EXPO CHICAGO

EXPO CHICAGO

APRIL 11 - 14, 2024

Booth 471

Navy Pier's Festival Hall

600 E Grand Ave, Chicago, IL

VIP Preview: Thursday, 11 April, 12 – 9 pm

Opening Hours: Friday, 12 April, 11am – 7 pm | Saturday, 13 April, 11am – 7 pm | Sunday, 14 April, 11am – 6 pm

Pentimenti Gallery returns to the highly anticipated "EXPO CHICAGO" 2024 edition, taking place April 11 – 14, 2024 at Navy Pier’s Festival Hall. The fair is the first edition as part of Frieze, welcoming more than 170 esteemed galleries hailing from 29 countries and representing 75 cities worldwide, converging in Chicago for this art fair.

LA VAUGHN BELLE

Belle’s meticulous work examines archives, architecture, oral histories, myths, and material culture from the colonial period to today. She brings to light the past of the U.S. Virgin Islands, a place that has changed colonial hands seven times—the longest being Denmark and the last being the United States. Her work explores a narrative that intertwines personal and global histories, crafting new stories that affirm the principles of freedom and self-determination.

La Vaughn Belle received her BA and MA from Columbia University, New York, NY. She received her MFA from the Instituto Superior de Arte, Havana, Cuba. She has exhibited her work in museums and institutions such as the African American Museum in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA; Museo del Barrio New York, NY; Casa de las Americas Havana, Cuba; the Museum of the African Diaspora San Francisco, CA; Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark; and more. Her art is in the collections of the National Photography Museum Copenhagen, Denmark; Vestsjælland Museum, Denmark; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt, Germany; the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, VA. She has received numerous grants and awards including the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, 2019; and the Danish Arts Council Project Distinction Award, 2023.

TED LARSEN

By embracing the rich histories of his findings, Ted Larsen’s sculptures draw you in with warm to neutral tone colors and leave you appreciating the untarnished and weathered surface of the salvaged steel. He divides his work into geometric units that are then rearranged and combined to create a myriad of different landscapes.

Ted Larsen received his BA from Northern Arizona University. His works are included in the permanent collections: The New Mexico Museum of Art, The Palm Springs Art Museum, The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, The Edward F. Albee Foundation, Proctor & Gamble, The Bolivian Consulate, Reader's Digest, PepsiCo, The University of Miami, The University of Texas, Krasel Art Center, Dreyfus Funds, JP Morgan Chase, Forbes and Pioneer Hi-Bred, Inc. He has exhibited in museums: the New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe, The Albuquerque Museum, The Amarillo Museum of Art, The Spiva Center for the Arts in Joplin in Missouri, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Esbjerg Kunstmuseum in Denmark. Grants include Surdna Foundation and the Pollock Krasner Foundation, as well as residencies with the Edward F. Albee Foundation and Asilah Arts Festival in Morocco. He has guest lectured at the University of Art and Design, Santa Fe, New Mexico; The Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA; The New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM; Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM; Texas Society of Architects, Dallas, TX. His work was featured in Art in America, ArtNews, SouthWest Art, Architectural Digest, Sculpture Magazine, Art Gallery International Magazines, The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Denver Post, The Dallas Morning News, and in the books Art of The Edge, Biennial Southwest, The Curtain of Trees, New American Paintings, and Millennium Collection.

JACKIE MILAD

Through her mixed-media works, Jackie invites viewers into a world where myth, history, and materiality converge. Drawing inspiration from her rich Egyptian and Honduran heritage, Jackie’s works weave past and contemporary elements. Her paintings and works on paper highlight a distinctive world, molded by the harmonious fusion of seemingly disparate symbols and language that transcend temporal boundaries.

Jackie Milad received her MFA from Towson University, Baltimore, MD, and her BFA from The School of Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University, Boston, MA. She participated in numerous national and international exhibitions. Select exhibitions include Harvey B. Gantt Center, Charlotte, NC; The Walters Art Museum and The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD; The Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC; Arthur Ross Gallery University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD; Museo de Arte de Mazatlan, Mazatlan, MX; Weatherspoon Museum, Greensboro, NC. A recipient of the Individual Artist Grant from Maryland State Arts Council in 2019, 2016 & 2010. In 2019, she was a Robert W. Deutsch Foundation Ruby Grantee. In 2022, she received the Municipal Art Society of Baltimore City Travel Prize. Milad received the Creative Capital Award in 2024. Her work is included in public collections including Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Library, The Baltimore Museum of Art, the Academy Art Museum, the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation, and the Pizzuti Collection.

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