2008 Special Events
New Insight
An exhibition of artwork by promising young contemporary artists curated by Susanne Ghez, Director of the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, , and coordinated by Sarah Krepp, Artist and Professor at UIUC. New Insight made its debut at Art Chicago™ 2007 with an amazing display of the future emerging talent in the art world.
New Insight is comprised of artwork from 24 graduate students at 12 of the country’s most influential Master of Fine Arts programs.
• California Institute of the Arts (Cal Arts)
• Carnegie Mellon University
• Cranbrook Academy of Art
• Hunter College (City University of New York)
• Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)
• Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
• San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI)
• School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
• University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
• University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
• University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC)
• Yale University
Meet the Artists: All of the artists featured at New Insight will be invited to Chicago for an opening reception during the Art Chicago preview party on Thursday, April 24, and will also be on hand for a town hall-style meeting on Friday, April 25 from 1-2:30 p.m. at the NEXT Talk Shop on the 7th floor.
Nicholas Grider, California Institute of the Arts (Cal Arts)
Alexandra Olson, California Institute of the Arts (Cal Arts)
Chris Beauregard, Carnegie Mellon University
Michelle Fried, Carnegie Mellon University
Mie Kongo, Cranbrook Academy of Art
Peter D. Gerakaris, Hunter College (City University of New York)
Scott Wolfson, Hunter College (City University of New York)
Becky Alprin, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)
Andrea Chung, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)
Cassie Jones, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
George Terry, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
Lior Bar, San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI)
Seth Lower, San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI)
Puja Chauhan, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
Angel Ortero, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
Mitsuko Ikeno, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
Nanette L. LaSalle, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
Nicole Northway, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
Todd Simeone, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
Collin Bradford, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC)
Jeffrey T. Jones, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC)
Stina Carlberg, Yale University
Richard Mosse, Yale University
NEXT
www.nextartfair.comWe are pleased to introduce NEXT, The Invitational of Emerging Art, which will feature solo artists and special installations and will take place on the full 7th floor of the Merchandise Mart. NEXT is developed with Kavi Gupta and Christian Viveros-Faune and is designed to provide an important international platform for new and emerging work.