The International Exposition of Contemporary and Modern Art, is presented by Art Expositions, LLC at Navy Pier’s Festival Hall, hosting more than 135 leading International exhibitors presented alongside one of the highest quality platforms for global contemporary art and culture. Now in its sixth year as a leading international art fair, EXPO CHICAGO (Sept. 13–17, 2017) offers diverse programming including /Dialogues, IN/SITU, IN/SITU Outside, EXPO VIDEO, the Curatorial Forum, the Art Critics Forum, Special Exhibitions, EXPO Projects and OVERRIDE | A Billboard Project. In addition, EXPO CHICAGO continues to publish THE SEEN, Chicago's International Journal of Contemporary & Modern Art. Under the leadership of President and Director Tony Karman, EXPO CHICAGO draws upon the city’s rich history as a vibrant international cultural destination, while highlighting the region’s contemporary arts community and inspiring its collector base. In 2017, EXPO CHICAGO and the Chicago Architecture Biennial (September 16–January 7, 2018) will align,...establishing the city as a preeminent destination for global contemporary art and architecture, intersecting across a wide variety of programs including panels, international residencies, exhibitions and citywide events. In addition, EXPO CHICAGO partners with the Palais de Tokyo in Paris for its first U.S. satellite exhibition to kick off EXPO CHICAGO (September 12) at the Roundhouse at the DuSable Museum of African American History.
The International Exposition of Contemporary & Modern Art, announced the premier list of exhibitors for its sixth annual edition, September 13–17, 2017 at Navy Pier’s Festival Hall (600 E. Grand Ave). Marking its most global edition to date, EXPO CHICAGO welcomes 135 leading galleries representing 25 countries and 58 cities from around the world. Countries represented at the 2017 exposition include: United States, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, England, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Mexico, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, The Netherlands, and Uruguay.
“The sixth edition of EXPO CHICAGO’s participating exhibitors reflects the international partnerships, collaborations, and programming that our extraordinary staff has encouraged and fostered over the last several years,” said Tony Karman, President | Director of EXPO CHICAGO. “We look forward to welcoming the world in support of our 2017 galleries, and for all to experience the numerous exhibitions and events in September, including the Palais de Tokyo’s Hors les Murs and the opening week of our strategic date alignment with the Chicago Architectural Biennial.”
The 2017 exhibitor list was chosen by an international Selection Committee comprised of leading gallerists, including Stefania Bortolami | Bortolami, New York; John Corbett | Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago; Christopher D’Amelio | David Zwirner, New York, London; Rhona Hoffman | Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago; David Nolan | David Nolan Gallery, New York; Jessica Silverman | Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco; and Susanne Vielmetter | Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles.
Of the many new additions to the 2017 exposition, highlights include: Gagosian | New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, Paris, Rome, Athens, Geneva, Hong Kong; Tina Kim Gallery | New York; STANDARD (OSLO) | Oslo; Anton Kern Gallery | New York; Ceysson & Bénétière | Saint-Étienne, Paris, Luxembourg, New York; Praz-Delavallade | Paris, Los Angeles; galerie frank elbaz | Paris, Dallas; Galerie Laurent Godin | Paris; Galerija Gregor Podnar | Berlin; MARIANE IBRAHIM | Seattle; and Galeria Filomena Soares | Lisbon.
In addition to the notable Selection Committee galleries, leading exhibitors returning to EXPO CHICAGO include: Carpenters Workshop Gallery | London, Paris, New York; Galerie Gmurzynska, Zürich, St. Moritz, Zug; Alexander Gray Associates | New York; Garth Greenan Gallery | New York; GRIMM | Amsterdam; Paul Kasmin Gallery | New York; KÖNIG GALERIE | Berlin; Luhring Augustine | New York; MACCARONE | New York, Los Angeles; Matthew Marks Gallery | New York, Los Angeles; ONE AND J. Gallery | Seoul; Peres Projects | Berlin; Perrotin | New York, Paris, Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo; R & Company | New York; and Salon 94 | New York.
In addition to leading international galleries, the 2017 exposition features various programs such as the EXPOSURE section, dedicated to solo and two artist presentations by galleries eight years and younger, selected for the first time by a curator, Justine Ludwig (Dallas Contemporary), EXPO Editions + Books, featuring artist books, editions, and multiples; and the inaugural EXPO PROFILE section, which highlights single artist installations and focused thematic exhibitions by established international galleries.
The list of 2017 exhibiting galleries includes:
AKINCI, Amsterdam
Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York
Anglim Gilbert Gallery, San Francisco
BERG Contemporary, Reykjavík
Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach
Bortolami, New YorkHi Ch
Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London, Paris, New York
CarrerasMugica, Bilbao
casati gallery, Chicago
Casterline|Goodman Gallery, Aspen
David Castillo Gallery, Miami Beach
Edward Cella Art & Architecture, Los Angeles
Cernuda Arte, Coral Gables
James Cohan, New York
CONNERSMITH., Washington, DC
Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago
Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal
Luis De Jesus Los Angeles, Los Angeles
Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago
galerie frank elbaz, Paris, Dallas
Flowers Gallery, London, New York
Forum Gallery, New York
Honor Fraser, Los Angeles
Gagosian, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, Paris, Rome, Athens, Geneva, Hong Kong
Hilario Galguera Gallery, Mexico City
Galerie Gmurzynska, New York
Galerie Laurent Godin, Paris
Lévy Gorvy, New York, London
Alexander Gray Associates, New York
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, New York
Garth Greenan Gallery, New York
GRIMM, Amsterdam
Kavi Gupta, Chicago
Hackett Mill, San Francisco
HDM Gallery, Beijing, Hangzhou
Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
The Hole, New York
Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York, Zürich
MARIANE IBRAHIM, Seattle
Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, New York
Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
Anton Kern Gallery, New York
Tina Kim Gallery, New York
KÖNIG GALERIE, Berlin
Alan Koppel Gallery, Chicago
Galerie Lelong & Co., New York, Paris
Lévy Gory, New York, London
Library Street Collective, Detroit
Jane Lombard Gallery, New York
Diana Lowenstein Gallery, Miami
Luhring Augustine, New York
Maccarone, New York, Los Angeles
Maison Gerard, New York
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, Los Angeles
Maruani Mercier, Brussels, Knokke
Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Vienna, Salzburg
McCormick Gallery, Chicago
moniquemeloche, Chicago
THE MISSION, Chicago
Gallery MOMO, Johannesburg, Cape Town
Anne Mosseri-Marlio Galerie, Basel
David Nolan Gallery, New York
Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco
Richard Norton Gallery, Chicago
Claire Oliver Gallery, New York
ONE AND J. Gallery, Seoul
Karla Osorio Gallery, Brasília, São Paulo
Parrasch Heijnen Gallery, Los Angeles
Peres Projects, Berlin
Perrotin, New York, Paris, Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo
Galerija Gregor Podnar, Berlin
Praz-Delavallade, Paris, Los Angeles
PROYECTOSMONCLOVA, Mexico City
R & Company, New York
ANDREW RAFACZ, Chicago
RONCHINI, London
rosenfeld porcini, London
Salon 94, New York
Sapar Contemporary, New York
EDUARDO SECCI, Florence
Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago
William Shearburn Gallery, St. Louis
Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
SIM Galeria, Curitiba
Sims Reed Gallery, London
Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisbon
Sous Les Etoiles Gallery, New York
STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo
Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood
Allan Stone Projects, New York
MARC STRAUS, New York
Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York
Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, Singapore, Hong Kong
Tandem Press, Madison
Templon, Paris, Brussels
Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco
Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley
Vallarino Fine Art, New York
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles
Von Lintel Gallery, Los Angeles
Waterhouse & Dodd, New York, London
Weinstein Gallery, Minneapolis
Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago
Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York
David Zwirner, New York, London
The EXPOSURE section, installed on the main floor of the exposition, features solo and two-artist presentations represented by galleries eight years and younger, allowing the opportunity for younger galleries to participate in a major international exposition. For the first time, EXPOSURE will be curated, and will be selected by Director of Exhibitions and Senior Curator at Dallas Contemporary Justine Ludwig.
“The emerging galleries in EXPOSURE offer curated presentations of the artists they work with and take full advantage of the platform of EXPO CHICAGO—introducing their program to new audiences,” said Ludwig. “The challenge and pleasure of the process was putting together a selection that reflects the breadth of contemporary artistic practice. Each gallery and the artists they represent address timely issues and innovative explorations of diverse media and it has been an amazing opportunity to learn about different gallery programs while discovering new artists which I look forward to introducing to EXPO CHICAGO audiences.”
The list of 2017 EXPOSURE galleries includes:
313 Art Project, Seoul | Gigisue
AA|LA, Los Angeles | Alex Ito
Piero Atchugarry, Pueblo Garzón | Yuken Teruya
Cardoza Fine Art, Houston | Paul Kremer
DITTRICH & SCHLECHTRIEM, Berlin | Ivan Comas, Dorian Gaudin
Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles | Alec Egan, Jordan Nassar
Edel Assanti, London | Dale Lewis
FOLD, London
Fridman Gallery, New York | Reuven Israel, Navine G. Khan-Dossos
joségarcía ,mx, Mexico City, Merida | Tania Pérez Córdova, José León Cerrillo
Geary Contemporary, New York | Vadis Turner
Grice Bench, Los Angeles | Luis Flores, Kevin Reinhardt
Gerhard Hofland, Amsterdam | Koen Delaere, Johan Tahon
Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles | Ramiro Gomez, Patrick Martinez
Kimmerich, Berlin | Ivan Morley, Alice Tippit
KLOWDEN MANN, Los Angeles | Rodrigo Valenzuela
Harlan Levey Projects, Brussels | TR Ericsson, Emmanuel Van der Auwera
David Lewis, New York | Barbara Bloom, Sean Paul
MARSO, Mexico City | Lucas Simões
Meliksetian | Briggs, Los Angeles | Steven Hull
Moskowitz Bayse, Los Angeles
Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles | Genevieve Gaignard
Night Gallery, Los Angeles | Mira Dancy, Isabel Yellin
NOME Gallery, Berlin | Navine G. Khan-Dossos
Officine dell'lmmagine, Milan | Bronwyn Katz, Marcia Kure
ROBERTO PARADISE, San Juan
PATRON, Chicago | Lucas Simões
PUSHKIN & GOGOL, Berlin | Arthur Peña
ROCKELMANN&, Berlin | Zachary Fabri, Kathleen Vance
Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco | Elise Ferguson, Ryan Wallace
Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, New York
New to the exposition, EXPO PROFILE presents solo booths and focused projects by established international galleries. Showcasing ambitious installations and tightly focused thematic exhibitions, this invitational section features major projects by a single artist or collective.
The list of 2017 PROFILE galleries includes:
Ceysson & Bénétière, Saint-Étienne, Paris, Luxembourg, New York | Alexander Nolan
GRIMM, Amsterdam | Charles Avery
Maruani Mercier, Brussels, Knokke | Ron Gorchov
R & Company, New York | SuperDesign (Gianni Pettena, Lapo Binazzi, Studio 65, and Guido
Drocco & Franco Mello)
Royale Projects, Los Angeles
The EXPO Editions + Books section offers a robust showcase of artist books, editions, prints and more. From limited edition collectibles to commissioned prints, the participating exhibitors will offer a diverse array of media that spans photography, collage, drawing, printmaking and art monographs.
The list of 2017 Editions + Books exhibitors includes:
Art+Culture Projects, New York
Boreas Fine Art, Chicago
Cahiers d'Art, Paris
DOCUMENT, Chicago
Field Editions, Liverpool
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, New York
Island Press, St. Louis
Other Criteria, New York, London, Ilfracombe
RENÉ SCHMITT, WOL
Spudnik Press Cooperative, Chicago
Tate, London
Whitechapel Gallery, London
The 2017 Exhibitor sections will be presented alongside EXPO CHICAGO’s rigorous and challenging on-site programming, including /Dialogues panel discussions series, presented in partnership with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; EXPO VIDEO, featuring film, video and new media works curated by Ali Subotnick (Independent Curator); IN/SITU, large-scale suspended sculptures and site-specific works curated by Florence Derieux (Independent Curator); and Special Exhibitions, highlighting booths by non-profit organizations and institutions.
For discounted airfare and hotel accommodations, travel arrangements can be made through Turon Travel, an agency dedicated to creating an expedient and fully accessible travel network for the global arts community. Guests may stay at any of EXPO CHICAGO’s partner hotels including Peninsula Chicago (Official Hotel Sponsor), Park Hyatt Chicago, Ace Hotel Chicago, PUBLIC Chicago, The Robey Chicago, Thompson Chicago, the Virgin Hotels Chicago and the W Chicago Lakeshore.
