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Education
School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Bachelor's Degree in Art History, Theory, & Criticism - Chicago, Illinois, USA - 2025
Work Experience
2024–2025 Director of the 30th Anniversary, SAIC’s SITE Galleries, Chicago, IL
2023–2024 Director of Installation, SAIC’s SITE Galleries, Chicago, IL
2022 McMullan Family Summer Intensive, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2021–2023 Installation Assistant, SAIC’s SITE Galleries, Chicago, IL
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
2025/24 in passing, SAIC Office of the President and Provost, Chicago, IL
Curated by Gemma Kim and Hailey Tomanicek
2024 On Systems & Dialectics of Art, Madron Gallery of American Art, Chicago, IL
Curated by Rachel Wakeman
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
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
New Works, SAIC Galleries, Chicago, IL
Curated by Amanda Miranda & Christine Magill
Matthew Cortez & Olya Salimova, The Leroy Neiman Center Special Exhibitions Spotlight, Chicago, IL
Wordless Creatures, Northwestern University’s Dittmar Memorial Gallery, Chicago, IL
Curated by Ellie Lyons
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
Curated by Danielle Tyler
And Boldly We Go, The Martin, Chicago, IL
Curated by Whitney LaMora
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
South Shore Arts Regional Exhibition, South Shore Arts, Munster, IN
2019 Biennial Regional Exhibition, Indiana University Northwest, Gary, IN
Curatorial Work
2025 Lead Curator & Organizer, Archive as Action, Archive as Discourse, SAIC’s SITE Galleries and Northwestern University’s
Dittmar Memorial Gallery, Chicago and Evanston, Illinois
2024 Organizer, Chicago Artist-Run Spaces Fair, SITE Galleries & SAIC Career & Professional Experience (CAPX), SAIC MacLean
Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois
Co-Curator, Claims of Harm, SITE Galleries, Chicago, Illinois
2023 Co-Curator, A Space Remains, SITE Galleries, Chicago, Illinois
Co-Curator, Ghastly Elegance: On Abjection & Beauty, Probe Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2022 Lead Curator, Allure of the Abject, SITE Galleries, Chicago, Illinois
Guest Curator, Goldie: Body Proxy, SAIC Incubator Exhibition, Chicago, Illinois
Writing
2025 (Upcoming) SITE Galleries: 30 Years of Student Led Art, Exhibitions, & Histories
Editor, Lead Organizer, and Section Author
Contributors include Michelle Grabner, Michael x. Ryan, Stephanie Cristello, Allison Glenn, Trevor Martin, Mariana Mejía,
Michelle Davó Ortiz, and Joseph Josué Mora. To be Published & Distributed by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
2024 Various Articles for saic.edu/news and SAIC Magazine on Alumni and Relevant Events
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)
“Exhibition Review of Embodied Histories: Reconstructing the Present at Site Galleries” 3 pages, Published within the Site
Galleries 2021 - 2022 Catalogue
“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
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
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
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
Chun, Jamie. “Dittmar, SITE Galleries Collaboration Explores Archives,” The Daily Northwestern, April 15, 2025, https://dailynorthwestern.com/2025/04/14/lateststories/dittmar-site-galleries-collaboration-explores-the-memories-held-within-archives/.
Jones, Mya Nicole. “SITE Galleries Celebrate 30 Years of Artist Run Spaces” F Newsmagazine, December 2, 2024. https://fnewsmagazine.com/2024/12/site-galleries-celebrate-30-years-of-artist-run-spaces/.
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,” SAIC News, 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/.