Emerging
Emerging art is work by artists who are still building their artistic careers and have not yet reached a more established and widely recognized status.
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA)
Multi-Media, Emerging, Conceptual / Performance, Modern Contemporary Masters
The Cleve Carney Museum of Art (CCMA)
Modern Contemporary Masters, Fine Prints & Painting – Contemporary, Emerging, Early 20th Century, Installations
Anne Loucks Gallery
Emerging, Abstraction, Figurative, Landscape, Photography, Realism
The Art Center Highland Park
Design, Folk / Outsider / Self Taught, Chicago Scenes & Regionalism, Pop / Street Art / Graffiti, Emerging
Christopher Art Gallery at Prairie State College
Works on Paper, Sculpture, Fine Prints & Painting – Contemporary, Emerging, Ceramics, Prints and Drawings
Zolla / Lieberman Gallery
Fine Prints & Painting – Contemporary, Prints and Drawings, Sculpture, Works on Paper, Figurative, Emerging, Abstraction
Bridgeport Art Center
Photography, Multi-Media, Ceramics, Emerging, Fiber Arts / Textiles
Woman Made Gallery
3-Dimensonal, Modernism, Emerging, Conceptual / Performance, Modernism, Multi-Media, 3-Dimensonal, Emerging, Conceptual / Performance, Multi-Media
Evanston Art Center
Installations, Ceramics, Abstraction, Graphic Art, Glass, Functional Art - Jewelry / Fashion, Figurative, Fiber Arts / Textiles, Emerging, Craft
Addington Gallery
Fine Prints & Painting – Contemporary, Figurative, Emerging, Abstraction, Landscape
Hyde Park Art Center
Installations, Printmaking, Multi-Media, Emerging, Ceramics
Chicago Cultural Center
Graphic Art, Emerging, Architecture, Multi-Media, Installations, Photography, Abstract Expressionism, Sculpture, Large Scale (over 6')
Bert Green Fine Art
Pop / Street Art / Graffiti, Poster / Lithography, Prints and Drawings, Works on Paper, Emerging, Fine Prints & Painting – Contemporary, Printmaking
Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)
Emerging
Western Exhibitions
Folk / Outsider / Self Taught, Artists' Books, Works on Paper, Fine Prints & Painting – Contemporary, Emerging
moniquemeloche
Conceptual / Performance, Socio-Political, Multi-Media, Fine Prints & Painting – Contemporary, Emerging
Tarble Arts Center
Works on Paper, Installations, Folk / Outsider / Self Taught, Emerging, Socio-Political
Chicago Sculpture International (CSI)
Conceptual / Performance, Minimalism, 3-Dimensonal, Abstraction, Modernism, Multi-Media, Sculpture, Video / Sound, Installations, Large Scale (over 6'), Glass, Emerging
Chicago Truborn
Folk / Outsider / Self Taught, Installations, Pop / Street Art / Graffiti, Emerging
Epiphany Center for the Arts
Chicago Scenes & Regionalism, Conceptual / Performance, Emerging, Photography, Fiber Arts / Textiles
Art Encounter
Fine Prints & Painting – Contemporary, Abstraction, Large Scale (over 6'), Sculpture, Emerging
Jackson Junge Gallery
Surrealism, Chicago Scenes & Regionalism, Fine Prints & Painting – Contemporary, Multi-Media, Emerging
Chicago Grand Gallery
Emerging
Secrist | Beach
Emerging, Large Scale (over 6'), Prints and Drawings, Works on Paper, Installations, Fiber Arts / Textiles
VSG Contemporary
Surrealism, Figurative, Pop / Street Art / Graffiti, Emerging
65GRAND
Abstraction, Works on Paper, Installations, Fine Prints & Painting – Contemporary, Emerging
Old Friends Gallery
Emerging, Minimalism, Figurative, Ceramics, Abstraction
SAWHORSE
Emerging, Fine Prints & Painting – Contemporary, Installations, Craft, Conceptual / Performance
ShadowBoxX Gallery
Fiber Arts / Textiles, Large Scale (over 6'), 3-Dimensonal, Realism, Surrealism, Multi-Media, Impressionism, Fine Prints & Painting – Contemporary, Figurative, Emerging, Abstraction, Abstract Expressionism
El Schomburg | Espacio de Arte Interdisciplinario
Works on Paper, Prints and Drawings, Emerging, Installations, Conceptual / Performance, Photography
Center for Native Futures
Emerging, Modernism, Works on Paper, Prints and Drawings, Fine Prints & Painting – Contemporary
Joy Machine
Emerging, Fiber Arts / Textiles, Multi-Media, Pop / Street Art / Graffiti, Sculpture, Ceramics
Other Specialties
Conceptual / PerformanceFine Prints & Painting – Pre 18th CenturyGraphic ArtArtists' BooksVideo / SoundCeramicsSculpturePrintmakingAntiques and ArtifactsChicago Scenes & RegionalismOld MastersSocio-PoliticalRealismFigurativeGlassFine Prints & Painting – 18th & 19th C.ModernismFine Prints & Painting – ContemporaryFurniture & Decorative ArtsEmergingFiber Arts / TextilesAbstractionAfrican-AmericanArchitectureImpressionismAbstract ExpressionismNumismaticsAfricanEastern EuropeanLGBTQIA+FeministEarly 20th CenturyCraftDesignAsianItalianInstallationsPerformanceModern Contemporary MastersPhotographyMid-CenturySurrealismMulti-MediaLandscapePlein-airPoster / LithographyPortraits / PortraitureScientificWestern (The American West)MinimalismFunctional Art - Jewelry / FashionWildlife / NatureWatches & TimepiecesSports Collectibles3-DimensonalRare Books / ManuscriptsWestern EuropeanComicsLarge Scale (over 6')Pop / Street Art / GraffitiIndigenous & NativeChicago ImagistsEast AsianMedieval / Renaissance Non-WesternSoutheast & South AsianFolk / Outsider / Self TaughtAmerican RegionalismLiterary ArtsMosiacWorks on PaperPrints and DrawingsWest Asia & North AfricaMiddle Eastern & IslamicLand ArtHispanic/Latinx
