CHICAGO—Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is proud to present the 26th International Open. This exhibition sought entries in all media by women and non-binary artists worldwide. Juried by artist and educator, Savneet K Talwar, this open theme encouraged entries that explore or challenge conceptual and material boundaries. The exhibition includes works in various mediums by 40 artists from across the United States and from China, Italy, Qatar, and the UK.
Exhibition Events
The exhibition opens with a reception at Woman Made Gallery, 1332 S. Halsted St. in Chicago, on Saturday, March 1, from 4 to 7 PM.
We will host a Virtual Artist Panel Discussion on Monday, March 24th at 6PM – 7PM with the juror, Savneet K Talwar and select exhibiting artists: Boisali Biswas, Wendy L Starn, and Holly Willis.
The exhibition concludes with a Closing Reception on Saturday, March 29, from 2 – 4PM, offering a final opportunity to meet the participating artists in person. Events at WMG are free and open to the public.
Exhibiting Artists
Prisma Andrade, Sayera Anwar, Boisali Biswas, Adrienne Brown-David, Elaine Buss, Lauren Callis, Ashley Chan, Martina Dalla Stella, Zenona Darrow, Elizabeth diGiacomantonio, Gabrielle Egnater, Hasadri Freeman, Hanna Glatz, Debbie Grifka, Katharine Joy Houpt, Trang Huynh, Laurel Izard, Natalie Jackson, Cynthia Kerby, Yasmeen Khayr, Katherine Lampert, Seonyoung Lee, Lauren Leone, Siobhan Lesniak, Jen McNulty, Meg Morley, Amber Mustafic, Jennie E. Park, Andrea Picard, Marilyn Propp, Jiselle Ramírez, Charlotte Rodenberg, Fazilat Soukhakian, Wendy L Starn, Fanxi Sun, Araceli Trujillo, Grayson Ticer, Holly Willis, Emilka Wolniewicz, Xena Zhang
26th International Open Awards: First Prize – Sayera Anwar; Second Prize – Charlotte Rodenberg; Third Prize: Siobhan Lesniak; Honorable Mention – Cynthia Kerby and Amber Mustafic. Congratulations!
In her juror’s statement Savneet Talwar writes: “Jurying this show was both an honor and a challenge, as many outstanding works could not be included due to space constraints. I was drawn to pieces exploring the domestic sphere, history, memory, creative process, and feminism within a global context—revealing interconnected narratives. The selected works push material and conceptual boundaries, questioning personal and public spaces that women and gender non-binary artists navigate. Spanning painting, weaving, embroidery, sculpture, photography, collage, prints, and video, I hope this exhibition resonates with viewers.”
About the Juror: Savneet K. Talwar
Savneet Talwar is a Chicago based American Studies scholar, fiber artist, educator and art therapist. She is currently a faculty member at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the art therapy and fiber and material studies departments. As an interdisciplinary fiber and feminist artist, her work exists at the intersection of archives, memory, language, feminist politics and questions of resistance. She is interested in the contradictions of feminist labor and archival matters to explore history and memory that questions– what and who is worthy of being a subject of discourse? What colonial narratives and images continue to define matters of the global south? For more information visit Savneet Talwar’s website: https://www.savneettalwar.com/
26th International Open Press Release
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Woman Made Gallery is supported in part by grants from The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events; The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation; The Illinois Arts Council Agency; the Arts Midwest GIG Fund, a program of Arts Midwest that is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional contributions from the Illinois Arts Council Agency; the Puffin Foundation; a major anonymous donor; and the generosity of its members and contributors.
