In Flux: Chicago Artists and Immigration
February 15 to May 10, 2020 at the Chicago Cultural Center
Please note: Because Covid-19 is spread through interaction, the City of Chicago has joined the State of Illinois in issuing a Stay at Home order. The Chicago Cultural Center is closed and all in-person events and tours are canceled through May 15. Please check the Chicago Department of Public Heath’s chicago.gov/coronavirus, for the latest local updates on the response to COVID-19.
6018North is developing online artists tours, virtual events and resources for a distant but social experience of In Flux: Chicago Artists and Immigration. Please stay tuned!
In Flux: Chicago Artists and Immigration is a continuation of the 2018-2020 project Living Architecture – a large-scale, multidisciplinary exhibition, with public programming including performances, tours, workshops, and conversational dinners that highlight the influence and impact of immigrant artists on Chicago. In Flux responds to the current political climate to highlight how Chicago was built with immigrant labor, particularly in the arts, and is continuously shaped today by exemplary immigrant artists.
Featured artists include: Alberto Aguilar, Kioto Aoki, Amanda Assaley and Qais Assali, Yesenia Bello, Tom Burtonwood and Maryam Taghavi, Derek Chan, Eugenia Cheng, Julietta Cheung, Sabba Elahi, William Estrada, Silvia Gonzalez with Joseph Josue Mora and Patricia Nguyen, Óscar I González Díaz, Lise Haller Baggesen, Rodrigo Lara Zendejas, Benjamin Larose, Kirsten Leenaars, Wen Liu, Yvette Mayorga, Frédéric Moffet, Sherwin Ovid, Roni Packer, Emilio Rojas, Moises Salazar, Jan Tichy, Orkideh Torabi, Ji Yang, and others.
For additional images of the installation, please visit DCASE.
Past Press
Chicago Gallery News “In Flux: Chicago Artists and Immigration,” February 10, 2020
Herald-Argus “Exploring the architecture of immigration,” October 31, 2019 by Matt Fritz
IN/SITE “To Belong: Narratives on Citizenship and Migration,” May 18, 2019 by Susan Snodgrass
Newcity “Design Top 5: March 2019,” February 28, 2018 by Vasia Rigou
Sixty Inches from Center “Walkthrough: Living Architecture at 6018North,” January 24, 2019 by On the Real
Chicago Artist Writers “Living Architecture at 6018North,” November 18, 2018 by Sabrina Greig
Chicago Gallery News “Art Design Chicago's Busy October,” October 5, 2018
Chicago Tribune “Not the same old immigrant story as hard questions are asked at 6018North gallery,” September 20, 2018 by Lori Waxman
Sixty Inches from Center “September Art Picks,” September 2, 2018
WBEZ “Art & Design Chicago’s Living Architecture,” August 31, 2018 on Worldview with Shahzmeen Hussain
Chicago Tribune “10 visual art shows to look forward to this fall,” August 30, 2018 by Lori Waxman
Newcity “Immigrant Artists: Living Architecture Breathes New Life into the Histories of Chicago,” August 30, 2018 by Manisha Ar
Newcity “Design Top 5: September 2018,” August 28, 2018 by Vasia Rigou
Bad At Sports “TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (7/12-7/18),” July 12, 2018
6018North is an Illinois not-for-profit corporation dedicated to the promotion of culture and the arts in Chicago. 6018North projects are partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, the Illinois Arts Council Youth Employment Grant, CityArts Grants from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events, an Artistic Vitality Grant from the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, the Field Foundation of Illinois, MacArthur Funds for Arts and Culture at the Driehaus Foundation, and individual donations.