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Mixed Media Galleries

Dolan Geiman : Dolan Geiman is a Chicago-based artist working primarily in collage, printmaking, painting, and assemblage. Originally from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Geiman’s work expresses his Southern identity and rural upbringing along with a lifelong appreciation for found objects and salvaged materials. His use of repurpose materials, both with his artwork and his Rescued Clothing fashion line, has garnered national attention from such media sources as ABC News, Time Out, CBS News, Country Home, and Chicago Magazine and online blogs such as Design * Sponge and Treehugger. Geiman’s Art Machine, an interactive art installation which turns everyday street detritus into personalized collages, has appeared at major fundraisers nationwide. The son of a marketing-savvy watercolor artist, Geiman is also known as an advocate for the self-represented artist. Along with his business partner Ali Walsh, Geiman has curated alternative space and mobile art exhibitions, lectured and consulted on 21st century marketing and sales practices of visual artists, and currently maintains a blog and e-newsletter promoting independent designers and artists. Dolan Geiman is a regular vendor in nationwide fine art fairs. When he’s not in the studio creating work for shows or out scouting for materials in abandoned structures, Geiman is probably teaching a workshop or trying to catch a walleye.

Dolan Geiman

Dolan Geiman is a Chicago-based artist working primarily in collage, p ...

Updated: Nov 03, 2009 2:20pm PST

Beth Yonker : Beth Yonker is a Chicago based artist. After graduating from the Savannah College of Art and Design Beth began her career as a graphic designer. Growing tired of constantly using a computer she began creating handmade works of art. Her multi media collages are constructed using materials such as metal, wire, ink, paper, glass, and string. We have additional work by this amazing artist. Stop by and take a look!

Beth Yonker

Beth Yonker is a Chicago based artist. After graduating from the Savan ...

Updated: Jun 24, 2009 11:46am PST

Gemini Studios : Bio I am 28 years old - a Chicago based graphic designer/illustrator. I grew up in Ohio, lived in Denver for a year, and now have found myself in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood for the last three years. A graphic designer by trade, my current work explores my fascination with big graphic artwork, vintage/urban design, and advertising posters. Gemini Studio was founded in 1998 with my twin brother Ryan Fowler. Began as a handmade greeting card company, Gemini Studio Art now encompasses a wide variety of media including graphic design , commercial and art photography, and illustration. Gemini Studio Art is a new collection of my work that I began to create in January of 2008. Experimenting with my original designs inspired by poster-style artwork created in a vintage textural style, I have created a growing number of pieces ranging from Chicago themes, Cats & Dogs, Typography, Food & Drink, and dozen of other ideas that come about daily!

Gemini Studios

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Updated: Oct 28, 2009 1:53pm PST

Citizen Shay : Citizen Shay is Steve Shay, a self identified citizen of the World. Steve has no formal training but is trained as a graphic designer with a focus on information design. He believes that information can become art, tell a story, and create emotion. This belief led Steve to start experimenting with his own mixed-media "art" in 2005. Today, he is constantly experimenting with various techniques, creating small pieces of work using various media such as paint, pen, paper, gels, photography, wood, and epherema. It's all an attempt to create pieces that tell short stories while being visually stimulating. www.citizenshay.com

Citizen Shay

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Updated: Sep 19, 2009 4:40pm PST

Lenny French : Lenny French—Artist Bio My artwork is based on my personal walk with the Divine, because it is my belief that the Divine has placed lessons in the world for us to discover. I try to explore and understand these “wisdoms”. I believe that once we understand them, then we can begin to realize who we are and what the Divine has planned for our lives. I call this, “Seeking the Divine.” Once we understand, then we can find out what makes us great and bring glory to the Divine. Thus our daily walk with the Divine will become much stronger. For over 20 years now, I have enjoyed working with oil paint and oil pastels. But now, my work has evolved into using salvaged hollow core doors. I carve images into and out of the doors; giving my work three-dimensional looks and feels. I find that using the salvaged doors, they become a symbol of mans inhumanity to his fellow man. In addition, I have added reflective phrases. These phrases have been given to me by the divine in order for the masses to understand the lessons that are hidden in my artwork. Lenny French

Lenny French

Lenny French—Artist Bio My artwork is based on my personal w ...

Updated: Jun 17, 2009 2:07pm PST

Zoe Asta : Zoe Asta’s works on paper are filled with humorous details and charming observations of daily life. Primarily rendered in watercolor, marker and ink on watercolor paper, Ms. Asta creates a singular vision of a world where reality and fantasy live in joyful coexistence. Her commissioned works reflect a keen and witty eye for each client’s personal universe. Minnesota born Asta has lived in Chicago since 1998 and holds two degrees in English Literature and one in Library Science. She had worked in web design and consulting to special libraries before leaving the corporate world.

Zoe Asta

Zoe Asta’s works on paper are filled with humorous details and charm ...

Updated: Aug 30, 2007 5:19pm PST

Debbie Egizio : Art serves a different function for everyone. Some artists want to make a statement - I like to be amused. I make art that I want to look at for a long time, that makes me smile when I see it and think, “Hey, who did that? ……..oh yeah, it was me.” I am a painter and collage artist who creates images using two different collage techniques. One is mixed media collage, where I combine found images with my own painted parts, the other is what I call painted collage where I draw, paint, cut apart, reassemble and glue all of the random parts that I created onto a painted canvas board. I paint and work in various other art forms, but what I love about collage is the freedom to combine images in unexpected ways and how these images evolve as the pieces are moved around. With this process, each movement can dramatically change the characters expression and body language from one minute to the next. I've strived for years to come up with my own style and unique approach to making art and that is how my painted collage technique was born.

Debbie Egizio

Art serves a different function for everyone. Some artists want to mak ...

Updated: Aug 30, 2007 4:00pm PST

Steve Slaske : Steve Slaske is well-known for his drawings and watercolors of the urban scene. He holds a degree in architecture from the University of Wisconsin, and his understanding and love of buildings is evident in his work. Steve was commissioned by the Milwaukee Art Museum to create the poster for its new internationally acclaimed Calatrava wing. He wrote and illustrated his own book, "Milwaukee, The Cream City Observed" which received a design award from the MGDA. His work has been included in many others. Steve has traveled extensively, never without his pen, throughout the USA, Canada, Mexico and Europe. Collectors of his work can be found in all those places as well as the permanent collections of Northwestern Mutual Life, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee Public Library and The Pfister and Marriott Hotels among others. His work can be found at Peltz, Lakeshore, and Picture Perfect galleries in Milwaukee as well as galleries throughout the USA. The artist was recently commissioned to create seven large original works for the law firm of Foley and Lardner for their offices in Milwaukee. And the artist was honored by the Milwaukee Downtown Association with a commission for ten original paintings for their annual meeting in 2007. The artist spent three weeks as artist-in-residence in Tuscany Italy in 2001. Out of this trip came an exhibition of drawings and paintings as well as a book. The exhibition, "Dalla Villa", was cut short by fire at the Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum in 2002. The show featured forty- two drawings and paintings created in Tuscany and Rome. Fifty-five of these works are included in his second book, "Sketchbook Dalla Villa". Steve has exhibited his works widely in the Midwest and in national drawing and watercolor exhibitions including Watermedia X in Colorado and Watercolor Wisconsin. He has had numerous one-man exhibitions including his show of portraits, "Drawn from Life" at the Charles Allis Art Museum in 1998. "Realism and Beyond" at Gallery 110 North in Plymouth, WI in 2001 featured the artist's series of stream of consciousness works.Currently, the artist is traveling the country creating skyline paintings of American cities for a series of limited edition prints. His work is showcased on the Web site, SkylineCityPrints.com. Steve's academic background is in architecture and art at the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee where he earned his degree. all images copyright steve slaske

Steve Slaske

Steve Slaske is well-known for his drawings and watercolors of the urb ...

Updated: Mar 12, 2008 3:47pm PST

Bridgette Guerzon Mills : Bridgette Guerzon Mills is a mixed media artist whose body of work includes both paintings and handcrafted journals. She incorporates a variety of materials into her artwork, including photographs, oil paints, acrylic paints and encaustics (wax-based pigments). Her artwork, which has been collected both nationally and internationally, has been published in a number of magazines and books. Originally from Maryland, she attended Northwestern University in Evanston, then lived in Seattle, Washington for several years and just recently returned to the Midwest. She currently resides in Chicago with her husband, their 2-year-old son and dog. Artist Statement I am drawn to the inherent beauty and spirit of the natural world, and my artwork is a personal dialogue that reaches into the stillness of that spirit. Through both imagery and medium, I create organic pieces that speak to the cycles of life, memory, and the passage of time. My artwork aims to reveal the beautiful melancholy and the fragile imperfection of the life around and within. My paintings allow me to bring the often overlooked details of life and bring them into focus. I incorporate moments captured by my photographs with the richness of paint, creating a bridge between two worlds - the real and the reconstructed. I lay down layers of paint and photo transfers, papers or fibers to create depth in both form and meaning. The canvas becomes a multilayered surface that speaks to both the visual and tactile senses. This integration of diverse layers creates an intimate connection that invites exploration. Encaustic painting is a painting method in which color-pigmented beeswax is melted, applied to a surface and reheated to fuse the paint into a smooth or textured finish. The origin of the word “encaustic” is rooted in Greek, and means 'to burn in', which refers to the process of fusing the paint. The practice of encaustic painting dates back to the 5th Century B.C.

Bridgette Guerzon Mills

Bridgette Guerzon Mills is a mixed media artist whose body of work inc ...

Updated: Sep 18, 2009 4:20pm PST

Michele Wayman : Michele Wayman is a freelance artist in Chicago. She works with a variety of materials including sheet music, vintage encyclopedia pages, old check, found objects, canvas, acrylic paints, and other misc. mediums. There are more samples of her work in the photography section of our website.

Michele Wayman

Michele Wayman is a freelance artist in Chicago. She works with a var ...

Updated: Sep 04, 2009 9:15pm PST

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