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Education
School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Art History, Theory, & Criticism - Chicago, Illinois, USA - Expected graduation date Spring 2025
Solo Exhibition
2023 Matthew Cortez: I Love You. I Love You? I Love You!, Northwestern University’s Dittmar Memorial Gallery, Evanston, IL
Curated Group Exhibitions
2024 On Systems & Dialectics of Art, Madron Gallery of American Art, Chicago, IL
Curated by Rachel Wakeman
2024 Full & Fragmented Affections, Yes Project Space, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL
Curated by Dennissa Young
2023 When Homeward You Turn, Northwestern University’s Dittmar Memorial Gallery, Evanston, IL
Curated by Ellie Lyons
2023 Grand Rising: On Feeling & Interbeing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s (SAIC) Wellness Center, Chicago, IL
Curated by Sidney Mori Garret
2022 Season One, Fourtune House Art Center, Chicago, IL
2022 New Works, SAIC Galleries, Chicago, IL
Curated by Amanda Miranda & Christine Magill
2022 Matthew Cortez & Olya Salimova, The Leroy Neiman Center Special Exhibitions Spotlight, Chicago, IL
2022 Wordless Creatures, Northwestern University’s Dittmar Memorial Gallery, Chicago, IL
Curated by Ellie Lyons
2022 Visible/Invisible, Noyes Art Center, Evanston, IL
Curated by Indira Johnson, Fran Joy, and Lisa Degliantoni
2022 It’s All Right, SAIC CAPX Offices, Chicago, IL
2022 And Boldly We Go, The Martin, Chicago, IL
Curated by Whitney LaMora
2022 Come Back, SAIC Wellness Center, Chicago, IL
2021 Making It, SAIC Wellness Center, Chicago, IL
2020 Annual Regional Exhibition, South Suburban College, South Holland, IL
Also Exhibited 2017, 2018 & 2019
2020 South Shore Arts Regional Exhibition, South Shore Arts, Munster, IN
Also Exhibited 2017, 2018 & 2019
2019 Biennial Regional Exhibition, Indiana University Northwest, Gary, IN
Curatorial Work
2024 Claims of Harm, SITE Galleries, Co-Curator (Chicago, Illinois)
2023 A Space Remains, SITE Galleries, Co-Curator (Chicago, Illinois)
2023 Ghastly Elegance, Probe Chicago, Co-Curator (Chicago, Illinois)
2023 Exhibition Season, SITE Galleries, Jury Member (Chicago, Illinois)
2022 Allure of the Abject, SITE Galleries, Lead Curator (Chicago, Illinois)
2022 Goldie: Body Proxy, SAIC Incubator, Guest Curator (Chicago, Illinois)
2022 Exhibition Season, SITE Galleries, Jury Member (Chicago, Illinois)
2020 - 2018 South Suburban College, Annual Regional High School Art Exhibition, Assistant Curator (South Holland, Illinois)
2020 - 2018 South Shore Arts, Annual Tri- County Art Exhibition, Assistant Curator (Munster, Indiana)
Writing
2025 (Upcoming) SITE Galleries: 30 Years of Student Led Art, Exhibitions, & Histories
Editor, Lead Organizer, and Section Author
2024 (Upcoming) Two Untitled Articles for SAIC Magazine
2023 “Art Institutions are Political; American Contemporary Art & Politics” 14 pages (Not Published)
2022 “Helen Frankenthaler: A Celebratory Literature” 29 pages including color illustrations (Not Published)
2022 “Exhibition Review of Embodied Histories: Reconstructing the Present at Site Galleries” 3 pages, Published within the Site Galleries 2021 - 2022 Catalogue
2022 “Francis Picabia’s Edtaonisl: An Enigmatic Gem of 1913” 14 pages (Not Published)
Lectures & Talks
2024 School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s MacLean Ballroom - Continuing Studies Early College Program - Artist Talk on Love, Philosophy, and Language
2024 Midwest Art History Society Conference - Intercollegiate Art History Symposium at the University of Chicago - Presentation on Julia Kristeva’s Abjection and Contemporary Art of Maddie May & Kitty Rauth
2023 School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Guest Lecture on “Helen Frankenthaler: A Celebratory Literature” to PhD Margaret MacNamidhe’s Professional Seminar class
2023 Northwestern University’s Dittmar Gallery - Artist Talk on Matthew Cortez: I Love You. I Love You? I Love You!
2022 School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Guest Lecture on Francis Picabia’s Edtaonisl to PhD Jennie Berner’s Freshman Seminar class
2022 School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Guest Lecture on Institutions, Galleries, and the Art World to PhD Jennie Berner’s Freshman Seminar Class
Articles
Randolph, Mary. “I Love You. I Love You? I Love You!’ Inspires Introspection.” The Daily Northwestern, September 26, 2023. https://dailynorthwestern.com/2023/09/24/ae/i-love-you-i-love-you-i-love-you-inspires-introspection/.
Kulke, Stephanie. “When Everyone Says ‘I Love You.’” Northwestern Now, September 14, 2023. https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2023/09/dittmar-gallery-explores-authenticity-of-the-expression-i-love-you/.
Sauer, Peyton. “SITE Galleries: A Student-Run Gallery Exhibiting Student Work,” July, 2023. https://www.saic.edu/news/site-galleries-student-run-gallery-exhibiting-student-work.
Acharya, Pavan. “‘Wordless Creatures’ Allows Artists to Represent Identity via Objects.” The Daily Northwestern, April 7, 2022. https://dailynorthwestern.com/2022/04/06/ae/dittmar-gallerys-wordless-creatures-allows-artists-to-represent-their-identities-through-objects/.