John Colson: Stick People Unite!
@ boundary
2334 W 111th Pl, Chicago IL 60643
Opening Saturday, October 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, November 15th
🍄 Terrain Biennial 2023: Mycelium Connection 🍄
John Colson ( b.1962 ) is a multi-disciplinary artist living in the Beverly neighborhood, Chicago, IL. After receiving a BFA from the University of North Texas and an MFA from Northern Illinois University, Colson settled in Chicago in 1990 . Primarily a sculptor, he often works in wood, producing humorous abstract figurative pieces that frequently rely on linear elements, creating three dimensional drawings. Colson also works in ceramics, collaborative performance and digital painting. In 2023, he self published the light hearted “Fish with Hats “ collection of drawings and brief stories, intended to be a children’s book for all ages.
“In celebration of the Terrain Biennial’s 10th anniversary chose the theme Mycelium Connection to honor and expand our mission of making unexpected, yet vital human and environmental connections. We ask ourselves who and what have we overlooked and why? Mycelium is a thriving underground network of fungal threads, vital to many natural ecosystems. Despite myceliumʻs enormous geographical span, it remains invisible to most. Terrain Biennial launched in Oak Park, Illinois, and spread across redlining from Chicago to India. This year, we are here to continue the work to foster, joyfully uplift, and cultivate solidarity across differences. Like mycelium, springing up from the most unexpected cracks and shadows, art is already all around. Creation flows from the hands and deserves to be shared with many.”
—Terrain Biennial
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