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Melissa Leandro, Manchar, 2020, jacquard woven cloth, dye, spray paint, embroidery, stitching, 34 x 26," courtesy of the artist Melissa Leandro (American, b. 1989) lives and works in Chicago, IL. Leandro received an MFA in 2017 and a BFA in 2012, both from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has been an artist in residence at The Atlantic Center for the Arts, The Ragdale Foundation, The Jacquard Center, Chicago Artist Coalition, and The Weaving Mill. She has received awards including the Windgate-Lamar Fellowship from the Center for Craft, the Craft Fellowship from the Illinois Arts Council, and is currently a 2021 Chicago Artadia Awards Finalist. Recent solo exhibitions include ANDREW RAFACZ (Chicago, IL), The University Club of Chicago (Chicago, IL), Union League Club of Chicago (Chicago, IL), Rockford University (Rockford, IL) and the Wright Museum of Art (Beloit, WI). Recent group exhibitions include DePaul Art Museum (Chicago, IL), MCC Art Gallery (Mesa, AZ), Monaco Gallery (St.Louis, MO), Mana Contemporary (Chicago, IL), Heaven Gallery (Chicago, IL), Hyde Park Arts Center (Chicago, IL), Tile Blush Gallery (Miami, FL), La Esquina Gallery (Kansas City, MO), and The Central Museum of Textiles (Łódź, Poland).
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Edie Fake, Pride Flag #3, 2021,colored pencil on paper, 14 x 17," courtesy of the artist Edie Fake is an artist working in Twentynine Palms, California. His work deals with trans and nonbinary histories, bodies and identities through pattern, color and architectural metaphor. Fake’s work plays with unearthing trans histories and rendering architectural “impossibilities” as a way to visualize elusive concepts around making space for queer perspectives.
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Gabe and Robert Holcombe, Hey Bud, 2021, aluminum, walnut, silver maple, felt, 8 x 6.5 x 2.25,” courtesy of the artists  Gabe Holcombe lives and works in Chicago, IL and runs the label Lillerne Tapes. He has a passion for foraging and mycology, and his time spent at the ACRE residency this summer allowed him to cast some of his recent finds in aluminum. Robert Holcombe is a woodworker and printmaker. He lives and works in Manhattan, Kansas, and uses salvaged wood and local materials to turn bowls and make sculptural objects.
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Latham Zearfoss, trunk, 2021, found tree trunk, neon, electricity, 29 x 20," courtesy of the artist Latham Zearfoss works in Chicago, where they produce time-based images, objects and experiences about selfhood and otherness. Outside of the studio, they contribute to collective motions toward joy and reflection through social projects such as a queer dance party (Chances Dances), a critical space for white allyship (Make Yourself Useful), and an itinerant conference on socially-engaged art (Open Engagement). Latham graduated from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a BFA in 2008 and the University of Illinois at Chicago with an MFA in 2011. They have exhibited their work, screened their videos, and DJed internationally and all over the U.S. *Please Note: This piece is animated neon that, when illuminated, switches between "to/is" (as pictured in the two attached photos) so that the text alternates between "death to the universal" and "death is universal."*  
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Bahareh Khoshooee, Lurking Variable (mint), 2020, archival inkjet print, 10 x 8," courtesy of the artist *All funds raised through the auction of this work will go to ACRE's Southeastern US Equity Scholarship, which enables artists of color residing in the Southeastern United States to attend the ACRE Residency free of charge.* Bahareh Khoshooee is a multidisciplinary artist born in Tehran, Iran in 1991, the year the Internet was made available for unrestricted commercial use. In her work she explores the underlying tension between reality and fiction, confabulation and manipulation, false memories and alternative facts. She attended Skowhegan School of Art and Painting in 2018, received her MFA in Studio Art from the University of South Florida in 2017, and her BA in Industrial Design from the University of Tehran in 2014. Khoshooee has presented her multimedia installations at Baxter St CCNY, The Elizabeth Foundation for The Arts (The Immigrant Artist Biennial), The Orlando Museum of Art (Orlando), NADA MIAMI 2018, Elsewhere (New York), Housing (New York), and Rawson Projects (New York).
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Salvador Jiménez Flores, La jaula de oro, 2020, three-color screen print, 12 x 18," courtesy of the artist Salvador Jiménez-Flores is an interdisciplinary artist born and raised in Jalisco, México. He explores the politics of identity and the state of double consciousness. Jiménez-Flores addresses issues of colonization, migration, “the other,” and futurism by producing a mixture of socially conscious installation, public, and studio-based art. His work spans from community-based work, drawing, ceramics, prints, and mixed media sculpture.
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Benedict Scheuer, long necked bird no. 3, 2021, habotai silk, hand drawn/dyed, rolled hem, 44 x 120," courtesy of the artist Benedict Scheuer (he/him) is devoted to an interdisciplinary practice that is informed by drawing, gardening, nature, love, healing, and meditation. Central to his practice is a spirituality that champions sensation, lines, and the philosophy of interbeing—the interconnection of all things. He has a B.A. in Environmental Studies from Yale University (2014) and an MFA in Visual Art from The Ohio State University (2020). Scheuer currently resides in Columbus, OH where he makes many walks between his studio and lovely blooming dahlias.
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Kelly Kristin Jones, Untitled (Place in the sun), 2021, archival pigment print, 22 x 18" (framed), courtesy of the artist.  Kelly Kristin Jones is a photo- and performance-based artist working with contested historic sites. She interrogates these gendered and racialized territories and the objects therein to create space for undertold histories. Jones received an MFA in Photography from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and served as a Post-MFA Fellow at the University of Georgia. She lives and works in Chicago, IL.  
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Su A Chae, Morning View No. 2, 2021, acrylic on paper, 12 x 12," courtesy of the artist. Originally from South Korea, Su A Chae is a midwestern based visual artist who specializes in painting. She received an MFA in Painting from Indiana University Bloomington and an MA and a BA in Business from Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea. She also completed the Tyler School of Art Summer Painting & Sculpture Intensive. Su A Chae was a grant finalist for the Hopper Prize and a recipient of the Higher Education Partner Program Scholarship of Indiana University and the Windgate Scholarship Awards of Penland School of Craft. Her work has been exhibited at the Painting Center in New York, Ortega y Gasset Projects in Brooklyn, Store for Rent Gallery in Brooklyn, 5-50 Gallery in Long Island City, Icebox Project Space in Philadelphia, Harrison Center in Indianapolis, Young Space (online), among others. Her work has been featured in publications as Studio Visit Magazine, Create! Magazine, Maake, Friend of The Artist, and Herald-Times.
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Madeline Gallucci, green mirror, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 24 x 18 x 1.5," courtesy of the artist.  Madeline Gallucci is an artist, educator and organizer living in Chicago, IL. Her work uses painting and sculpture to examine how societal expectations result in anxieties and celebrations of revealing our authentic selves. She received her BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2012 and MFA at the University of Chicago in 2020. Madeline has exhibited in Chicago, Kansas City, Baltimore, New Orleans, and New York City and participated in ACRE's residency this summer.
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BARBARA KRUGER: THINKING OF YOU. I MEAN ME. I MEAN YOU Private curator-led exhibition tour and exhibition catalogue   Private tour for up to 6 people of Art Institute of Chicago exhibition BARBARA KRUGER: THINKING OF YOU. I MEAN ME. I MEAN YOU  led by Associate Curator Robyn Farrell. Includes a copy of the full-color exhibition catalogue and general admission to the Art Institute of Chicago. Tour will take place on mutually agreed upon day/time (M,Th-Sun, 11am-6pm) between October and the close of the exhibition: January 24, 2022.
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Judith Brotman, 1001 Nights (more or less), 2021, plastic, spray paint, bead, upholstery thread, text by Haruki Murakami, 10 x 3 x .25," courtesy of the artist Judith Brotman is a multidisciplinary artist and educator from Chicago. Her work includes mixed media installations and theatrical immersive environments. Recent work incorporates language/text based conceptual projects which are meditations on uncertainty and transformation. Brotman has exhibited extensively in Chicago and the US. Exhibitions include: Smart Museum of Art, SOFA Chicago, Hampshire College, The Society of Arts & Crafts/Boston, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Asphodel Gallery, INOVA, Weinberg/Newton Gallery, Threewalls, Chicago Cultural Center, Hyde Park Art Center, Gallery 400, and The Illinois State Museum. Brotman’s work is in the collection of The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Illinois State Museum, and the Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection.
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Jake Troyli, Untitled (Self-Portrait), 2021, ink on paper,  7.25 x 10,” courtesy Monique Meloche Gallery *All proceeds from this work will benefit ACRE's Southeastern US Equity Scholarship which enables artists of color residing in the Southeastern United States to attend the ACRE Residency free of charge.* Jake Troyli investigates the construction of otherness and the commodification of the black/brown body, confronting and exploring labor capitalism and sweat equity as a demonstration of value. He makes energetic paintings, often featuring a self-portrait or avatar of himself embedded in engaging scenes, with a markedly classicist approach. Utilizing techniques formalized during the High Renaissance, underpainting and toning are central to the conception of each work, beginning with a burnt sienna foundation to establish values. In a timely evolution of his practice, Troyli expands the functionality and influence of his figures, imbuing them with new agency and establishing absurd narratives to consider the timeless conversations surrounding the preconceived notions of identity and value structures. Through the presence of prop-like iconography and compositions reminiscent of community theater sets, Troyli positions his figures as performing commodities constantly on display.  
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Suzanna Zak,  Columbine Scrap Keeper, 2020, glass, c-print, ash, resin, scrap metal, copper, lead-free solder, 15 x 10," courtesy of the artist Suzanna Zak (b. 1990, Moscow, Russia) is a New York based artist working across the mediums of sculpture, photography, and installation, with an environmental concern. She received her MFA from Yale School of Art in sculpture in 2019 and her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in photography in 2012. Recent exhibitions include a solo show, "Flesh of Earth," at Prairie Gallery in Chicago, and a two person show, "Our Companion, Our Other," at Vitrine Gallery in Basel, Switzerland. She is also an avid rock climber and lifelong mushroom forager.
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Jenny Kendler, Selections from Amber Archive, 2020, created amber, biological material from species threatened by human activities, and steel and rubber museum mounts, dimensions variable, courtesy of the artist Jenny Kendler is an interdisciplinary artist and environmental activist, whose work on climate change and biodiversity loss has been shown at Storm King Art Center, the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, the MSU Broad Museum, the Pulitzer Arts Foundation and the MCA Chicago. Her work is in the collection of the Dom Museum Vienna, Yale and Brown Universities and the The Nevada Museum of Art's Center for Art + Environment among others. She is co-chair of artist residency ACRE and sits on the Fundraising Committee for climate change organization 350.org. Since 2014, she has been the first Artist-in-Residence with environmental non-profit NRDC.
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Alex Younger, Comparative Trauma No. 14, 2021, resist print on brass with chemical patina, 6 x 6," courtesy of the artist Alex Younger is a multidisciplinary artist who graduated Magna Cum Laude from Swarthmore College in 2012 and received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2018. She is an ACRE alum and has been awarded numerous residencies and grants Her work has been shown internationally and across the United States and she is a Złoty Medal Laureate from the 16th International Tapestry Triennial and a Silver Medal Awardee from the 13th International Textile Triennial. She currently teaches at Virginia Commonwealth University.
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Jen Delos Reyes, CSAA 18-Week Patron Share for 2022 Season, Courtesy Garbage Hill Farm Jen Delos Reyes is a 'farmer of sorts and an artist of sorts,' educator, writer, and radical community arts organizer. She is defiantly optimistic, a friend to all birds, and proponent that our institutions can become tender and vulnerable. Delos Reyes is currently in Chicago, IL where she is living at SIDE by SIDE, a future residency for BIPOC arts and culture leaders and artists to rest and rejuvenate, and cultivating Garbage Hill Farm, the onsite CSAA program that supports the endeavor. She is the Associate Director of the School of Art & Art History at the University of Illinois at Chicago where she works to promote arts education access for all at the city's only public research university.
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Annie Kielman, Untitled, 2021, etching on Stonehenge with chine colle, 13 x 11," courtesy of the artist Annie Kielman is a Chicago based artist and educator whose work touches on how the human body calibrates across the messy and inseparable combinations of the physical world with innumerable digital spaces. Annie received her MFA in Printmedia from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2013. She currently teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Columbia College, and is co-founder of a print shop and shared artist space in Lawndale. 
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Andres L. Hernandez, Untitled, from the series Uncertainty (Next Breath, Next Day, Next Line, Next Move, Next Thought), 2020, micro pigment ink on archival drawing paper, 12 x 9," courtesy of the artist  Andres L. Hernandez is a Chicago-based interdisciplinary practitioner engaged in discovering, recovering, and uncovering the histories, politics, and possibilities of the built environment. Through collaborative and socially-engaged work, as well as independent, studio-based arts practice, he considers the potential of real and imagined spaces to support community building, creative production, public dialogue, and social action.
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kg, Tiny Weaving, 2021, wool and oil, 3 x 4," courtesy of the artist KG (b.1980, Poland) is an artist currently living, working, and making weavings in Chicago. Recent solo exhibitions include Some Kind Of Duty at The DePaul Art Museum, Blue Out Of My Mouth at Freerange Gallery (Chicago, IL), Changeling at Julius Caesar (Chicago, IL), and Alter at Terrain (Oak Park, IL). Upcoming shows include Nowhere at Horse and Pony in Berlin and Contemporary Textile at The Salina Art Center and Water Cooler at LVL3 in Chicago. Kg attended The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2017 and The Vermont Studio Center as a fellow in 2018. Their first monograph Some Kind Of Duty is available for purchase at The DePaul Art Museum and on Amazon.com.
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Jaclyn Jacunski, Colorfields: The vacant lot at Congress and California, 2017, handmade paper from phytoremediation, native prairie plants that were harvested from a toxic vacant lot, relief printed with soil pounded into ink, 26 x 24,” courtesy of the artist Jaclyn Jacunski engages the intersections of the aesthetic and the political by using research as a tool to interrogate contested spaces. She frames the contextual materials sourced from those places and retells their stories of using printmaking and installation.
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Telfar Embossed Hat, Oxblood Logo Hat, 2021, leather, all sizes, courtesy of Charles Long TELFAR is a unisex line Est in 2005 in NYC by Telfar Clemens and sold internationally. It's not for you — it's for everyone.
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Dan Devening, From L'Unité, edition 4/13, 2012, archival inkjet print with acrylic collage, 16 x 23”   Dan Devening lives and works in Chicago, Illinois. He is an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Painting and Drawing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is the director of Devening Projects and Paris London Hong Kong, Chicago.
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Dianna Frid, Words from Obituary #2 (NYT, Christopher Logue, 12/11/11), edition 4/30, 2012, archival inkjet print, 17 x 13”   Dianna Frid is an artist working at the intersection of material texts and textiles. Her artist’s books and mixed-media works make visible the tactile manifestations of language. Frid was born in Mexico where she was first exposed to textiles as complex codes of material writing. This point of reference helps her situate her work alongside lineages that embrace art and needlework without pitting them in hierarchical opposition. 
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