Exhibitions

Unexpected Return/s

Feb 6, 2026 - Feb 28, 2026
1023 N. Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622

Some artists make work that announces itself.


Others make work that stays.


Naeemeh Naeemaei belongs to the latter.


Naeemeh’s works are built slowly and deliberately, holding memory, interior life, and lived experience within their surfaces. Every detail feels considered, every mark purposeful, inviting sustained attention rather than immediate consumption. These are works that ask to be lived with, revealing themselves over time and deepening in presence the longer one remains with them.


Unexpected Return/s honors this exceptional body of work and invites collectors into an intimate encounter with painting that is both deeply personal and quietly resolute. Her work resists spectacle in favor of meaning.


This is an opportunity to engage directly with a thoughtful, rigorous artist and consider work that is meant to live with you over time.


 February 6

 6–8 PM

 T. Mari Gallery


Image: Unexpected Return, Acrylic and Oil on canvas, 56’ x 79”

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