Parlour and Ramp

Join us Saturday, April 26th from 6-10 PM for the opening reception of ✨sin título✨ This is a duo show exhibiting the work of Chicago-based artists Jassiel Serna and Araceli Zuniga.

2130 W 21st St. Be there or be square

Opening night for our First Annual Black History Month Showcase was a huge success! Thank you to everyone who came out and to the 23 artists who were a part of our show. The gallery is open by appointments only, send an email to [email protected] to see the show or come by to our closing reception on Friday, February 23rd!
Thank you again to Tosh Thomas for co-organizing the event and to Kristoffer McAfee for being our juror! There is power in community 🖤
See you on the 23rd!

In celebration of Black History Month, Parlour and Ramp is putting on a showcase of the talented Black Artists of the Chicagoland area! Artists do not need to reside within city limits, but must be able to drop off their artwork in person to the gallery space, located at 2130 W 21st St, Chicago IL in the Lower West Side of Pilsen Neighborhood.

Deadline for all submissions is February 1, 2024. Notification of entry will be emailed the following weekend and artwork will need to be in the space no later than February 5th.

Show opens on Friday, February 9th and runs until Friday, February 23. There will be an opening and a closing reception, both from 7pm-10pm.

Meet the Juror: Kristoffer McAfee

Kristoffer McAfee was born in San Diego, California and moved to Chicago as a child to be raised on the south side of the city. During his time in high school at Kenwood Academy, he began his career in mural making and graffiti writing as a creative outlet. After graduating high school and dropping out of med school, he began his career at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago studying Fine Art / Art Therapy.After attending SAIC, he went directly into graduate school to receive his Masters of Fine Art at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. He is currently working on entering a program to receive his PhD while art making in his studio in the Pilsen area of Chicago.

*Each Artist may submit up to four works for consideration. Any and all kind of artwork will be considered. Images must be under 10MB.
There is no fee to apply for this show!
Reach out to [email protected] with any questions.

LINK IN BIO TO APPLY

Nicolas Tovar won Honorable Mention at our Pilsen Open show earlier this year. For the full write up about our studio visit with him, visit our website!
Write up by Sally Traxler-Lavengood

We are so excited to release the 2 studio visit write ups for these amazing local artists!
Kaius Kirby won Honorable Mention at our Pilsen Open show earlier this year. Read the full write up about our studio visit with them on our website!
Write up by Liv Sciford

THIS FRIDAY! Come by the gallery for the opening reception for Structured Impermanence, a group show. The gallery will be open from 7-9pm. See you there!!

We are so excited for our next group show! Join us Friday, November 17th for the opening of “Structured Impermanence”, a group show by Anika Jeyaranjan, Lauren Bradshaw, and Theo Trotter. A group of mixed media and fiber artists whose work goes together seamlessly. See you there!

We are so excited to be participating in the 21st annual Pilsen Open Studios this weekend! Come by and see Sonya Bogdanova’s solo show, No Weepholes, as well as all our resident artists’ studios open to the public! We’ll have lots of amazing art and crafted goods for sale and on view!
We will be open 10am-8pm the 21st and 22nd!
See you this weekend!

Featured Artists: Sonya Bogdanova, Carlos Chaug, Noah Kashiani, Sally Traxler-Lavengood, Ryan Michel, Kiwan Mitchell, Liv Sciford, and Nü Panther Studio

Beautiful moments from “Cemented”, a group show hosted last month by . Thanks to all the amazing artists who showed their work!

“Cemented” a group show hosted by our resident artists, , opens September 24th for a one day event from 3pm-6pm! Be sure to come by and see amazing work from amazing people!

“A Night Under the Stars” closes this Friday from 7-9pm! Don’t miss your last chance to see this amazing work by Nico Ramirez!

All four of these pieces are still available to become a part of your collection! $444 each

1. “Telekinesis: Analysis and Aftermath”
$444

2. “Untitled”
$1111

“A Night Under the Stars”, a solo show by Nico Ramirez will be on view until September 8th. Message or email us for a showing