“PORTRAITS OF AN IDOL”

When I painted for you before, I tried to tell you about the eminent end of the world. You never listened. It was too hard for you to comprehend. So I met with my backers and they forced me to reconsider my angle of inclination to act and actions. Now I present to you,

“PORTRAITS OF AN IDOL”

Forget about the end, let’s talk about now. Now is the time to remember the way to be for a better present day. Yes, be like Oprah, Obama, Gandhi, Mother Teresa, or even the Shroud of Turin, if you can - just a little. If you must, just a bit. I urge you, I employ you, I command you to be nice.

Hiromi Tanaka - Studio 227

"Having always enjoyed observing nature and the world around me, my painting provides me an optimum method for recording such impressions. My work focuses primarily on the beautiful combinations of colors and forms that I am exposed to every day. I begin each painting with simple iconography that I build upon layer by layer. It is this layering which allows my simple statements to be presented with balance and subtlety." Hiromi Tanaka - Studio 227 Visit her gallery in here http://www.theflatironproject.com/Hiromi/index.html

Zsofia Otvos

"Otvos' sensual handling of acrylic, laid here in wet-looking daubs, is positively luscious: the incongruity makes it thrilling"

Liz Tuckwell

Liz Tuckwell is a painter currently living in Chicago, Illinois. Shortly after graduating with a BA in Spanish from Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, she relocated to Amsterdam, The Netherlands where she dedicated herself to her artwork and her love of travel. After nearly ten years of creating art abroad, she returned to her hometown of Chicago in 2005. The main focus of her work is oil painting, which can most accurately be described as Abstract Expressionism.

Joe Sikora - Studio 307

Joe Sikora is long time resident of the flat iron building constantly experimenting with color and subject, evolving, expressing the way he sees things.

Eric David Hamilton - With Respect

Baltazar Castillo - Studio 220

Long time resident in the Flat Iron Arts Building Baltazar Castillos work is is a constant font of creativity and perspective. Some of his work from 2005 here

Dan Colcer - Romanian Artist

Romanian artist based in the US. Currently in Chicago and moving once more to another state. His work has been seen more than a couple times in the wall of the Flat Iron Arts Building in different venues including the "Around the Coyote".

Ewa Bloch - Studio 201

I focus on the fine line between the ‘allowable’ and the ‘intolerable’. My current work Halter-Top Society is a reflection on every day occurrences, uncensored and often unnoticed by the eye. They reoccur in a specific time and are peculiar to a specific place. They are tolerated merely because they occur

The work is influenced by my own experiences, views and observations. It is not meant to make any sort of direct statement or explanation; but it is intended to engage the viewer into a new or deeper level of thought and contemplation.

Resin Art

Translucid multicolored elements caught in glass like resin like dream catchers. The new work of Pawel Ciochon with a permanent address in the building after a few years of showing with other artists in other studios and hallways around the building.
Pawel, 42, originaly from a little town in Poland won a visa several years ago to come to this country and work on his art. He shares his studio with his friend an artist that has been around the building for as long as Pawel has and is just as shy. Here are some picture from their studio and their work.

Kass Copeland

My work is rooted in a narrative foundation because words have always evoked images for me. I often use favorite childhood fairy-tales, rhymes or songs, in addition to family folklore, as resources. By focusing on these subjects, I am able to provide a glimpse into the past, but hope to also provide an alternative view of the current world by placing these themes into a contemporary context.

Ivan Garcia - Brocha Gorda

STUDIO 314 Born in Mexico City in 198? He went as a listener at "La Esmeralda, Escuela Nacional de pintura y grabado" where he had the chance to experiment with different medias. A few months ago he moved to Chicago and landed in the Flat Iron Building where he's working now. His work -in his own words- is abstract and experimental.

Howard Webb

I paint in order to understand without explaining in words. Although words can suggest images it is the images not the explanation I am after. I work to bring the images to the surface as well as awaken to the images already on the surface. Inevitably I usually see figurative images, even in landscapes. Most of all I relish a work which offers a meaningful sense of mystery to the viewer, suggesting one thing on Monday and something new on Friday.

More Galleries

3 more galleries added to the Wiki site of theflatironproject website
Marketa Sivek, Zoe Asta, Eric David Hamilton, Florian Retkowski

Gregorio Stradas - Artist

Tomi Tranchita - Artist

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Joe Sikora - Painter