Exhibition on view November 16, 2017- February 17, 2018
Opening reception Friday, November 17, 5-8p.m.

In Over & Over, artists work with pattern and repetition through the use of habitual behavior and sustained methodology, obsessively rhythmic actions and repetitive results in the form of patterned subjects and resulting objects.

This exhibition includes a group of artists across various disciplines who investigate pattern and repetition. This is a topic that spans and connects to various fields of study and a large variety of media. Some artists repeat forms, like Thomas Campbell and his quilting of triangle collages, or Martina Nehrling and her repeated painted brush strokes. Others focus on the repetition of action, like Jacob Hashimoto and his obsessive creation of kite-like objects which make up his sculptures and installations. Some artists speak to a long history of use of materials and pattern and decoration, like the Weaving Mill’s work with looms and Pickle Pottery’s ornamented ceramic surfaces. And other artists create discussion of space, structure, and decoration, like Amanda Browder who utilize spaces to wrap fabric and Henry Voellmecke who looks at architecture as a starting point for his installations. What connects the artists exhibiting in Over & Over is a use of repeated elements, which in turn creates impact, the investigation of habitual behavior, and a search for synthesis amongst chaos.

Over & Over is curated by Debra Kayes. Debra is an artist, designer, and teacher at Columbia College Chicago. She earned a Bachelor of Science from Skidmore College, a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a Post-Baccalaureate degree in graphic design from Columbia College Chicago.

Participating artists include: Stephanie Adams (Pickle Pottery), Nikki Renee Anderson, Timorous Beasties, Laura Berger, Amanda Browder, Andi Butler, Thomas Campbell, Martha Clippinger, Aaron De La Cruz, Dzine, Gregory Euclide, Bob Faust, Jean Alexander Frater, Dan Gluibizzi, Eric Gushee, Jacob Hashimoto, The Make House, Michael Johansson, Letha Kelsey, Amanda Knowles, Jane Lackey, Dan Lam, Cydney Lewis, Atelier Manferdini, Esau McGhee, The Weaving Mill, Emmanuelle Moureaux, Martina Nehrling, Garry Noland, Renee Ramsey-Passmore, Pattern People, The Patternbase, Aram Han Sifuentes, Sonnenzimmer, Dan Sullivan (Navillus Woodworks), David Teng-Olsen, Henry Voellmecke, Rebecca Ward,  and Anne Wilson