Jessica Zawadowicz and Yaismel Alba Garib: There’s a box they don’t tell you about
@ Patient Info
902 N Western Ave, Chicago IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 6th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, July 13th
There’s a box they don’t tell you about”opens in two weeks on Friday 6/6 featuring work by Jessica Zawadowicz and Yaismel Alba Garib.
I’ve been very excited for this show and for the opportunity to collaborate with artists I admire so much and met not too long ago. Join us for the opening reception from 6-10pm on 6/6.
Jessica Zawadowicz is an artist based in Chicago, IL, whose practice is grounded within painting, collage, improvisation, and sport playing. She received an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, a BFA from The University of the Arts, and has attended the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture. Her work has been exhibited at Free Range (Chicago, IL), Weatherproof (Chicago, IL), Ivory Gate Gallery (Chicago, IL), Color Club (Chicago, IL), Atelier Gallery (Philadelphia, PA), Ortega Y Gasset Projects (Brooklyn, NY), PII Gallery (Philadelphia, PA), amongst others. She is a current Lecturer in the Painting & Drawing department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and also works with kids.
Yaismel Alba Garib is a Cuban-born artist based in Chicago. His work spans performance and painting, exploring themes of memory, identity, and embodied resistance. Alba Garib earned an MFA in Performance from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2022) and a BFA in Theater Studies from the University of Arts, ISA, in Havana, Cuba (2015). Garib’s work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions across the U.S. and Cuba, including WOW YEAH at Comfort Station (Chicago, 2024), Dance This Mess Around at Patient Info (Chicago, 2024), and El acto de destrucción es un acto de salvación at the XIII Havana Biennial (2019). Prior to relocating to the U.S., Alba Garib was active as a writer and editor for prominent Cuban arts publications and served as director of De magazine at the Scenic Design Studies Center (CEDE) in Havana. Alba Garib continues to engage in politically conscious, body-centered art-making that navigates between personal narrative and collective history.
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