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Adam Lazar
Adam Lazar has a Bachelor of Fine Arts and is a painter, graphic designer, sewing instructor, and weaver. His work was featured in Handwoven Magazine’s online blog and his...
Adriana Poterash
People, nature, daily common objects are fused into a surreal world of uncommon alliances using interdisciplinary techniques – abstractions, figurative approaches, digital, and sometimes 3-D materials. They are carefully...
Agnes Voltz
I’m a mixed media artist. Email agnesvoltz@yahoo.com Instagram agnes_voltz_
Aidan Dillon
Aidan is an abstract painter using multiple mediums to create challenging compositions in relation to space, color, and line. He uses mostly acrylic paint with charcoal and colored pastels,...
Ailisa Qualkinbush
I work with both oil and acrylic paints. I love to experiment with texture and composition. I began my art career working in fiber arts and could never put...
Al Gabor
I enjoy using a flatbed scanner as a camera and taking pictures of flowers, fruits and vegetables. The shallow depth of field, the uniform scanner light and black background...
Al Hawkins
ARTIST STATEMENT: My art is that of a storyteller. Exposure and experiences with diverse people and lifestyles have all become the spring from which my inspiration flows. Always observing...
Alan Teller
Alan Teller received a Fulbright-Nehru Senior Scholar Award for his current project Following the Box based on a box of photos made by a still unknown US soldier in...
Alana Glickman
I celebrate the magic found in the ordinary by transforming everyday objects, foods, and creatures into fun and playful works of art. Email: Alana.glickman@gmail.com Instagram: @art3glick
Alex Pekerman
I’m a graduate student at Northwestern University. During my time in Evanston, I tried a pottery class and fell in love. It took some time, but I think I...
Alexa Frangos
Alexa Frangos is a photo-based artist from Chicago, Illinois. She loves using cut paper, photographic ephemera and found objects to explore psychological states and identity. Her work includes photographs...
Alexandra Kitchen
Prints by Kitchen (PBK) was born out of a love for intricate Chinese export porcelain, refined English Staffordshire, and antiques of all shapes & sizes! Alexandra Kitchen is the...
Alexandra Volkova
In my creations, I evoke the themes of sacred geometry, transcendence, contemplation and awareness. The paintings in this collection are an acrylic on canvas meditation on the unity of...
Alfred Jimenez
A graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York, Alfred Jimenez made a career in advertising as a creative director and visual artist. The son of Mexican...
Alice George
Artist/Teacher/Consultant Email: alice@alicegeorge.org Phone: 847-687-0099 (cell) Website: www.alicegeorge.org Shop Evanston Made: Alice George Studio 2024 Studio Tour
Amber Matthews
Working primarily with clay, I combine human figures with animal forms to explore themes of transition, adaptation, balance, and perspective. Capturing transient moments, my figures appear vulnerable, awkward, even...
Amy Amoroso
Amy Amoroso is an artist working under the business name of AnoMalY by Amy. She creates unique pieces of Jewelry and Wall Art working with copper, silver and semi...
Amy Gabbert
Amy Gabbert is a multi-media artist exploring color and shape through clay and fiber, creating work that is both functional and decorative. Inspired by the where the sky meets...
Amy Newhouse
I came to pottery as a way to indulge my creative spirit when I moved to Chicago a few years ago. From the start, I felt a strong and...
Amy Rosenwasser
Nature in all its forms is inspiring. From collecting specimens for a detailed botanical drawing or looking at a path for a loose interpretation in pastel has made me...
Amy O. Woodbury
i paint abstract fantasy figures within fantasy landscapes. my go to surface of choice is OSB – oriented strand board – an engineered wood product used in construction. sanded...
Andrea DeBerry
En Ink was formed in 2019. We are ideal yet luxury collectibles including jewelry, canvas arts, handbags, specialize in woman art, black woman art, 1920s art, collage art, children’s...
Andryea Natkin
My work illustrates the intersection between consciousness and unconsciousness. I deliberately tune into my inner voice allowing it to guide and direct me. I don’t study or plan. Instead,...
Angela Lyonsmith
Angela Lyonsmith is a mother, artist, art therapist and educator. She is an experienced practitioner who provides clinical supervision for innovative art therapy practice throughout the Midwest, has taught...
Angela Williams
My work explores the beauty and relationships to African art, culture, fragments, symbols, and markings. I always knew I wanted to be an artist. My creative journey began very...
Anjali Raj Hansoty
Indie-Pendant designs by Anjali Raj Hansoty, features an extensive jewelry design portfolio in mixed metals (with a major partiality to Sterling Silver) and natural gemstones. Designed in Chicago, made...
Ann Kogen
Photographer Ann Kogen is a native of Evanston, Illinois. Her work is mostly documentary in style and she prefers to work in series. She has a diverse portfolio using...
Anna Cherkashina
Anna Cherkashina is a Chicago artist who works in oils and acrylics. Anna puts a mix of realism and impressionism into most of her paintings, with her main topics...
Anna Marie Crovetti
Anna Marie Crovetti is an Evanston based artist and after decades in alternate creative fields as a gallerist, art consultant, instructor, and independent film producer, she is back in...
Anna Wagner
Anna Wagner is a multidisciplinary artist, trained in traditional printmaking and draftsmanship techniques. She is inspired in equal parts by traditional craft, the chaos of the natural world, and...
Annette Baksinskas
I’m interested in the expressive power of basic geometric forms and the use of a limited range of color to create a pure artistic feeling rather than on visual...
Annette O’Donnell
Annette M. O’Donnell is an artist and art educator. She is a mixed media artist who is interested in expressing intuited forms through her abstract expressionist paintings. She also...
Annie Zirin
I make handwoven textiles, wall hangings, and tapestry. I’m also working on a new line of jewelry made from handwoven fabric and beading. I find my influences everywhere, but...
Anthony Iacuzzi
Anthony Iacuzzi is a photographer, author and graphic designer who is a long-time resident of Evanston where his work is regularly exhibited at Perspective Gallery.. Iacuzzi enjoys the challenge...
Ashley Wollaston
I’m an artist and a mother to a curious two-year-old, with a deep love for animals and nature. From 2008 to 2022, I had the privilege of working as...
Avram Eisen
I create unique, one-of-a-kind crocheted art and wearable art. Classic, comfy, and kooky! Email: Eisenavram@gmail.com Instagram: Avrameisen6174 2024 Studio Tour
Aydin Dincer
Aydin Dincer, owner of Prairie Joe’s West restaurant in Evanston, uses his space for cooking, feeding his clientele, and displaying his art, also for consumption, visually. Studio/Gallery 2608 Prairie...
Baz Cumberbatch
Baz is a self-taught eco and botanical artist creating unique pieces inspired by nature. Originally from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, his grandfather who made sailboats, and his father,...
Bela Ponyi
I create hand-made products and crystal necklaces with crystals from the Arkansas mines. Email: Bponyi@yahoo.com Click here for Etsy Shop Instagram: instagram.com/thegoat777666/
Ben Blount
I am designer and letterpress printer interested in notions of American identity, race, and culture. My work draws on a common cultural language of objects, stories, stereotypes, and experiences...
Bennett Pascal
Hi! My name is Bennett Pascal and I’m currently a sophomore at Wake Forest University. I am an artist from Evanston still developing my style and expression. My art...
Beth Adler
Taking inspiration from the natural world and my travels, I incorporate visual material from what I observe and what I can gather. Using contemporary monoprinting techniques along with painting...
Bob Tanner
Originally from Detroit, Bob Tanner studied with Harry Callahan, Aaron Siskind and Frederick Sommer and received his B.S. in Photography from the Institute of Design, Chicago. He went on...
Bonnie Glassner
My favorite art mediums are Alcohol Inks and Acrylics. My paintings are a blend of representational paintings and Abstract Expressionism. My technique is one of a fluid intuitive style....
Bonnie Katz
Bonnie Katz is an artist and teacher within the Chicago arts community. Her current collection of work is a personal rediscovery into drawing and painting. The work explores the...
Bonnie Katz
Bonnie Katz’s current work is inspired from observing behaviors and characteristics of the animal world around her. Clay as her medium, she models figures both sculptural and as functional vessels....
Bonnie Retzik
I am happy to participate in this community. I have lived in multiple states and countries to finally find an art community is exciting to me. I am self...
Boruch Lev
I love clay. I do not know if I was born with this love. But from the time I can remember, I remember myself playing with clay. As a...
Brian Petrone
I employ the processes that go into making a building – forming mass, sculpting space, manipulating light – to create art. The pieces shown here deal with the intersection...
Bruce Vernon
Shell Pen & Ink and then colored in Photoshop Email: vernob@mac.com Shop Evanston Made: Bruce Vernon
Bryana Bibbs
Bryana Bibbs is a Chicago-based textile artist, painter, and art educator who earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts with an emphasis in Fiber and Material Studies at The School...
Candice Johnson
Email: Candicewithaneye@gmail.com Website: candicewithaneye.com
Carey Petersen
I enjoy making all types of quilts – traditional and modern, patterned and improvisational. I try to incorporate different textures, using both cotton and linen fabrics whenever possible. I...
Carol Hammerman
The inspiration for my sculpture & jewelry design has always been personal, manifested in a journey of learning, engagement, challenges, frustration et al. Presently my sculpture showcases the female figure. ...
Carol Neiger
I am a painter and printmaker living near Chicago, Illinois. I love nature and being outdoors, so I work in my sketchbook as a catalyst for my paintings, often...
Carolyn Hinske
fi ber (n) 1: a threadlike substance or structure: a natural (as wool or flax) or artificial (as rayon) filament capable of being spun or woven 2: an element...
Carrie Baumann-Matta
I took my first knitting class in 2015 because I wanted to learn how to knit socks. As it turns out, I like knitting anything but socks! Hats and...
Cat Barr
Each one of my pieces is a piece of me! I create to get outside of myself. Art is a time when I can turn off my thoughts and...
Catie Bryant
Hey there! I am an ETHS grad who is currently attending the University of Denver in order to pursue my Bachelor’s in graphic design. Since my sophomore year of...
Cécile Trentini
Curriculum Born 1962 in The Hague Grew up in the French speaking part of Switzerland (La Neuveville / BE) Lives in Zurich (Switzerland) and Evanston IL (USA) Diploma as...
Charlotte Murray
Charlotte Murray is an avid visual artist and writer. She has been in an art studio for most of her life. In high school, she mainly focused on digital...
Chelsea Lytle
Watercolor illustrator. Bird, bug and nature enthusiast. Take a look at my latest creations on instagram @chelsealytledesigns. Have something special in mind or a question about any of my...
Cheri Lasher
I am truly a multi-media artist. My anchor product has always been my hand-painted silk, stenciled or shibori indigo-dyed scarfs, among many other home decor products. I am also...
Cherie Animashaun
Published author at the age of 12, Cherie is now using her love for writing in order to empower women and youth alike. Through her nonprofit, Her Rising Initiative,...
Cherie Lockett
I am a ceramic artist who sculpts, draws, and paints images onto functional pottery. My designs resonate with the mysteries of the cave painters, the power of animals, and...
Cheryl Iino-Jue
Now that I’m retired I can turn my attention to artistic creation. Yayyy! Ceramics has been my focus, specifically handbuilding. I will eventually get to the potters’ wheel, but...
Chiara “Kiki” Mangiameli
I never imagined that after twenty years as a performer I would trade in my dancing shoes for yarn. But embracing change can forge a pathway to one’s own...
Chris Barboi
Chris Barboi is a ceramicist and painter living in Evanston. Chris produces porcelain art pottery, as well as gouache/mixed media on paper paintings technically focusing on the tension that...
Chris Chaudruc
My drawings reference diagrams, flowcharts, blueprints, schematics and other visual language used to bring order to the chaotic systems in this world. I prefer black and white for these...
Chris Froeter
The human figure as a subject has always fascinated me. I see figurative work as an interpretation of a point in time, representing the person as I see them...
Chris Heisinger
I have traveled to various wild forests and woods and I am amazed by the beauty and high energy of all of those magnificent places. It is these places...
Chris Walker
Chris Walker – Wet plate collodion photography. After a long career in photojournalism at the Chicago Tribune, Chris Walker returned to his roots in analog black and white photography....
Christie Russert
Evanston based designer Christie Russert is the artist behind the illustration/lifestyle brand, Sunshine Canteen®. Her work is a blend of vibrant, abstract patterns and landscapes that have 70’s, west...
Christine Young
As a young child growing up in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania surrounded by the work of Howard Pyle, the Wyeths, and C Jac Young (her grandfather), Christine exhibited a drive...
Cie Bond
Cie Bond grew up in a family of artists in Ann Arbor MI. She is a life-long maker who loves gardening, cooking, painting, collage, sewing and everything textiles. She...
Cindy Dauer
Email: cindy@theslumberingherd.com Website: http://www.theslumberingherd.com/
Claire Tarnacki
I have lived in Evanston for 35 years. For most of that time I hopped on the train to Chicago where I worked as an art/ creative director at various ad...
CoCo Ree Lemery
CoCo Ree Lemery is an award-winning Furniture Designer, Professor, and Creative Director for Studio Kloak. A design studio focused on sustainable lighting and functional objects, Studio Kloak makes custom...
Connie Gillock
Email: gillockgallery@gmail.com Instagram accounts: @Gillockgallery @Connie_gillock
Craig Jobson
Artist Statement: Handmade books are found at the juncture of content and process. They are often collaborations by two people who must each understand and appreciate what the other...
crawwlspace
Chicago native crawwlspace is a self-taught interdisciplinary artist, creating stunning pieces that are equal parts spooky, unusual, and beautiful. After graduating in 2016 from Emerson College, crawwlspace quickly discovered...
Crystal McDonald
Crystal McDonald is a Ph.D. A doctoral candidate who utilizes her background in architecture and her dissertation research to create visual representations of what she witnesses within environments and...
Cynthia Kerby
Cynthia Kerby is a visual artist, former design professor, jewelry designer, curator, and co-founder of True Ideas, a design studio in Evanston. She shows familiar objects in unfamiliar ways...
Daniel Aquino
I love to draw and sketch. My artwork is a reflection of my love and intrigue for the ancient cultural arts of the Philippines. My artwork usually depicts Filipino...
Darlys Ewoldt
Fragments of memories, or words that resonate and stay within my mind converge with observations of the physical world during the course of my creative process. My work is...
Darren Oberto
I make art in order to process the outside world, to make sense of our surroundings, to make comparisons, and to circumscribe aspects of society. These observations give meaning...
David Bender
I’m a digital collage artist and photographer. As a collector of early portrait photography—daguerreotypes, tintypes, and cabinet cards from the 1800s—I’m fascinated by these mysterious and sometimes haunting photographs...
David D’Arcy
My paintings and drawings are motivated by my experiences in nature. The images come from my walks in the woods and travels I have taken and begin with quick...
David Garcia
Evanston-based visual artist & painting conservator David Garcia is inquisitive. Explorer and creator are his native states. Current directions include numerous fine art and sport photography projects, plein air...
David Hence
Since the age of six, I not only studied, but also practiced art. Making art is a noble endeavor, but it’s also misunderstood. To make art is to comment...
David Niari
David Niari makes drawings, paintings and mixed media artworks. By referencing romanticism, grand-guignolesque black humour and symbolism, his drawings references post-colonial theory as well as the avant-garde or the...
David Roberts
Born and raised in Evanston Dawes, Chute, ETHS 72 University of Illinois Bachelor Architecture 1978 Email: david@schoolroomgallery.com Website: www.schoolroomgallery.com Instagram: @davidroberts.sketchbook Facebook: schoolroomgallery
David Rubman
I became a wood artist during and following a career as an immigration attorney and part-time law professor. Starting in my basement and now expanded to two studios in...
David Sutton
As a very young animal lover, David Sutton wanted to be a veterinarian. By age nine, he had set his sights on becoming a photographer instead. Little did he...
Deb Anderson
Deb Anderson paints foliage, landscapes and abstracts with rich color and expressive brushwork, as well as hand carved block prints. She is focused on the visual patterns and chaos...
Debbie Bretag
I am an enthusiastic Fine Art and Landscape Photographer. I began my passion for photography at an early age when I would watch my mom take family photos with...
Deborah Eppstein
Using acrylics and inks on paper, I turn love into art. I create original and unique “ketubahs”. While I’m inspired by ancient Aramaic Ketubot (marriage documents), my motivation also...
Deborah Hirshfield
I began to batik silk in 1970. I was initially interested in learning serigraphy, but when I arrived at the initial class at the old Evanston Art Center in...
Deborah Newmark
I’m fascinated how everyday things like grocery lists and memos can take on surprising significance. I love how these details are both universal and personal. How many elements repeat...
Deborah Puntenney
I am a maker of objects of all kinds, and have worked in a variety of media, including beads, fiber, ceramics, wood, ink, watercolor, and metal. My degree in...
Debra Flint Salter
I’ve recently rediscovered a passion for painting that I kept on hold while conducting my decorating business. My spirit is ignited with the support for my return, and has...
Denise Grossman
I am currently, semi- retired from careers as a licensed Occupational Therapist, Ordained Minister with the United Church of Christ and yoga instructor/therapist. During my call to Ministry, I...
Denise Handwerker
Feltwerker Upcycled Accessories I create one of a kind accessories for you and your home. I love taking old, unfashionable or damaged wool sweaters and making something new and...
Denise Siegel
A lifelong artist who grew up in Evanston, I’ve studied drawing, figurative sculpture, printmaking, and oil painting. Every medium is celebrated by illuminating the process to achieve each...
Dennis O’Malley
An admitted lifelong lover of the city of Chicago, I have always been interested in demonstrating that fondness through my art. In 1995, I was introduced to printmaking and...
Destinee Adams
Art has always been apart of my life, and now I want to share my art with the world. I make jewelry, crafts out of resin (the possibilities are...
Deyaneira Rodriguez
Deyaneira Rodriguez is a Puerto Rican artist whose work spans across photography and contemporary realist painting. Her Latin culture inspires her art, and an educational background in environmental science...
Diane Bronstein
Everyday life is filled with constant inspiration, art has the ability to point out and preserve its beauty and conflict, while reminding us what we truly value. My art...
Diane C. Graydon
I’ve always considered my abstract work less important than my representable art, but that’s changing. These days I work with watercolor media and ink. Email: dianegraydon@gmail.com
Diane Ponder
Diane Ponder is a painter, digital photographer, sculptor and videographer. Primarily based in Chicago and Oak Park, her studio is in the Feather Lofts. Her work can been seen...
Don Seeley
A resident of Evanston for more than 20 years, I currently specialize in Event and Fine Art photography, figure drawing and gouache and oil painting. Email: dschi.gm@gmail.com Website: https://seeleyart.com/...
Donna Bartman Masini
Creating with fabric has been my passion since I was a child. I discovered nuno felting about 15 years ago. Nuno felt makes it possible to embed other textiles...
Donna Wesley Spencer
Donna Wesley Spencer is a founding member of Perspective Gallery in Evanston. For the past few years, she has been working on “A Southern Diary”, making photographs that speak...
Doug Haight
For more than 20 years Doug Haight has traveled the USA and much of the world as a photographer and video producer. His photography has been featured in numerous...
Drew Endicott
Photographer Email: drewendicott@mac.com Website: drewendicott.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drewendicott Shop Evanston Made: Drew Endicott
Eileen Cipriano
CIPRIANO STUDIO 5 , Evanston IL Lapidary Jewelry designs / inspired from Evanston lakefront area I have a Gemology background and also love to paint as well. I moved...
Elaine O’Keefe Sage
My name is Elaine O’Keefe Sage. Art and teaching are my passions, throw in historical fiction and mystery/thriller novels and I’m happy! I love working with color, black and...
Elazar Weiner
As an artist I enjoy observing life and incorporating its expression in my paintings. Lately, I’ve gravitated towards painting gardens and forest preserves. Each plant and animal have their...
Elena Kaiser
I am a painter and for the past 10 years love painting with encaustics. Im always integrating nature and the natural unfolding of my narrative through colors texture and...
Elijah Brown
My name is Elijah Brown and I make bracelets. I have been making them for family and friends for a while now. I make them to represent current events,...
Elisa Lindstrom
I went to art school but instead of becoming a full time artist after I graduated, I moved to New York City and started working in not-for-profits. The plan...
Elizabeth O’Connor-Bolich
Most of my paintings are influenced by the interplay of the natural world and man-made. I am attracted to random and microscopic patterns in both. I take photographs and...
Elizabeth Perlman
I first started working in clay as a way to stay connected to my mother as I was raising my own kids and fostering a career as a school...
Ella Kovacs
Currently based in Evanston, Ella was born in Transylvania (Romania), and she got her interest and passion for creating experiences and art, from her parents, both artists. As a...
Ellen Greene
Ellen Greene was born in 1975 and raised in the small college town of Lawrence, Kansas. The local art scene as well as her creative parents supported her artistic...
Ellen Schwarzbach
Most of my jewelry designs incorporate recycled glass beads, many of which are from Ghana. The recycled glass reminds me of the sea glass I collected as a kid....
Ellie Hazlett
Ellie Hazlett is a multimedia artist based in Chicago. She experiments with textures and materials to transform environments and perspectives. Most of her fine art examines and reflects sociopolitical...
Erin Drewitz Kao
My name is Erin, I’m an Evanston based fine art and portrait photographer. The series of fine art prints in my portfolio are printed on Kodak Professional Supra Endura...
Evan Burns
My goal is to take photographs that inspire a feeling of wanderlust in my viewer. I primarily shoot landscapes and cityscapes because these images inspire me. When I was...
Fran Joy
Artist Statement: The purpose behind my work is to show the power, strength, and triumph of the human spirit. As I witness the loss of life and humanity...
Francine Gourguechon
The mosaic sculptures I create are a culmination of artistic and intellectual personal interests. The materials I use consist of art glass, sea creatures, bullet shells, ball bearings, semi...
Gaby Silva Bavio
Abstract artist. I was born in La Plata, in Argentina. Today I live and create in two very different cities, La Plata and Chicago. I like to show what...
Gary Packard
I am attracted to any unusual character of a wood’s grain, whether it is old-growth pine or something more exotic like African padauk. I make that unusual character a...
Gillian Muller-Greyz
I have always loved storytelling. My early work as an artist was almost always narrative. I love creating characters through costume and writing fun back-stories to go along with...
Ginny Roeder
Virginia O. Roeder MFA My paintings are about color and geometry. As a child I was intrigued by the subtle colors of the feathers of birds and the leaves...
Greg Grucel
Greg Grucel is an artist of Filipino and Polish descent. He channels his diverse heritage and artistic training from Columbia College Chicago into a vibrant exploration of visual storytelling....
Gregory Jue
Retired now, I get giddy when I realize that I now have the opportunity to nurture my creative side! I currently work in pencil, pen & ink, watercolor, and...
Gwyn Jennings
I am a maker, crafter, artist, upcycler using fabric, yarn, paint, beads, wood, ceramics, paper and found objects to create a variety of unique one-of-a-kind treasures that include boxes,...
Hannah Levine-Drizin
I’m a graduate of University of Michigan’s Stamps School of Art and Design and I’m finishing a MAT (masters in teaching) from SAIC so that I can learn to...
Hazel Dixon
My education is in Respiratory Therapy as well as a MSW degree from Loyola University school of social work. I retired 7 years ago after 42 years caring for...
Heather Eidson
A photojournalist by training and at heart, I seek to capture fleeting moments as they unfold, including nature, candid portraits and the human experience. Website heathereidson.com Instagram heathereidsonmedia Email...
Heather Hancock
STATEMENT I use the ancient medium of glass as a conceptual tool to explore contemporary ideas about mind, place and information. I came to my art practice via a...
Howard Tenner
Hello All, After spending so many years as a structural engineer, a pizza shop owner, a substitute teacher, and I can’t even remember what else, I have been spending...
Iden Nowlin
Art has always been a huge part of me. I love to create and will use any materials I can find to make something beautiful. A mother of three,...
Ila Allen
Ila Allen of Ila Allen Designs is new to the Artist Handmade venue. She creates different styles of handbags in various fabrics such as vegan leather and cork, with...
Iliana Cardona
Hello, Iliana here. I am a native Chicago Latina artist finally embracing her artistic self. I have been a public servant for the last 23 years, 18 of them...
Ingrid Grace
As a classical musician and music educator, I believe visual art, like music, has the power to transform both mood and mindset. Many of my images I capture on...
Iris Liao
Hello! My name is iris. I’m currently a sophomore at ETHS. I am a self taught artist. I started out experimenting with different images just to see if I...
Jack Lewitz
I am (semi)retired and currently paint as a hobby. I like acrylic, and water-based oils. I also like to draw and do like pastels. Email: jacklewitz3@gmail.com Shop Evanston Made:...
Jacqueline Eddy
In the 70s, I graduated from college with a Major in Art and Graphic Design. Seeing all the talent around me, I decided that pursuing a career in Art...
Jacqueline Sanchez
Jacqueline Sanchez is a Mexican-American artist working in sculpture. Her experiences as a child and adolescent have had a profound influence on the imagery that permeates her artwork. The...
Jadon Brammer
Finding beauty in the little things. Website: jdbramm.com Email: jdbramm1@gmail.com Instagram: @jdbramm
Jaimie Brunet
I’ve always had the desire to recreate with paint what I see in the world. I am an oil painter, mixed media artist with a particular passion for encaustic paint.* Most...
James Deeb
Expressive faces populate my work, but they are not representations of particular people. I spend a lot of time riding public transportation in and around Chicago and looking at...
Jamie Thome
Press: Roundtable The Hive Email: thomepaper@yahoo.com Shop Evanston Made: Jamie Lou Thome
Janice Fleckman
I am a Clinical Social Worker and have a certificate in Applied Arts and Psychology. I have been painting and making art for over 30 years. I received a...
Janice Kazmier
“Be here now In this moment In this space and time.” —Ram Dass Be appreciative of all that is before you, behind you, above you, below you Be still...
Janis Page
My artwork is purposefully abstract to invite viewers to enter the composition and co-create its meaning. To encourage shared interpretations, I create experiential compositions influenced by the colors, shapes,...
Janis Post
I work intuitively, expressively, and abstractly, rarely starting with an end product in mind. Abstractions of water, earth, rock, sand and sky are recurring elements in my work. I...
Jarrett Dapier
Jarrett Dapier is a writer for children and teens whose picture book, Mr. Watson’s Chickens, illustrated by Andrea Tsurumi (Chronicle Books), received multiple starred reviews and was chosen by...
Jason O’Grady
I learned about the process of screenprinting from my brothers at BC Print Media. After years of painting with acrylics, I decided to give screenprinting a shot and registered...
Jay Goodrich
Fickle Flower Arts is part of a women’s arts and crafts collective dedicated to empowering, inspiring, and healing through creativity. The ultimate goal is to celebrate a group of...
Jean Cunningham
Watercolor and acrylic paintings inspired by my walks around Evanston, IL, or on my travels. My garden also a source of images. Email: jeanecun@gmail.com Shop Evanston Made: Jean Cunningham
Jeanette Diaz
Chicago native Jeanette Diaz studied Fine Art Photography and design at Columbia College Chicago. She is a full time artist and maintains a studio at the Greenleaf Art Center....
Jeanne LaCasse
Places I’ve been – Places I’ve never been Spanning several mediums, my work encapsulates places I’ve been, places I’ve never been, places that I long to go to. Because...
Jeff Garrett
Born Evanstonian, Jeff creates both realistic and abstract photographs of Lake Michigan in all seasons, focusing on sun, moon, clouds, shadows, water, and ice. Email: gotefridus@yahoo.com Instagram: instagram.com/gotefridus Facebook:...
Jenni Grover
My quilts are post-modern, maximalist, and intuitive. I’m obsessed with color and texture. Email: jenni@jennigrover.com Website: https://www.jennigrover.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hyper.scrappy/
Jennifer D. Turner
Artist Statement: As a mixed media artist, I delve into the realms of transformation, healing, wholeness, and mental well-being. Through my artwork, I seek to inspire a sense of...
Jennifer Otsuka
I am an illustrator who wants to bring a bit of cozy magic into everyone’s day. My background is in watercolor painting and I have recently started to paint...
Jennifer Presant
My paintings address the complexity of memory, by blurring and questioning the lines between recollection, projection, and reality. Each painting becomes a psychological landscape or waking dream, examining the...
Jessica Kaplan
Vision. Anticipation. Patience. My curiosity enables me to capture authentic moments in time, in which the pieces of the puzzle converge, fleeting elements coalesce and a photograph is made....
Jessica Malatia
My name is Jessica Malatia, and I am a visual artist living in Evanston. I make charcoal drawings and acrylic gouache paintings. While I used to be an avid...
Jessica Park
Through a vocabulary of layers, colors, shapes, and composition, my works articulate a playful voice. Focusing on images of flowers, I have found them to be a particularly effective...
Jessica Sawyers Cohen
In a world where things can feel so difficult, I want my art to bring happiness and joy to others. Let it be an escape from the challenges of...
Jessica Ustick
My work as an artist is centered around painting nerdy, dreamscapes that evoke a sense of wonder and imagination in the viewer. I enjoy painting with vibrant & playful...
Jevoid Simmons
As long as I can remember I’ve been an art maker. I’m not grounded in any specific artistic system. Art classes were a part of my educational experience from...
Jill Birschbach
Statement: Ideas of home and the house form are loaded with meaning. I began using this universal symbol to explore conflicted feelings about my working class upbringing. The house...
Jim Parks
There is a force — a creative urge — that overtakes some artists when they work. I am one of those artists. When I sit down to work, I...
Joan Muller
My style of quilted illustrations arose from my interest in historic pictorial quilts. I had attempted, over the years, to recreate various styles of antique quilting from redwork embroidery...
Joanna Pinsky
Joanna Pinsky is a painter residing in Evanston, Illinois. Working with acrylics, she has creates two-dimensional shaped paintings on canvas and gator board as well as rectangular works on paper. She...
Joerg Metzner
Born and raised in the Harz Mountains of Germany, Joerg was trained and worked as dental technician before moving to Ireland where he herded goats and photographed and painted....
John Herron
I love to paint loose, large and wet so watercolor is the perfect medium for me. For me, painting abstract is as much fun as a landscape. I utilize...
John Liberty
Artist Statement/Bio EMail: jkliberty@icloud.com Website: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jlibertyart/ Facebook: LinkedIn: Shop Evanston Made: johnlibertyart
John Wangendo
I am a self taught artist originally from Kenya. My art journey started in April 2020 during the Covid pandemic lockdown as I sat pondering how to get out...
Jordan Galvin
I love finding antique and vintage pieces that have become more beautiful with age. The patina, tarnish, even dents, on these valuable pieces connect us to their histories. I...
Jordan Scott
Jordan Scott is an award winning Chicago based artist and photographer. Represented by art galleries nationwide, he also teaches photography at several prestigious art centers in the Chicago area....
Jordan Scott Photography
Jordan Scott is an award winning Chicago based artist and photographer. As well as teaching photography for prestigious art centers and organizations in the Chicago area, he also offers...
Joseph Kayne
Wet Plate Collodion Tintype and Fine Large Format Landscape Photography Joe is one of a rare number of artists using the Wet Plate Collodion Tintype Process. The Wet Plate...
Joseph Taylor
I create images that resonate with me and hopefully with others. Oils, Woodcuts, Mosaics, Pastels, Digital illustration Figure, Urban Landscape, Illustration Email: josepht280@gmail.com Website: joetaylorart.com Instagram: josephtaylorart Press: Evanston Roundtable-...
Josh Chernoff
I love working with textiles and make both art quilts and functional accessories like scarves, purses, wallets, jewelry cases, glass cases, tablet covers, keychains and the like. I often...
Joyce Elias
Joyce Elias’ art encompass a wide range of media including painting, printmaking, collage, woodworking, pottery and photography. Over the past few years she has primarily focused on painted paper...
Juan Carlos Rodriguez
Hailing from the vibrant cultural tapestry of Mexico and shaped by the dynamic energy of Chicago, I am an artist who has been captivated by the world of art...
Juana Fernández-Hamer
My name is Juana M.Fernández-Hamer. I was born in Cuba in 1966. I left with my nuclear family members from Cuba (still have members that live there) and lived...
Jude Mahler
My ceramic pieces are influenced by my background in graphic and package design. My original career was designing house brand merchandise for a supermarket chain. I love surface texture...
Judi Kickel
Judi Kickel, textile architect, is an artist based in Wheeling IL. She started sewing when her mom made her take a sewing class in high school. A love of...
Judith Lewin
Website: millcreekminiatures.com Phone: 847-525-4227
Juliane von Kunhardt
My body of work wanders between the personal and the global context, and it feeds from what I see in media (mainly books) and what surrounds me. I address...
Julianne Litzkow
Hand painted one of a kind or specialty series silks to move on the body are what I create. The intention of the utility of art and beauty or...
Julie Cowan
Florals, political themes and architecture are the primary areas of investigation and exploration. My paper lithography technique has layers of printmaking and drawing applications so that each piece is...
Julie Rivera
I am a textile, mixed-media artist. Patterns and color in nature never cease to inspire me. Being close to water soothes my soul and it is often represented in my work...
June Chen Ahleman
Artist June Chen Ahleman is best known for her large-scale portraits and installations which explore the human experience of identity, perception, and objectification. Ahleman works predominantly in oil on...
Junko Yokota
Wherever I am, I am intrigued by the world around me. Born in Tokyo and raised in Okinawa, I stayed in the United States after college. My career focused...
Kai Shapiro
As a gay, nonbinary (they/them) young adult with down syndrome, I have had my fair share of barriers and obstacles. But when I make art, my only limit is...
Kangkana Deka
Though I love knitting and crocheting which I have learned from my maa when I was very young, I never paid much attention to it. However, I decided to...
Karen Bermann-Mazibuko
I founded Order By Nature in 2017 to assist people in creating spaces that are organized and clear of clutter. In my work, I have discovered that nature is...
Karen Fields
Karen Fields is a multidisciplinary artist hailing from Chicago. Over the past 25 years, she has lived and worked on the East Coast and in California before returning to...
Karen Perl
In my most current work, street scenes of Chicago have been melting and morphing into dreamscapes. The blending of these two sources of imagery is where the story and...
Karla Bruce
Affordable Accessories Handmade with love in Illinois. Email: loveandgracegems@gmail.com Website: https://loveandgracegems.myshopify.com/ Instagram: loveandgracegems Facebook: Love & Grace Gems LLC Shop Evanston Made: Love & Grace Gems
Katherine Orr
I believe that art can create special moments in everyday life. Why save art for a special occasion? Art isn’t just for Sunday afternoon trips to museums or formal...
Kat Walton-Myers
A Polish-born artist, currently residing in Evanston. My artistic passions circle around slavic folk practices, folklore, mythology, Victoriana, oddities and the esoteric. I have a degree in illustration with...
Kate Citrin
Kate Citrin loves painting portraits (both pet and people)! She is an oil painter with a BFA from Grand Valley State University and training from Vitruvian Fine Arts Academy...
Kate Roth
Kate Roth is an Evanston based photographer. Her passion for photography has led her to study nineteenth century photo techniques and full-frame composition She studied at the Royal Academy...
Kate Wyatt
Kate Wyatt is an all-around curious creator and adventurer who specializes in watercolor botanicals and landscape paintings. Kate‘s botanicals are carefully composed and have alluring movement that showcase botanicals in a unique...
Katharine Frey
Katharine Frey is a Chicago-based artist and photographer who works with cyanotype, watercolor, glass, acrylic, and other media. She also is an early childhood teacher who loves to create...
Kathe Stoepel
Kathe is a retired graphic designer. She worked at several non profits throughout her career including the Chicago Botanic Garden and the Evanston Art Center. She is now creating...
Kathryn Gemperle
I am a Chicago-based ceramic artist and painter. My artwork explores the interplay of memory, place, and imagination; how living spaces come to embody specific emotions; how experience influences...
Kathy Halper
“How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world.” – William Shakespeare Folk art with its voice rooted in simplicity and honesty...
Ken Avick
BFA, Painting, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1969. MFA, Painting, 1970, University of Chicago . Taught at the Hyde Park Art Center. Member of artist collective gallery, Space 900 Gallery, Evanston, Il....
Kenn Neely
Email: kennetik61@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kennetik61_____kenn_neely/ Shop Evanston Made: Kenn Neely
Kerstin Alischoewski
My paintings are a synthesis of traditional Renaissance painting techniques combined with contemporary ideas about picture making. My work expresses my lifelong fascination with paintings of the Flemish and...
Kevin Trabaris
Kevin Trabaris is a figurative oil painter whose work captures the stories and images that expose the beauty and emotions of the human condition sometimes with a humorous approach....
Kim Romain
Everyone is on a journey. Sometimes along our paths we get to experience the light. Sometimes, the dark. Although we may desire to always experience the lightness (because it...
Kristen Neveu
I paint to carve out a niche in my day with quiet space. I also take solace in spending time in nature. I have a background in music, and...
Kristin Simerson
I make bespoke, handmade jewelry with colorful, unique gemstones set in high-karat gold and sterling silver. My designs are all one-of-a-kind and made with traditional metalsmithing techniques. Website: www.kristinsimerson.com...
L.P. (Larry) Lundy
I’m a fortunate fellow. I knew I was an artist when I was a kid. Later I worked at various gigs, including being an illustrator, a copywriter, and backdrop...
Larry Geni
I have done a lot of traveling since I retired from teaching physics at ETHS. As a result, I have taken photos in some pretty interesting places. When I...
Laura Montenegro
My fascination and love of picture books began very early. My mother was an early childhood educator and librarian as well as a writer and artist. For her, poetry,...
Laura Sudec
Against Still Life – Margaret Atwood Orange in the middle of a table: It isn’t enough to walk around it at a distance, saying it’s an orange: nothing to...
Lauren Marquez-Viso
Explorer. Environmentalist. Photographer. Travel, immersing myself in different cultures, and communing with nature are my inspiration. I feel most alive when I am mindfully exploring this amazing and beautiful...
Laurie Slater
Over the years I have held a variety of jobs, traveled amazing places, heard incredible music, laughed, loved, hated, and everything in between. Life leads you down some strange...
Lawrence H. Pinto
Japanese-Style Woodblock Prints (moku hanga) I make landscape prints of the eastern shore of Lake Superior where there is a wilderness area centered on Lake Superior Provincial Park. The...
Lawrence Manuel
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, I got back into making collages. And then did some coloring books. Then bought an acrylic painting set from Blick’s. So, when...
Lea Basile Lazarus
Statement: I have spent the last few years creating a body of work that reflects the awareness and power of strength within our community. People have gathered together to...
Leah Soloff
Hi! I have been involved in various arts communities since the 1970s. As a photographer, I have spent time as an art fair exhibitor and have been honored with...
Len Koroski
Excited to show a sampling of designs including furniture and serving trays inspired by Mid Century Modern Designers and Architects from Denmark to North America. Opening the notebook with...
Leopold Segedin
BIOGRAPHY Leopold Segedin was born in Chicago in 1927. He received his BFA (1948) and MFA (1950) from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. He has taught at...
Leslie & Laura Hirshfield
Leslie and Laura Hirshfield are identical twin sisters who have been working together to combine their individual art disciplines into collages. Leslie received her MFA from Pratt Institute in...
Leslie Penles
Custom knitted and crochet garments & accessories. Email: lpenles@sbcglobal.net
Levern Dahlman
My artistic goal is to create painterly, vibrant photographs and paintings that enable us to experience the real, the possible and the juxtaposition of these two elements. I believe...
Linda Iverson
Artist currently reworking ribbon into images and machine embroidery in place. Email: lindamarie441@comcast.net Website: Artrepreneur.com (Search by Name) Shop Evanston Made: Linda Iverson
Linda Laatsch
As my children were growing up we often took ceramics classes together at Robert Crown. I always enjoyed ‘playing in clay’ and wanted to share the experience. I began...
Linda Summerfield
I find beauty and usefulness in discarded items and ephemera. I layer and reconstruct these found items to take a critical view of social, political and cultural issue. My...
Lisa Plefka Haskin
Lisa Plefka Haskin knew at a very young age that she loved everything about art. Her parents were instrumental in nurturing that passion and God-given talent. And over the...
Lisa Riva
I sculpt from my soul, from personal experiences and from my dreams. I begin by readying my studio, setting the mood with music or an audiobook and allowing my...
Lisa Zschunke
Painting for me is a discipline, a practice, another way for me to be a student in life. Physically, it is at times a way for me to get...
Liz Cramer
I believe that we should surround ourselves every day with beautiful things, pieces that make us smile, even when practical and functional. Life is too short to drink from...
Luke Nowak
I am a self taught woodworker who enjoys using the natural beauty of wood grain to create functional art. All of my works are handmade in my Evanston workshop...
Lynn Floriano
My work is reminiscent of the elegant forms of nature that to me, have spiritual and abstract qualities that forever fascinate me. My love of color is easily satisfied...
Lynne Miller Jones
In my paintings, I explore the boundaries between realism and abstraction in images of the natural world. From afar, my work appears realistic, sometimes photographic, but close up, there...
Madeline Usher
My artistic journey has been long and circuitous. I’ve been driven to make things my entire life. Almost everything on which I choose to spend time has been shaped...
Maggie Drouillard
Working with clay allows me to give myself grace. This is a mistake making space. I love how I am forced to adapt to its whims, allow things to...
Maike’s Marvels
Maike van Wijk creates one-of-a-kind handmade jewelry and home adornments as Maike’s Marvels. Her Wax and Wire Jewelry has been featured in various art fairs around Chicagoland, and her...
Maleia M. Hartman
Sunday’s best is a line of creative work created by me, Maleia Hartman. My work was born out of a dark time, and an inability to pull myself out....
Mardy Sears
The main thrust of my work focuses on a combination of current events, including contemporary moral views, with more personal and intimate imagery. I particularly like combining modern concepts...
Margarete de Soleil
BIO: Margarete de Soleil is an artist and illustrator who has exhibited nationwide, including at The Smithsonian Institution of Natural History and the Missoula Art Museum in Montana. A graduate of the Maryland Institute,...
Maria Delton
I paint what makes me stop and stare, usually while on my way to something else. Unexpected, unplanned and often overlooked, the tension between a boring subject that is...
Marie Magnetic
Marie Magnetic (b. 1989) is a Chicago-based visual artist working mainly in acrylics, collage, and found object sculpture. Marie was awarded a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Central...
Marilyn Crocker
Marilyn Crocker first became aware of photography as a child viewing family photos taken by her father in slideshows in a darkened living room and while exploring the photographs...
Marilyn Greenfield
Passionate about the beauty of the world around me, I have been expressing myself in clay for 35 years. The goal of my work is to create utilitarian and...
Marjorie Davidson
Marjorie Davidson is a classically trained pianist, self taught artist, with a lifetime and life line of piano students, accompanist work, solo performances, and a relentless practice of piano...
Mark Child
My works all try to respect the mystery of where these images come from in the hopes they might resonate with others. Email: markandrewchild@gmail.com Website: markandrewchild.com Instagram: mc_riverrun Linked...
Mark B. Cleveland
About the Artist Mark B. Cleveland (Fine Artist, American) is a contemporary visual artist exploring the unique beauty and connection we share in everyday urban life. His work echoes...
Mark Collins
Think of your reaction when you come upon a scene that draws your attention completely – one of those visual moments that is fleeting but seems to be locked...
Mark Hudson
Email: markhudson757@yahoo.com Shop Evanston Made: Mark Hudson
Mark Hurwich
Mark Hurwich is anything but a “serious” photographer and potter. Rather, his work reflects a life-long interest in illuminating the whimsical, playful and quirky wonderfulness ever-present within and around...
Markeyon Wallock
Markeyon Wallock is CEO and Founder of the BWYB brand-BWYB is an acronym for BWYB #BLACK #WHITE #YELLOW #BROWN BWYB Products sells apparel and promotional products featuring Markeyon Wallock’s...
Marsha Peterson-Maass
The type of art that Marsha has developed is called Crystal Knit Pointillism, utilizing crystals and colored yarn to form her knit picture, much like how a painter uses...
Marti De Boer
A passion for creating contemporary jewelry allows me to express my personal artistic vision. About 10 years ago I began making jewelry constructed from materials I love such as...
Mary Jon Girard
I enjoy applying a creative attitude to all parts of my busy life. Having an artistic bent allows me to see multiple possibilities and solutions. When I set aside...
Mary K. Seyfarth
Mary K. Seyfarth started working in ceramics in 1978 and the vessel has been her expression for the last 40 years. I love the “fire arts” as I have...
Matt Braun
Matthew Braun aka Know Love is an artist and educator currently living in Evanston, IL. Braun holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art focussing on Painting and...
Matthew LaFleur
I was born with a crayon in my hand, dimples in my grin and goofiness in my soul. An illustrator for over two decades, I have drawn from the...
Maureen Crowley
Maureen Crowley has been an Evanston resident for the past 19 years. During her career in sales promotion and marketing, Maureen spent much of her time collaborating with graphics...
Maya Kalabic
Maja Kalabic was born in Yugoslavia. Maja’s family immigrated to the United States in 1996. After landing in Chicago, Maja immersed herself and took full advantage of the possibilities...
Mayra Jackson
As a self-taught artist, I specialize in creating immersive 3D art pieces using heavy textured acrylic paint and mixed media. My art literally pops out of the canvas, drawing...
Megz Klein
Megz Klein built a lifelong background in Fine Art, Graphics and Interiors. She is a member of ASID, AIGA, American Mensa, and holds a BFA degree in Interior Design...
Melanie Deal
Remember when you were a child, creating artworks by cutting and pasting? Well, that’s what I do as an adult, and it’s just as fun and satisfying as it...
Melissa Raman Molitor
Melissa Raman Molitor, ATR-BC, LCPC Melissa is an artist, educator and art therapist living and working in the Chicago-Evanston area. She is an associate professor, adj. at the School...
Meredith Kopelman
My everyday experiences range from a chance encounter with an eccentric blue heron, while taking a pause during a morning run. Energy pulses through me, yet I’m at peace...
Mia McCullough
Mia is an award winning playwright and filmmaker who took a deep dive back into visual art during the pandemic. While she finds painting with acrylics soothing, her real...
Michael Birnbaum
I have been painting and making prints for over 50 years, inspired by growing up in a incredibly creative household. My mother was a very gifted Painter and I...
Michael G. Ennis
I was born in Scotland and moved to the US over 20 years ago, settling here in Evanston with my then-young family. Questioning, observing, and preparing for the unexpected...
Michael Winchester
All of my collage is simple by nature. I typically only use two images. I try to make them comical, sometimes irreverent, and with a bit of dark humor....
Michelle Stroud
My first piece of pottery came from my grandmother’s cabinet – an old chipped little pitcher with painted flowers on the side. I loved how the piece felt in...
Mie Tamura
My strong love of nature, and inspiration from my home country of Japan encourages me to paint in many ways. I seek to capture the dance of light and...
Mike Berns
I will never forget the first time that I watched an image developing in the darkroom as if it was some magical apparition-taking place before my eyes. I was...
Mila Ryk
Inspired by Art Nouveau and amazed by endlessness beauty and variety of Orchids, I developed a unique style and technique which gave me ability to share my vision and...
Mimi Kravitz
I’m inspired by the natural world.~.Its translucency and layered shapes and colors never cease to amaze and dazzle me. I feel that the layers that we see in nature...
Mindi Dewey-Rosburg
Art allows me to access the fullness of the human experience through the nature of its contradictions – the light and the dark, the bright and the hidden, the...
Molly Cranch
My name is Molly Cranch and I am a children’s book author-illustrator, artist and educator. I am a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis (BFA), The School of...
Molly Kaplan
Molly Kaplan is a third-year Horn Performance student at Northwestern’s Bienen School of Music and is originally from Orlando, Florida. Over the past year, she has worked with her...
Molly Wherry
Molly is an acrylic artist who is constantly experimenting with her style. Her paintings frequently explore stories outside of her world, either inspired by space or a fairytale. These...
Morgan Patten
Morgan Patten is a multimedia artist based in Evanston, IL. She completed her studies in Studio Art, with a focus in drawing, from DePaul University in 2017, and has...
Nancy F. Behles
I am a professional artist and art educator, working in oil, acrylic and oil pastel. Stylistically, my work ranges from impressionistic to abstract. I value the creative interaction and...
Nancy Lamm
I was a shy kid. I was never one to approach others to make friends and play. Instead, I might hang out nearby and hope for someone to invite...
Nancy Nikko
In a nutshell: I’m a graphic designer, artist, illustrator and photographer. I began in these separate but related areas via my business which started back in 1993 as a...
Nancy Sickbert-Wheeler
Nancy Sickbert-Wheeler works as a metalsmith with the specialty in enameling. Glass enamel is fired and fused to copper and silver. Creating contemporary jewelry and objects using a combination...
Naomi Pollak
I create paintings and drawings in pencil, charcoal or oil. I am inspired by work of great masters and contemporary realistic artists. I am influenced by the beauty of...
Neal Stamell
Bits of clay, some spinning, hands, tooling, glaze– yielding ceramic ware to enhance the home. Email: nstamell@gmail.com Shop Evanston Made: Neal Stamell
Nicholas Turner
British born with a passion for travel and photography. I’ve been fortunate enough to live and work in many different countries and moved to Evanston a few years ago....
Nikki Householder
Nikki is the creator behind NikHouseArt. Nikki has a Masters in Education from Michigan State University. She taught Elementary school for many years before her family relocated to Sydney,...
Nina Weiss
About the Artist Nina Weiss has been painting and drawing the landscape for over thirty years. Her work is represented in private and corporate collections including United Airlines, Aetna...
Olga Masevich
My aesthetic is minimalist and playful, with limited color palettes. I gravitate toward exaggerated shapes and proportions. Most of my artwork is female inspired and centric. I work digitally...
Paige Love Garland
Paige Love Garland is a multidisciplinary Artist and Designer. She studied at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design and has gone on to pursue a professional career as...
Pam Bossert
BFA Textile Artist. Exploring a love of color and different materials through many different mediums from textiles, glass, and clay. Trained as a weaver and textile designer. I combine...
Pam Daniels
I love materials, and often they become the inspiration for my work. I also enjoy pushing boundaries and playing with “what if”— featuring non-traditional elements such as rope and...
Pamela Allen
I’ve always loved art, but it is only with a camera that I’m able to describe the way that I see the world. A B.A. in American Culture and...
Patricia Bridges
I create my ear lobe accessories from a variety of beads, wood, leather, fabric, metal, wire, semi-precious stones, and everyday items that can be recycled and/or refurbished. Being unique,...
Patricia Patterson
I am a contemporary still-life painter interested in observing the relationships between objects that result unexpectedly and on purpose. I lived in Mexico for 25 years and returned to...
Patrick Duncan
Patrick Duncan has a studio in Evanston. Located at 1731 Dodge. Patrick is an artist. Come over and visit to see cool stuff! Probably should make an appointment! Call! 3144719106 Email: Patricktduncan@gmail.com IG:...
Patrick Perry
I look to create multiple experiences when my work is viewed from a distance and then closer and more intimately. With a focus on portraits, I use color, brush...
Patt Murray
A sculptor and dancer by nature, my life’s path took me to a career as a hair designer and salon/art gallery owner. I turned to less physically demanding and...
Paul Brourman
*Click here for article about Paul’s RBG portrait in the Penn State news. Born in Boise, Idaho as the son of a symphony conductor and a concert pianist (father...
Paul Segedin
URBAN PRAIRIE DESIGN Paul Segedin creates distinctive, handmade furniture out of his workshop in Evanston, Illinois. Most of his furniture combines locally harvested, sustainable woods (catalpa, ash, hickory, white...
Paul Wear
Paul Wear works primarily in acrylic paint on stretched canvas. In his work, he straddles the line between representation and complete abstraction. The blank canvas is covered with random...
Paul Whittaker
My art is shaped by my past life as a research biologist: I look closely at the natural world around me, explore the common ancestry of Humanity with other...
Paula Inocencia Cofresi-Silverstein
Paula Cofresi-Silverstein is an Artist, Educator, Psychotherapist in Private Practice: BA degree in Fine Arts//Art Education//Elementary&Secondary Ed. from Inter-American University in San German, Puerto Rico. 1968-Studied Ceramics at the...
Peer Services
Founded in 1975, PEER Services is a leading nonprofit provider of substance use prevention and outpatient treatment services to youth and adults, ages 12-90+, in Northern Cook County. We...
Peter Jablokow
I create watercolors of buildings, bridges and machinery with a messy, rusty, chaotic feel that comes with age and lack of use. The patterns, textures and colors of large,...
Peter Kelsey
Peter Kelsey received his early training at the Chicago Academy for the Arts. He went on to study at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Palette and Chisel, and...
Peter Mudd
Though I double majored in English Literature and Studio Fine Art, I consider myself mostly self taught as my “art life” began long before college. Besides sheer creative “impulse,”...
Peyton Evans
My name is Peyton Evans and I’m a young, emerging visual artist in Chicago, IL. I’m a self taught painter, as well as a photographer and video artist. I...
Rachael Gross
I recently retired from the practice of law to pursue more creative endeavors. I now focus on polymer clay art, from jewelry to judaica. I love exploring new ways...
Rachael Posnak
Email: rs@rsposnak.com Website: www.rachaelposnak.com Instagram: @rachaelposnak
Rachel Hueffner
I have been sewing since I was a young kid and have found few other hobbies that I enjoy as much. In fact the only thing I enjoy more...
Rachel Mars
I first fell in love with art in my 9th grade art class. As a closeted queer kid, art was a safe space and helped me get to know...
Ramin Takloo-Bighash
Ramin’s artistic background is in Persian calligraphy which he learned from his father and Mr Reza Beyt-Anab in southern Iran in the 80s. Recently he’s been exploring calligraphy as...
Randall Mattheis
Mattheis hand is always present in his work, bringing the artist’s response to place onto the canvas, what the eyes see but more, a connection with the surroundings. The...
Ray Maseman
In sleep, our unconscious minds create dreams by assembling the leftover, unassimilated bits and pieces of our daily experience and weaving them into a narrative. I imitate this process...
Ren Picco-Freeman
Ren Freeman is a photographer who works with Chicago movement artists and dance companies. She was the in-house photographer for cocodaco dance project and Foster Dance Studios in Evanston....
Richard Laurent
I am a practicing oil painter out of my studio at the Fine Arts Building, 410 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago 60605. My studio work is narrative/metaphorical in nature while...
Richard Mack
Richard is an award-winning photographer / videographer who has specialized in location productions since 1980 for a wide variety of clients in the U.S. and Europe, from travel and resort...
Rita Shimelfarb
The glass’ raw brilliance and color are primary inspirations in my work. The deeper I explore the technical side of working with glass, the more it leaves me in...
Rob Lancaster
Rob Lancaster is a photographer living in Evanston, Illinois. “While I shoot many styles of photography, I find that my eye is more often drawn to a scene or object that...
Rob Larson
Rob Larson is pioneering the art of ‘Sacred Impressionism,’ which celebrates our beloved earth as a sacred place, a gift from God. Consider commissioning Rob to create a landscape...
Rob Summerlin
Email: summerlinr@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robsummerlin_
Robert Magrisso
Carvings, Constructions & Collages ARTIST STATEMENT The art that I do can be classified as constructions, woodcarvings and collages. They have been motivated by the desire to express an...
Robin Carlson
Thank you for checking out my page! Please email with questions, purchase inquiries, or just to say, Hi. Website: www.xiaospace.org/Artists/Robin-Carlson Instagram: @robincarlsonart Email: robin.carlson@gmail.com
Robin Carlson
My project, ‘Small delta’ is about the ephemeral transitions we experience on our spinning planet–changes we can’t rewind to review. I take photos to document the almost imperceptible changes...
Robin Ryan
Robin Ryan is a fiber artist best known for her weavings using mostly natural fibers, with a focus on tapestries and fiber sculpture. Website: www.henandjay.com Instagram: @henandjay Email: robin@henandjay.com...
Robin Strand
I love the quote from Monet, “ I want to paint like a bird sings.” I try for the melodic twitter, not the squawk. I work in oil and...
Robyn McMurray Hurtig
I am an abstract expressionist artist with a passion for nature, travel and all the colors and textures I come across in my daily walks and observations. My art...
Ron Cramer
I’m a guy with a passion for creating handmade, one of a kind artistic pieces. I love the challenge of creative problem solving. My artistic talent enables me to...
Rose Marie Lamour
Acrylic on Canvas. I was introduced to the World of Haïtian painting through the atelier of artist Parizot Domond in 2004. After my introduction there, I enrolled in the...
Roslyn Broder
RedAvaDesigns is an eclectic line of jewelry, objects, and art designed and created in Chicago, Illinois, using a variety of metalsmithing and enameling techniques. My work includes natural stones,...
Ross Martens
Juxtaposing miniatures, photography, found objects and toys, I explore humor & pathos with ambiguities of scale & proportions. I’m interested in unfathomably large and minutely small objects and how...
Roy Jean Tillman
Late bloomer. I have always been curious and interested in painting. I love bright colors, landscapes, horticulture and the environment. My paintings depict the things that inspire me. Email:...
Ruth Hecht
I am an artist, potter and teacher of art. I have been teaching art for 25 years and making art for 35 years. I had to learn how to...
Sabira Taher
I’m a pandemic-born artist, inspired by our urban landscape and the emotions it invokes. I work in watercolor and ink, and enjoy the process of painting as much as...
Sacha Foxx
Sacha Foxx is a Chicago-Based comedian, improviser and artist. She believes art can be used to access higher states of consciousness and assist with the human experience. She’s on...
Sami Mills
I am an Evanston native, born and raised. I have always been immersed in art in many forms, but mainly painting and drawing. My work now focuses on faces...
Samuel Onche
Sam Onche is an illustrator/painter based in the United States. He was born in Nigeria, Benue and moved to the US in 2015. He studied studio art at Colby...
Sandra Lema-Stern
Capturing nature in pastels motivates me to move toward the unusual, the perspective of nature I did not notice before, and the feeling of exhilaration that it brings. I...
Sandra Robinson
I am an Evanston ceramic artist and member of the Midwest Clay Guild. I trained at the Evanston Art Center and have exhibited work there as well as at...
Sanjukta Acharya
Painting is my passion. I’m a self-taught contemporary realist painter working full time from my home studio. After a career as an Advertising professional in India, I relocated to...
Sarah Kaiser-Amaral
My most recent body of work is composed of urban cityscapes. I’m attracted to colorful, semi-abstract glimpses of people moving through space. In the cityscapes I paint, I capture...
Sarah Long Holland
I work primarily with acrylic paint on canvas. I am interested in color and how it can be used to express abstract ideas and emotions. I experiment with brush...
Sarita Kamat
Born and brought up in the beautiful city of Belgaum in India, I moved to Chicago 18 years ago and now live in Skokie, IL with my husband Salil,...
Sayle Moser
I am an Evanston, Illinois based photographer and I specialize in Fine Art Photography. My current photographs are a compilation of the last 25 years, a mixture of black...
Scott Garfinkel
“Stumbling into photography later-in-life” is how I would best describe my journey to uncover a creative side of me that lay dormant for decades. Several years ago, I was...
Scott Greenberg
Scott Greenberg is an artist who primarily works with acrylics. While his styles range from abstract to cartoonish, he strives to evoke emotions for each viewer to interpret. He...
Sharon Davis
Urban Thread Quilts is the home for Sharon Davis a Quilter, Fiber Artist and Crafter who enjoys creating unique and one of a kind Quilts and Handbags. Sharon has worked with fabric since her...
Shawna Franks
I will draw your favorite song. Have you ever wondered what a song looks like? Music is the most personal art form to most of us humans. There are...
Shawny Green
In a world clamoring with noise, my art serves as an invitation to pause—to delve into the undercurrents of the subconscious mind. My pen, laden with ink, draws not...
Shelley Gilchrist
In her abstract sculptural paintings, Shelley Gilchrist explores line, form and color. At present she creates constructions inspired by the perennial struggle of many artists (herself included) to write...
Shellie Argeanton
Shellie Argeanton is a mixed media artist who strongly believes in the healing power of art therapy. She has struggled with anxiety throughout her life and finds it restorative...
Sholo Beverly
Born on the Southside of Chicago in 1968, I was an artist at a young age, influenced by my mother who was a floral and interior designer. As a...
Silvana Tandeter
My name is Silvana Tandeter, being a native from Argentina, I have been surrounded by the textiles, textures and colors of the rich indigenous cultures of South America. I...
Socorro Mucino
“I love that printmaking is done by hand; rolling, wiping ink on plates and cranking them through the press. There is something very exciting about pulling a first proof...
Sophie Carlisle
I make abstract sculpture with long ceramic coils that are looped or layered into strong, delicate forms. Coils are useful for exploring organic form; they contain an energy of...
Stacia Mayfield
It’s interesting to look back now at these seemingly unrelated, yet completely synchronistic events that led me here… To this balcony overlooking the beautiful and mighty Mississippi, staring at...
Stephan Collins
I grew up in a talented family of African-American artists, musicians, and entrepreneurs in the Jim Crow 1950s. At an early age I knew I wanted to be an...
Stephanie Reed
I’ve been interested in photography ever since I can remember. I’ve gifted some of pictures that I printed on canvas to friends and family over the years. I love...
Stephanie Riger
I love glass. Its beauty, brilliance, and color variety mesmerize me. I spend hours playing with different shapes and colors, placing pieces one way and another til I discover...
Stephanie Samuels
I feel most connected in nature, and use that nature in my art. Starting with clay, I add collected materials that I find when moving though the world. I...
Stephen Guenther
My first camera came at a very young age, just noting that is was a Mickey Mouse camera says it all. One day I borrowed my older brother’s 35mm...
Stephen Murphy
Stephen Murphy is a visual artist & storyteller. He is a graduate of the Pratt Institute and the University of Chicago, and is ABT from the Massachusetts Institute of...
Stephen Starr
Stephen Starr is Principal of Stephen B. Starr Design, Inc., a graphic design consultancy in Evanston focusing on website and internet application design and development, branding/logo/identity creation, print design...
Steve Denenberg
I am a recreational artist and have been for a long time. I have always had an inclination to making art and have made some no matter where I...
Susan Baim
I have been doing some form of art for as long as I can remember. I was a painting major in college, but except for a fairly recent short...
Susan Clancy Kelly
My work is place-based. It’s about being immersed in the landscape, capturing the emotions conveyed by a place. My art showcases my painting style, a focus on expressionism, and,...
Susan Cua
I love to paint and I paint to live. It is my strongest passion. I also love to travel and play the piano. For the past several years, I...
Susan Lane
I am a Chicago based artist and jeweler. My work reflects the deep connection I feel to the forms and colors of the natural world. I use natural specimens...
Susan Van Dam
I’m slightly obsessed with painting stripes. It started with painting what I called “roughed up rugby” which was inspired by the bold stripes and sometimes worn-out look of the...
Susan Wein
Weindesign Art Studio: My name is Susan Wein, and I am a 2D Chicago artist. One of my goals is to express my emotional and physical journey through my...
Suzanne Metzel
I am a lifelong resident of Evanston (3rd generation). At the Evanston Art Center I studied drawing, watercolor and eventually settled on printmaking until I became pregnant and was evicted...
Ted Glasoe
I am inspired to photograph Lake Michigan in every way I can — from sweeping seascapes to macro shots of its shoreline. I hope to capture as many of...
Terri Michaels
My art combines my passion for exploring thrift stores in search of small and unusual objects, saving discarded scraps of paper and assembling all of these materials to create...
Theresa Daniel
Beau Lou Designs is a confluence of my love of travel, photography and beautiful designs. Using my photos of local and international landmarks, street art, gardens and architectural gems,...
Thomas Mosley
A multidisciplinary artist from Zion, Illinois, Thomas Mosley truly believes that a human being is capable of any and everything they fully put their mind to. With the same...
Todd Anderson
Photographer, film maker. For as long as I can remember I have been a visual storyteller. When I was 7 I was allowed to use the family’s slide projector...
Tom Albrecht
I use a wood lathe to hand turn functional and decorative objects such as bowls, platters, round boxes, vases, and weed pots. I primarily use wood that is locally...
Tom Okawara
TomOCeramics My pottery is influenced by a myriad of sources. The shapes and lines of my pieces are inspired by the mid-century modern European potters, such as Lucie Rie...
Ty Phillips
A lifelong admirer of the visual arts, I became passionately interested in photography in 2006. I shoot almost exclusively in black and white, which reflects the visual aesthetic that...
Verzell James
Jam Graphics: We produce quality printed and published art, comic books, prints and posters. Email: verzellj@aol.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamgraphicsandpub/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/verzellj/ Shop Evanston Made: Verzell James
Warren Fellingham
Auto mechanic breaks out into jewelry making- I have been in the auto repair business for over 25 years in Evanston. One day several years ago I bought a...
Will Allen
Metal sculpting has been an addiction for me ever since I first picked up a welding gun when I was 17 in a metal sculpture class. The longevity and...
Will Fleming
Hello and welcome ! Photography reflects creation ~ welcome to my universe. Email: Wjsfleming@gmail.com Shop Evanston Made: Skip Fleming Photography
Winnie Dagostino
I am Filipino, and I love the creative arts. I paint, crochet, and make beaded jewelry. I’m very passionate about painting, along with all my forms of artwork. I...
Yancey Hughes
If the desire is to create it could be as simple as a sheet of paper, a flashlight or a pencil. Email: yh6000@me.com Website: https://yanceyhughesphotography.com/ In the News: The...