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"Ghost (Big Wings), " Mixed Media Mosaic, 2023
Located in Chicago, IL
Intricate, ethereal and highly textured, the abstract compositions of Japanese mosaic artist Toyoharu Kii reflect a sophisticated approach to the technical art of mosaic making. Classically trained in Florence, Italy, Kii creates his modern mosaics using traditional techniques and materials, including hand-cut Italian marble and Venetian smalti glass. Eschewing the figural in favor of the abstract, his mosaics rely on contrasts of pattern and form to convey complex themes and achieve visual harmony.
Toyoharu Kii’s latest body of work “Geophytes” continues themes of rebirth and renewal. A reference to plants that regrow from hidden elements beneath the earth’s surface, the series celebrates the resilience of the natural world. Each mosaic is imagined as a landscape that documents a history of environmental damage due to human activity, and the subsequent return of nature as a restorative force. Through the juxtaposition of patterns and the interplay of order and disorder, Kii creates man-made “images of destruction” and finds hope in the future by “reconstructing nature.”
In this mosaic entitled "Ghost (Big Wings)," Kii takes a more representational approach to his storytelling, creating figurative drawings out of thin lines of tesserae. The mosaic belongs to his “Ghost” triptych, wherein Kii uses “wings” to represent the presence of a heavenly being, the ghosts of past spirits or the presence of an angel or guardian. In “Ghost (Big Wings),” Kii mourns the extinction of many creatures due to environmental change and imagines their lonely spirits wandering the earth. Enveloping their silhouettes is “a bird with big wings,” writes Kii, depicted here within a dense mosaic of abstract patterns, a symbol for nature’s healing power. “The bird consoles...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Marble
"Diary (2301), " Mixed Media Mosaic, 2023
Located in Chicago, IL
Intricate, ethereal and highly textured, the abstract compositions of Japanese mosaic artist Toyoharu Kii reflect a sophisticated approach to the technica...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Marble
"Landscape Divided, " Mixed Media Mosaic
Located in Chicago, IL
Intricate, ethereal and highly textured, the abstract compositions of Japanese mosaic artist Toyoharu Kii reflect a sophisticated approach to the technical art of mosaic making. Clas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Marble
"Hot Water Kimono, " Found Steel Sculpture, 2012
By Gordon Chandler
Located in Chicago, IL
Upon discovering a weathered steel drum that had been warped to resemble the sleeve of a garment, artist Gordon Chandler was inspired to embark on a series of kimono sculptures formed from found metal scraps. With an eye to the aesthetic possibilities of this humble material, Chandler invests the reclaimed steel with sculptural fluidity and a wry sense of form.
Steel scraps salvaged from a hot water...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Steel
"Furbelow II" Mixed Media Kite
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites crafted from split bamboo frames covered with stretched muslin and a collage of vintage Asian ephemera—including fragments of fabric, scrolls, drawings, and books collected during his travels.
In “Furbelow II,” Thompson arranges scraps of Japanese silk to form a patchwork of contrasting pattern and color. Placed with balanced asymmetry, the panels of deep indigo and sheer silk create a dark, moody atmosphere reminiscent of a night sky. Gradients of light to dark evoke soft, moonlit clouds and delicate pine branches appear as forked bolts of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Muslin, Wood, Silk
Framed Hmong Appliqué Textile Fragment
Located in Chicago, IL
Dating to the mid-20th century, this colorful Hmong textile is a classic example of the appliqué technique used for the traditional cloth known as paj n...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Textile
"Superior (Great Lakes), " Oil on Panel, 2023
Located in Chicago, IL
This abstract work by Chicago artist Patrick Fitzgerald belongs to a series of “track paintings” that materialize the imagined tracks navigated by his miniature soap-box car sculptures. Inspired by slot-car racetracks, each painting depicts a meandering, yet cyclical path that twists and turns upon itself in an endless loop. Isolated from time and place, the painting achieves a sense of timelessness and draws a through line linking the past, the present, and the future.
Entitled "Superior," this track painting is one of five compositions inspired by the Great Lakes...
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Wood, Oil
"Abstraction in Cobalt, " Mixed-Media Kite, 2021
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites crafted from split bamboo frames covered with stretched muslin and a collage of vintage Asian ephemera—including fragments ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Muslin, Wood, Silk, Pigment
"Corrugated Wrap, " Steel Sculpture
By Gordon Chandler
Located in Chicago, IL
Upon discovering a weathered steel drum that had been warped to resemble the sleeve of a garment, artist Gordon Chandler was inspired to embark on a series of kimono sculptures formed from found metal scraps. With an eye to the aesthetic possibilities of this humble material, Chandler invests reclaimed steel with sculptural fluidity and a wry sense of form.
In this wall-mounted sculpture entitled "Corrugated Wrap," a salvaged sheet of corrugated steel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Steel
"Yellow Stag, " Steel Sculpture
By Gordon Chandler
Located in Chicago, IL
Upon discovering a weathered steel drum that had been warped to resemble the sleeve of a garment, artist Gordon Chandler was inspired to embark on a series of kimono sculptures...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Steel
"Ladies at Tea, " Mixed Media Tile, 2007
Located in Chicago, IL
Liverpool-based artist Pauline Hughes takes a fluid approach to her ceramic practice, combining aspects of painting, collage, and printmaking into her w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Ceramic, Paper, Acrylic
"Urbane Profile, " Mixed-Media Tile, 2007
Located in Chicago, IL
Liverpool-based artist Pauline Hughes takes a fluid approach to her ceramic practice, integrating techniques of painting, collage, and printmaking into ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Ceramic, Paper, Acrylic
"Abandoned Land, " Mixed Media Mosaic
Located in Chicago, IL
A leader of the cross-cultural craft resurgence, Japan-based artist Toyoharu Kii creates his intricate mosaics with hand-cut Italian marble and smalti, Venetian glass made by the sam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Marble
"Accumulated Roads, " Marble Mosaic, 2016
Located in Chicago, IL
In the mosaic “Accumulated Roads,” Toyoharu Kii describes the futility of man’s attempts to traverse and tame nature. The work portrays a tangle of once carefully aligned tesserea paths, now broken and falling ruin, a victim of disregard in nature’s relentless chaos.
A leader of the cross-cultural craft resurgence, Japan-based artist Toyoharu Kii creates his intricate mosaics with hand-cut Italian marble and smalti, Venetian glass made by the same Italian family for over 400 years. Using traditional Italian techniques, Kii’s art is nonetheless modern. It is monochromatic, abstract, and highly textured and highlights the involved and technical art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Marble
Serenity VII
By Arica Hilton
Located in Chicago, IL
Acrylic on Acrylic with Recycled Plastic in Lightbox
24 × 18 inches
61 × 45.7 cm
Based on the theories of infinite and parallel universes, MULTIVERSE is a visual rendering in the s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Dutchess of Stratosphere
By Robert Fleischman
Located in Chicago, IL
Digital phone art collage
Available in two sizes:
24 x 36 in
36 x 48 in
Robert Fleischman is a recording artist/singer songwriter/producer who played...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
DIVINA NATURA Field of Light 6
By Marco Nereo Rotelli
Located in Chicago, IL
Monoprint on canvas. Hand painted by artist
38 x 26 inches
96.5 x 66 cm
Born in Venice in 1955, Marco Nereo Rotelli lives and works in Milan and Paris. He holds an MBA in Archit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
DIVINA NATURA Field of Light 8
By Marco Nereo Rotelli
Located in Chicago, IL
Monoprint on canvas. Hand painted by artist
39 x 26 inches
100 x 66 cm
Born in Venice in 1955, Marco Nereo Rotelli lives and works in Milan and Paris. He holds an MBA in Architectu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Tender Words
By Arica Hilton
Located in Chicago, IL
Hand painted mixed media on screen print.
Edition size: 10
Painting based on a poem by 13th century Sufi mystic poet Rumi.
"Tender words we spoke to one another
Are sealed
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Oil
I Flow Like Water IV (Universe)
By Arica Hilton
Located in Chicago, IL
Oil, Gesso,
Recycled Plastic on Canvas
68 x 62 in (173 x 157 cm)
(Due to the abstract nature of this piece, it can be displayed vertically or horizontally at the discreti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Plastic
Relative Location (Redux), Large Scale, Brightly Colored Pop Art, Mixed Media
By Steve Banks
Located in Chicago, IL
Using bold imagery and a bright color palette, Steve Banks takes pieces of popular culture to create this work entitled "Relative Location (Redux)". He creates a scene with animated comic book characters and imaginative uses of commercial products. Several layers of paint and raised lettering give the piece three-dimensional quality adding to the overall aesthetic.
Steve Banks
Relative Location (Redux)
mixed media
66h x 34w in
167.64h x 86.36w cm
STB015
STEVE BANKS
b. Cedar Rapids, IA, 1972
EDUCATION
1997 MFA – Florida State University
1995 BFA – Northwest Missouri State University
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Pop Culture Palimpsest. Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA
2014 A More Refined Mayhem. Cortona Gallery, Ashford University, Clinton, IA
Ill-Suited For The Pleasantries. Black Hawk College Artspace, Moline, IL
2013 Dutiful Citizen. Maquoketa Art Experience, Maquoketa, IA
2009 Carry-on Baggage. University of Western Illinois, Macomb, IL
2008 Funky Aftertaste. Moressey Gallery. St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA
2005 Surfacing. Next II Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Process, Perception and Clandestine Skivvies. Bucktown Ctr for the Arts, Davenport, IA
2004 Last Gasp. Midcoast Art Under Glass at The Parker Building, Davenport, IA
2003 B.M.O.C. and Nitzles. Peanut Gallery, Rock Island, IL
2002 Walls and the Mask. Peanut Gallery, Rock Island, IL
1997 The Faces of Masks: Color Photographic Studies. Tallahassee Airport Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
1996 Masks. Oglesby Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 Liberation, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
Dr. Portmanteau's Galorium Emporium. Black Hawk College ArtSpace Gallery, Moline, IL
Faculty Art Show. Catich Gallery, Saint Ambrose...
Category
2010s Pop Art Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
"Green in the Corners, " Mixed Media Mosaic, 2021
Located in Chicago, IL
Intricate, ethereal and highly textured, the abstract compositions of Japanese mosaic artist Toyoharu Kii reflect a sophisticated approach to the technical art of mosaic making. Clas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Marble
"A Wheel Stopper, " Marble and Smalti Mosaic
Located in Chicago, IL
A leader of the cross-cultural craft resurgence, Japan-based artist Toyoharu Kii creates his intricate mosaics with hand-cut Italian marble and smalti, Venetian glass made by the same Italian family for over 400 years. Using traditional Italian techniques, Kii’s art is nonetheless modern. It is monochromatic, abstract, and highly textured and highlights the involved and technical art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Marble
Gazing Ball (Van Gogh Wheatfield with Cypresses)
By Jeff Koons
Located in Chicago, IL
"Gazing Ball (Van Gogh Wheatfield with Cypresses)"
2017
Edition of 20
Archival Pigment Print on Innova Rag Paper
Glass Dimensions: 90 x 104 cm
In Jeff Koons' Gazing Ball series...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Rag Paper, Archival Pigment
Price Upon Request
...But I Love Her - Neon Light Installation
By David Drebin
Located in Chicago, IL
...But I Love Her, 2017
Neon Light
Edition of 9 + 1 AP (Artist's Proof)
40.5" x 53.5" x 6
Disarmingly blunt and intensely intimate, Drebin's neon light installations illuminate hi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Neon Light
Price Upon Request
...But I Love Him - Neon Light Installation
By David Drebin
Located in Chicago, IL
...But I Love Him, 2017
Neon Light
Edition of 9 + 1 AP (Artist's Proof)
40.5" x 53.5" x 6
Disarmingly blunt and intensely intimate, Drebin's neon light installations illuminate hi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Neon Light
Price Upon Request
Swept Away- Lenticular by David Drebin, 2023
By David Drebin
Located in Chicago, IL
Swept Away, 2023
Lenticular
Edition of 9
Size: 60" x 43"
New York City based multidisciplinary artist David Drebin is celebrated for creating spectacular images of dazzling subjec...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Lenticular
Price Upon Request
...But I Love Her by David Drebin - 2017
By David Drebin
Located in Chicago, IL
...But I Love Her by David Drebin - 2017
Neon
Edition of 9 + 1 Artist's Proof
Size: 40.5" x 53.5" x 6"
New York City based multidisciplinary artist David Drebin is celebrated for c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Neon Light
Price Upon Request
...But I Love Him by David Drebin - 2017
By David Drebin
Located in Chicago, IL
...But I Love Him by David Drebin - 2017
Neon
Edition of 9 + 1 Artist's Proof
Size: 40.5" x 53.5" x 6"
New York City based multidisciplinary artist David Drebin is celebrated for c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Neon Light
Price Upon Request
Big Heart - Neon Light Installation
By David Drebin
Located in Chicago, IL
Big Heart, 2013
Edition of 9 + 1 AP (Artist's Proof)
40" x 30" x 7.5
Disarmingly blunt and intensely intimate, Drebin's neon light installations illuminate hidden aspirations and s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Neon Light
Price Upon Request
Birth of Deep Blue, 2022 by Henrik Abedian
Located in Chicago, IL
"Birth of Deep Blue"
Digital composite.
Archival photo sublimation on aluminum with white gloss
Size: 48" x 48"
Edition Size: 25
From "Past to Present" series.
"Birth of Deep B...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Archival Pigment, Mixed Media, Color
Price Upon Request
Life, 2023 by Henrik Abedian - Sometime Someone Somewhere Will Call
Located in Chicago, IL
"Life"
Framed digital composite.
Archival pigment print on acrylic glass
Size: 36" x 36" x 4"
Edition Size: 10
From the artist's "Life" series.
LIFE directly confronts the viewer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Black and White, Archival Pigment
Clarity, 2023 by Henrik Abedian - Where You Stand Matters
Located in Chicago, IL
"Clarity"
Framed digital composite.
Archival pigment print on acrylic glass
Size: 36" x 36" x 4"
Edition Size: 25
From the artist's "Life" series.
LIFE directly confronts the vie...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Archival Pigment, Black and White
Untitled 50
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 50
2019
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
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Untitled 48
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 48
2019
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
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Untitled 80
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 80
September 22, 2020
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Price Upon Request
Untitled 79
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 78
September 1, 2021
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2010s Abstract Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Price Upon Request
Untitled 78
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 78
September 1, 2021
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Price Upon Request
Untitled 82
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 82
April 9, 2020
Category
2010s Contemporary Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Price Upon Request
Untitled 83
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 83
2020
Category
2010s Contemporary Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
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Untitled 76
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 76
September 9, 2021
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
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Untitled 84
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 84
May 7, 2020
Category
2010s Contemporary Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Price Upon Request
Untitled 85
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 85
May 8, 2020
Category
2010s Contemporary Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Price Upon Request
Untitled 75
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 75
September 4, 2021
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Price Upon Request
Untitled 74
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 74
September 2, 2021
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Price Upon Request
Untitled 86
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 86
April 23, 2020
Category
2010s Contemporary Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Price Upon Request
Untitled 72
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 72
September 25, 2021
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Price Upon Request
Untitled 87
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 87
2020
Category
2010s Contemporary Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Price Upon Request
Untitled 88
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 88
2020
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
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Untitled 71
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 71
August 30, 2021
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
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Untitled 89
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 89
August 21, 2020
Category
2010s Contemporary Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
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Untitled 90
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 90
December 9, 2020
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
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Untitled 70
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 70
September 5, 2021
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2010s Abstract Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
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Untitled 55
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 55
February 8, 2021
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2010s Abstract Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
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Untitled 69
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 69
September 30, 2021
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
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Untitled 52
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 52
July 1, 2021
Category
2010s Contemporary Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
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Untitled 51
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 51
February 9, 2021
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
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Untitled 67
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 65
September 27, 2021
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
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Untitled 34
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 33
May 31, 2022
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
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Untitled 33
Located in Chicago, IL
Untitled 33
May 30, 2022
Category
2010s Abstract Chicago - Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
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