Please join us for an artist talk with Ava Peterson on Saturday, February 21 at 2PM.

This conversation offers a chance to hear directly from the artist about her practice, themes, and the work currently on view. Guests are encouraged to engage and ask questions, creating an open dialogue around the artist's process and ideas. 

This event is free and open to the public.

Tea and snacks will be served. We hope you’ll join us!

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Ava L. Peterson (B. 2002, Columbus, OH) is an interdisciplinary artist based in Chicago, IL, who investigates the consequences of opulence and excess. Through the lens of painting, Peterson re-examines imagery sourced from contemporary interior design magazines and historic upper-class interiors, allowing these idealized tableaux to stain, bleed, and drift apart until ornament deteriorates into abstraction.

Peterson received a BFA in Studio Art from Denison University (‘24) and is an MFA candidate in Painting & Drawing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (‘26). Notable exhibitions include solo shows, "House & Garden" (Incubator Gallery, IL) and “Clear the Kitchen Table" (Bryant Arts Center, OH). Recent group shows include "Housewarming" (Elise Seigenthaler Gallery, IL) and "In a Child's Place" (Purple Window Gallery, IL). Peterson has also received the Nan Nowik Memorial Award for Outstanding Artistic Expression ('24) and was a Luminarts Visual Arts Fellowship Finalist ('25).