Past Exhibitions
March 16th, 2006
Sydney Harris - Photography
A Room with a View Gallery hosts
‘Chronicles of Humanity’
Photos by: Sydney Harris
In this exhibition, Sydney Harris work tells the story of America in one of its most powerful and transitive states. Sydney Harris depicts the laborers, civil, and women’s rites movements through the years. His photos of the everyman tell the stories that make history. His portraiture of historic figures such as J.F.K., Carl Sanburg, and M.L. King Jr give the viewer in-site to these humanitarians and legends.
April 20th, 2006
Ingrid Krein - Printmaking
A Room with a View Gallery hosts ‘Baobaby’
In this exhibition, inspired by the Baobab tree, Ingrid Krein’s sensitive hand leads you to a world that leaps between reality and a subconscious world. Once one looks past the rough exterior of the Baobab tree it is found that it’s great usefulness can sustain an entire community. In the same vein, Baobaby brings us to a point of reflection past the surface to a subconscious space that may otherwise lie dormant. Be the first to see her most recent work.
May 18th, 2006
Stina Kaz - mixed media
A Room with a View Gallery hosts 'No-Tell Motel'
In this exhibition, inspired by a motel strip in Lincolnwood, Chicago Stina Kaz’s work is simultaneously urbane and beautiful. The figures surrounded by slick vinyl and kitschy patterns create friction between the natural and the synthetic. Just as the subjects of her work may be unable to cope we too, in our busy urban world of media saturation, may find ourselves in limbo. Be the first to see her most recent works. To find out more about Stina Kaz visit www.stinakaz.com.
Ilona Niemi
June 15th 2006- Ilona Niemi - painting
A Room with a View Gallery hosts ‘Isolation Tank’
In this exhibition, Niemi's glossy oil paintings presents
beauty-psychologically charged. Her paintings bring to mind the watery
depths often referenced by contemporary feminist artists, such as Pipilotti
Rist, Virginia Woolf, and Sylvia Plath. Her work acts as a symbol for
fluidity in identity formation, and offers poetic possibilities for current
feminist discourse.
Ilona Niemi is a visual artist from Finland. Niemi has exhibited actively,
and her work has been shown in the National Portrait Gallery in London, as
well as in numerous group shows in Britain, Finland, Norway, France, Japan
and the US. Website: www.ilonaniemi.com
Daran Puffer
July 20th 2006- Daran Puffer – painting
A Room with a View Gallery hosts 'Perspective'
In this exhibition, Puffer, inspired by his journeys into the Mojave desert and the Great Salt Lake, bring landscape to the human form. His landscapes are comprised of fine details verses large forms giving a distinct perspective with every image. Be the first to see his engaging black and whites.
Rebecca Chmielewski
August 17th 2006 - ‘A Room with A View Gallery’ hosts- Alter Ego– recent paintings by – Rebecca Chmielewski.
In this exhibition, Chmielewski’s paintings bring the subject of duplicity to the surface. Her choice of iconic imagery with inherent opposing connotations reminds us how conflicting personas often reside in one body. Be the first to view her most recent work and explore your Alter Ego.
September 21, 2006 – ‘A Room with a View Gallery’ hosts – Transmission – paintings by – Brandon Anschultz
In this exhibition, Anschultz uses shape, shine, and seductive color to reassemble objects just as a signal transmission is reassembled through a receiver. You can be the first do decode his latest signal.
Anschultz is a quickly emerging artist and has exhibited and lectured throughout the U.S. and overseas. He currently lives and works in St. Louis and was voted best local artist 2005, Riverfront Times, St. Louis. For more information about Brandon Anschultz visit www.anschultz.com
October 19th, 2006 - 'A room with a View Gallery' hosts - Anatomies - recent prints by - Chris Flynn
In this exhibition Flynn presents an interior look at human portraiture. While x-rays are the primary source of inspiration, his use of layering brings us something beyond imagery from the source. His exceptionally detail oriented work finds further saturation when one considers it’s ability to portray an incommunicable state of internal experience. When one is first confronted with the image it conjures thoughts of mortality but Flynn’s elegant hand comes and lifts you to a quiet moment of reflection.
Chris Flynn received his BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1999, concentrating in printmaking and drawing. Chris is the Master Printer at Anchor Graphics and has been with the organization since 1999.
November 16, 2006 - 'A Room with a View Gallery' hosts - Travel Times - recent prints by - Ellen Maloney
In this exhibition, Miss Maloney takes people, places, and moments from her travels that have left an ‘ear mark’ in her memory. Through her expressive mark making she attempts to recreate the sensory overload that one succumbs to when found in a new place. Her stories set a stage where nameless faces interact to create a dialogue for the viewer’s entertainment. If you have ever spent time eavesdropping on a bizarre conversation or found yourself peeping around the corner to see what those strangers are up to, you will be right at home with her work. Be the first to see her most recent work!
Maloney is an emerging artist. Her B.F.A is in printmaking and drawing from Washington University in St. Louis. Currently living in Chicago, she is exhibiting actively and is the Director/Curator of A Room with a View Gallery. www.ellenmaloney.com
December 21 , 2006 - 'A Room with a View Gallery' hosts - Papergoods - recent paperworks and prints by - Diana Baumbach
In this exhibition, Miss Baumbach examines the intersection between fine art, design and everyday life. Her study of subtle variations recontextualizes functional design. Inspired by the formal and emotional qualities of commonplace objects as well as the ‘high design’ of luxury goods, Baumbach takes disposable goods out of the realm of use and puts them on display for study and appreciation.
Miss Baumbach is a heavily awarded scholar. A native Chicagoan, she is showing regionally throughout the mid-west and her work is rapidly joining collections. Be the first to see her most recent creations.
February 15 , 2007 - 'A Room with a View Gallery' hosts - Patchworks - recent paintings and drawings by - Lauren Hermann
In this exhibition, Lauren Hermann brings traditional landscape oil paintings a personal history. Hermann’s use of old family quilts and handmade family lace, black and white photographs and nostalgic imagery let the viewer encounter an old world on a new terrain. Be the first to see her latest work!
