(note : I wrote this in a rush so please forgive any grammatical anomalies, I will come back and correct them!)

Last week our four-person show Synthesize opened at Madron Gallery in Chicago, and will be up until the end of May. The show is curated by Rachel Wakeman who reached out to us about a show themed around music. The idea originated because the four of us are musicians, and played in different bands. I loved the theme and got almost immediately overwhelmed by how much there was to say about music : the many many rabbit holes and dreaded “faux-pas”… I mean…visual art will never translate music, or what it feels like to play, or hear, or compose. There are bridges and connections of course, and I think this is what we are exploring here with Synthesize. So after months of dread and research and more dread, I decided to focus on a sub-theme : silence, and active listening. I will be writing about this more and expand on each one of my pieces on this blog, providing context and hopefully I can talk about my friend’s artwork too.

John Upchurch’s work is at the same time playful and profound, and you can’t help but be amazed on his mastery at shaping found objects into precious contraptions straight from Huysmans’s book Against The Grain. Zach Balousek’s kinetic and musical sculptures are truly out of this world. Their monumental stature is intimidating yet comforting (at least for people who find solace in the unknown). Margie Criner is a very important and very special person in my life, I can’t wait for people to see her work. It’s like looking straight into someone’s heart, and hers contain multitudes.

It’s a true honor to be showing my work alongside theirs.

All these pieces are best if experienced in-person, so if you are in Chicago and want to visit the show, drop a line here and we can make plans!

Madron Gallery

1000 West North Avenue | Third Floor | Chicago, IL 60642

Gallery hours Mon-Fri 9:30 to 4:30