Anne Wilson is a visual artist known for exploring time, loss, and social rituals. Using materials like lace, thread, and human hair, her work blends conceptual strategies with handcraft. Her art is in major collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, MoMA, The Art Institute of Chicago, and the Victoria and Albert Museum. A 2015 United States Artists Distinguished Fellow, she has received awards from the Textile Society of America, NEA, and the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation. Wilson has exhibited internationally at venues such as the Whitney Biennial, ICA Boston, the Museum of Arts and Design, and the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Japan. She is Professor Emeritus at SAIC and is represented by Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, and Paul Kotula Projects, Detroit.
Nancy Spero (1926–2009) was an American painter known for her bold critiques of power, Western privilege, and male dominance. Her raw, paper-based works and installations draw from history and current events, depicting women as protagonists using imagery from sources like Egyptian hieroglyphs and French history painting. She earned a BFA from SAIC (1949) and received honorary doctorates from SAIC and Williams College. Awards include the Hiroshima Art Prize, Skowhegan Medal, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from CAA. Spero exhibited at MoMA, ICA Boston, MOCA LA, and MIT’s List Visual Arts Center.
Richard Rezac (b. 1952) is a sculptor known for abstract, meticulously crafted object-sculptures. His work, originating from drawing, emphasizes synthesis and refinement. He has received the Guggenheim Fellowship, Rome Prize, Joan Mitchell Foundation Award, and Louis Comfort Tiffany Award. Since 2000, he has held many solo exhibitions, including at the Portland Art Museum, The Renaissance Society, Blaffer Art Museum, and leading galleries in New York, Chicago, Berlin, Los Angeles, and Seattle. His work is in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, MCA Chicago, Dallas Museum of Art, Carnegie Museum of Art, and Yale University Art Gallery. Rezac was an Adjunct Full Professor at SAIC until 2019.
Julia Fish (b. 1950) has held thirty two solo exhibitions since 1980, including two ten-year surveys: bound by spectrum at DePaul Art Museum (2019–2020) and View at The Renaissance Society (1996). She has exhibited at institutions such as the American Academy of Arts and Letters, The Menil Collection, SFMOMA, MAK Center, Tang Museum, Martin Gropius Bau, Galerie Remise, the Whitney Biennial, and MCA Chicago. Her work is in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, MoMA, MCA Chicago, LACMA, Denver Art Museum, Yale University Art Gallery, and others. She is represented by Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, and David Nolan Gallery, New York. She lives and works in Chicago.
Image: Richard Rezac
