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)
Emerging, Conceptual / Performance, Multi-Media, Modern Contemporary Masters
DePaul University Art Museum (DPAM)
African-American, Socio-Political, Hispanic/Latinx, Emerging, Chicago Scenes & Regionalism
The Cleve Carney Museum of Art (CCMA)
Early 20th Century, Modern Contemporary Masters, Installations, Fine Prints & Painting – Contemporary, Emerging
Dragonfly Gallery & Creative Spaces
Multi-Media, Printmaking, Emerging, Portraits / Portraiture, Photography
Circle Contemporary (Arts of Life)
Socio-Political, Works on Paper, Prints and Drawings, Conceptual / Performance, Emerging, Folk / Outsider / Self Taught
Anne Loucks Gallery
Photography, Abstraction, Emerging, Figurative, Landscape, Realism
The Art Center Highland Park
Emerging, Conceptual / Performance, Fine Prints & Painting – Contemporary, Multi-Media, Socio-Political
Christopher Art Gallery at Prairie State College
Ceramics, Prints and Drawings, Sculpture, Works on Paper, Fine Prints & Painting – Contemporary, Emerging
Zolla / Lieberman Gallery
Emerging, Figurative, Prints and Drawings, Sculpture, Works on Paper, Fine Prints & Painting – Contemporary, Abstraction
Bridgeport Art Center
Emerging, Fiber Arts / Textiles, Multi-Media, Photography, Ceramics
Vertical Gallery
Works on Paper, Prints and Drawings, Poster / Lithography, Emerging, Fine Prints & Painting – Contemporary, Portraits / Portraiture, Pop / Street Art / Graffiti
Woman Made Gallery
Emerging, 3-Dimensonal, Multi-Media, Modernism, Emerging, Conceptual / Performance, 3-Dimensonal, Multi-Media, Modernism, Conceptual / Performance
Evanston Art Center
Emerging, Installations, Graphic Art, Glass, Functional Art - Jewelry / Fashion, Figurative, Fiber Arts / Textiles, Abstraction, Ceramics, Craft
Addington Gallery
Fine Prints & Painting – Contemporary, Emerging, Landscape, Abstraction, Figurative
Northern Illinois University (NIU) Art Museum
Emerging, Asian, Prints and Drawings, Socio-Political, Works on Paper, Photography
Hyde Park Art Center
Ceramics, Printmaking, Multi-Media, Installations, Emerging
Chicago Cultural Center
Architecture, Large Scale (over 6'), Sculpture, Photography, Multi-Media, Installations, Graphic Art, Emerging, Abstract Expressionism
Bert Green Fine Art
Pop / Street Art / Graffiti, Fine Prints & Painting – Contemporary, Works on Paper, Prints and Drawings, Poster / Lithography, Emerging, Printmaking
Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC)
Emerging
Western Exhibitions
Fine Prints & Painting – Contemporary, Emerging, Folk / Outsider / Self Taught, Works on Paper, Artists' Books
moniquemeloche
Emerging, Conceptual / Performance, Socio-Political, Multi-Media, Fine Prints & Painting – Contemporary
Tarble Arts Center
Works on Paper, Socio-Political, Emerging, Folk / Outsider / Self Taught, Installations
Chicago Sculpture International (CSI)
Video / Sound, 3-Dimensonal, Large Scale (over 6'), Installations, Minimalism, Modernism, Emerging, Abstraction, Conceptual / Performance, Sculpture, Glass, Multi-Media
Chicago Truborn
Emerging, Pop / Street Art / Graffiti, Installations, Folk / Outsider / Self Taught
Epiphany Center for the Arts
Fiber Arts / Textiles, Emerging, Conceptual / Performance, Photography, Chicago Scenes & Regionalism
Art Encounter
Abstraction, Emerging, Fine Prints & Painting – Contemporary, Sculpture, Large Scale (over 6')
THE COLLECTION: Where Art Meets Fashion
Installations, Emerging, Graphic Art, Large Scale (over 6')
South Shore Arts
Multi-Media, Modernism, Fine Prints & Painting – Contemporary, Emerging, Abstraction
Jackson Junge Gallery
Multi-Media, Surrealism, Chicago Scenes & Regionalism, Fine Prints & Painting – Contemporary, Emerging
Chicago Grand Gallery
Emerging
Secrist | Beach
Works on Paper, Emerging, Installations, Prints and Drawings, Fiber Arts / Textiles, Large Scale (over 6')
VSG Contemporary
Figurative, Emerging, Surrealism, Pop / Street Art / Graffiti
65GRAND
Fine Prints & Painting – Contemporary, Emerging, Abstraction, Works on Paper, Installations
Old Friends Gallery
Emerging, Ceramics, Figurative, Minimalism, Abstraction
SAWHORSE
Conceptual / Performance, Craft, Installations, Fine Prints & Painting – Contemporary, Emerging
El Schomburg | Espacio de Arte Interdisciplinario
Emerging, Conceptual / Performance, Photography, Prints and Drawings, Works on Paper, Installations
Center for Native Futures
Emerging, Fine Prints & Painting – Contemporary, Prints and Drawings, Works on Paper, Modernism
Joy Machine
Emerging, Fiber Arts / Textiles, Ceramics, Multi-Media, Pop / Street Art / Graffiti, Sculpture
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
