Six Artists in the Spotlight at Chicago Exhibition Week

Chicago Exhibition Week (CXW) has grown from a weekend to a seven-day event this year. Here are six standout solo shows opening in the Second City's galleries and at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Olivia Zubko - Nymphaeum

September 17 - October 31

Western Exhibitions

Zubko makes her gallery debut, showing sculptural works in porcelain cast from found objects, ranging from dumbbells and single-use masks to an orthopedic pillow.

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Jill Mulleady - The Passenger

September 19 - January 18, 2027

Art Institute of Chicago

Mulleady's first major solo museum show features 20 atmospheric paintings of edgy encounters.

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Alexandra Barth - The Awnings

September 17 - November 7

DOCUMENT

The Italy-based Slovak artist makes her Chicago debut with paintings of evocative interiors and awnings, plus small-scale models inspired by colorful canopies.

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Lindsay Adams - Errantry

Until October 31

PATRON

Adams's show of abstract paintings is her first since the unveiling of her mural at the Obama Presidential Center.

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Gordon Cheung - Consensual Halluci/nation

September 17 - November 21

Kavi Gupta

The artist's debut show at the gallery draws on his experience growing up between London and Hong Kong, exploring the interplay of technology, global finance, colonial history, and systems of belief.

See more on kavigupta.com

Clotilde Jiménez - Éramos silencios

September 15 - October 31

Mariane Ibrahim Gallery

Jiménez presents narrative works drawing on family lore and inherited silences, inspired by his discovery in early adulthood that the man he knew as his “uncle” was actually his biological grandfather.

See more on marianeibrahim.com