Upcoming/Current Projects:
Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago
A new, commissioned project for the main lobby will be on view from Feb. 2-May 30, 2010. The piece will undergo a series of additions and revisions to its plot lines throughout the course of the exhibition.
220 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
www.mcachicago.org
Baer Ridgway Exhibitions
group exhibition: PAPER! AWESOME!
February 20 - March 27, 2010
Opening Reception: Saturday, February 20, 4-7pm
172 Minna Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
www.baerridgway.com
Creative Time
Comic commissioned for Creative Time's online Comics project, will post in April, 2010 at http://creativetime.org/programs/index.html
Beautiful/Decay magazine interview:
http://beautifuldecay.com/2009/09/14/interview-deb-sokolow/#more-10096
Images of new work now posted, see "Small Drawings". Also, images of the Smart Museum piece, Van Abbemuseum piece and Spertus Museum piece will be posted shortly.
A Comparative Analysis of Sex Scenes from Three Mainstream Movies (With Suggestions on How They Could be Better) and other books are available through:
Western Exhibitions
119 N. Peoria
Chicago, IL
www.westernexhibitions.com
Also, a question: Do you have a burning desire to keep up with various mysterious and disturbing developments relating to the seedy underbelly of Division Street, Chicago? Plans for a bi-monthly newsletter subscription project are now being hatched. Check back for more information on how to become a part of the inner circle.
Recent Projects and Exhibitions:
Smart Museum
Heartland group exhibition
at the University of Chicago
(The "Dear Trusted Associate" 40 foot-long drawing will travel back from the Van Abbemuseum in the Netherlands to the studio, where it will undergo additional plot twists, which will then be viewable at the Smart Museum.)
exhibition opens Oct. 1 2009
http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/heartland/index.shtml
New York Art Book Fair
organized by Printed Matter at PS 1 Contemporary Art Center
showing unique edition books with Western Exhibitions
October 2-4, 2009
www.nyartbookfair.com
Spertus Museum
new drawing commissioned for the permanent collection
exhibition opens April 31, 2009
public talk scheduled for Sunday, May 17, 2009
610 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60605-1901
www.spertus.edu
Western Exhibitions
group show curated by Philip von Zweck
June 12 - August 1, 2009
opening Friday, June 12, 5-8pm
119 N Peoria Street
Chicago IL
www.westernexhibitions.com
Synchronicity Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
group show curated by Ryan Travis Christian
April 25 - May 23, 2009
www.syncspacela.com
Irvine Valley College, Irvine, CA
Group show
Jan. 29 - March 6, 2009
Opening Reception: Jan. 29, 6 - 8pm
www.ivc.edu/artgallery/pages/UpcomingExhibitions.aspx
Van Abbemuseum,
Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Heartland, group exhibition
exhibition closes Jan. 24, 2009
Smart Museum
University of Chicago
panel on:
Current Concerns: Contemporary Artists and Issues*
Thurs. Oct. 30, 2008 5:30 PM
Cochrane-Woods Art Center (CWAC)
5540 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, IL
Sept. 24- I'm in the Netherlands, in Eindhoven at the Van Abbemuseum for the next two weeks, and will be finishing the last 9.8 feet of the new piece, Dear Trusted Associate, which is about 50 feet long in its entirety for the Heartland show, which opens Oct. 4. Generally speaking, the piece involves a story about the CIA, petroleum, an email spammer from Nigeria, and the Chicago "organization".
Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago
A new, commissioned project for the main lobby will be on view from Feb. 2-May 30, 2010. The piece will undergo a series of additions and revisions to its plot lines throughout the course of the exhibition.
220 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
www.mcachicago.org
Baer Ridgway Exhibitions
group exhibition: PAPER! AWESOME!
February 20 - March 27, 2010
Opening Reception: Saturday, February 20, 4-7pm
172 Minna Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
www.baerridgway.com
Creative Time
Comic commissioned for Creative Time's online Comics project, will post in April, 2010 at http://creativetime.org/programs/index.html
Beautiful/Decay magazine interview:
http://beautifuldecay.com/2009/09/14/interview-deb-sokolow/#more-10096
Images of new work now posted, see "Small Drawings". Also, images of the Smart Museum piece, Van Abbemuseum piece and Spertus Museum piece will be posted shortly.
A Comparative Analysis of Sex Scenes from Three Mainstream Movies (With Suggestions on How They Could be Better) and other books are available through:
Western Exhibitions
119 N. Peoria
Chicago, IL
www.westernexhibitions.com
Also, a question: Do you have a burning desire to keep up with various mysterious and disturbing developments relating to the seedy underbelly of Division Street, Chicago? Plans for a bi-monthly newsletter subscription project are now being hatched. Check back for more information on how to become a part of the inner circle.
Recent Projects and Exhibitions:
Smart Museum
Heartland group exhibition
at the University of Chicago
(The "Dear Trusted Associate" 40 foot-long drawing will travel back from the Van Abbemuseum in the Netherlands to the studio, where it will undergo additional plot twists, which will then be viewable at the Smart Museum.)
exhibition opens Oct. 1 2009
http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/heartland/index.shtml
New York Art Book Fair
organized by Printed Matter at PS 1 Contemporary Art Center
showing unique edition books with Western Exhibitions
October 2-4, 2009
www.nyartbookfair.com
Spertus Museum
new drawing commissioned for the permanent collection
exhibition opens April 31, 2009
public talk scheduled for Sunday, May 17, 2009
610 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60605-1901
www.spertus.edu
Western Exhibitions
group show curated by Philip von Zweck
June 12 - August 1, 2009
opening Friday, June 12, 5-8pm
119 N Peoria Street
Chicago IL
www.westernexhibitions.com
Synchronicity Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
group show curated by Ryan Travis Christian
April 25 - May 23, 2009
www.syncspacela.com
Irvine Valley College, Irvine, CA
Group show
Jan. 29 - March 6, 2009
Opening Reception: Jan. 29, 6 - 8pm
www.ivc.edu/artgallery/pages/UpcomingExhibitions.aspx
Van Abbemuseum,
Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Heartland, group exhibition
exhibition closes Jan. 24, 2009
Smart Museum
University of Chicago
panel on:
Current Concerns: Contemporary Artists and Issues*
Thurs. Oct. 30, 2008 5:30 PM
Cochrane-Woods Art Center (CWAC)
5540 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, IL
Sept. 24- I'm in the Netherlands, in Eindhoven at the Van Abbemuseum for the next two weeks, and will be finishing the last 9.8 feet of the new piece, Dear Trusted Associate, which is about 50 feet long in its entirety for the Heartland show, which opens Oct. 4. Generally speaking, the piece involves a story about the CIA, petroleum, an email spammer from Nigeria, and the Chicago "organization".
June 10-
You are one step closer to learning the truth site-specific solo project at The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City has been extended until August 3, 2008.
You are one step closer to learning the truth site-specific solo project at The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City has been extended until August 3, 2008.
June 2nd – June 7th- I'll be in Basel, Switzerland assisting Western Exhibitions in presenting the collaborative artist duo Miller & Shellabarger at the Volta fair's Outdoor Sculpture Projects. Miller & Shellabarger will be enacting repetitive, non-theatrical performances on the grounds of the Ultra Brag hall. If you are in Basel, come say hi!
Don’t worry, everything will be fine (part 2)
new drawings
VONZWECK
1626 N. Humboldt Blvd
Opening Reception Thursday March 6, 2007 6-9pm
Open Thursdays in March
Or by appointment
For VONZWECK, Deb Sokolow has created a new suite of drawings based on the 1992 Washington Post article, “The Ultimate Congressional Hideaway.” When originally published, the article exposed and caused the decommissioning of a large, secret bunker that had been built for Congress members beneath the posh Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia between 1959-1962. Until the revelation of its existence, the bunker was quietly maintained for decades by government agents who would pose as television repairmen at the resort. Sokolow recounts and illustrates the story from the perspective of a nameless, paranoid narrator who leaves no stone unturned when weighing in on the facts and in asking the question, “If Greenbrier can no longer be used, where will Congress now hide when the shit hits the fan?”
Feb. 16- Just finished inking 141 foot-long piece, You are one step closer to learning the truth, onto the walls at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City. View images of piece under Large Drawings section (additional images will be posted soon). Will be working on several book projects and small drawings based on this piece over the next few months, images of these will be posted when completed.
new drawings
VONZWECK
1626 N. Humboldt Blvd
Opening Reception Thursday March 6, 2007 6-9pm
Open Thursdays in March
Or by appointment
For VONZWECK, Deb Sokolow has created a new suite of drawings based on the 1992 Washington Post article, “The Ultimate Congressional Hideaway.” When originally published, the article exposed and caused the decommissioning of a large, secret bunker that had been built for Congress members beneath the posh Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia between 1959-1962. Until the revelation of its existence, the bunker was quietly maintained for decades by government agents who would pose as television repairmen at the resort. Sokolow recounts and illustrates the story from the perspective of a nameless, paranoid narrator who leaves no stone unturned when weighing in on the facts and in asking the question, “If Greenbrier can no longer be used, where will Congress now hide when the shit hits the fan?”
Feb. 16- Just finished inking 141 foot-long piece, You are one step closer to learning the truth, onto the walls at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City. View images of piece under Large Drawings section (additional images will be posted soon). Will be working on several book projects and small drawings based on this piece over the next few months, images of these will be posted when completed.
You are one step closer to learning the truth
site-specific wall drawing
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
Kansas City, MO
February 8–June 15, 2008
Visiting Artist Talk: Deb Sokolow, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
Saturday, February 16, 2:00-3:00 p.m.
site-specific wall drawing
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
Kansas City, MO
February 8–June 15, 2008
Visiting Artist Talk: Deb Sokolow, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
Saturday, February 16, 2:00-3:00 p.m.
Mapping the Self
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
up until March 1, 2008
The trouble with people you don't know
site-specific solo project
Inova [Institute of Visual Arts]
Milwaukee, WI
January 27-March 14, 2008
Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Dept of Visual Art Spring Lecture Series: Deb Sokolow
January 30, 2008 at 7 pm
Chicago-based artist Deb Sokolow inaugurates this new lecture series with a talk in conjunction with the current exhibition in Inova/Kenilworth.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
up until March 1, 2008
The trouble with people you don't know
site-specific solo project
Inova [Institute of Visual Arts]
Milwaukee, WI
January 27-March 14, 2008
Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Dept of Visual Art Spring Lecture Series: Deb Sokolow
January 30, 2008 at 7 pm
Chicago-based artist Deb Sokolow inaugurates this new lecture series with a talk in conjunction with the current exhibition in Inova/Kenilworth.
