Join me Sunday, October 20th for an artist talk at 3pm at Extra Projects

It will be the last day to see Modern Topologies curated by Kristina Daignault

I have some paintings in Knows No Bounds at Heaven Gallery. The artist talk is Saturday September 14th at 1pm. The show runs until October 20th.

If you missed the show, here is a quick, danced based tour of it:

Curator's dance

Please join me on Saturday, October 6, for a discussion about painting and anxiety with Dr. Scott Hunter the Director of Neuropsychology in the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience and Pediatrics at the University of Chicago.

In addition to his work in the area of Psychiatry Dr. Hunter is a contemporary art collector and expert on contemporary painting. He will be leading a group discussion about the paintings in the Cleve Carney Art Gallery's current exhibition "On Anxiety".

This event is free and open to the public. The talk begins at 1pm.

Cleve Carney Art Gallery
425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137

more details here

If you missed the closing for Windows, Doors, and Mirrors at Roman Susan Gallery you can watch the highlights of the dance party here.

Windows Doors and Mirrors was reviewed in the Chicago Reader by Kate Sierzputowski. Thank you! You can read the article here.

On Anxiety was written up in the Chicago Tribune. You can read the full article here.

I've curated a show at the Cleve Carney Art Gallery at the College of DuPage titled "On Anxiety."


ON ANXIETY
AUGUST 31 - OCTOBER 13, 2018

Reception: Saturday September 8, 3 to 5 p.m.
Curator Talk: Monday, September 10, noon to 1 p.m.
Artist Talk Moderated by Scott Hunter: Saturday October 6, 1 p.m.

Featuring work by: Matthew Bollinger, Alexander Bradley Cohen, Jennifer Dierdorf, Ethan Gill, Justin John Greene, Mika Horibuchi, Hai-Hsin Huang, Ben Murray, Veronika Pausova, Celeste Rapone and Brandi Twilley.

Cleve Carney Art Gallery

I will have some paintings at Roman Susan Gallery September 1st to the 22nd. Opening Saturday, September 1st 6 to 9pm

Windows, Doors, and Mirrors is the number one pick for the September 1st weekend on Bad At Sports

Women Painting Men opens May 20th 3 to 6pm at the Riverside Arts Center, featuring work by Karen Azarnia, Mel Cook, Katie Hammond (Halton) Celeste Rapone, Jessica Stanfill, and me. The show runs until June 23rd.

Riverside Arts Center

Women Painting Men was reviewed in the Chicago Tribune!

I was interviewed on Bad At Sports. I've wanted to be on that show for years!

Bad At Sports

I have some mirror paintings in a two person exhibition at Carthage College titled, At Home. The show runs March 12th to April 20th, 2018. I am delighted to show my work alongside some excellent paintings by Ann Toebbe

My paintings will be in an exhibition titled, What Have You Got To Lose? at Slow Gallery along with work from Hyegyeong Choi, Darryl Terrell, and Orkideh Torabi from February 17 to March 17, 2018. Thank you Paul and Jeffery!

"Many of us end up seeing very little of ourselves reflected in images that claim to represent. For some, we simply belong to groups not looked at, not the center of conversation. For others, there is an enormous gap between the facade that is reproduced and the version of us that is purportedly witnessed.

One of the ubiquitous approaches is to speak for oneself. To represent. After all, I know my own story better than anyone.

"What do I have to lose?" A question designed to feel supportive, whether or not it bolsters anyone. To spur in a worthy endeavor. But it shifts when put upon me from another. "What have you got to lose?"

There is actually tremendous vulnerability in making oneself visible, the center of focused observation. The question demeans, assumes that whatever it is you may hope to protect is somehow less than, unworthy. It diminishes whatever efforts are projected, as if the the effort demanded is somehow less than what I have to gain. Assumes my gains, however measured, are sufficient for someone such as I am. Despite vulnerability, these are artists who seek to reflect what is often left unseen."

I'm curating a show titled Nothing Is Ours But Time. It opens February 9th, 2018 at the Ukrainian Museum of Modern Art.

Opening reception: February 9th, 6pm
Show runs February 9th - March 25th, 2018

Featuring artists Melody Saraniti, Erin Washington, Matthew Metzger, Christine Han, Selina Trepp, Daniel Schmid, Jenn Dierdorf, Mel Cook, Karen Azarnia

Image: Melody Saraniti, it never really lands, 2018


How many times have you been unable to sleep at night thinking about all the things left to do? Going over what you were able to accomplish and what tasks were postponed and how much time was wasted on chores, commuting, and procrastination. How many of us have compared our success to that of our friends and felt panic, jealousy, and dread?

Almost 2000 years ago, Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca wrote letters to his friend Lucilius Junior warning him that "while we are postponing, life speeds by." There is some comfort in knowing that even brilliant philosophers of ancient Rome suffered the anxieties of daily life. However, in his letter, Seneca reminds his friend that "nothing is ours except time."

The act of painting is an attempt to capture a moment, to preserve a gesture or an image in a suspension of pigment and oil. The artists in this exhibition use painting as a way to mark time and to contain it. Their work is focused on capturing fleeting everyday moments. Selina Trepp uses and reuses only the materials currently present in her studio to make work. Ultimately, she will leave behind little more than digital images for her descendants to contend with. Mel Cook is a modern-day Vanitas painter, reminding the viewer of his or her own mortality. Through painting she responds to inequity and death with uncorked anger. Karen Azarnia's triptych of paintings documents a handprint on a window that disappeared over the course of an afternoon drive. Erin Washington maintains no illusions that her work will serve as a lasting legacy after she is gone. Her drawings and paintings, done in chalk and fugitive pigments, are designed to fade, smudge, and fall apart. Time still slips through our fingers, but every moment spent in an act of creation is one that we can count as ours.

-Gwendolyn Zabicki, 2018

From Seneca, Volume IV, Epistles 1-65, Harvard University Press:
Greetings from Seneca to Lucilius

Continue to act thus, my dear Lucilius—set yourself free for your own sake; gather and save your time, which until lately has been forced from you, or filched away, or has merely slipped from your hands. Make yourself believe the truth of my words—that certain moments are torn from us, that some are gently removed, and that others glide beyond our reach. The most disgraceful kind of loss, however, is that due to carelessness. Furthermore, if you will pay close heed to the problem, you will find that the largest portion of our life passes while we are doing ill, a goodly share while we are doing nothing, and the whole while we are doing that which is not to the purpose. What man can you show me who places any value on his time, who reckons the worth of each day, who understands that he is dying daily? For we are mistaken when we look forward to death; the major portion of death has already passed. Whatever years lie behind us are in death's hands.

Therefore, Lucilius, do as you write me that you are doing: hold every hour in your grasp. Lay hold of today's task, and you will not need to depend so much upon tomorrow's. While we are postponing, life speeds by. Nothing, Lucilius, is ours, except time. We were entrusted by nature with the ownership of this single thing, so fleeting and slippery that anyone who will can oust us from possession. What fools these mortals be! They allow the cheapest and most useless things, which can easily be replaced, to be charged in the reckoning, after they have acquired them; but they never regard themselves as in debt when they have received some of that precious commodity—time! And yet time is the one loan which even a grateful recipient cannot repay.

You may desire to know how I, who preach to you so freely, am practising. I confess frankly: my expense account balances, as you would expect from one who is free-handed but careful. I cannot boast that I waste nothing, but I can at least tell you what I am wasting, and the cause and manner of the loss; I can give you the reasons why I am a poor man. My situation, however, is the same as that of many who are reduced to slender means through no fault of their own: every one forgives them, but no one comes to their rescue.

What is the state of things, then? It is this: I do not regard a man as poor, if the little which remains is enough for him. I advise you, however, to keep what is really yours; and you cannot begin too early. For, as our ancestors believed, it is too late to despair when you reach the dregs of the cask. Of that which remains at the bottom, the amount is slight, and the quality is vile. Farewell.

I am lovingly referred to as a "rising star" in this Chicago Magazine article.

I curated a show titled Not Knowing at Heaven Gallery which runs September 1st to October 14th. 2017.

With work by Claire Ashley, Karen Azarnia, Clarissa Bonet, Robin Dluzen, Dan Devening, Andreas Fischer, Celeste Rapone, Melody Saraniti, Ann Toebbe, and Noah Vaughn

It was chosen by Bad At Sports as their number 1 weekend pick!

I'm an artist in residence at the Hyde Park Art Center until May 2017. Thanks HPAC!

I painted a mural for Field Notes/Coudal Partners in October and they made this very fancy video about it. Thanks, coudal.com

Kyle Staver is one of my painting heroes. It was an honor to interview her for Figure/Ground

Read it here: Figure/Ground

I have some paintings in a group show titled, New Business, at the Hyde Park Art Center until October 2016.

My interview with painter Eleanor Ray is now on figureground/org. It was such a pleasure to talk to her about her incredible body of work. You can read the whole thing here:

figureground.org/a-conversation-with-eleanor-ray/

painters-table.com/link/figureground-communication/conversation-eleanor-ray

I interviewed Gina Beavers, one of my favorite painters, for figureground.org You can read it here:

figure/ground

painters table

I interviewed painter Matthew Metzger for Figure/Ground. You can read our conversation here: figureground.org

or here:

painters-table.com

I answered the question, "What is Painting?" for neotericart.com

Thanks Norbert Marszalek!

For the month of November, I will be working on Sol LeWitt's wall drawing #63 at the Art Institute of Chicago. It is on the second floor of the Modern Wing, near the stairs. Come visit me (Monday through Saturday) and we'll have lunch.

Here is a piece I wrote about the experience: Sol LeWitt drawing at the Art Institute of Chicago

September 26th, 2015 6-10pm. Tickets are $15- $250.

A fundraiser for Spudnik Press, 1821 W. Hubbard St. Chicago, IL

Spudnik Press will auction off commissioned monoprints by myself and:

Carris Adams
Claire Ashley
Karen Azarnia
Tom Burtonwood
Adam Farcus
Dan Gunn
Deb Handler
Matthew Hoffman
Holly Holmes
Richard Hull
Sam Jaffe
Vesna Jovanovic
Kate McQuillen
Matt Morris
Johana Moscoso
Rachel Niffenegger
Erik Petersen
Allison Reimus
Nathan Vernau
Alison Yasukawa
Latham Zearfoss


Get Tickets Here

I've got two paintings in a group show titled, "Finding Prospect in Myth." The show opens July 22nd and runs until August 4th. Curated by Natalie Jacobson.

I will have a solo show at the Riverside Arts Center May 8th to June 13th 2015. The reception will be Friday May 8th from 7 to 9pm.

Riverside Arts Center

I've got a painting in Document, curated by Jessica Cochran, from Jan 16-Feb 26th 2015 at Woman Made Gallery (685 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL)

A painting at Single, curated by Maria Dimanshtein, this February at Local Project (11-27 44th Rd. Long Island City, Queens, NY)

And burning a few paintings at Visitation Rites III, curated by Christopher Smith, Valentine's Day at the Franklin (3522 W Franklin Blvd. Chicago, IL)

I will have my paintings at the Hyde Park Art Center for the month of October alongside those of Emmett Kerrigan, one of my painting heroes! The show was curated by Melody Saraniti (thanks Melody!)

Opening September 28th – October 31st
Reception: October 9th from 6:00- 8:00 pm.

Muller Meeting Room - 1st floor
5020 S. Cornell Ave. Chicago, IL

You can read the whole thing here:

http://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2014/7/realizing-realism-gwendolyn-zabicki

I'll be in a group show with Eleanor Ray and Greta Waller titled, Cool and Dark, opening July 11th, 2014.

Comfort Station, 2579 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL

We were listed in Bad At Sports top 5 weekend picks:
http://badatsports.com/2014/top-5-weekend-picks-711-713/

I'll have some paintings at Morton College in Cicero, IL this summer, June 14th to August 2nd.

pictures on my blog

I've put together a second year of the Lillstreet Lecture Series. I'm very proud of this year's group! Local emerging and mid-career artists, critics, and curators give 45 minute presentations on their work in the new Lillstreet Loft, located down the street from the art center at 4437 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago IL. This series is free and open to the public.

2014 Lillstreet Artists Lecture Series Contributors

Greta Waller-- January 28th, 2014 7pm

Dmitry Samarov-- February 25th, 2014 7pm

Dana Bassett-- March 25th, 2014 7pm

Matthew Woodward-- April 22nd, 2014 7pm

Nicholas Wylie- May 27th, 2014 7pm

Mindy Rose Schwartz-- June 24th, 2014 7pm

Clarissa Bonet-- July 29th, 2014 7pm

Matthew Groves-- August 26th, 2014 7pm

Nick Rummler-- September 30th, 2014 7pm

Robin Dluzen- October 28th, 2014 7pm


Lillstreet Lecture Series

My non-profit, SLAC, is participating in the Second Floor Rear Festival February 1st from noon to 2pm

Second Floor Rear 2014 Schedule

and in the Creative Chicago Expo, March 14th and 15th at the Cultural Center

Creative Chicago Expo

SUPERMARKET 2014 – Stockholm Independent Art Fair will be held 14–16 February 2014 on the 3rd and 5th floor of Kulturhuset in central Stockholm.

Come see me and my work:
SUPERMARKET 2014 – Stockholm Independent Art Fair

UIC Alumni Magazine interview by Rachel Farrell

A nice mention by Jason Foumberg:

Art on Armitage
12/1–1/1 Gwendolyn Zabicki. With a fondness for stillness that would make the painter Edward Hopper proud, Zabicki captures the unexpected quiet corners of modern life with her oil works. 4125 W Armitage. artonarmitage.com


Chicago Magazine's The 19 Top Exhibits in Chicago Art Galleries This December

I'm at a month long residency at the Vermont Studio Center. It is worth doing if you are considering it. Getting things done, meeting lovely people.


Vermont Studio Center

I put together a new show at Frogman Gallery, Contemporary Romance, featuring work by Amanda Brown, Simone Chagoya, and Stephanie Del Carpio.

Contemporary Romance

Opening reception: November 7th, 5pm-8pm

Frogman Gallery
23 E. Madison
Chicago, IL 60602

I have some paintings in a group show at The Carlson Tower Gallery at North Park University.

The exhibition opens on Wednesday, November 6
and closes Wednesday, November 27.

The reception will be on the closing date, November 27th.

I will be in a group show, Isolated Incidents, at Chapel Projects in Logan Square. The opening is Saturday, October 12th from 5 to 8pm. Artists include Karen Azarnia, Garrett Baumer, Alice Costas, Paige Fetchen, Heejin Hwang, Joanna Pike, Maria Vergara and Eric Zohn.

A Very nice mention by Dana Bassett of Bad at Sports

"Woman makes strong case for ladies:
In case you couldn’t tell, WTT? loves the ladies, and we couldn’t be more excited to see the rest of the art world catching on. One lady show opened up this weekend with two to follow next week at Heaven and at the Frogman Gallery. “Lady Painters” curator, Gwendolyn Zabicki, sent us a hot tip on some required reading by participating artist, Sarah Weber. “Had I written a critical essay for Lady Painters, I would have liked to have written the very excellent one by Sarah Weber for Being a Woman in an All Woman Show.” WTT? couldn’t agree more. You can prep for both of these openings next weekend by reading Weber’s statement now."

I curated a show at Frogman Gallery titled, Lady Painters, featuring work by Karen Azarnia, Angela Bryant, and Melody Saraniti.

Lady Painters

Pop Up Art Loop

Lady Painters was selected as a Five by Five show-to-see on Chicago Artists Resource

Opening reception: September 12th, 5pm-8pm

Frogman Gallery
23 E. Madison
Chicago, IL 60602

A write up of SLAC:

http://www.chicagoartistsresource.org/articles/south-logan-arts-coalition-artists-helping-artists-helping-neighbors

I have a new pop-up gallery downtown, which I've named Frogman. This space is mine to curate for the next six months to a year! My second show, Never A Lovely So Real, is opening this Thursday, July 11th (6 to 9pm) with work by Clarissa Bonet (photography), Dmitry Samarov (painting) and Noah Vaughn (photography).

You can see install photos here: Flickr set

And a very nice visit from the photographer and writer, Paul Germanos:
Flickr

I curated a 40 person show in four pop-up galleries for the Milwaukee Ave Arts Festival.

http://badatsports.com/2013/edition-12/

And here are some more images of the show: flickr

A nice write-up of SLAC and our pop-up spaces at the Milwaukee Ave Arts Festival:

http://badatsports.com/2013/edition-11/

Ben Shurtleff wrote a beautiful article about me, painting, and SLAC for The University of Chicago humanities magazine, Colloquium.

Conflicts of Space: Envisioning Non-Profit Work as an Aesthetic Medium

While artist in residence at the Lillstreet Art Center, I put together an emerging artist lecture series. Daniel Shea (February) and Alex Chitty (March) were great. Don't miss the final three:

Lillstreet Emerging Artists Lecture Series

I'll be in a group show with Jeff Prokash, Morgan Sims, and Nathan Vernau.

Opening reception Thursday, June 6th, 5-9pm at Frogman- my very own pop up gallery located inside Block 37, 108 N State St, Ground Floor, Chicago, IL

Check out some photos of the opening here: Frogman Blog

Alderman Rey Colon has partnered with me and SLAC. Mentioned in the 35th ward newsletter: dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/l9gz2yki0a6?

A very nice article about my paintings and SLAC
chicagoist.com/2013/02/03/interview_pai?

My not-for-profit, The South Logan Arts Coalition (SLAC) is getting some press:
www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20130124/logan-?

SLAC is part of a trend now:
badatsports.com/2013/whats-the-trending/

saic.site-ym.com/news/116306/Gwendolyn-?

logansquarist.com/2013/02/12/south-loga?

columbiachronicle.com/empty-storefronts?

Gallery 214, Visual Arts Building at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, IL.

Show dates October 15-19. Reception October 18th, 6-9pm.

Come check out my diorama.

Miniature sculptural worlds from 50 Chicago artists for the Octagon Gallery's first Friday event.

Octagon Gallery
120 North Green St.
Unit 3B

7 to 10pm

I was selected to paint a mural in one of Rogers Park's CTA and Metra Station underpasses.

check it out here:


49th Ward

Gallery 400, 400 S. Peoria St. Chicago, IL

Opening Reception: Friday, June 29, 5 - 8pm

Artwork from 27 artists inspired by the life and work of the indomitable Mark Aguhar (1987-2012) is presented alongside pieces by this fearless and beautiful artist/activist/goddess. Uncompromising, incisive, and charismatic in her investigations of gender, queer advocacy, and the politics of marginalized identity, Mark deeply transformed the communities of which she was a part. The Dragon is the Frame presents the challenging, compelling artwork she created in dialogue with pieces made by those she was closest to in Chicago. The exhibition format, which intersperses Mark’s works throughout the installation, is an attempt at capturing the way Mark’s communities functioned—individuals in constant communication, always sharing and influencing one another.

Artists: Mark Aguhar, Claire Arctander, Nina Barnett, Jeremy Bolen, Elijah Burgher, Edie Fake, Pamela Fraser, Tiffany Funk, R. E. H. Gordon, Steve Hnilicka, Kasia Houlihan, Mark Kent, Young Joon Kwak, Andrew Mausert-Mooney, Marianna Milhorat, Tim Nickodemus, Aay Preston-Myint, Juana Peralta, Macon Reed, Colin Self, Michael Sirianni, Nathan Thomas, Neal Vandenbergh, Xina Xurner and Isaac Fosl-van Wyke, Allison Yasukawa, Gwendolyn Zabicki, and Latham Zearfoss

I will be the new painting and drawing artist in residence at the Lill Street Art Center from August 2012 to August 2013. I get a studio, free classes, and a stipend.

Some of my paintings will be at Rainbo Club until the end of July. Go check 'em out if you're in Chicago around Damen and Division.

I was awarded a month long residency at the Vermont Studio Center.

High five!

Coming in June.

Details soon.

www.facebook.com/OffwhiteChicago

Come by and have a beer on May 18th, anytime from 8pm-Midnight.

Ground Teeth @ Offwhite
An exhibition about anxiety.
Opening party on 5/18 from 8pm-Midnight.
By appointment from 5/19-5/20

Featuring the following artists:
Coalfather www.coalfather.com/
Gabriel Garcia gabrielgarciaart.com/home.html
Jane Georges www.facebook.com/pages/Jane-Georges-Art?
Jennifer Hines jenniferhines.net/
Kristen Kaniewski k2-girlface.blogspot.com/
Colin Page
Kate Rosendale katerosendale.com/index.html
Jonathan Sommer jonathansommer.weebly.com/
Danny Volk dannyvolk.com/
Gwendolyn Zabicki gwendolynzabicki.com/home.html

My painting, Double Billboards, was used (with permission) on:

www.themorningnews.org/article/nobody-s?

Look At Me: 2012 UIC MFA Thesis Exhibition at Gallery400, will be on show from Tuesday March 13th through Saturday March 17th. Reception will be Friday, March 16th from 5 to 8pm.

Exhibiting Artists: Mary Helena Clark, Tiffany Funk, Anthony Koerner, Nicholas Rummler, and Gwendolyn Zabicki

An artist talk will take place Saturday March 17th at 2pm in the Gallery400 Screening room.

UIC MFA Fall 2011 Final Critiques Open to the Public

The UIC MFA Fall 2011 Final Critiques take place from December 5th-9th 2011 and are free and open to the public. All students and faculty will be present to showcase and discuss work from the current semester. Come watch things get REAL!

All locations in Art & Design Hall, 400 S. Peoria St., are abbreviated as follows:
GS Great Space, room 530
SG South Gallery, room 560 (within Great Space)
NG North Gallery, room 570 (within Great Space)
GBU Student Gallery, room 510
SR Screening Room, room 3226


Monday Dec. 5
Guest Critic: Nicolas Collins
9:00 Courtney Prokopas (SG)
9:45 Lauren Anderson (GS)
break
10:45 Tina Tahir (GBU and 3104 ADH)
11:30 Mark Kent (GS)
Lunch 12:15 - 1:15
1:15 Paul Cowan (SG)
2:00 Kera MacKenzie (GBU)
break
3:00 Ben Keddy (CVRA A&A 845 W. Harrison Rm. 3304)


Tuesday Dec. 6th
Guest Critic: Kelly Kaczynski
9:00 Daniel Bennett (SG)
9:45 Ben Murray (GS)
break
10:45 Anthony Koerner (NG)
11:30 Cameron Gibson (SR)
Lunch 12:15 - 1:15
1:15 Nina Barnett (SG)
2:00 Brendan Meara (GBU)
break
3:00 Tiffany Funk (NG)
3:45 Mark Aguhar (SG)


Wednesday Dec. 7th
Guest Critic: Natasha Egan
9:00 Daniel Shea (SG)
9:45 Jeremy Bolen (NG)
break
10:45 Josh Albers (GBU)
11:30 Mary-Helena Clark (SR)
Lunch 12:15 - 1:15
1:15 Lauren Edwards (SG)
2:00 Alex Rauch (4th floor crit space)
break
3:00 Ian Curry (SR)


Thursday Dec. 8th
Guest Critic: Jonathan Rosenbaum
9:00 Jesus Duran (SG)
9:45 Macon Reed (SR)
break
10:45 Daniel Tucker (SR)
11:30 Drew Mausert-Mooney (SR)
Lunch 12:15 - 1:15
1:15 Marianna Milhorat (SR)
2:00 Nick Rummler (NG)
break
3:00 Sebastian Aguirre (GBU)


Friday Dec. 9th
Guest Critic: Naomi Beckwith
9:00 Chaz Evans (SG)
9:45 Jon Chambers (GBU)
break
10:45 Neal Vandenbergh (NG-GS)
11:30 Andrew Reinke (GBU)
Lunch 12:15 - 1:15
1:15 Gwen Zabicki (GS)
2:00 Lilianna Angulo (GS)
break
3:00 Kasia Houlihan (NG-SG)

My two person show at Robert Bills Contemporary got a very nice write up on Artlog.com


www.artlog.com/posts/147-the-exceptiona? Art Log

My paintings will be in a two person show at Robert Bills Contemporary on July 8th, 2011 to August 2nd.

www.robertbillscontemporary.com/exhibit? The Exceptional Ordinary

Some of my paintings will be at the Rainbo Club until the end of May. Go check 'em out if you're in Chicago around Damen and Division.

I'm a finalist for the 2011 Union League Civic & Arts Foundation Visual Arts Competition.

Hooray!

Boy am I fancy! I was interviewed for Tasty Spoonful!

Tasty Spoonful

Chicago Artists Month launches this Friday, October 1st, from 6pm to 10pm with an exhibition organized by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, the Chicago Arts District and Gapers Block. The exhibition will also be open from noon to 7pm on Saturday and Sunday. Visit it at the Chicago Arts District space at 2003 S. Halsted Street.

April 16th, 2010

Thanks to the ladies of Spoke Gallery, my Hagia Sophia piece got lots of attention.

onthemake.org/2010/04/17/gwendolyn-zabi? onthemake.org

www.artslant.com/chi/events/show/100805? artslant.com

chicagoartreview.com/2010/04/15/weekend? chicagoartreview.com

chicagoartmagazine.com/2010/04/cam-week? chicagoartmagazine.com

badatsports.com/tags/gwendolyn-zabicki/ badatsports.com

chicago.timeout.com/events/events/33369? chicago.timeout.com

April 11th to April 17th
Closing Reception: Saturday, April 17th, 6 to 9pm (free drinks!)
Hours: By appointment, contact spokechicago@gmail.com

The Hagia Sophia basilica, in Istanbul, Turkey, is famous for its history, beautiful dome, and the mystical quality of light that reflects inside of it. Built in 330AD, it withstood no fewer than 17 sieges between the time it was founded and 1204 when it finally fell to the Christians of the west (the Normans). In its long history, the Hagia Sophia has been home to Pagans, Orthodox Christians, Muslims, and is currently a museum.

Saturday, April 17th from 6 to 9pm, Spoke will be home to a miniature version of the Hagia Sophia. Complete with gold dome, marble floors, and 168 windows, this recreation is just big enough to seat one adult inside. Hear about its colorful history, and enjoy the warm golden light of seasonal affective disorder therapeutic lamps housed inside its walls.

This project is supported by a Community Arts Assistance Program grant from the
City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Illinois Arts
Council, a state agency.

at SPOKE
119 N Peoria #3D
Chicago, IL 60607

The Hagia Sophia was just accepted into the GLOW show at the Annmarie Sculpture Garden in Maryland! Yay! Anybody want to help me drive out there and install it?

www.annmariegarden.org

Annmarie Garden is a thirty acre sculpture park and arts center located in scenic Solomons, Maryland. Enjoy an exquisite collection of outdoor sculpture, much of it on loan from the Smithsonian Institution.

October 2009

Girls On the Wall is having its premiere at the Chicago International Film Festival. It is a documentary about girls in prison who decide to put on a musical. I was the run-and-gun sound mixer for this film when it was shot about five years ago. It was my first job out of art school and now it's finally done and ready to be seen by the world. I will be at both screenings. Here's the info:

Girls on the Wall:
Sunday, October 11 at 1:30pm
Friday, October 16 at 3:30pm

Location: AMC River East 21, 322 East Illinois Street.

You can buy tickets at the theater or in advance here:

www.chicagofilmfestival.com/films_and_s?


The film will go on to screen at the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival (dates forthcoming).

And in January 2010, GOTW will make its broadcast premiere on PBS! Air dates to be announced in December.

There is also a snazzy new trailer! Enjoy it on YouTube here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRBrrEtoQ-g

Roger Ebert gives Heather's film a shout-out in his preview of the festival! rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a?

GIRLS ON THE WALL follows a group of incarcerated teenage girls who get a shot at redemption in a most unlikely form: a musical. As the girls write and stage their play, they're forced to relive their crimes, reclaim their stories, and take a first step toward breaking free of the prison system.

I won a CAAP grant! I'm going to use the money to buy super toxic oil paints hand ground by a guy in Brooklyn. Yay!

My Hagia Sophia is in the 12th International Art Open at the Women Made Gallery in Chicago, IL from March 6 - April 16, 2009.

Woman Made Gallery
685 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, Illinois 60642


Women Made Gallery

That Art on Track show I was in and its creator were mentioned in the New York Times!

Read it here

One of my paintings is going to be at the Chicago Art Open at the Merchandise Mart October 3rd-19th.


www.caconline.org/default.asp?page=ArtO?

On August 30th, I was in Art On Track, an 8 car CTA train converted into a mobile gallery.


www.chicagoartontrack.com/