Current/Upcoming:

4×4: Contemporary Art in Chicago
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago is hosting Pentimenti Productions for the premiere of an annual series of four short documentaries about practicing Chicago artists—Bernard Williams, Jenn Freeman / Po’ Chop, Deb Sokolow, and Errol Ortiz in Season 1—profiled by Chicago filmmakers. The screening is followed by a talkback featuring the artists and filmmakers: Kevin Shaw, cai thomas, Alex Morelli, and Erin Babbin & Michael Sullivan.
May 26, 2026, 6pm
visit.mcachicago.org/events/screening-t…

Recent Past:

Paths for the Study of Contingent Dimensions
group exhibition curated by Soft Systems in collaboration with Flatline Gallery
Flatline Gallery, Chicago
April 17 - May 8, 2026
opening: Friday, April 17, 6-9pm
www.flatlinegallery.com/soft-systems

It Will Destroy You
group exhibition co-curated by Samiah Fulcher and Isaiah Lee
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
Feb 13 - April 19, 2026

Spaces for People, Systems for Spaces
group exhibition
Western Exhibitions, Chicago
Jan 9 - March 21, 2026
westernexhibitions.com/exhibition/space…

Poets
group exhibition
ZieherSmith, Nashville
Jan 10 - Jan 31, 2026
www.ziehersmith.com/

Dibs
group exhibition
Andrew Rafacz, Chicago
Jan 16 - Feb 14, 2026
andrewrafacz.com/exhibitions/dibs/

The Shelf Show
group exhibition
Sawhorse, Chicago
Jan 23 - March 15, 2026
www.sawhorsespace.net/

Uncertain Contours
2-person exhibition with Steve Reber
O'Connor Art Gallery, Dominican University
Sept 17 - Oct 24, 2025
opening reception: Sept 17, 4-6pm

“Visualizing Intentional window placements in adjacent units within a planned community for casual levels of voyeurism”
6-page spread for Midnight Mind Magazine issue #8
midnightmind.com/

In Slant
group exhibition curated by Ian Etter, with Clinton King, Mie Kongo, Japeth Mennes, Nicholas Moenich
PeepSpace, Tarrytown. NY
May 18 - June 28, 2025
peepspaceny.com/

A Deb Sokolow Sampler: 20 Years of Speculative Drawing
solo exhibition
Northern Illinois University Art Museum
March 19 - May 10, 2025
opening reception: March 19, 5-7pm
www.niu.edu/artmuseum/exhibitions/index…

"Taking Things a Step Further: Deb Sokolow Discusses Speculative Drawing in Advance of Her NIU Museum Exhibition"
Interview with Alex Vlasov in Newcity, March 2025
art.newcity.com/2025/03/14/taking-thing…

Not Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Interview with Joseph Lupo in Jan 2025
notapprovedcomicscode.com/2025/01/31/de…

Ingress Gallery, Soho House Chicago
group exhibition with Dima Zaghal and Cole Pierce
Feb - April, 2025

When the Spirit Moves You
curated by linamasfina, Elijah Wheat Showroom
Geary Contemporary, Millerton, New York
Oct 19 - Dec 15, 2024
geary.nyc/exhibition/when-the-spirit-mo…

The Politicians (some of them)
group exhibition
(northern) Western Exhibitions, Skokie
May 4 - Sept 29, 2024
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 4, 5-8pm
westernexhibitions.com/exhibition/the-p…

Headmaster Magazine No. 10: The Sports Issue
eight-page spread on professional wrestler Pat Patterson
released May 2024
www.headmastermagazine.com/no-10-sports

SECRIST | BEACH
COSMIC GEOMETRIES: The Prairie's Edge
group exhibition curated by Hilma’s Ghost
1801 W. Hubbard St. Chicago,IL
April 12 — May 25, 2024
www.secristgallery.com/exhibitions/2024…

Filtered Matter
group exhibition curated by graduate students in the School of Visual Arts MA Curatorial Practice program
Pfizer Building, 630 Flushing Avenue, 6th Fl, Brooklyn, NY
April 18 - May 1, 2024
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 18, 2024, 6-9pm
vijayadrit4.wixsite.com/filteredmatterm…

Chicago Architecture Biennial [CAB]
This is a Rehearsal
under the artistic direction of Floating Museum
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Nov 2, 2023 - Feb 11, 2024
chicagoarchitecturebiennial.org

The Carnegie, Covington, KY
Exhibition X: An Utterly Incomplete Examination of Collage in Contemporary Art
group exhibition
Oct 21, 2023 – Feb 3, 2024
thecarnegie.com/whats-on/exhibition-x/

Hyperallergic, review by Lori Waxman, Dec 2023
Deb Sokolow’s Wackadoodle World of Design
Sokolow’s overarching concern in her current exhibition, Visualizing, is with the coercive potential of built environments.
hyperallergic.com/861208/deb-sokolows-w…

Newcity, review by Charles Young, Nov 2023
Technology and Its (Dis)contents: A Review of Deb Sokolow at Western Exhibitions
art.newcity.com/2023/11/30/technology-a…

Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
Visualizing
solo exhibition
Nov 3 - Dec 16, 2023
westernexhibitions.com/exhibition/deb_s…

Artnet, article by Richard Whiddington, Oct 2023
Is Anybody Out There? A New Show Interrogates Earthlings’ Obsession With Extraterrestrials
news.artnet.com/art-world/idaho-sightin…

Sun Valley Museum of Art, Ketchum, IL
Sightings
group exhibition
Sept 13 - Dec 2, 2023
svmoa.org/exhibitions/2023/sightings