The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Alumni

12/06/2022

It was wonderful gathering with alums and friends of SAIC in Miami last week! Email [email protected] to stay in the loop about other alumni events.

12/06/2022

Photos from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Alumni's post

12/02/2022

Alums at Art Basel Miami Beach -- just a few!
1. Raelis Vasquez (BFA 2018) at Jenkins Johnson
2. Wadsworth Jarrell (HON 2020, BFA 1958) at Jenkins Johnson
3. Lee Buh (HON 2022) at Lehmann Maupin
4. Jeffrey Gibson(BFA 1995) at Roberts Projects
5. Tony Lewis (MFA 2012) at Blum and Poe
6. Bassim Al-Shaker (MFA Studio 2021) at Rhona Hoffman
7. Jacob Hashimoto (BFA 1996) at Rhona Hoffman

12/02/2022

In Miami this week? Check out the Wave Art Fair organized by alum Julie Schabel. Go to for details! Goes through December 3.

12/02/2022

More works by alums at Untitled!
1. Khatia Esartia (2001, BFA) at Marisa Newman Project
2. Misael Soto (MFA 2018) at Dimensions Variable
3. Juan Arango Palacios (BFA 2020) at Gaa Gallery
4. Mari Eastman (MFA 1996) at Goldfinch Gallery
5. Selenas Mountain founders Michael Fleming (MFA 2010) and Olivia Swider (BFA 2010)

12/02/2022

More works by alums at Untitled!
1. Khatia Esartia (2001, BFA) at Marisa Newman Project
2. Misael Soto (MFA 2018) at Dimensions Variable
3. Juan Arango Palacios (BFA 2020) at Gaa Gallery
4. Mari Eastman (MFA 1996) at Goldfinch Gallery
5. Selenas Mountain founders Michael Fleming (MFA 2010) and Olivia Swider (BFA 2010)

12/02/2022

So much alumni work to see in Miami! Photo dump #1 from Untitled:

1. Amy Lemaire (BFA 2000) at SARAHCROWN
2. Jenny Kendler (MFA 2006) at Goldfinch
3. Chase Barney (MFA Studio 2022) at Galleri Urbane
4. Anna Kunz (BFA 1991) at Galleri Urbane
5. Meghan Borah (MFA 2017, PBACC 2015) at Galleri Urbane
6. Minami Kobayashi (MFA 2018) at Goldfinch Gallery
7. Karen Gunderson (1971) at Erin Cluley Gallery
8. Cameron Welch (BFA 2013) at Yossi Milo Gallery
9. Scott Wolniak (BFA 2004) at Goldfinch Gallery

12/01/2022

SAIC is in Miami! There's so much art to see by SAIC alums around Miami and MB this week. 🌴 😎 Check out these alumni works across the city -- more to come!

1. Elisabeth Condon (MFA 1989) at INK Art Fair
2. Joshua Levine (BFA 1994) in BLUPrnt Exhibition at Bridge Red Studios .art
3. Bryana Bibbs (BFA 2014) "Anthem-X" in in Wynwood Arts District
4. Sheila Elias (BFA 1973) in "Miami Works" in Temple Emanu-El, Blank Chapel, Miami Beach
5. Joy Ray (MFA LowRes 2023) at ping-pong-basel.ch/
6. (no image) Ricardo Partida (MFA 2020) in "Boil Toil + Trouble" at

11/23/2022

NYC Alumni Brunch + Nick Cave Tour

11/23/2022

Thank you to all the NYC-area alums who came out for our brunch in New York last weekend, followed by a tour with Nick Cave of his permanent installation in the MTA Times Square station. It was wonderful to gather and connect!

11/23/2022

Photos from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Alumni's post

11/21/2022

Just one more week to complete the SNAAP Arts survey to tell us about your art school experience and career! Survey closes November 28. We hope you'll take some time to let us know how your education at SAIC has shaped your experience, and how you’ve used what you learned – in your work, in your life. Check your email for more details or email [email protected].

11/19/2022

Fall Chicago Alumni Reception 2022

11/03/2022

Photos from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Alumni's post

10/25/2022

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Don’t miss the chance to chat with SAIC alum, Darius Thomas (BFA 2016) about his life after SAIC.

Learn more about how he got started in his career and what led him to the job of Senior Designer

10/14/2022

The 2022 .Arts survey is now online! Help us understand how your education shaped your experience, and how you’ve used what you learned – in your work, in your life. Your experiences and ideas will help shape programs for students at SAIC and in arts higher education nationwide. We are partnering with the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP) to learn more about your experience studying the arts. Have you received your SNAAP invitation yet? If not, let us know and we will get you on the list. Email [email protected]. Thank you for sharing your story with us!

10/14/2022

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Congratulations to SAIC alum Paul Chan (BFA 1996) on being named a 2022 MacArthur “genius grant” Fellow! Chan is an artist, writer, and publisher who works in a variety of media: from video, animation, and multimedia projects to charcoal drawings and conceptual typefaces.⁠
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He has had numerous solo exhibitions, and his work is included in the collections of the Walker Art Center, the Museum of Modern Art, Guggenheim Museum, and the Whitney Museum among others.⁠
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Chan was also former editor of SAIC’s student-run , and said of his time at SAIC, “I think in a way I came at a time when I needed a place that would give me a lot of freedom so I could learn on my own, and the Art Institute gave me that, so I got a lot out of it.”⁠
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Read more at the link in our bio.⁠
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Image courtesy of the MacArthur Foundation

10/06/2022

SAIC is participating in the 2022 SNAAP Arts survey. Help us understand how your education shaped your experience, and how you’ve used what you learned – in your work, in your life. Keep an eye out for the survey coming to your inbox next week, and reach out to [email protected] if you don't receive it to ensure we have the best email contact for you. Please share this post with your friends from SAIC! More info at snaaparts.org.

10/04/2022

SAIC Alum Meg Onli (BFA 2008) will be curating the 2024 , alongside Christy Iles, via The New York Times. 👏👏👏🔥🔥🔥
Image: Meg Onli, left, and Chrissie Iles, the curators for the 2024 Whitney Biennial. Credit: Bryan Derballa

09/23/2022

Wow, SAIC blowing up Newcity's Art 50 2022: Chicago’s Visual Vanguard! Post 1/2: Featured alums include Vincent Uribe (BA 2013), Jessica Cochran (MA 2008), Eric May (BFA 2000), Zack Wirsum (BFA 2002), Asha Iman Veal (MA 2017), Robyn Farrell (MA 2014), Heather Becker (BFA 1989), Damon Locks (BFA 1991). Read about the incredible work they're doing at art.newcity.com or follow the link in our LinkTree. All photos by Joseph Meitus.

09/23/2022

More SAIC folks blowing up Newcity's Art 50 2022: Chicago’s Visual Vanguard! Post 2/2: Featured alums include Alden Burke (MA 2018), Aida Sykes (MA 2018), Ross Jordan (MA 2013), Shannon Stratton (MA 2008), Laura-Caroline de Lara (MA 2012), plus Art Institute of Chicago Workers United staff, and SAIC President Elissa Tenny. Read about the incredible work they're doing at art.newcity.com or follow the link in our LinkTree. All photos by Joseph Meitus.

09/21/2022

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In the latest issue of SAIC Magazine, we talk with visiting artist and alum about college parties, filmmaking, classic literature, and the lines between facts and fiction. Read more at saic.edu/magazine
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Tsang is this year’s Distinguished Alumni Lecturer as part of SAIC’s Visiting Artists Program. Don’t miss the program on Tuesday, September 27.⁠ More info at saic.edu/vap
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09/09/2022

There's so much art to see in Chicago! The fall season is opening and there's so much great work to check out. If you're out on the town this weekend, here are just a few great alum shows to visit. Check out for more exhibition info.
Opening Friday, Sept. 9:
"Citing Black Histories" at with alums (MFA 2012), (MFA 2009), and more.
"Going Hard in the Paint (Water Based)," solo exhibition by (BFA 2002) at .
Opening Saturday, Sept. 10:
"Fear of Property," at at UChicago featuring alums (MFA 2011), David Rueter (MFA 2013) and (MFA 2011)
"(un)disclosed," solo show by (BFA 2014) at 1100 Florence Gallery.

09/07/2022

✨✨🎊CLASS NOTES HIGHLIGHT🎊✨✨

Juliann Wang (MFA 2012) is currently completing her residency at High Concept Labs where she is working towards a multimedia immersive installation and performance for public settings and virtual spaces. Keep an eye out for more in-progress updates on this project at highconceptlabs.org!

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Class Notes Highlight brings you alumni news from the most recent edition of Class Notes in the SAIC Magazine.

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"Within the forest", 2017, cut paper sculpture installation. Medium: two hand cut scrolls, Size: 312” x 42”, 158”x42” | Grace Pisula, 2022, "Pause in Time"
Images courtesy of High Concept Labs"

08/25/2022

Heft at PATRON Gallery closes today, Aug. 27! Last chance to see this beautiful show by three alums: Daniel G. Baird (BFA 2007), Dominique Knowles (MFA 2020) and Kaveri Raina (MFA 2016). The exhibition spans all four galleries at PATRON and features paintings, sculptures and installations that stage the ceremonial process of loss and becoming.

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1: Daniel G. Baird, Aedne, 2022
2. Daniel G. Baird, KNELL (installation detail), 2021
3. Dominique Knowles, The Solemn and Dignified Burial Befitting My Beloved for All Seasons, 2021

08/24/2022

✨✨🎊CLASS NOTES HIGHLIGHT🎊✨✨

Damon Lamar Reed’s (BFA 1999) "Still Searching" project will be featured in an upcoming documentary of the same name. "Still Searching" follows Reed, a Chicago hip-hop artist and muralist, as he creates a vivid series of portraits of missing Black women and girls in the Chicagoland area. Follow the team at stillsearchingdocumentary.com for regular updates and behind-the-scenes snippets.

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Class Notes Highlight brings you alumni news from the most recent edition of Class Notes in the SAIC Magazine.

📷 credits: Still Searching documentary team

08/10/2022

✨✨🎊CLASS NOTES HIGHLIGHT🎊✨✨

Collaborators Marissa Lee Benedict (MFA 2011) and David Rueter (MFA 2013) exhibited their installation titled "deposition" at the 2021 Sao Paulo Bienal. "deposition" features a refurbished "trading pit" used by Chicago Board of Trade which was rebuilt at the Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion. The duo has since produced a publication in celebration and commemoration of this work. Check out their website benedictrueter.com!

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Class Notes Highlight brings you alumni news from the most recent edition of Class Notes in the SAIC Magazine.

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Installation view, Ciccilo Matarazzo Pavilion, Sao Paulo | Installation detail | Publication cover.
Images courtesy of the artist.

07/27/2022

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Wyatt Kahn (BFA 2006) is exhibiting a series of art sculpture at City Hall Park in Lower Manhattan as part of the Public Art Fund commission. "Life in the Abstract" is the artist's first public art exhibition and showcases works with new materials at a monumental scale. On view until December 11.

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Class Notes Highlight brings you alumni news from the most recent edition of Class Notes in the SAIC Magazine.

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Image 1: "Umbrella", 2021
Image 2: "Parade", 2021
Image 3: "Painting the Painter", 2021
Images cortesy of the artist.

07/25/2022

SOLO EXHIBITION OPEN CALL by SAIC-alum-founded gallery in NYC

Deadline: August 20! More info at essexflowers.us.


Image courtesy of Essex Flowers

06/24/2022

🎉 🙌🏾 Deadline July 1: Tell us your news! Class Notes form below to submit your exhibitions, projects, jobs, awards, residencies, grants, publications by July 1st to be included in Class Notes in the fall edition of SAIC Magazine. Help us celebtrate you! https://bit.ly/classnotesSAIC

06/21/2022

Congratulations to alums Erica Gressman (MFA 2012) and Bun Stout (MFA 2020) @ who recieved the 2022 ENVISION Grant for Chicago-based artists working in the field of time-based digital and electronic art! Read about their work at chicagoartistscoalition.org.

06/08/2022

Alumni, share your news with us! Submit the Class Notes Form to tell us about your exhibitions, projects, jobs, awards, residencies, grants, publications, etc., by July 1st for inclusion in Class Notes in the fall edition of SAIC Magazine: https://bit.ly/classnotesSAIC

05/27/2022

On Saturday, June 4, Join the Art Institute of Chicago for a rare in-person conversation with Thai artist and alum Rirkrit Tiravanija (MFA 1987)and Betsy Johnson, assistant curator at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC. Together they will discuss Tiravanija’s installation (who’s afraid of red, yellow, and green), currently on view at Presented by the Art Institute of Chicago in partnership with Wrightwood 659.

June 4, 2022 | 3:00–4:00pm CT. FREE; registration required at https://www.artic.edu/events/5454/artist-talk-rirkrit-tiravanija.

Visit Wrightwood 659 in Chicago to see his current exhibition, (who’s afraid of red, yellow, and green). This immersive installation of Tiravanija’s signature culinary work transforms Wrightwood 659’s second-floor gallery into a communal dining space where visitors are periodically offered Thai curries and encouraged to share a meal together. Tickets to the exhibition at https://wrightwood659.org/

05/27/2022

Chicago Artists Coalition Announces 2022 MAKER Grant Recipients - Chicago Gallery News

Congratulations to Associate Professor, Adj. D. Denenge Duyst-Akpem (MFA 2004) and alum Ashley Houghton (MFA 2022) for being awarded 2022 MAKER Grants from the Chicago Artists Coalition! The artists received grants of $3,000 for their commitment to socially conscious work and working outside of traditional forms.

Chicago Artists Coalition is thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2022 MAKER Grant for Chicago-based visual artists D. Denenge Duyst-Akpem and Ashley Houghton.

05/24/2022

SAIC Commencement Address 2022: Angelique Power

Missed it yesterday? Watch Angelique Power’s (MFA 1998) honest and moving commencement speech.

05/23/2022

This is art school. Congrats to the class of 2022, plus grads from 2020 and 2021 who could join us in person today. You’re officially ! Find more details on these grad looks Stories. You’re officially !

05/22/2022

Today’s commencement ceremony was so moving, with a powerful and timely speech by commencement speaker, civic leader and philanthropist—and alum—Angelique Power (MFA 1998). So proud of our graduates!! Congratulations to the class of 2022! Welcome to the SAIC Alumni Community.
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05/13/2022

Opening tomorrow: come see the work of soon-to-be alumni!

Posted • This week Graduate Exhibition Two opens ! The second of two graduate exhibitions this spring presents new and ambitious work by more than 100 master of fine arts, master of design, and master of architecture candidates. Make an appointment to see the show at the link in our bio.

SAIC Community-Only Preview Day: 
May 13
11 a.m.–6 p.m.
Limited to participating artists and currently enrolled students, faculty, and staff. SAIC classes are also welcome.

SAIC Galleries
33 E. Washington St.
Open Monday–Saturday
11 a.m.–6 p.m.
Free admission

SAIC Galleries will also be open on Sunday, May 22, 11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.

Appointments are required due to the volume of participants in this exhibition. To reserve your spot, click the link in our bio.

Visitors to SAIC Galleries are required to show a state-issued picture ID and either proof of vaccination or negative test results from a COVID-19 test professionally administered within the last 72 hours. Masks are required in all campus buildings.

04/21/2022

Next Tuesday! See you there! 🏢

Posted • Change in the Field: Museums of 2022
Tuesday, April 26th 2022
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm CDT
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With pandemic restrictions lifting as more Americans get , are among the many public spaces reopening and welcoming visitors once again. Before the , museums were to keep the things they care for unchanged, to freeze them in a particular moment forever, in the name of preserving them for future people who will wander the same halls and look at the same objects; primarily void of the world beyond its walls. Is that still the case? The pandemic has touched every square inch of our society, and museums are not immune. Perhaps this is because a museum is nothing without its people or visitors. As these employees and patrons explore their new "normalcy," are museums immune from the events outside its doors?

Explore these questions and more with CAPX's esteemed panel of museum professionals on how museum practice has changed, what is the future, strategies for getting internships and jobs, and advice about degrees, education, networking, and career paths.

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04/18/2022

👏👏👏 A huge congratulations to Associate Professor Maria Gaspar; Jessica J. Hutchins (Post-Bac 1997, MFA 1999); Angelo Madsen Minax (BFA 2005); Lorie Novak (MFA 1979); and Interim Dean of Faculty, Vice President of Academic Affairs, and Professor Shawn Michelle Smith, who were selected as recipients of 2022 Guggenheim Fellowships.