James Chrzan received his BA in Photography from Loyola University Chicago in 2014. His work explores memory and its relationship to sense of place and person. He has exhibited his photographs and video works throughout the United States and is the co-editor of the photography periodical 500 Piece Tiger Puzzle. He lives and works in Chicago, IL.
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https://www.jameschrzan.com/
Adam Turl: Kick the Cat tells the story of the artist, Mary Hoagland, a Peoria native and former member of the 13 Baristas Art Collective, forced to move into her brother's garage after a serious car accident. The title comes from the rank-and-file union newsletter produced by Caterpillar workers in the 1990s. In her paintings, Mary tells fictionalized stories of the children and grandchildren of laid-off Cat workers and other residents of the greater Peoria area. This includes a young Mary, who, in a bid to stop global warming, kidnaps Punxsutawney Phil so that he will never again see, or fail to see, his own shadow.
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Adam Turl
Sara Peak Convery’s installation includes previously created work: three prints from 1988, an oil canvas from 2006/2007, and part of a triptych from 2012. The painting titled Sleepless is one of her rare attempts to paint from an idea without a visual source to reference. What A Piece of Work Is Man (2012) was a visual amalgamation of three disparate photographic sources: a celebrity photo, a snapshot of the artist’s grandfather, and an advertisement.
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Sara Peak Convery
