Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Art History, Theory & Criticism (2023)
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago, IL.
Thesis: Twins and Twinning in Roni Horn’s ‘Things That Happen Again’ (1986-90)
Education
Director, M. LeBlanc, Chicago, IL.
Founder/Co-Director, Grunts Rare Books (Sulk Chicago), Chicago, IL.
Currently
2025
10 Exhibitions to See in Chicago This Fall, Natalie Jenkins
Review of Margaret Crowley and Madeline Gallucci at Grunts Rare Books, Hyperallergic.
Keeping Time: The Works in Sympathy Ribbon, Natalie Jenkins
Review of Margaret Crowley and Madeline Gallucci at Grunts Rare Books, Chicago Reader.
Please, Somebody, Put This Delirious Digital Artwork on View Somewhere Permanent!, Ben Davis
Review of Mark Fingerhut’s Halcyon.exe: The Ride, exhibition at Sulk Chicago in 2023, Artnet.
2024
Mythologies of AI Consent: A Review of “A Third Act” at Sulk Chicago, Frank Geiser
Review of Justice Apple and Mac Pierce at SULK CHICAGO, NewCity Art.
2023
On Mark Fingerhut’s Halcyon.exe: The Ride, Jason Isolini
Review of Mark Fingerhut at SULK CHICAGO and PWA, The Outland Review, Vol. 2.
Soft Reset: A Review of ‘Halcyon.exe: The Ride,’ Frank Geiser
Review of Mark Fingerhut at SULK CHICAGO, NewCity Art.
Mark Fingerhut’s Halcyon.exe: The Ride, Gareth Kaye
Review of Mark Fingerhut at SULK CHICAGO, Chicago Spleen.
Inside the Currents of Life, Annette LePique
Review of Mark Fingerhut at SULK CHICAGO, Chicago Reader.
On the Nature of Things, Eden Jolie
Feature of April 2023 group exhibition at SULK CHICAGO, Mousee Magazine.
In Naomi Hawksley’s Drawings, Looks Can Be Deceiving, Alexandra Drexelius
Review of Naomi Hawksley at SULK CHICAGO, ArtReview, March 2023 Issue.
2022
The Agenda of Artifice | On Liza Jo Eilers’ The Care and Keeping of You, Ruby Tresch
Review of Liza Jo Eilers at SULK CHICAGO, Sixty Inches from Center.
The Innocence of Jake Fagundo, Riley Yaxley
Review of Jake Fagundo at SULK CHICAGO, Aoyama Design Forum.
Jake Fagundo’s Innocence, Dominique Foertig
Feature of Jake Fagundo at SULK CHICAGO, Munchies Art Club Magazine.
Selected Press
2025
Episode 16: Taylor Payton
Airing Out The Archive (podcast hosted by Jake Leech).
2024
Episode 884: Pete and Jake Fagundo
Bad at Sports (podcast).
How to Make a Scene #7 (w/ Ben Foch and Iain Muirhead)
Public Media Institute and Terra Foundation (panel, radio program, and prodcast).
A conversation series about intergenerational artist-run cultural ecosystems of the 1980s and 1990s in Chicago. The series is a collaborative effort between the Public Media Institute and MdW, with support from the Terra Foundation for American Art as part of the city-wide initiative, Art + Design Chicago. All panels are archived on Mixcloud, Vimeo, and in the 2024 MdW Atlas, which will be published as a book in 2026.
Starting Small: A Look at Beginning Programs
Barely Fair (panel conversation).
2023
Undergraduate Art History Symposium
The University of Chicago
Twins and Twinning: A Case Study of Roni Horn’s Pair Object Series ‘Things That Happen Again’.
Undergraduate Art History, Theory + Criticism Thesis Symposium
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Twins and Twinning: A Case Study of Roni Horn’s Pair Object Series ‘Things That Happen Again’.
Lectures, Panels and Podcasts
The Roads Scholarship Fund for Research and Travel (2023)
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Historic Preservation, Better Homes and Gardens
Research Topic: Architecture, Land Art, and Vernacular Form in West Texas and Southern New Mexico
Roads Scholarships are awarded to students who have successfully completed the ‘Better Homes & Gardens: Vernacular Art Environments’ course in Art History (offered by application only select spring semesters, SAIC). The award is meant to encourage scholarly research and documentation of the genre of art environments and to advance the recognition and understanding of art environments as a significant genre of 20th and 21st century art. The ‘Roads Scholarship’ awards are intended to provide students the opportunity to travel to experience a site or sites, and conduct original research that they would be unable to do without support.
Awards
Selected Writing
2025
Sympathy Ribbon, exhibition text for Margaret Crowley and Madeline Gallucci, Grunts Rare Books, Chicago, IL.
226, text for Maxwell Volkman, Grunts Rare Books, Chicago, IL.
The Nightside of Eden, exhibition text for Peter Carney, Grunts Rare Books, Chicago, IL.
Cats and Dogs, exhibition text for Max Capus, Grunts Rare Books, Chicago, IL.
2024
NARC, exhibition text for Justin Beachler and Sam Dybeck, Grunts Rare Books, Chicago, IL.
Hans Bellmer, exhibition text for Grunts Rare Books, Chicago, IL.
Boothill Express, exhibition text for Peppi Bottrop, H.R. Giger, Sayre Gomez, Servane Mary, Olivier Mosset, and Marika Thunder, M. LeBlanc, Chicago, IL.
Ours is the Hand that Sews Time, exhibition text for Peter Fagundo and Jake Fagundo, M. LeBlanc, Chicago, IL.
Something Bit Me Bad, exhibition text for Jake Fagundo, Hans-Jörg Mayer, and Michael Williams, Temple Projects, Los Angeles, CA.
Syntax-Semantics Interface, exhibition text for Manal Kara, M. LeBlanc, Chicago, IL.
PROOF OF WERQ, exhibition text for Ben Foch, M. LeBlanc, Chicago, IL.
The Challenge of FESTAC ‘77, contribution to the 2024 Lagos Biennial, Lagos, Nigeria.
Word of Honor, exhibition text for Paula Kamps, M. LeBlanc, Chicago, IL.
2023
New Works, exhibition text for Christine Wang, M. LeBlanc, Chicago, IL.
Eyes in the Heat, exhibition text for Rachael Bos & Keeton Foreman, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
Halcyon.exe: The Ride, curator’s note for Mark Fingerhut, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
2022
On Image | The Care and Keeping of You, exhibition text for Liza Jo Eilers, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
Your Heart Sounds Like a Train, Marfa Open, Marfa, TX.
Curatorial Projects and Exhibitions
2025
Sympathy Ribbon, Margaret Crowley and Madeline Gallucci, Grunts Rare Books, Chicago, IL.
226, Maxwell Volkman, Grunts Rare Books, Chicago, IL.
Cancer, Sharon Xinran Zhang, Grunts Rare Books, Chicago, IL.
Credentis, Allegra Harvard, Grunts Rare Books, Chicago, IL.
The Nightside of Eden, Peter Carney, Grunts Rare Books, Chicago, IL.
Cats and Dogs, Max Capus, Grunts Rare Books, Chicago, IL.
Crush Loop, Connor Bokovay, Em Davenport, Kunning Huang, and Louis Osmosis (guest curated by Meg Cule and Anjali Kasturi), Grunts Rare Books, Chicago, IL.
Lonelyhearts (screening series), Dara Birbaum, Slater Bradley, Petra Cortright, Valie Export, Isa Genzken, Andy Hope 1930, Martin Kippenberger, Maria Lassnig, Mark Leckey, Paul McCarthy, Isabelle Frances McGuire, Steve Reinke, Bunny Rogers, JPW3, and Heimo Zobernig, M. LeBlanc, Chicago, IL.
2024
NARC, Justin Beachler and Sam Dybeck, Grunts Rare Books, Chicago, IL.
Hans Bellmer, Grunts Rare Books, Chicago, IL.
Boothill Express, Peppi Bottrop, H.R. Giger, Sayre Gomez, Servane Mary, Olivier Mosset, and Marika Thunder, M. LeBlanc, Chicago, IL.
Paludarium, Nick Jorgensen, Reece Francis Perkins and Thomas Rainy, Grunts Rare Books, Chicago, IL.
Ours is the Hand that Sews Time, Peter Fagundo and Jake Fagundo, M. LeBlanc, Chicago, IL.
Something Bit Me Bad!, Jake Fagundo, Hans-Jörg Mayer and Michael Williams, Temple Projects, Los Angeles, CA.
A Third Act, Justice Apple and Mac Pierce, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
Barely Fair 2024, with Mark Fingerhut, Color Club, Chicago, IL.
Someone Who Isn’t Me, Maeve Coughlin, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
Remote Desire, Daniel Champion & Tatiana Sky, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
Channeled 8, Rachael Bos, Alex Both, Maeve Coughlin, Parker Davis, Allegra Harvard, Gabriel McGee, Darius Shaoul, & Harrison Wyrick, presented by Allegra Harvard, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
2023
Nice Work Forever, Alex Both, Ellen Berkenblit, Maeve Coughlin, Peter Fagundo, Allegra Harvard, Aaron Elvis Jupin, Nour Malas, Tess Manhattan, Jacob Mattingly, Eric McHenry, Betsy Odom, Misael Oquendo, Alex Prestrud, Nico Ramirez, Anthony Rundblade, Cameron Spratley, Mia Stearn, Nick Schutzenhofer, & Noah Towne, co-curated with Jake Fagundo, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
The Creepy Crawlin’ Showdown in Chinatown, Andy Thussy Warhol Fight Night #23, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
Face Show, Alex Both, Gabriel McGee & Darius Shaoul, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
Pressure Dome, Justin D’Acci presented by Yew Nork, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
Eyes in the Heat, Rachael Bos & Keeton Foreman, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
Halcyon.exe: The Ride, Mark Fingerhut, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
Amy Pearl Lang's Object Permanence, Amy Pearl Lang, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
On the Nature of Things, Christina Ballantyne, Max Capus, Charlie Goering, Ziad Al Najjar, & Ben Quinn with Madeline Seto & Nicolette Lim, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
Hedera Helix, Naomi Hawksley, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
2022
Nice Work 2, Tania Alvarez, Emma Beatrez, Peter Carney, Daniel Champion, Wallace Dibble, Max Earnest, Ben Foch, Mary Griffin, Justin Guthrie, Stevie Cisneros Hanley, Anne Harris, Leonardo Kaplan, Exene Karros, Nicholas Kinsella, Mikey Mosher, Lee Schulder, Kevin Stuart, & Omar Velazquez, co-curated with Jake Fagundo, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
The Care and Keeping of You, Liza Jo Eilers, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
After World Play, Alberto Aguilar, Alex Bradley Cohen & Jesse Malmed, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
July Show, Jessica Butler, Richard Hull, Tom Koehler, Madeline Leplae, & Noah Towne, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
Seasons Creep, Christina Ballantyne & Ish Lipman, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
Long Way Down, Nick Clark, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL.
2021