New Patron Saints, New Works by N. Masani Landfair

"Art is Business" curated by Renee Baker, AIR Phantom Gallery Chicago Network

@N. Masani Landfair

New Patron Saints, New Works by N. Masani Landfair

These new works are presented by Renee Baker, 2019 AIR Curatorial Practice 

Phantom Gallery Chicago

Installation Feb 1st - March 15th, viewing by appointment

The closing dinner and wine reception will be held on March 1, 2019,  6-9pm
 

N. Masani Landfair – Artist Statement and Bio.

I take materials considered undesirable and redefine their worth and meaning. I use traditional collage and assemblage to create abstract social commentary, dream landscapes and spaces I consciously and subconsciously deal with every day.

I grew up in the heavily industrial community of South Chicago which contrasted constantly with the teachings and ways of my Southern Grandparents that continued with much of our culture from their transition through the Great Migration. These influences shaped my views of beauty and worth in the simple to complex dilapidations and sacred understandings of nature and the environment.


N. Masani Landfair (b. 1970, US)

nmlandfair@gmail.com

Residencies

2014  Resident of the Bronzeville Artist Lofts Chicago, Il.

2013-2014 Artist in Residence, Sacred Keepers Sustainability Lab, NFP, Chicago, Il.

Exhibitions

2019   “GAP VII” Global Art Project, Group Exhibition, Dakar, Senegal

2018   “Transceivers” Prizm Art Fair, Miami, Florida.

2018  “8×8” Self Portrait Exhibition, 33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, Il.

2018  “Visual Strategies Exhibition: Global Art Project, ClearWater Artist Studios Concord N.C.

2018  “Imagining Post Capitalism” ProArts Oakland. Oakland, Ca.

2018  “the past is more infinite than the future” Under the Bridge Art Space Miami, Florida.

2017 “Chicago 9” Prizm Art Fair, Miami, Florida.

2017  “Post 11/9. The New Now” Group Show. Connect Gallery. Chicago, Il.

2017  “Sketch Book” Group Exhibition, 33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, Il.

2017  “Layered” Group Exhibition Tracing How Art is Made. 33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, Il.

2016  “100 year anniversary of DADA” Global Art Project, San Francisco International Arts Festival. Ca.          2015  “GAP III” GLOBAL ART PROJECT: ( workshops and exhibitions) Group show Lecce, Italy

2015  “Aesthetics of Wellness” Woman Made Gallery Chicago, Il.

2015  “Art from Excess” Miller Beach Arts & Creative District Miller Beach, In,

2015  “Museum of Science and Industry’s Black Creativity Juried Exhibition Chicago, Il.

2014  “Herradura Tequila Barrel Art Collection” Group show Finalist Chicago, Il.

2014  “Curator’s Choice: 10th Annual National Self Portrait Exhibition”, Zhou B Art Center Chicago, Il.

2014   Bronzeville Artist Lofts Incubator Group Show, Chicago, Il.

2014   Samantha Hill’s “Sweat Tea Party” Featured Artist, Part of “RISK”. Chicago, Il.

2013  “Boundless Shores” South Shore Cultural Center, Chicago, Il.

2013  “End of Plastic” Solo Show  Shacks and Shanties, Chicago, Il.

2013  “copy.right? The art of appropriation” 33 Contemporary Gallery Chicago, Il.

2012-2014 “Knee Jerk” Global Art Project Collage postcard exchange, San Francisco, CA.           
2012  “100 canvases for things that matter” Silver Room Chicago, Il.

2012  “face mask” 8th National Self-Portrait Exhibition Zhou B Art Center Chicago, Il.

2012  “Chicago 12 at the Garfield Park Conservatory” Garfield Park Conservatory Chicago, Il.                                   
2012  “Chicago 12” 12 artists mobilizing the Earth, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, Il.               

2011  “Surfacing” Solo Show South Side Community Art Center, Chicago, Il.

2005   “Women of the African Diaspora” Group Exhibition. Woman Made Gallery Chicago,Il.

2001    Museum of Science and Industry Black Creativity Juried Art Exhibition Chicago,IL.

2000    Amtrak Union Station, Solo Exhibition for Gwendolyn Brooks Reading. Chicago, Il.

               
Teaching

15 Youth Art Classes at Sacred Keepers Sustainability Lab

2012  After School Sustainable Art Programs.

2006  Walk Wireless Growing the Youth of Englewood Art Classes.

2005  Apostolic Church of God Young Sisters for Christ Girl Scouts Art Classes

1998  ARCHI-TREASURES, Art Supervisor Chicago,Il.                 

Bibliography

2017

Gomez, Sergio “LAYERED” An Interactive Exhibition Tracing How Art Is Made. Jan 11, 2017 pg. 2

2012

Gomez, Sergio: FACEMASK. 8th Annual Self Portrait Exhibition Exploring the Other Behind Our Social Media Face  Jul 11, 2012 pg. 55

Gomez, Sergio: Chicago’s Twelve 12 Artists Mobilizing the Earth May 3, 2012 pgs. 42-49

Hillegas, Laura Brooke: Art Centered, “Certified Organic and/or Artificially Flavored – Chicago’s Twelve: 12 Artists Mobilizing The Earth”, Published by Zhou B Art Center, pgs. 6-11, June 15, 2012.

2004

Stevens, Mike Hyde Park Herald “Black artist featured in new MSI exhibit, January 21, 2004

2001

Reed-Scott, Beverly Chicago Defender “Going North”,  Jan. 25, 2001

Collections

Works held in private collections in Canada, the United States, and Europe

Curatorial projects

2018   “AL(L)TER CURRENTS” Group Exhibition. Alena Museum, Oakland, CA.

2018   Al(l)ter  “Art as Momentum, Incubating generative resolutions to the present.”

Ongoing. Canton, Georgia and San Francisco, California

2013  “No Away To Throw To” Shacks and Shanties at Sacred Keepers, Chicago, Il.

2013  Shacks & Shanties co-curator with Faheem Majeed at Sacred Keepers, Chicago, Il.

Awards

2004, 1st place winner Museum of Science and Industry Black Creativity Juried Art Exhibition. Chicago, Il.

Individualism Group Exhibition at Gallery Guichard

"Art is Business"

Call for Curators

CALL for Curators 2019   Exhibition -Installation Artists

Deadline or Post Expiration:
June through September Bronzeville Art District Trolley Tours.

ARTIST APPLICATION
SEND A PDF OF YOUR APPLICATION to PHANTOMGALLERYCHICAGO@GMAIL.COM

SUBJECT LINE: ARTIST / CURATOR APPLICATION

GENERAL INFORMATION

Name of Project:
Name of Artist/Organization:
Contact Name:
Address:
City/State/Zip:
Telephone:
E-mail:
Web site:
Facebook Fan Page:
Blog:

How did you hear about Phantom Gallery Chicago?

Artist(s) Bio/Statement (write a statement about your work in general and your process in 250 Max)

PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Please provide a detailed description of your proposed use of a Pop-Up exhibit site.

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

How much space (Wide x’ deep x’ high) does your installation/work require? What are your electrical needs? Do you have any additional needs or requirements?

SUPPORT MATERIALS

• Curriculum Vitae please include your name, address, phone number and email address along with exhibition and educational background.
• Please include a Web site links to your work along with 5- 10  JPG. and a headshot for publication.
• For installations: description to clearly convey your concept
• For video work: For curatorial previewing, please supply your YouTube Station, video segment should be no longer than 3 minutes and cued to the appropriate segment for a panel to view. Time-based media, video art or documentation of performance art, should be submitted. Please do not submit videos of documentation of the artistic process.
• For live art: website links that document previous work; title, and a description of content and concept of proposed work.
• For artists proposing projects outside of Chicago: Please include a brief statement showing your means to get to Chicago and availability to assist with staffing of the gallery.

USArtists International

"Art is Business" reposted for Hannah Young Support Specialist Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation

Chicago Area Performing Artists! USArtists International, a program of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, supports performances by U.S. dance, music, and theater ensembles and solo artists invited to perform at important cultural festivals and performing arts marketplaces anywhere in the world outside the United States and its territories. Since its inception, USArtists International has awarded over $5 million to more than 450 ensembles and solo performers nationwide. MAAF receives support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for support of artists from the Chicago area.

Applications for the third and final round of the 2017-2018 cycle are due April 5, 2018, for engagements between July 1, 2018, and June 30, 2019.

http://www.midatlanticarts.org/grants-programs/grants-for-artists/#usartists-international

USArtists International grantee, The Reminders, perform at the B-Global Indigenous Hip-Hop Summit in Uganda. Photo: The Reminders

Thanks again!

Hannah Young 

The Purple Fusion Experience Jimi Hendrix and Prince

"Art is Business"Lauren Pilot, Guest Curator

"Prince"by Lauren Pilot

 Lauren Pilot is a Hyde Park Chicago native. Her artwork is driven by her passion and love of color, shape and beauty in people and nature. As a child, Lauren always had a passion for art and began drawing in elementary school. Lauren has studied at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Columbia College Chicago. In addition, Lauren received professional training at the Bronzeville School of Art under the instruction of Gerald Sanders. Lauren is inspired by her mother who also studied and taught art, and her father who was a jazz musician, from which she has also inherited his talent. Lauren is a commissioned fine artist and has sold artwork to many wonderful people. She works in various mediums including: graphite, charcoal, colored pencil, pastel, acrylic, oil and watercolor.
Lauren has exhibited at Dank Haus German American Culture Center "Culture Bridge", Genesis Art Gallery, Bloomingdale Art Gallery, and the Phantom Gallery Chicago during "Faces Not Forgotten-Chicago), Murphy Hill Gallery, the Framing Mode (South Loop), The Great Frame Up (Hyde Park) Chicago and the Vought Art Gallery in Tinley Park, IL.

Robert Carr- Jimmy Hendrix

Robert Carr  "Prince"

Artist Robert Carr fell in love with art at an early age. Exploring a variety of techniques and innovative mediums, Carr mastered the art of portraiture and abstract representation. In Carr's words, "When I paint my brush is like projector, that projects my Inner-most thoughts. As I reflect upon nature, people and personal journeys in life, awaken new perspectives on the spiritual in art and painting." http://blackartinamerica.com/profile/Robertcarr

Phantom Gallery Chicago, 205, 2nd floor of the Bronzeville Artist Lofts, located at 436 E. 47th Street. This opening will be held during the Bronzeville Art District 2017 Trolley Tour.

PLEASE SAVE THESE DATES AND TIMES!!!!!! July 8th closing reception/ Art Talk

Dearly Beloved… We are gathered here today to get through this thing called life. And 25 years ago, life seemingly revolved around an elfin horndog with a rococo fashion sense, an alpine voice, and a purple motorcycle twice his size. Purple Rain is remembered for its music ...
The Experience Hendrix Tour has been paying homage to the musical genius of Jimmy Hendrix for over a decade, bringing together a diverse, all-star aggregation of extraordinary guitarists including multiple Grammy-winning Kennedy Center honoree Buddy Guy, Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Black Label Society’s Zakk Wylde.
Soi·rée an evening party or gathering, for conversation and music, mixologist Alan Emerson Hicks, Purple Haze Martini's.

Trolley Tour is Free and open to the public, held on the third friday of the month, July 21, August 18, September 15,  www.bronzevilleartdistrict.com

The closing reception and the VIP pre-boarding was sponsored in part by Chicago South Side Host- Passport to Airbnb, Bronzeville Art District 2017 Trolley Tour , SSA#56, and DJ Marcell spinning the sounds of Prince and Jimmy Hendrix.

Alpha Bruton, Chief Curator
Alan Emerson Hicks
Lauren Pilot, Guest Curator

Call For Artist- Culture Bridge 2017

"Art is Business" Posted for Marianna Buchwald International Art Group

CALL FOR ARTISTS !CULTURE BRIDGE/ KULTURBRUECKE 2017

Feb.18. - March 18. 2017

Dank Haus, Scharpenberg Gallery

4740 N. Western, 4^th Floor, Chicago IL 60625

“Culture Bridge” 2017 "KULTURBRUECKE", a culture bridge of musicians, painters, dancers, sculptors, and photography/video/film artists. In 2016, the International Art Group Chicago featured more than 50 artists from 5 different continents, and presented  a broad range of artworks with an intention to deepen cross-cultural ties.

This year’s exhibit will be curated by Alpha Bruton, Chief Curator of the Phantom Gallery Chicago Network, and Marianna Buchwald, Director and Founder of the International Art Group.

All artists interested in participating in the 2017 exhibition, send your prospectus to Marianna Buchwald, Director of International Art Group, internationalartgroup1@gmail.com,  Subject Culture Bridge.

    

A $40 Application Fee is due BY January 18, 2017, Paypal donation button can be found at:  http://phantomgallery.blogspot.com/
or mail check, or money order to: 

Phantom Gallery Chicago Network/ CO Alpha Bruton, PO Box 2956, Chicago IL 60653.

Please call  Marianna Buchwald 773 507 1300 with questions are if you are interested in volunteering on a committee, helping to host one of the events, or soliciting for donations.

This project is supported in part by:

Name of Project: ARTIST APPLICATION:
“Culture Bridge” 2017

Name of Artist:

Address:

City/State/Zip:

Telephone:

E-mail:

Website:

Twitter Handle:

Facebook Fan Page:

Blog:

Artist(s) Bio/Statement (write a statement about your work in general and your process in 250 Max)

SUPPORT MATERIALS

• Curriculum Vitae please include your name, address, phone number and email address along with exhibition and educational background.
• Please include a Web site links of your work along with 5- JPGS, please label all jpeg images. The jury will reserve the right to select work from the submissions of 5 images.
• For video work: For curatorial previewing, please supply you YouTube Station, Video segment should be no longer than 3 minutes and cued to the appropriate segment for panel to view. Time-based media, video art or documentation of performance art, should be submitted. Please do not submit videos of documentation of artistic process.
• For live art: web site links that document previous work; title, and a description of content and concept of proposed work.

“Berlin-Chicago Kaleidoscope: Cultures Connecting” at Mess Hall

Sunday, October 2 (4 p.m.- 9 p.m)

6932 North Glenwood Avenue, Chicago, IL  60626

Chicago Artists Month is a citywide, collaborative effort showcasing Chicago visual artists and their work throughout October. Coordinated by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events in partnership with the Chicago Office of Tourism and Culture, Chicago Artists Month showcases over 200 events, ranging from exhibitions to open studio tours and neighborhood art walks presented by museums, galleries, cultural centers, artists collaborates, and other organizations throughout the city. The primary goal of Chicago Artists Month is to raise awareness of our visual arts community's extraordinary quality and depth. 

"Berlin-Chicago Kaleidoscope: Cultures Connecting" includes an exhibition, presentations, and performances. Phantom Gallery Chicago Network (directed by Alpha Bruton) and International Art Adventures (directed by Marianna Buchwald) are co-presenting this event. The presenters invite the public to join them—regarding an intensive process of communication on behalf of our shared ideals to fight racism, work for world peace, and to educate and inspire a broader audience through art and culture.

"Berlin-Chicago Kaleidoscope" Cultures Connecting" has been an exercise of networking in the global artistic community—creating collaborations and pathways of understanding and generating dialogue with fourteen artists from the Chicago area and Berlin.

Participants include—Chicago: Alpha Bruton, Curator, Director of the Phantom Gallery Chicago Network; Marianna Buchwald, Director of International Art Adventures; Dan Casillas, musician; Javier Enriquez, artist; Kathryn Gauthier, artist; Alan Emerson Hicks, artist; Jayve John Montgomery; visual artist and musician; Jacqueline Moses, artist; Gabriel Patti, artist, and curator; Lewis Rice, artist in Berlin: Daniel Goritz, musician; Ina Lunkenheimer, owner of Lunkenheimer Gallery; Christian Mayrock, artist; Peter Vicente, artist, and host; Piotr Wolodkowicz, artist.

4:00-6:00 p.m.: Presentations by visual artists who participated in "Berlin-Chicago Kaleidoscope: Cultures Connecting" during the summer of 2011.

5:00 p.m.: "Artists for a Sunday Dinner." While in Berlin, we shared dinner with many artists in their homes in Berlin and Hannover—for a conversation about "Cultures Connecting." In that spirit, we will have a dinner during which each participating artist contributes perspectives on what they got from the trip—including projects that include poets, writers, puppeteers, musicians, and performance artists. In addition, we will talk with Berlin-based musicians and visual artists and share dinner with Berlin-based musician Peter Vicent via Skype call.

6:00 p.m.: Presentation by the International Art Group and Phantom Gallery Chicago Network

7:00 p.m.: Short films by Jayve Montgomery presenting Kaleidoscope: The United States of America