CHICAGO—Woman Made Gallery (WMG) is proud to present Photography Now, a group exhibition featuring 43 works by 41 artists. This exhibition invited submissions that explored how women and non-binary artists use photography to engage with the pressing issues of our time. The exhibition seeks to highlight how the photographic medium—whether central or complementary to an artist’s practice—can be used to confront, question, and navigate contemporary socio-political challenges, innovative processes, and evolving technologies. Artists were encouraged to reflect on the critical dynamics of this moment, explore photography’s role in shaping and responding to global and personal narratives.
Exhibition Events
The exhibition opens with a reception at Woman Made Gallery on Saturday, May 24, from 4 to 7 p.m.
The exhibition concludes with a Closing Reception on Saturday, June 21, 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: Galit Aloni, Ines Bahr, Debbie Baxter, Nika Belianina, Joanna Biondolillo, Shweta Bist, Brittanie Bondie, Maria Burundarena, Airco Caravan, Grace Chialdikas, Hannah Louise Daigle, Eso Malflor, Atefeh Farajolahzadeh, Shoshana Fink, Sylvie Harrism Carlos Hernandez, Isabella Kahn, Zero Kelly Thompson, Annie Klein, Maria Macko, Megan Major, Erica McKeehen, Editha G Mesina, Gabrielle Morrison, Natasha Leonie Moustache, Jade Nguyen, Eleanor Oakes, Allison Plass, Corinne Pompéy, Liese A Ricketts, Kathryn Rodrigues, Ana M Rodriguez, Elizabeth Sarpong, Nalani Sexton, Anastasiia Terentieva, Ani Tung, Jayla Trenyce, Lynsey Weatherspoon, Madelaina Weinhardt, Chantal Zakari, Shuyuan Zhou
About the Juror: Whitney Bradshaw is an artist, activist, educator, curator, and former social worker living in Chicago. Her work has been shown widely across the United States including solo shows at Atlanta Contemporary, the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA), the DePaul Art Museum, Villanova University Gallery, the Tarble Arts Center at EIU, the Epiphany Center for the Arts, Wave Pool Contemporary Art Fulfillment Center, Photographic Center Northwest, and more. The Museum of Contemporary Photography, the DePaul Art Museum, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, Agnes Scott College, the Hall Art and Technology Foundation and Sara M. and Michelle Vance Waddell collect her work which has been published in Ms. Magazine, GIRLS Magazine, the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, the BRIDGE Journal, and Vogue. In Fall of 2023, Bradshaw was named one of NewCity Magazine’s top 50 Chicago Artists’ Artists. Both she and OUTCRY are the subjects of a documentary film titled OUTCRY: Alchemists of Rage directed by Clare Major. It premiered at the Frameline Film Festival in June 2024 and was shortlisted for Best Short Film by the International Documentary Association in 2024. Now curator at the Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Bradshaw was previously the chair of the visual art conservatory at ChiArts, an adjunct professor at Columbia College Chicago, and curator of the renowned LaSalle Bank Photography Collection, later Bank of America. For more information visit: https://www.whitneybradshaw.com/
SEE THE WORKGallery Hours: Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday 12–5 PM | WMG is closed between exhibitions.
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Statement on Organizational Neutrality
As a registered Illinois 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Woman Made Gallery is committed to its mission of supporting women and non-binary artists through inclusive and equitable programming. To maintain trust, legal compliance, and alignment with its values, WMG does not endorse or oppose political candidates or parties and refrains from promoting personal ideological or religious beliefs. All exhibitions, partnerships, and communications are guided by the gallery’s mission, with a focus on artistic merit, diversity of perspective, and respectful dialogue. Staff, board members, and affiliates are expected to distinguish personal opinions from organizational positions and to use WMG’s platform solely in service of its mission.
Thank You
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.
