Save the date ! Thursday November 2nd will be a public reception to celebrate our Fall Artists in Residence, LaNia Sproles and Mariana Rockwell. Join us from 6-9pm on the first and second floors to explore the exhibition, sip on an @orkenoy cocktail and connect with some new people 🙂
LaNia will have a Build a Charm tattoo pop-up from 2pm-9pm in the Plant Lounge on a first come first serve basis.
American, b. 1995 — LaNia Sproles lives and works in Chicago, IL. They graduated with a BFA from Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design in 2017. Their body of work spans several disciplines including: printmaking, drawing and collage. The philosophies of self-perception, queer and feminist theories, and inherent racial dogmas are essential to Sproles’s work. They examine the works’ of feminist artists and writers such as Octavia Butler, Kara Walker and Rebecca Morgan. In 2020, They completed their year as a 2019 Mary L. Nohl fellow, continued as a teaching artist-in-residence at the Lynden Sculpture Garden and guest curated an exhibition hosted by NADA art fair with Green Gallery. Most recently Sproles has exhibited several artworks with Elijah Wheat Showroom hosted by David Zwirner’s online exhibition space, Platform and with Chicago based galleries, Goldfinch Gallery & FLXST Contemporary.
Mariana Rockwell (b. 1993) is a visual artist from Chicago, IL. She received her BFA in 2015 from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and has been producing primarily works on paper and oil paintings with occasional experimentation in sound work and installation.
This is a public event and open to all ages. Please RSVP on our website under AIR or EVENTS to help us plan better!
All work is for sale. 25% of sales goes directly back into funding future AIR programs. See website for artwork pricelist!
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