See the latest from Chicago 's young photographers at Student Perspectives 2026! Now in its fifteenth year at Perspective Gallery, the juried exhibit of photographic artists from Chicago area high school artists will be on display May 7th – 31st.  

For the show, juror Kelli Connell selected best work from 750+ images submitted by more than 261 photographers at 21 area high schools and programs. Connell is a Chicago artist whose work investigates sexuality, gender, identity and photographer-sitter relationships. Her work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, J Paul Getty Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, and the Museum of Contemporary Photography.

Selected Student Artists

Huge congratulations to all Student Perspectives 2026 artists: Anthony Acevedo-Nolfi, Amare'David Agboyi, Aliyah Akpan, Daniel Alvarez, Marcus Arzadon, Alejandro Ascencio, Jacob Ballard, Farhan Basha, Vanya Bass, Teddy Berhane, Siena Bowen, Lilyanne Cheng, Natalie Choi, Dillon Dochenetz, Thomas Doyle, Shay Field, JunHao Gao, Mikaela Gonzalez, Mila Gordon, Derren Gutierrez, Adam Holland, Lucas Hoobler, Gregory Howard, Ethan Hui, Henry Jacobson, Sebastian Juarez, Reah Krasnopolskaya, Dawa Lama, Pia Larkin, Nicholas Livatino, Cole Lusson, Justin Miller, Jessica Moy, Bruno Olson, Errol Ozer, Natalie Parra-Merino, Nino Pinto, Emiliano Rodrigues, Hedi Sellami, Miles Sheppard, Dolores Skenadore, Francis Somol, Talia Spector, Jannat Thakur, Isaiah Turk, Myles Vendel, Julian Walker, Kevin Watts, Eli Wener, James Whittenberger, Jadelyn Winkler and Pamela Youssef.

Cooperating High Schools include Buffalo Grove, Evanston Township, Fresh Lens/Chicago High School for the Arts, Fresh Lens/Prosser Career Academy, Glenbrook South, Highland Park, Lane Tech College Prep, Libertyville, Morton West, Niles North, Niles West, and Vernon Hills.

Image: Natalie Choi, Gratitude for Independence