Roxaboxen Exhibitions: Mind and Reality

Roxaboxen is located two blocks from the Damen/Cermak stop on the Pink Line in Pilsen and used to function in the neighborhood as a funeral home

In November, I co-curated an international show and exchange of prints with the artist and curator Ben Rak from Sydney, Australia entitled Mind and Reality and featuring the work of 32 artists which was shown at Roxaboxen Exhibitions in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago.

The artists included are: Alexa Karabin, Jaeyoung Kim, Sarazen Haile, Ramon Miranda- Beltran, Robin Kang, Sterling Lawrence, Christina Mc Clelland, Peter Power, Brian Rush, Jason Schroeder, Alexander Valentine, Matthew Cummings, Caleb Sheridan,  Rafael Butron, Quillan Brodie, Tom Rae, Mitchell Kelly, Itzick Fischer, Mark Visione, Max Gosling, Kim Hungerford, Michael Kempson, Jason Pho, Elizabeth Pozega, David Quoy, Paul Rushworth, Fatima Saeed, Ben Soedrajiit, Anne Starling, Daniel Chant in addition to the work of Ben Rak and myself.  

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Each artist made an edition of 34 11x 15" prints addressing the theme of "Mind and Reality," 32 of them were dispersed among the other contributors to the exchange, one artist proof from each artist was displayed at Roxaboxen Exhibitions in Chicago, IL, in the US on November 18th through December 3rd 2011, and the other set of APs will be exhibited in March 2012 in the COFA space at the University of New South Wales in Sidney, NSW, in Australia. 

The artists proofs that were sent to Sidney will be included in the permanent collection of the University of New South Wales's College of Fine Art following the exhibition.  Negotiations are still in process for a permanent home for the other set of artists proofs in Chicago, IL.

Special thanks to Liz Mc Carthy and everyone at Roxaboxen Exhibitions for helping to make this show a success!!  Special thanks also goes to Sarazen Haile, Jaeyoung Kim, Alexa Karabin and Robert Odden for helping so much with the installation, the show opening, and publishing of the catalog!  Thanks is also due to Danny Miller and Peter Powers, and the SAIC Printmedia department who helped cover shipping costs to Australia. 

From left is the work of , Fatima Saeed, Mark Visione, Kathryn Drury