Trautes Heim

Michelle Grabner

Opening Reception: Saturday, April 4th, from 6-9 PM.

Exhibition Dates: April 4th - May 9th

We are excited to announce our upcoming solo exhibition with Michelle Grabner. Trautes Heim, the German phrase for "Home sweet home", takes on the same title of a photography exhibition by Anna and Bernhard Blume in the 1990's. In a similar fashion to their work, Michelle Grabner uses sculpture to expose the absurd, the excessive, and the abstract in the familiar and the domestic. We hope you can join us for our opening reception.

Michelle Grabner is a Wisconsin-based artist, writer, and curator. She co-curated the 2014 Whitney Biennial and was the Artistic Director for the inaugural 2018 FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art. Her practice spans a variety of media, including drawing, painting, and sculpture, and finds a creative center in operating across platforms and towards community.

Grabner is the Crown Family Professor of Art and the Senior Chair of the Painting and Drawing Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she has taught since 1996. She has also held teaching appointments at The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Cranbrook Academy of Art; Milton Avery Graduate School of Arts—Bard College; Yale University School of Art; and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine.