Friedman Fine Art and http://www.chicago-artists.com is extremely pleased to represent the exceptional works of Chicago local contemporary artist Connie Noyes. Connie Noyes is a full time interdisciplinary artist in Chicago, whose works have been exhibited in various cities such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, Paris, and Malaysia.
She received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a MA degree in Psychology from Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont California. She has been sponsored in international artist’s residencies and symposiums, more recently in The 5th International Visual Arts Symposium in 2007 at Monastir, Tunisia.
Noyes is known for creating art from discarded materials and working with many different media forms. She uses detritus as the skeleton of some works and uses energy and experimentation in her production process. Her audience says her works convey emotions, thoughts, and vulnerability.
Noyes’ work is featured in corporate, private, and museum collections including Starbucks and the Museum of Contemporary Photography. If you would like to view additional works of art by Connie Noyes and other local contemporary artists please follow this link http://www.chicago-artists.com.
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Lynn Basa - Chicago Artists
Friedman Fine Art and http://www.chicago-artists.com are pleased to represent the beautiful and amazing works of Chicago contemporary artist Lynn Basa.
Lynn Basa is an abstract painter and public artist living in Chicago. Her works are featured in the collections at universities, hospitals, and private residences. While Lynn is primarily a painter and printmaker, she also works in glass, stone, steel, and mosaic. Lynn works in her private studio in Chicago and has exhibited widely.
Basa earned a Bachelor of Arts, studio art and art history, at Indiana University in 1977. In 1981, she received a Masters in Public Administration, public art policy and management at the University of Washington. She is also the author of a book called The Artist’s Guide to Public Art: How to Find and Win Commissions, published in 2008.
In addition to painting, she completed public art commissions. Some public art commissions include the design for a terrazzo floor, measuring 6300 square feet at the Indianapolis Airport, and a Byzantine mosaic mural for the City of Claremont.
Currently, she teaches at the Graham School at the University of Chicago but she has also taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the Sculpture department. She is represented in the permanent collections of the American Craft Museum, Rhode Island School of Design Museum and the Spencer Museum to name a few.
If you would like to view additional works of art by Lynn Basa and other local contemporary Chicago artists please follow this link http://www.chicago-artists.com.
Lynn Basa is an abstract painter and public artist living in Chicago. Her works are featured in the collections at universities, hospitals, and private residences. While Lynn is primarily a painter and printmaker, she also works in glass, stone, steel, and mosaic. Lynn works in her private studio in Chicago and has exhibited widely.
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| Opposing Forces oil and beeswax on panel 36” x 72” |
Basa earned a Bachelor of Arts, studio art and art history, at Indiana University in 1977. In 1981, she received a Masters in Public Administration, public art policy and management at the University of Washington. She is also the author of a book called The Artist’s Guide to Public Art: How to Find and Win Commissions, published in 2008.
In addition to painting, she completed public art commissions. Some public art commissions include the design for a terrazzo floor, measuring 6300 square feet at the Indianapolis Airport, and a Byzantine mosaic mural for the City of Claremont.
Currently, she teaches at the Graham School at the University of Chicago but she has also taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the Sculpture department. She is represented in the permanent collections of the American Craft Museum, Rhode Island School of Design Museum and the Spencer Museum to name a few.
If you would like to view additional works of art by Lynn Basa and other local contemporary Chicago artists please follow this link http://www.chicago-artists.com.
Marvelous Local Art by Cathy Bruni Norris
Friedman Fine Art and http://www.chicago-artists.com are pleased to represent the beautiful and amazing works of Chicago contemporary artist Cathy Bruni Norris.
Chicago artist Cathy Bruni Norris began painting when she was 15 years old, developing techniques for pouring, tilting, and mixing paint she uses today. She studied at the American Academy of Art, where she received a BA in Water Color Illustration. She paints large scale canvases and polycarbonate material, doing some reverse acrylic painting.
Norris comes from a creative family. Her grandmother was a concert pianist, orchestra leader, and teacher, holding a degree from Mendesssohn Conservatory of Music in Chicago. Although Norris studied classical piano for nine years, she developed a passion for painting, carrying out her family’s artistic legacy with her art.
When Norris paints, she applies liquid acrylics and blends them to represent waves, fireworks, vapor trails, or moving colors. She maintains the sight of the finished work in her mind’s eye, focusing on the mixture and texture of her pigments. Her works have a mysterious quality and force its viewers to ask questions.
She has her own art studio in Chicago and recently held an art demonstration for the North Shore Affiliate of The Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago.
If you would like to view additional works by Cathy Bruni Norris and over 30 other fantastic local contemporary Chicago artists please follow this link Chicago contemporary artists.
Chicago artist Cathy Bruni Norris began painting when she was 15 years old, developing techniques for pouring, tilting, and mixing paint she uses today. She studied at the American Academy of Art, where she received a BA in Water Color Illustration. She paints large scale canvases and polycarbonate material, doing some reverse acrylic painting.
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| Chariot acrylic on plexi panel 50” x 84” |
When Norris paints, she applies liquid acrylics and blends them to represent waves, fireworks, vapor trails, or moving colors. She maintains the sight of the finished work in her mind’s eye, focusing on the mixture and texture of her pigments. Her works have a mysterious quality and force its viewers to ask questions.
She has her own art studio in Chicago and recently held an art demonstration for the North Shore Affiliate of The Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago.
If you would like to view additional works by Cathy Bruni Norris and over 30 other fantastic local contemporary Chicago artists please follow this link Chicago contemporary artists.
Chicago Art by Tom Francesconi
Friedman Fine Art and http://www.chicago-artists.com is extremely pleased to represent the exceptional works of Chicago local contemporary artist Tom Francesconi.
Tom’s paintings, featured on the site, have become nationally recognized for their richness of color and unique brushwork. His works have been published in magazines and in eight books, including the famous Splash 1. Tom is a member of several watercolor societies, including the American Watercolor Society and National Watercolor Society.
Francesconi studied art at Eastern Illinois University and later focused on watercolor at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. After 12 years as a commercial artist he returned to painting. Francesconi teaches weekly classes in Chicago and holds workshops throughout the United States, France, and Croatia. His work has been exhibited in many national exhibitions such as theNational Watercolor Society, Transparent Watercolor Society of America, and Watercolor West.
Francesconi has served as president of the Transparent Watercolor Society of America. His work has received awards, more recently the Lakes Region Watercolor Guild Award at the 2010 TWSA Exhibition. He has also written articles for the magazines Watercolor and Watercolor Magic (now Watercolor Artist).
If you would like to view additional works by Tom Francesconi and over 30 other phenomenal contemporary local Chicago artists please follow this link http://www.chicago-artists.com.
Tom’s paintings, featured on the site, have become nationally recognized for their richness of color and unique brushwork. His works have been published in magazines and in eight books, including the famous Splash 1. Tom is a member of several watercolor societies, including the American Watercolor Society and National Watercolor Society.
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| Art Institute watercolor on paper 22” x 28” |
Francesconi has served as president of the Transparent Watercolor Society of America. His work has received awards, more recently the Lakes Region Watercolor Guild Award at the 2010 TWSA Exhibition. He has also written articles for the magazines Watercolor and Watercolor Magic (now Watercolor Artist).
If you would like to view additional works by Tom Francesconi and over 30 other phenomenal contemporary local Chicago artists please follow this link http://www.chicago-artists.com.
Magnificent Art by David Molinaro
Friedman Fine Art and http://www.chicago-artists.com is pleased to represent the exceptional works of contemporary Chicago local artist David Molinaro.
Designer and experimental artist David Molinaro brings energy into his pieces, creating complex, serious, and playful images. He earned a BFA from Kent State University, studying visual communication, design, and illustration. His works contain design techniques, depth, and complexity, evoking a variety of emotions from his audience.
Molinaro has worked with graphic design and illustration, photography, painting, and even art direction. He expands on his interests of multi-media and the broad array of subjects he uses in his pieces. His finished pieces are described as balanced, elegant, colorful, and bold. He recently started working with oil on canvas, producing interesting images. He has works featured in numerous galleries online.
If you would like to view additional works of art by other local contemporary artists please follow this http://www.chicago-artists.com.
Designer and experimental artist David Molinaro brings energy into his pieces, creating complex, serious, and playful images. He earned a BFA from Kent State University, studying visual communication, design, and illustration. His works contain design techniques, depth, and complexity, evoking a variety of emotions from his audience.
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| Bulls Eye Popeye oil on canvas 44” x 44” |
Molinaro has worked with graphic design and illustration, photography, painting, and even art direction. He expands on his interests of multi-media and the broad array of subjects he uses in his pieces. His finished pieces are described as balanced, elegant, colorful, and bold. He recently started working with oil on canvas, producing interesting images. He has works featured in numerous galleries online.
If you would like to view additional works of art by other local contemporary artists please follow this http://www.chicago-artists.com.
Marvelous Fine Art from Chicago by Rodger Bechtold
Friedman Fine art and http://www.chicago-artists.com are pleased to present the marvelous works of contemporary Chicago artist Rodger Bechtold.
Nature-based painter Rodger Bechtold has painted uplifting interpretations of landscapes for over thirty years. He studied visual arts at the American Academy of Art, Chicago, and the School of the Art institute of Chicago. After many years in commercial art illustration, he decided to pursue painting landscapes full time.
Bechtold’s paintings have been seen in solo and featured exhibitions in museums and prominent galleries. His works are featured in many private and public collections including Charles Wm. Foster and Associates, Ltd. in Chicago. His works have been included in periodicals and books like The Artist and the American Landscape: Two Centuries of American Landscape Painting, by John Driscoll.
With his landscape paintings, Bechtold works between representation and abstraction to make his audience feel like they are at the featured place. Bechtold expresses energy, seemingly effortless brushwork, and vibrant colors. He focuses on Midwestern country sides, inviting his audience to develop an interest in the wondrous landscapes.
If you would like to view additional works by Rodger Bechtold and over 30 other fabulous contemporary local Chicago artists follow this link, Local Chicago Artists.
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| The Green Between oil on canvas 60” x 60” |
Bechtold’s paintings have been seen in solo and featured exhibitions in museums and prominent galleries. His works are featured in many private and public collections including Charles Wm. Foster and Associates, Ltd. in Chicago. His works have been included in periodicals and books like The Artist and the American Landscape: Two Centuries of American Landscape Painting, by John Driscoll.
With his landscape paintings, Bechtold works between representation and abstraction to make his audience feel like they are at the featured place. Bechtold expresses energy, seemingly effortless brushwork, and vibrant colors. He focuses on Midwestern country sides, inviting his audience to develop an interest in the wondrous landscapes.
If you would like to view additional works by Rodger Bechtold and over 30 other fabulous contemporary local Chicago artists follow this link, Local Chicago Artists.
Exceptional Fine Art by Doug Frohman
http://www.chicago-artists.com are pleased to represent the beautiful works of contemporary Chicago Artist Doug Frohman.
Doug Frohman is fascinated by how things in nature are arranged and relate to one another to produce the reality we see. In his paintings, he creates narratives that focus on logical relationships and the elegant construction of nature. His “Abstract Narratives” contain compositions within larger compositions, separated by panels resembling film frames. Each work contains a story with scenarios and characters that develop according to how the viewer makes associations and connections in the grouping of images.
In his most current art series called “Equations,” he explores proportional relationships and the emotional impact of color in a 3-D space. He starts each work with a simple structure and adds details in texture, color, and design that transform the work into a complex piece. Frohman likes to paint with a workman’s cement trowel instead of brushes, which emphasizes physicality in the work and the role of the surface in his canvas.
Frohman’s work has been featured in many solo and group exhibitions in Chicago and the United States, including most recently the Kips Gallery in New York, NY in 2014, the Prudential Building in Chicago in 2014, and the Art Expo Chicago at Merchandise Mart in 2011. His pieces are found in private and public collections throughout the country, from the Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago to the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.
To view more Chicago artists and their marvelous artwork, follow this link, Chicago Artists – Fine Art by Local Chicago artists.
Doug Frohman is fascinated by how things in nature are arranged and relate to one another to produce the reality we see. In his paintings, he creates narratives that focus on logical relationships and the elegant construction of nature. His “Abstract Narratives” contain compositions within larger compositions, separated by panels resembling film frames. Each work contains a story with scenarios and characters that develop according to how the viewer makes associations and connections in the grouping of images.
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| Inside Alhambra oil on canvas 84 in. x 64 in. |
In his most current art series called “Equations,” he explores proportional relationships and the emotional impact of color in a 3-D space. He starts each work with a simple structure and adds details in texture, color, and design that transform the work into a complex piece. Frohman likes to paint with a workman’s cement trowel instead of brushes, which emphasizes physicality in the work and the role of the surface in his canvas.
Frohman’s work has been featured in many solo and group exhibitions in Chicago and the United States, including most recently the Kips Gallery in New York, NY in 2014, the Prudential Building in Chicago in 2014, and the Art Expo Chicago at Merchandise Mart in 2011. His pieces are found in private and public collections throughout the country, from the Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago to the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.
To view more Chicago artists and their marvelous artwork, follow this link, Chicago Artists – Fine Art by Local Chicago artists.
Marvelous Zhou Bros Fine Art from Chicago, Illinois
Friedman Fine Art and http://www.chicago-artists.com are proud to represent the marvelous work of the Zhou Brothers.
The Zhou Brothers are Chinese-American artists living and working in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago. Before leaving China in 1986, the Zhou Brothers had become nationally recognized contemporary artists with shows in the National Museum of Art, Beijing; the Museum of Art, Nanjing; the Shanghai Museum of Art; the Guiling Art Museum; and the Guanxi Art Museum in Naning.
The Brothers work collaboratively on each piece they create, often communicating in a dream dialogue. In 1973 DaHuang and ShanZuo finished their first painting together, The Wave, and have created art in multiple media together since. Their live painting performances allow their audience to see their unique communication and techniques.
In 1986, when the Brothers moved to the United States, they settled in the Bridgeport neighborhood where they retain a private residence and studio. The Zhou Brothers founded the Zhou B Art Center in 2004, hoping to create a place in Bridgeport for artists and international dialogues.
“Looking at a Zhou Brothers painting is like drinking water from a well. The well is deep, as deep and true as human experience itself. Symbols and images 10,000 years old and yet so modern, Eastern motifs and Western abstraction – the wholeness of it beguiles the imagination.”
Shan Zuo and Da Huang’s Artistic Vision:
“Chinese critics have termed the brothers’ approach “Ganjue Zhui” ["Gahn-jweh joo-ee"]. Any attempt to translate this phrase is fraught with difficulties. The most literal translation would be “Feelingism,” but “Intuitionism” is in some ways less misleading. What both these terms suggest could be called a Taoist vision of the artistic process. Taoist language delights in paradox. Shan Zuo and Da Huang speak of the art of paintings as a language for saying the inexpressible. Feelings or intuitive perceptions that are beyond the reach of words may yet be captured on the canvas.
This could be seen as a key to viewing not only their art, but a good deal of other abstract or non-representational art as well. We must not look for a “translation” of the artwork into the realm of ordinary language discourse. No full verbal explication is possible, but the link between the original artistic inspiration and the response in the viewer occurs in the realm of feeling or intuition.
Shan Zuo and Da Huang spoke of one painting as follows: “In some abstract painting, life is black, pain is red, and hope is white. Another way to express profundity is with a curving and twisting line.” Merely by following this slight clue, one begins to see more clearly into the world of such canvases as Dream of Chicago, Man and Nature, Peace Symbol, and Life Symphony. Is that to say that given a full list of such “equations” one would understand their paintings after the fashion of someone solving a system of algebraic equations? The brothers might well answer a question like this with a quote from Chuang Tzu, the Taoist philosopher from the fourth century B.C.: “The white of a white horse is not [simply] white.” That is one classic statement of the true Taoist “theory of relativity.” You cannot take clues such as “pain is red, hope is white” as universally valid statements even within the realm of the Zhou Brothers’ own work. In another context, the colors might well carry different meanings. To quote Chuang Tzu once more: “There is nothing in the world bigger than the tip of an autumn hair, and Mount T’ai is tiny. Heaven and earth were born at the same time I was, and ten thousand things are one with me.” Only in this mode of perception is it possible to give a few square feet of painted canvas titles like Sun and Peace Bird or Dance of Eternity.
There is also a Taoist element in the brothers’ sense of the link between tradition and creativity. They believe that, dating back to imperial times, Chinese art has had a tradition whose weight and prestige tended to stifle creativity by making imitation of the masters a criterion of value in itself. Schooled in reverence for the great masters and coming from a culture that traditionally imagined the golden age as a lost world of the past, a lost world of which the present is but a badly flawed imitation, it has only been the greatest of Chinese artists that possessed the confidence to change the very language of art in order to say something new. For the Zhou Brothers, as for all the most insightful of creative minds throughout Chinese history, tradition is something that must be so internalized and assimilated that it becomes invisible or transparent. True artistic worth is only to be found in the original creative sparks that are refracted through the lens of tradition. Although the Huashan materials are a point of meditation and departure for Shan Zuo and Da Huang, the Zhou Brothers are painting from themselves.”
If you would like to view the works of the Zhou Brothers and other local contemporary Chicago artists please follow this link Chicago artists.
The Zhou Brothers are Chinese-American artists living and working in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago. Before leaving China in 1986, the Zhou Brothers had become nationally recognized contemporary artists with shows in the National Museum of Art, Beijing; the Museum of Art, Nanjing; the Shanghai Museum of Art; the Guiling Art Museum; and the Guanxi Art Museum in Naning.
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| Open My Door No. 37 Oil on Lead and Silk 95 in. x 102 in. |
The Brothers work collaboratively on each piece they create, often communicating in a dream dialogue. In 1973 DaHuang and ShanZuo finished their first painting together, The Wave, and have created art in multiple media together since. Their live painting performances allow their audience to see their unique communication and techniques.
In 1986, when the Brothers moved to the United States, they settled in the Bridgeport neighborhood where they retain a private residence and studio. The Zhou Brothers founded the Zhou B Art Center in 2004, hoping to create a place in Bridgeport for artists and international dialogues.
“Looking at a Zhou Brothers painting is like drinking water from a well. The well is deep, as deep and true as human experience itself. Symbols and images 10,000 years old and yet so modern, Eastern motifs and Western abstraction – the wholeness of it beguiles the imagination.”
Shan Zuo and Da Huang’s Artistic Vision:
“Chinese critics have termed the brothers’ approach “Ganjue Zhui” ["Gahn-jweh joo-ee"]. Any attempt to translate this phrase is fraught with difficulties. The most literal translation would be “Feelingism,” but “Intuitionism” is in some ways less misleading. What both these terms suggest could be called a Taoist vision of the artistic process. Taoist language delights in paradox. Shan Zuo and Da Huang speak of the art of paintings as a language for saying the inexpressible. Feelings or intuitive perceptions that are beyond the reach of words may yet be captured on the canvas.
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| Double Stars Mixed Media on Canvas 94 in. x 82 in. |
This could be seen as a key to viewing not only their art, but a good deal of other abstract or non-representational art as well. We must not look for a “translation” of the artwork into the realm of ordinary language discourse. No full verbal explication is possible, but the link between the original artistic inspiration and the response in the viewer occurs in the realm of feeling or intuition.
Shan Zuo and Da Huang spoke of one painting as follows: “In some abstract painting, life is black, pain is red, and hope is white. Another way to express profundity is with a curving and twisting line.” Merely by following this slight clue, one begins to see more clearly into the world of such canvases as Dream of Chicago, Man and Nature, Peace Symbol, and Life Symphony. Is that to say that given a full list of such “equations” one would understand their paintings after the fashion of someone solving a system of algebraic equations? The brothers might well answer a question like this with a quote from Chuang Tzu, the Taoist philosopher from the fourth century B.C.: “The white of a white horse is not [simply] white.” That is one classic statement of the true Taoist “theory of relativity.” You cannot take clues such as “pain is red, hope is white” as universally valid statements even within the realm of the Zhou Brothers’ own work. In another context, the colors might well carry different meanings. To quote Chuang Tzu once more: “There is nothing in the world bigger than the tip of an autumn hair, and Mount T’ai is tiny. Heaven and earth were born at the same time I was, and ten thousand things are one with me.” Only in this mode of perception is it possible to give a few square feet of painted canvas titles like Sun and Peace Bird or Dance of Eternity.
There is also a Taoist element in the brothers’ sense of the link between tradition and creativity. They believe that, dating back to imperial times, Chinese art has had a tradition whose weight and prestige tended to stifle creativity by making imitation of the masters a criterion of value in itself. Schooled in reverence for the great masters and coming from a culture that traditionally imagined the golden age as a lost world of the past, a lost world of which the present is but a badly flawed imitation, it has only been the greatest of Chinese artists that possessed the confidence to change the very language of art in order to say something new. For the Zhou Brothers, as for all the most insightful of creative minds throughout Chinese history, tradition is something that must be so internalized and assimilated that it becomes invisible or transparent. True artistic worth is only to be found in the original creative sparks that are refracted through the lens of tradition. Although the Huashan materials are a point of meditation and departure for Shan Zuo and Da Huang, the Zhou Brothers are painting from themselves.”
If you would like to view the works of the Zhou Brothers and other local contemporary Chicago artists please follow this link Chicago artists.
Marvelous Contemporary Art by Mike Hedges
Friedman Fine Art and http://www.chicago-artists.com are pleased to represent the marvelous works of contemporary Chicago Artist Mike Hedges.
Born and raised in Oak Park, Illinois, Mike Hedges uses oil-based paint or pastels to create vibrant colleges of color on each of his canvases. He is known for working on many paintings at the same time to work the paint in different directions and convey energy on the canvases. His paintings contain intense color relationships, balanced by form and texture.
Hedges begins his painting with drawing the form, which acts as a skeleton supporting the finished work. Then he applies mixed media with paints in energetic motions, making a surface with texture and color. His abstract, mixed media landscapes represent movement, vibrations, and conflict through color relationships. His works are admired for their elegant sense of control combined with chaotic movement.
Hedges spent two years studying at the Art Institute of Chicago and earned a B.A. in Studio Art at Loras College in Dubuque, IA in 1998. Since that time, Hedges has exhibited and sold his artwork throughout the Chicago area. His most recent exhibition was in 2013 at the Collage Collage Collage (Group Show) at McCormick Gallery Chicago. His works have been featured in private and corporate collections including Oak Park District Administration Building, Community Bank in River Forest, IL, and Delaney Law in Chicago.
If you would like to view additional works of Mike Hedges and other local contemporary Chicago artists please follow this link Chicago artists.
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| A Million Ways #30 Oil Acrylic on Canvas 2013 60″ x 48″ |
Hedges begins his painting with drawing the form, which acts as a skeleton supporting the finished work. Then he applies mixed media with paints in energetic motions, making a surface with texture and color. His abstract, mixed media landscapes represent movement, vibrations, and conflict through color relationships. His works are admired for their elegant sense of control combined with chaotic movement.
Hedges spent two years studying at the Art Institute of Chicago and earned a B.A. in Studio Art at Loras College in Dubuque, IA in 1998. Since that time, Hedges has exhibited and sold his artwork throughout the Chicago area. His most recent exhibition was in 2013 at the Collage Collage Collage (Group Show) at McCormick Gallery Chicago. His works have been featured in private and corporate collections including Oak Park District Administration Building, Community Bank in River Forest, IL, and Delaney Law in Chicago.
If you would like to view additional works of Mike Hedges and other local contemporary Chicago artists please follow this link Chicago artists.
Chicago Artists Presents Mario Gonzalez Fine Art
Friedman Fine Art and http://www.chicago-artists.com are pleased to represent the exciting works of contemporary Chicago Artist Mario Gonzalez.
Artist Mario Gonzalez, born and raised in Chicago, was exposed to urban art forms and beautiful murals, which he used to develop his urban expressionistic style of painting. Gonzalez combines graffiti styles with pouring, dripping, and drawing to create stunning abstract paintings. His new urban style is referred to “ZORE,” which is now highly praised by local and international galleries and museums.
Gonzalez graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1993, where he studied graffiti and fine art. Soon after, he began traveling to other countries to study art and participate in exhibitions. In his most recent trip, he traveled around the world for 64 days from a temporary residence in South Korea. He painted streets and subways in addition to murals and taught in galleries and museums internationally and locally. His works have been featured in Dwell and Healthy Homes Magazines in addition to online galleries. In 2014, the US Consulate sponsored him to represent Chicago in the International Meeting of Styles in Wiesbaden, Germany.
Gonzalez opened a studio at the Zhou B Art Center in Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago, continuing his marvelous work. His works are famous for their presence in the acclaimed TV series “Chicago Fire.” Current exhibitions included solo exhibitions at the Zhou B Art Center and the Torres Gallery of the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago.
If you would like to view the works of the Mario Gonzalez and other local contemporary Chicago artists please follow this link Chicago artists.
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| Z – mixed media on canvas 44″ x 40″ |
Artist Mario Gonzalez, born and raised in Chicago, was exposed to urban art forms and beautiful murals, which he used to develop his urban expressionistic style of painting. Gonzalez combines graffiti styles with pouring, dripping, and drawing to create stunning abstract paintings. His new urban style is referred to “ZORE,” which is now highly praised by local and international galleries and museums.
Gonzalez graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1993, where he studied graffiti and fine art. Soon after, he began traveling to other countries to study art and participate in exhibitions. In his most recent trip, he traveled around the world for 64 days from a temporary residence in South Korea. He painted streets and subways in addition to murals and taught in galleries and museums internationally and locally. His works have been featured in Dwell and Healthy Homes Magazines in addition to online galleries. In 2014, the US Consulate sponsored him to represent Chicago in the International Meeting of Styles in Wiesbaden, Germany.
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| Styles – mixed media on wood – 48″ x 48″ |
Gonzalez opened a studio at the Zhou B Art Center in Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago, continuing his marvelous work. His works are famous for their presence in the acclaimed TV series “Chicago Fire.” Current exhibitions included solo exhibitions at the Zhou B Art Center and the Torres Gallery of the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago.
If you would like to view the works of the Mario Gonzalez and other local contemporary Chicago artists please follow this link Chicago artists.
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