SAIC Galleries

Students have been hard at work installing for the 2026 Spring Undergraduate Exhibition! The show will be on view from April 3-11.

Join us for a reception on Saturday, April 11th, 12-5 pm.

Our last curated highlight for Graduate Show One, Clay as Material Logic, features a selection of works that treat clay not simply as a medium, but as structure, surface, and index. Working across sculpture, tile, wall-based work, and installation, these artists use ceramic processes to record pressure, residue, repetition, and time. What emerges is not a single formal language, but a shared attentiveness to how clay shapes spatial experience. Together, these works extend ceramic language beyond the object and into the exhibition's spatial and conceptual conditions, where form becomes a record of gesture, use, and duration.
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From left to right:
1-2: Mae C. Bishop
3-4: Autumn Horwath
5-6: Christina Bohyun Lee
7-8: Henry Tyson
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SAIC Galleries welcomes the SAIC community and members of the public to visit the galleries in person. Admission is free. All visitors to SAIC Galleries must show a government-issued picture ID.

Persons with disabilities requesting accommodations should visit http://saic.edu/access.

Graduate Exhibition One & Post-Baccalaureate Annual 2026
February 17–26
Street Level, Lower Level 1, & Lower Level 2

SAIC Galleries is located at 33 E Washington St, Chicago, IL.
Open Monday through Saturday 11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.

Our second curated highlight for Graduate Show One, Go Big/Go Home, features graduate artists from across mediums who work with large-scale satirical works that slowly reveal more personal interrogations from the artist. From towering collages made from industrial advertising tarps, to decaying paintings of large-scale homes, to an entire Garfield-themed space complete with Garfield sculptures, drawings, and neon, these artists all engage in a clever act of trickery. By utilizing familiar materials and iconography, as well as employing large scale, these artists quickly fold the audience into their world before opening themselves up fully, sweeping the rug out from beneath their feet.

From left to right:
(1-2) Aubrey LaDuke

(3) Ava L. Peterson

(4-5) Ethan Chan

SAIC Galleries welcomes the SAIC community and members of the public to visit the galleries in person. Admission is free. All visitors to SAIC Galleries must show a government-issued picture ID.

Persons with disabilities requesting accommodations should visit http://saic.edu/access.

Graduate Exhibition One & Post-Baccalaureate Annual 2026
February 17–26
Street Level, Lower Level 1, & Lower Level 2

SAIC Galleries is located at 33 E Washington St, Chicago, IL.
Open Monday through Saturday 11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.

Thanks to everyone who joined us last night as we celebrated the opening of our 2026 Graduate Exhibition One and Post Baccalaureate Annual! Both shows are now open through February 26.

SAIC Galleries welcomes the SAIC community and members of the public to visit the galleries in person. Admission is free. All visitors to SAIC Galleries must show a government-issued picture ID.

Persons with disabilities requesting accommodations should visit http://saic.edu/access.

Graduate Exhibition One & Post-Baccalaureate Annual 2026
February 17–26
Street Level, Lower Level 1, & Lower Level 2
SAIC Galleries is located at 33 E Washington St, Chicago, IL.

Open Monday through Saturday 11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.

Our long-awaited Graduate Show One & Post-Baccalaureate Exhibitions are finally open TODAY! We have a great lineup of events planned for the next two weeks, and we’d love to see you there!

Opening Reception:
Wednesday, February 18, 5:00-7:00 p.m.

Artist Activations:
Shirley Zhong, Lower Level 1
February 18, 6:00-7:00 p.m.

Tommy John Ballard, Lower Level 1
February 25, 4:00-5:00 p.m.

Kately Towsley, Lower Level 2
February 26, 3:45-4:45 p.m.

SAIC Galleries welcomes the SAIC community and members of the public to visit the galleries in person. Admission is free. All visitors to SAIC Galleries must show a government-issued picture ID.

Persons with disabilities requesting accommodations should visit http://saic.edu/access.

Graduate Exhibition One & Post-Baccalaureate Annual 2026
February 17–26

SAIC Galleries is located at 33 E Washington St, Chicago, IL.
Open Monday through Saturday 11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.

SAIC’s Post-Bacc Annual Exhibition also opens next Tuesday, featuring the work of 12 students completing the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Studio this academic year.

Join us for the opening reception on Wednesday, February 18, from 5–7 p.m.!

SAIC Galleries welcomes the SAIC community and members of the public to visit the galleries in person. Admission is free. All visitors to SAIC Galleries must show a government-issued picture ID.

Persons with disabilities requesting accommodations should visit http://saic.edu/access.

Post-Baccalaureate Annual Exhibition 2026
February 17–26
Lower Level 1
SAIC Galleries is located at 33 E Washington St, Chicago, IL.

Open Monday through Saturday 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

The culminating presentation of new and ambitious work by MFA candidates in SAIC’s class of 2026 is opening next week! Graduate Exhibition One is the first of two graduate exhibitions this spring featuring 40 resilient and innovative artists.

Join us for our opening reception on Wednesday, February 18 from 5–7 p.m.!

SAIC Galleries welcomes the SAIC community and members of the public to visit the galleries in person. Admission is free. All visitors to SAIC Galleries must show a government-issued picture ID.

Persons with disabilities requesting accommodations should visit http://saic.edu/access.

Graduate Exhibition One 2026
February 17–26

SAIC Galleries is located at 33 E Washington St, Chicago, IL.
Open Monday through Saturday 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Our amazing installation team is putting up the final touches for tomorrow’s MAATC & MAVCS Exhibition openings! We know it will be cold, but we hope to see you sometime this next week to recognize the remarkable thesis work these artist and scholars have created.

There’s only a few days left until the MAATC Exhibition opens filled with future Art Therapists sharing their thesis works.

✨Join us for a public reception this Saturday, January 24 from noon to 5 pm to celebrate! ✨

MAATC Exhibition 2026
January 23–30
Lower Level 2
SAIC Galleries is located at 33 E Washington St, Chicago, IL.
Open Monday through Saturday 11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.

We’re just one week away from the public reception of the MAATC and MAVCS Exhibitions! These two shows will kick off the new year of SAIC Shows 2026 starting this Spring. ✨