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Contemporary fine art gallery
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With just 3️⃣ days 'til the Fall Show, our dealers are now hard at work getting ready to share their finds. Swipe ➡️ to see their work in progress, then come see the final product in person, October 27-31!⁠
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In the Studio with: William Conger, known for a dynamic, subjective style of abstraction inspired from Kandinsky. William went against the style of the 1960’s minimalism to create a path all his own.

And…BONUS ROUND as I got to learn a bit of Chicago history, as William shared with me his memories of the Chicago Steel Mills and street cars which have (and continue) to serve as his muses.

I asked William a bit about his use of color in his works, particularly Red.
Listen to this interview to find out more…

Huge thanks to @olivagallery for arranging this studio visit.
#chicagoartist #freshart #artadvisory #lynnmanilow

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Introducing our next Material Bodies: Identities in Clay Artist @darbyllewis_clay at @olivagallery this November.
Jurors: @pirriartanddesign and @lauralynn_white

Darby Lewis is a ceramic and textiles artist born and raised in Tennessee. They received their Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Ceramics at the Appalachian Center for Craft, Tennessee Tech University in December 2020. After graduating they taught at Cumberland University as the Adjunct Instructor of Ceramics and was the 2024-2025 Clay Resident at the Appalachian Center for Craft. They are currently a first year graduate student at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
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#midwestceramicexhibition
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Introducing another artist of Material Bodies: Identities in Clay at @olivagallery - @robincarlsonart2

Save the date for our opening: Friday, Nov. 13th. 5-9pm
Jurors: @pirriartanddesign and @lauralynn_white

Robin Carlson b. 1979 is a multimedia artist based in the Chicagoland area. Robin’s methodology draws from eco-phenomenology, and reflects the ecology of their experience. They earned a BFA in Illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design (2003) and an MFA in Photography from Columbia College Chicago (2012). They have recently completed a post-baccalaureate program in Art and Ecology at the Burren College of Art in Ballyvaughan Ireland.

Robin was honored twice by the Garden Photographer of the Year (IGPOTY) competition and awarded a Midwest Regional Emmy for Lighting Design and Art Direction of Orchid Odyssey in 2023.

They have stood in waterfalls, chased eclipses, removed buckthorn, and traveled hundreds of miles to find the most periodic cicadas per square meter. Robin also served as Artistic Director of Xiao Space Art from 2022-2025, and Garden Photographer of the Chicago Botanic Garden from 2006-2025.
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#midwestceramicexhibition
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Introducing our next Material Bodies: Identities in Clay Artist @susanmvolk at @olivagallery

Susan Volk is a Chicago based artist who works in oil paint, ceramic sculpture and mixed media. Beginning at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, she later attended the Art Institute of Chicago where she received a bachelor of fine art, and continued her education at a ceramics residency in Accra, Ghana. Her work is collected internationally and her public murals and sculptures can be seen in Chicago, Oak Park, Willowbrook, and Evanston Illinois. She is currently showing work with Edward Montgomery Fine Art Gallery in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA, Blue Sky Gallery in Santa Fe, NM, Inner Haven Gallery in Grayslake, IL, as well as Oliva Gallery and 6311 Arts in Chicago, IL.

Save the date for Opening Night Nov. 13th with programming you won’t want to miss.
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#midwestceramicexhibition
#materialbodies

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Next introduction is Henry Tyson @clay.corps of Material Bodies: Identities in Clay at @olivagallery this November!

Henry Tyson is a multimedia artist based in Chicago, Illinois. They graduated from Macalester College in 2023 and from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with MFA in Ceramics in 2026. They have focused their practice on exploring the unstable and, occasionally, contradictory interests and identities that they hold. Tyson’s current work “vandalizes” unstable histories into something they find beautiful while honoring and challenging the exclusionary communities of hyper-sexual gay men. They place the meticulousness and presence of mind learned through study and writing of poetry in conversation with the physical labor and muscle memory of production pottery.

Jurors: @pirriartanddesign and @lauralynn_white
Save Nov. 13 for our opening!
#olivagallery
#midwestceramicexhibition
#materialbodies

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With the closing of 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝘽𝙚𝙙𝙡𝙖𝙢 at Oliva Gallery (@olivagallery), I want to extend my sincere appreciation to everyone who visited the exhibition and engaged with the work.

It was a pleasure to exhibit alongside Lynn Basa (@lynn.basa), whose ceramic sculptures offered a compelling counterpart to my "Split / Divide" series. Although our practices differ considerably, the exhibition provided an opportunity to consider how artists respond to disorder through material form. The relationship between our work invited questions about what can be observed and documented without necessarily being understood or resolved.

As an Adjunct Associate Professor in Painting and Drawing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), it was especially meaningful to welcome my students to the exhibition. Having the opportunity to engage with artwork outside the classroom is an important part of arts education. I am particularly grateful to Oliva Gallery for creating these opportunities and supporting the connection between artistic practice and education.

My thanks also go to Chanelle Lacy from Gertie (@gertie.chicago) for moderating our closing conversation.

#WitnessToBedlam #OliviaPetrides #LynnBasa #OlivaGallery #SAIC #ChicagoArt #ChicagoArtists #ChicagoGalleries #ContemporaryArt #ContemporaryPainting #CeramicSculpture #ArtEducation #ChicagoArtScene

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Playlist creating time for Material Bodies: Identities in Clay - taking suggestions for Opening Night! @olivagallery
#musicmatters

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We always design homes to support the way a family truly lives. This young family loves to read, and spend quality time together while also entertaining friends.

We incorporated built-in bookshelves in the study as well as along the hallway leading to the den. A sunny breakfast-room banquette is the perfect place to curl up with a book, while the outdoor living room is just steps away from the media room, making movie nights, football games, and pool days easy to enjoy year-round.

Architecture: @gordon_partners_design
Builder: @kirkseyhomes
Interior Design: @laurenhaskettdesign
Photography: @jet1220
Styling: @walkertexasstager

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#laurenhaskett #laurenhaskettdesign #homeoffice #homeofficeinspo

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Introducing @hillarycatrow - our next Material Bodies: Identities in Clay Artist at @olivagallery this November.

Hillary Catrow is a Chicago based mixed media artist and ceramicist whose work is inspired by our spiritual relationship to nature, body and healing through cultural myths. Her most recent body of work explores the impacts of how the stories we tell ourselves impacts how we view ourselves and our bodies. In addition to her fine art practice, Catrow is a licensed acupuncturist who specializes in body-based mental health and pain management support.

Jurors: @pirriartanddesign and @lauralynn_white
Save the date: Nov. 13, 2026
#olivagallery
#midwestceramicexhibition
#materialbodies

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“Lamb of God Take away the Sins of the World”
30 x 11 x 10
Clay Body: Aardvark Black Mountain
This piece will be in the upcoming show at
Oliva Gallery #olivagallery
3816 W. Armitage Ave
Chicago IL
Material Bodies - Identities in Clay -
the 2nd Annual Midwest Ceramic Exhibition
Jurors: Nancy Pirri. #pirriartanddesign and
Lauralynn White # lauralynn_white

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Introducing Matthew King @matthew____king - our next Material Bodies: Identities in Clay Artist at @olivagallery this November.

Matthew King is a cross-disciplinary artist living and working in Minneapolis, MN. Their career has spanned environmental science to small-scale agriculture, a diversity of experience that informs the experimental blending of mediums characteristic of their practice, guided by a deep topophilia. Their sculptural practice focuses on listening to the agency of materials and the spontaneous forms and textures that arise from that relational sensitivity. Atmospheric ceramic firings and the cultivation of fungi on photography are some of the methods used to showcase such more-than-human expressions. Matthew has exhibited their work in the United States, South Africa, and Germany, is a returning guest lecturer at MCAD, and a current MFA candidate at UMN.

Jurors: @pirriartanddesign and @lauralynn_white
Save the date: Friday, Nov. 13, 2026
#olivagallery
#midwestceramicexhibition
#materialbodies

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