September 14 - October 14

Michael Dain And Elizabeth Burke-Dain - THE BIFF & YUBBIE SHOW

Opening Reception: September 14, 6-9p

The Biff & Yubbie Show is a visual collaboration between two art lovers who have worked in a variety of creative cultural industries in Chicago for the past three decades. The title references the artists' nicknames--“Biff” is Michael Dain and “Yubbie” is Elizabeth Burke-Dain. They have been known by these names since childhood. 

Michael’s sculptures represent a lifelong fascination with high and low technology, light, shadow, and form, while Elizabeth's site-specific installation (composed of pliant pool toys) creates a visual cohesion--and playful counterbalance--to the geometric structuralism of Michael’s work.

Michael Dain has shown with Chicago’s Kavi Gupta Gallery, Ten in One, the Chinn Gallery, and the Weir Gallery. He currently teaches user experience design at Northwestern University and is a director at the Chicago advertising agency Foote, Cone & Belding. He received his Masters degree in Human Computer Interaction from DePaul University. 

Elizabeth Burke-Dain is curator, artist, and marketing and media professional. She has dedicated her career to promoting and elevating the arts in Chicago and nationally through the many positions she has held with the Poetry Foundation and Poetry magazine, the Art Institute of Chicago, Columbia College, Garfield Park Conservatory, and as co-founder of Around the Coyote. As an artist, she is inspired by designs found in nature and she works in a variety of materials from ceramics to assemblage.

February 17 - April 7

DYLAN CALE JONES - OBSERVATION DEVICES

Opening Reception: February 17, 2-8p / Artist Talk: March 18, 3-5p / Closing Reception: April 7, 2-5p

Observation Devices is a growing collection of artworks by Dylan Cale Jones. Observation Devices takes its title from the Chicago Police Department's surveillance cameras, called 'Police Observation Devices'. These cameras are part of Operation Virtual Shield, one of the largest networks of surveillance infrastructure in the world. When plans for this surveillance network were unveiled, Mayor Richard Daley declared the city's goal to have "a camera on every corner." Although observation has power it also has limitations. All forms of observation leave some things unseen. By using numerous mediums Dylan Cale Jones develops a complex picture of the public space surrounding the cameras. These drawings, sculptures, photographs, texts, and events document the artist’s observations of public spaces in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood. Observation Devices offers both a critique and an expansion of Operation Virtual Shield, demonstrating ways that observation can foster curiosity, intimacy, and connection. dylancalejones.com