Home Grown Vol. III
July 11 – September 6, 2026
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Curated by Lauren Iacoponi
Midwest artists explore the entanglement of human and plant life through natural pigments, dyes, plant reliefs, and organic materials. West Gallery.
Exhibitions / Past Exhibitions
Seventy-eight exhibitions, fourteen years, one small gallery
From protest art and Permanent Collection surveys to textile installations and community workshops — browse the full run, including what's on view and coming up, or filter by year.
It Will Destroy You
February 13 – April 19, 2026
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Curated by Samiah Fulcher & Isaiah Lee
Contemporary artists examine the deconstruction of systems and structures governing our lives, working across painting, sculpture, installation, and video.
Ellen Lustig: Transformations
2026
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A career survey of drawing, painting, sculpture, and multimedia installation, blending Pop Surrealism with Chicago Imagist influences.
Between Voice and Silence
May 1 – June 28, 2025
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Ukrainian and American artists explore empathy and humanity in times of crisis, honoring fallen Ukrainian poet Maksym Kryvtsov. West Gallery.
Black Women and Clay
September 20 – November 16, 2025
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Seven Black female ceramic artists from Chicago address underrepresentation in museums while celebrating identity, community, and social justice.
Lichen & Coral: Algae Symbiosis on Land and Sea
2025
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Sandra Wilcoxon and Margot McMahon explore the symbiotic relationships between algae, lichen, and coral amid climate threats.
Our Story Is One: Maryam Safajoo
2025
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Paintings documenting the persecution of Baha'is in Iran since the 1979 revolution, paired with artifacts from imprisoned Baha'is.
Immense Journeys: Art, Nature, Science and Beyond
January 13 – March 3, 2024
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Melissa Jay Craig, Lisa A. Frank, and Anne Hughes explore nature through sculptural hand-made paper, layered textile photography, and abstract mark-making.
In Control
March 9 – May 5, 2024
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Curated by Adrienne Kochman
Katrina Majkut uses cross-stitch and embroidery to examine reproductive health, bodily autonomy, and women's wellness.
Resist!: A Visual History of Protest
December 17, 2022 – February 12, 2023
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Curated by Margot McMahon
Fifty years of protest art by Chicago artist Franklin McMahon, from WWII POW camps and the Emmett Till trial to Dr. King's marches and the Chicago Eight trial.
Aesthetics of Loss
February 18 – April 16, 2023
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Seven artists process family loss and grief through painting, printmaking, fiber, ceramics, photography, installation, and video.
Art Kleinman: Structure and Chaos: A Delicate Balance
April 22 – June 18, 2023
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A five-decade retrospective of geometric abstraction balancing structure and chaos, curated by John Himmelfarb.
Yulia Gasio: Donbas, Ukraine 2014 till the Present
June 24 – August 20, 2023
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Figurative paintings documenting the artist's family in wartime eastern Ukraine.
Staff Picks from the Permanent Collection
February 18 – August 19, 2023
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Staff-selected highlights and recent acquisitions from UIMA's 1,200+ work permanent collection, including Archipenko, Hnizdovsky, and Milonadis.
Threads
August 26 – October 22, 2023
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Curated by Olena Jennings, Adrienne Kochman, Ged Merino & Virlana Tkacz
Textile artists from Ukraine, the U.S., Colombia, and the Philippines respond to Ukrainian and English-language poetry.
Gravity
August 19 – October 15, 2023
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Tom Torluemke pairs landscape paintings with pandemic-era portraits, each framed as a hand mirror inviting reflection.
Unbreakable
October 28 – December 30, 2023
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Curated by Khrystyna Berehovska, PhD
37 works by 23 Ukrainian contemporary artists on resistance and resilience amid war.
Don't Close Your Eyes
October 21 – December 21, 2023
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Curated by Hanna Melnyczuk & Halyna Andrusenko
26 artists respond to war through documentary-style comics, meditative compositions, and abstraction.
Naturally
February 5 – April 3, 2022
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Judith Roston Freilich and Lilach Schrag explore forces of nature and mind through textiles and mixed media. West Gallery.
Protest Art Exhibition 2022
March 13 – June 4, 2022
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A community open call for protest art responding to the war in Ukraine. East Gallery.
Wanting It Both Ways
April 9 – June 4, 2022
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Bill Conger, Tanya Hastings Gill, Mie Kongo, and Jennifer Mannebach explore fragments as fleeting, reimaginable moments in mixed media.
Michel Andreenko: Revisited
2022
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Further works by Michel Andreenko drawn from the permanent collection.
At Home
October 8 – December 4, 2022
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Curated by Stano Grezdo & Linda Dorman
Four Chicago painters — Cindy Bernhard, Ellen Greene, Ann Toebbe, and Gwendolyn Zabicki — examine domesticity and the meaning of home.
Owen McHugh and Abstraction in the Permanent Collection
October 8 – December 4, 2022
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Curated by Christina Wyshnytzky
New abstract work by Owen McHugh alongside abstraction from the permanent collection.
Children of War
December 17, 2022 – February 12, 2023
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Organized by Nataliia Pavliuk
Trauma-recovery artwork by Ukrainian refugee children, created through art therapy sessions in Lviv.
Selections from the Permanent Collection In Honor of 50 Years
Opened November 21, 2021
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The Horizon is a Circle: Ricardo Manuel Díaz and Margarita Fainshtein
Opened August 22, 2021
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Work, People, Art: Selections from the WPA Collection of the Illinois State Museum
Opened June 19, 2021
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Contemporary Ukrainian Graphics at the Turn of the XX/XXI Century
Opened October 12, 2018
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Lions: Founding Years of the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
August 3 – September 30, 2018
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