CONTEXT 2019

Filter Photo is pleased to announce Context 2019, our annual spring open call for lens-based work. This year the exhibition was juried by Ariel Pate, Assistant Curator of Photography, Milwaukee Art Museum.

Juror Ariel Pate says, “It was an honor to select work to be included Context 2019. The wide variety of practices and work to choose from speaks to the appeal and breadth of the medium of photography. The works chosen primarily reflect two storied themes of art history: portraiture and landscape. However, the photographers selected have expanded these genres to reflect on our contemporary context, one in which barely concealed intolerance and anti-scientific thought such as climate change denial are everyday facts of public discourse. Together, these issues determine not only the conditions we live in now but also the future that awaits us. Through their engagement with these themes, these photographers have examined our present moment, working to complicate and examine prejudice and the future of our environment. Not only that, but they have done it with technical skill and visual appeal. Thank you to all the artists who submitted work—the professionalism and level of engagement with photography is a tribute to Filter Photo’s efforts to promote and support photography within Chicago and our region”.  

 

Image © Alissa Ohashi

 

Participating Artists

Geoffrey Albores
Kalee Appleton
Gary Beeber
Leticia Bernaus
Tricia Capello
Jonathan Castillo
Eli Craven
Francis Crisafio
Michael Danner*
Alexander Diaz
Sharon Draghi
Rebecca Drolen
Alissa Godina
Paul Guilmoth

Pato Hebert
Harrison Huse
Jamie Kreher
Emily Mason
Carolyn Monastra
Alissa Ohashi
Jordan Putt
Astrid Reischwitz
Eleonora Ronconi
Travis Roozee
Sarah Rose
Mark Schoon & Casey McGuire
Matt Storm** 
Daniel Venegas

 

*Juror’s Choice
** Honorable Mention

This exhibition is partially sponsored by The Illinois Arts Council Agency and a CityArts Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events.

 

Exhibition Dates: March 22 – April 27, 2019
Artists’ Reception: March 29 | 6 pm – 9 pm
Location: Filter Space 1821 W. Hubbard St., Ste. 207