Western Exhibitions

11/16/2024

Visit Western Exhibitions at the inaugural Staple + Stitch Art Book Fair at 21c Museum Hotel in Chicago this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, 11am to 6pm

November 15 - 17, 2024 at 21c Chicago Staple + Stitch is an art book and print fair. A celebration and engagement with art, text, print, and paper hosted at 21c Museum Hotel Chicago. Exhibitors include arts publishers, small and independent presses, book artists, zine makers, and printmakers across....

11/05/2024

The gallery is featured in The Reader

Western Exhibitions, a commercial gallery run by Scott Speed, is celebrating its 20th anniversary with “20 Years of Western Exhibitions.”

10/29/2024

Opening this Friday, November 1, 5-8pm

20 Years of Western Exhibitions
+
Zhi Ding
"Drifting Shore"

1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622

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Email from Western Exhibitions Opening Friday, November 1, 5-8pm, at Western Exhibitions, 1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago     20 Years of Western Exhibitions + Zhi Ding Drifting Shore Opening at Western E

10/15/2024

THIS SUNDAY in Skokie:
Elijah Burgher "A List of Wishes" at (northern) Western Exhibitions
7933 N Lincoln Ave, Skokie, IL
12-4pm
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Email from Western Exhibitions Opening Sunday, October 20, 12-4pm     Opening Sunday, October 20, 12-4pm at (northern) Western Exhibitions: 📍 Elijah Burgher A List of Wishes at (northern) Western Ex

09/26/2024

Up next at (northern) Western Exhibitions:
Elijah Burgher // A List of Wishes
Opening Sunday, October 20

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    Up next at (northern) Western Exhibitions, opening Sunday, October 20: 📍 Elijah Burgher A List of Wishes at (northern) Western Exhibitions 7933 N Lincoln Ave, Skokie, IL 60077   Elijah Burgher A

09/16/2024

THIS SUNDAY: Deb Sokolow lecture at the Evanston Art Center at 3pm. See her work in the north suburbs in "The Politicians (some of them)" at our Skokie location, open Wed-Sat, 12-6pm, Sundays 12-4pm. Stop by (northern) Western Exhibitions on your way to the talk!

For the ongoing EAC series, "In Focus," Sokolow will give a lecture that recounts her experiences, including freedoms and problems, in making art that blurs the line between fact and fiction. Topics to be discussed, among others, include McDonald’s, Frank Lloyd Wright, Jim Jones, master illusionist David Copperfield, a former mayor of Chicago, the Chicago Tribune, and an unnamed starchitect.

Deb Sokolow is an artist and writer whose semi-fictitious drawings speculate both comically and critically on a number of subjects including architecture, politics, shadowy organizations, and the human psyche. Her work has been included in the 4th Athens Biennale (Athens, Greece), the 5th Chicago Architecture Biennial, and in exhibitions at Museum für Gegenwartskunst (Siegen, Germany), Van Abbemuseum (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Drawing Center (New York), and Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art (Hartford). Drawings have appeared in BOMB Magazine, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Best American Comics and Phaidon’s Vitamin D2. Collections include the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, and Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. She received an MFA from the School of the Art Institute, Chicago, and a BFA from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Sokolow, whose studio is based in Chicago, is a recipient of an Artadia award, two Illinois Arts Council visual arts fellowships, and is an Associate Professor of Instruction in the Department of Art Theory and Practice at Northwestern University.

The Blurry Line Between Fact and Fiction with Deb Sokolow Sunday, September 22, 3 - 4:30 pm RSVP For the ongoing EAC series, "In Focus," Sokolow will give a lecture that recounts her experiences, including freedoms and problems, in making art that blurs the line between fact and fiction. Topics to b...

09/06/2024

OPENING TONIGHT at Western Exhibitions Chicago
Aya Nakamura in Gallery 1
Cathrine Whited in Gallery 2
5-8pm
1709 W Chicago Ave, CHICAGO

September 6, 5-8pm, at Western Exhibitions: 1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago     OPENING RECEPTION TONIGHT 5-8pm at Western Exhibitions Chicago   in gallery one AYA NAKAMURA Sight Lines September 6 to Oct

09/03/2024

THIS Friday at WX Chicago:
AYA NAKAMURA in Gallery 1 + CATHRINE WHITED in Gallery 2
Public reception reception 5 to 8pm
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September 6, 5-8pm, at Western Exhibitions: 1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago     Opening September 6, 5-8pm at Western Exhibitions Chicago   in gallery one AYA NAKAMURA Sight Lines September 6 to October

08/30/2024

THIS SATURDAY, big zine/artist book/print/multiples/frame sale at WesternXeditions at Western Exhibitions Chicago, most titles 20 to 50% off!!!!

One Day Only!!! 10am to 4pm

1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622

with titles by:

Academy Records, Michelle Blade, Marshall Brown, Elijah Burgher, Jessica Campbell, The Colleagues, Vincent Como, Corpus Corpus, Mary Climes, Abraham Díaz, Inés Estrada, Edie Fake, Derek Fansler & Scott Wolniak, Joey Fauerso, Nicholas Frank, Aron Gent, Kenya Hanley, Terrence Hannum, Nina Hartman, Amelia Ishmael, Sarah Jones & Corkey Sinks, Damara Kaminecki, Angee Lennard, Leah Mackin, Miller & Shellabarger, Dutes Miller, Matt Morris, Rachel Niffenegger, Paul Nudd, Robyn O'Neil, Onsmith + Nudd, Maria Petsching, Kristen Romaniszak, Stan Shellabarger, Deb Sokolow, Ruby T, Mark Wagner, Western Exhibitions, Ella Weber, Faith Wilding, Scott Wolniak, maybe more...

plus over 50 empty frames:
4 Blonde wood WITH strainer, 11 Blonde wood without strainer, 15 black wood with strainer, 6 black wood without strainer, 15 white wood with strainer, 14 white wood without strainer, and various sizes from 14 x 12 to 34 x 26 inches.

08/28/2024

Western Exhibitions is a contemporary art gallery with an emphasis on personal narratives and cosmol

08/27/2024

ZINE sale + more at WX Chicqgo THIS Saturday!
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Zine / Artist Books / Prints & Multiples / Picture Frame SALE at 1709 W Chicago Ave   calling Chicago locals: ONE DAY ONLY       Please join us on Saturday, August 31 at WX Chicago from 10 AM to 4 PM

08/26/2024

THIS SATURDAY! Big zine/artist book/print and multiple/frame sale at WesternXeditions at Western Exhibitions Chicago, most items 20 to 50% off! One day only, 10am to 4pm

Western Exhibitions is a contemporary art gallery with an emphasis on personal narratives and cosmol

08/15/2024

Opening in September at WX:
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Opening on September 6 at Western Exhibitions: 1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago     While both Chicago and Skokie locations will be closed from August 19 to September 2, here's what's coming up next: Openi

08/08/2024

Tune in to the WX summer newsletter~

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Acquisitions + Artist News + Current and Upcoming Shows   ☀️ SUMMER NEWSLETTER☀️ Welcome to the Western Exhibitions Summer Newsletter! Below you'll find activity from WX artists including museum acqui

07/03/2024

We are OPEN this weekend!
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    Western Exhibitions and (northern) Western Exhibitions will both be closed this Thursday and Friday, July 4th and 5th. Regular hours resume on Saturday, July 6th: WX (Chicago) is open Saturday fro

05/23/2024

Edie Fake's current show here at Western Exhibitions is reviewed in New City! Up now through June 1

Edie Fake’s neon gouache paintings on wooden panels take on influences of the American West. Like Native American weavings, Fake’s work encompasses bright patterns, hues and motifs similar to that of the traditional and complex indigenous textiles.

11/14/2023