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Art by Huong Ngo
Click below to go to each individual page Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS Lynne Lomofsky's most recent work focuses on the public and private aspects of cancer and its treatment. Her latest exhibition titled "Body of Evidence" features video works created in collaboration with editor Koeka Stander of Playroom. Lynne Lomofsky lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa. Sabrina Raaf is a Chicago-based artist who works in both experimental sculptural media and photography. She is a producer of creative machines - machines that independently make art when cross-pollinated with human interaction. Her work has recently been exhibited in a solo exhibition entitled Roving at Klein Art Gallery in Chicago and in the eShow exhibition curated by Barry Blinderman at the Krannert Museum. In 2003 her work was shown at the Wynick/Tuck Gallery in Toronto and in 2002 in the Here and Now show at the Chicago Cultural Center as well as in Postflesh at California State University in Sacremento, CA, and Sense Data at the Painted Bride Center in Philadelphia, PA. She exhibited in the Sculpture in Chicago Now exhibition (2002) curated by Adam Brooks and Cory Postiglione and at the Block Museum in the Immersive Art Symposium,2001. In 1999 she exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington, DC) and at the Chicago Cultural Center. She is the recipient of a 2002, Creative Capitol Grant in Emerging Fields and an Illinois Arts Council Fellowship (2001). She has been reviewed in Art in America, Contemporary Magazine, the Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine, Leonardo Magazine (MIT Press), www.lab71.org, The Washington Post, The New Art Examiner, The City Paper, and The Chicago Reader. She received an MFA in Art and Technology from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1999. Sabrina is currently a tenure-track professor in the Photography Department of Columbia College in Chicago. http://www.raaf.org Huong Ngo likes to transform the experience of art viewing into an event of social interaction. She incorporates performance, cultural criticism, and acts of generosity in media-specific installations. Huong holds a BFA from the University of Carolina and is currently earning her MFA at the School of the Art Institute. http://www.huongngo.com/ design: miguel cortez editors: ayanna jolivet mccloud, jesus macarena-avila, miguel cortez ©2004 polvo art studio Nothing may be reproduced without the written consent of each individual artist/writer. ABOUT POLVO MAGAZINE: Polvo magazine is edited and contributed by a volunteer and an international team of artists, critics, and writers. Polvo Magazine is distributed to Chicago's artistic and cultural community as well as in South Africa (Johannesburg). Polvo is published through Polvo Art Studio, a Chicago-based alternative art space http://www.polvo.org. ABOUT POLVO ART STUDIO: Polvo Art Studio is an alternative space located in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood and is operated by Polvo (an artist collective originally formed in 1996). Polvo's history consists of organizing artistic and cultural venues with Pilsen-based community spaces. In addition to venues, Polvo generated a magazine focused on arts and culture followed by an online website that initiated an international array of visual artists, writers, and cultural critics (Polvo maintained a Pilsen gallery space in 1999). Since February 2003, Polvo has been organizing and curating art exhibits at the Polvo Art Studio space where we showcase contemporary art Including Installation projects, new media and performance by a diverse group of emerging and established artists. |
