Nov 3rd 2017

Allison Lacher and Jeff Robinson: Good Neighbors

@ What It Is

1155 S Lyman Ave, Oak Park, IL 60304

Opening Friday, November 3rd, from 6PM - 9PM

On view through Wednesday, November 15th

Come meet / see Allison and Jeff and see their piece in the Terrain Biennial 2017 – “Good Neighbors.” Light refreshments and snacks will be served.

Allison Lacher and Jeff Robinson began a studio collaboration in 2015. They have exhibited collaborative projects at Museum Blue, St. Louis; Roman Susan, Chicago; Outhaus, Champaign, Illinois; Kitchen Space, Chicago; The Ski Club, Milwaukee; and most recently, University Galleries at Illinois State University. Lacher and Robinson are Co-Founders and Co-Directors of DEMO Project, an artist-run contemporary art gallery in Springfield, Illinois.

Individually, Lacher has exhibited nationally at venues such as PDX Contemporary, Portland; The Luminary, St. Louis; CAUC Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, Utah; and Illinois State Museum, Chicago and Springfield. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Edinboro University, Edinboro, Pennsylvania, and a Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture from Indiana University, Bloomington. Along with a rigorous independent curatorial practice, Lacher is the Exhibitions Manager at the Visual Arts Gallery of University of Illinois at Springfield.

Robinson’s work has been exhibited at E.Tay Gallery, New York; STNDRD at The Luminary, St. Louis; Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis; Northern Illinois University Art Museum, DeKalb, Illinois; (SCENE) Metrospace, and East Lansing, Michigan, among others. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from University of Illinois at Springfield, and a Master of Fine Arts in Painting from Illinois State University. He works at the University of Illinois at Springfield as an Instructor of Art and as the Director of the Visual Arts Gallery.

Hosts: Tom Burtonwood and Holly Holmes aka What It Is, at 1155 Lyman Ave

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