Stacia Yeapanis (b. 1977 Newport News, VA) is a Chicago-based interdisciplinary artist and media fan, currently working in embroidery and video. Her work can be seen in "MP3: Volume II," co-published by Aperture and the Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP). An accompanying exhibition opens at MoCP in July. Her work has been exhibited as part of the Boston Cyberarts Festival (Boston), the Parnu International Film and Video Festival (Estonia), Ladylike (Chicago), and undercurrent (Claremont, CA).
Yeapanis recently received her second CAAP grant from the City of Chicago. She holds a MFA from the Fiber and Material Studies department at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BA in German from Oberlin College.
Yeapanis recently received her second CAAP grant from the City of Chicago. She holds a MFA from the Fiber and Material Studies department at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BA in German from Oberlin College.
(b. 1980, Davenport, Iowa) is a video and performance artist living and working in Chicago and Brooklyn. Recent exhibitions include Locust Projects (solo, Miami), Non Grata Art Container (Estonia), Invisible Dog (Brooklyn), Georgia State University (Atlanta), Rosslyn Cultural Center (Virginia), Maryland Art Place (Baltimore), and The Redhouse (Syracuse, NY). Recent residencies include Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts (NYC), Woodstock Byrdcliffe (NY), Bolt (Chicago), Fountainhead (Miami) and Vermont Studio Center (on scholarship). Recent visiting artist appointments include McGill University (Montreal), East Carolina University (Graduate Program, Greenville, NC), Hunter College (Studio Arts and Film, NYC), and Fashion Institute of Technology, FIT (Photography, NYC). Her work is included in the permanent and MPP collections of the Museum of Contemporary Photography (Chicago) and has been profiled and reviewed in Map Magazine, SexTV, The Associated Press, Time Out Chicago, and Flavorpill. Hawk Swanson holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Studio Arts, 2006).
Molly Schafer is a cross-disciplinary artist living and working in Chicago. Schafer spent last spring camping among feral horses on Assateague Island. She is currently working on video and drawings of her time on the island.
Schafer’s work has been exhibited at Exit Art, artpoint Miami, Branch Gallery, Lump Gallery, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Space 1026, The Andy Warhol Museum and at Lollapalooza 2007. She is a 2009 recipient of a CAAP grant from the City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs. She received a MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BFA from The Corcoran College of Art and Design.
Schafer’s work has been exhibited at Exit Art, artpoint Miami, Branch Gallery, Lump Gallery, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Space 1026, The Andy Warhol Museum and at Lollapalooza 2007. She is a 2009 recipient of a CAAP grant from the City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs. She received a MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BFA from The Corcoran College of Art and Design.
Meg Leary began her artistic career as a classical vocalist, which has become the foundation for the visual and performative she now produces. Between 2007 and 2010, Meg has been developing a series of works based on music theory techniques and using music materials such as cassette tape and vinyl records.
Meg studied Performance Art both as an academic discipline and a studio practice for the past ten years receiving an MA degree in Performance Studies from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and an MFA degree in Performance from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Since that time, she has been working in Chicago as an independent artist and cultural producer as well as working full time with arts and cultural organizations.
Meg’s performance and video work has been shown at the Peanut Gallery, Links Hall, Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, LaMama ETC, PAC/Edge Festival, Medicine Park Gallery and the Elegant Mr. Gallery. Additionally, she is a founding member of the Henbane Collective, a group of five studio art graduates from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago that participate in collective exhibition opportunities, critiques and art blogging.
Meg studied Performance Art both as an academic discipline and a studio practice for the past ten years receiving an MA degree in Performance Studies from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and an MFA degree in Performance from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Since that time, she has been working in Chicago as an independent artist and cultural producer as well as working full time with arts and cultural organizations.
Meg’s performance and video work has been shown at the Peanut Gallery, Links Hall, Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, LaMama ETC, PAC/Edge Festival, Medicine Park Gallery and the Elegant Mr. Gallery. Additionally, she is a founding member of the Henbane Collective, a group of five studio art graduates from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago that participate in collective exhibition opportunities, critiques and art blogging.
Jenny Kendler was born in 1980 in New York City. She graduated summa cum laude with a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2002, and received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2006. She currently lives and works in Chicago.
Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at Exit Art in NYC, Claremorris Gallery in Ireland, The Yeosu Art Festival in Korea, The Contemporary Artists Center in Massachusetts, Ellen Curlee Gallery in St. Louis, and in Chicago at estudiotres and Kasia Kay Art Projects. In late Summer 2009, she will be participating in the Beijing Biennale.
Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at Exit Art in NYC, Claremorris Gallery in Ireland, The Yeosu Art Festival in Korea, The Contemporary Artists Center in Massachusetts, Ellen Curlee Gallery in St. Louis, and in Chicago at estudiotres and Kasia Kay Art Projects. In late Summer 2009, she will be participating in the Beijing Biennale.
