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Chicago Artist Writers is a platform that asks artists and art workers to write traditional and experimental criticism that serves under-represented arts programming in Chicago.

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  • Adelheid Mers
  • Alex Chitty
  • Amelia Charter
  • Andrew Falkowski
  • Annette LePique
  • Annie Raab
  • Ariel Williams
  • B. Ingrid Olson
  • B. Quinn
  • Ben McElroy Fuqua
  • Bert Geyer
  • Bill Bacarella
  • Brit Barton
  • Brook Sinkinson Withrow
  • Cara Smulevitz
  • Caroline Carlsmith
  • Cassidy Early
  • Chelsea Culprit
  • Ciera Mckissick
  • Cody Tumblin
  • Collin Pressler
  • Dan Gunn
  • Dan Miller
  • David Sprecher
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  • Elizabeth Lalley
  • Elliot Reichert
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  • Emma Dwyer
  • Gabrielle Christiansen
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  • Gareth Kaye
  • George Olken
  • Georgia Wall
  • Greg Ruffing
  • H. Melt
  • Heather Marie Vernon
  • Hiba Ali
  • Holly Cahill
  • Holly Lee Warren
  • Holly Murkerson
  • JT Bruns
  • Jais Gossman
  • James Pepper Kelly
  • James T Green
  • Janet Cheung
  • Jen Torwudzo-Stroh
  • Jenyu Wang
  • Jeremy Gloster
  • Jessica Taylor Caponigro
  • Jill Danto
  • Josh Dihle
  • Josh Reames
  • Journie Nikala Kirdain
  • June Plekkenpol
  • Kate Sierzputowski
  • Kayla Anderson
  • Kelly Kaczynski
  • Kelly Reaves
  • Kevin Weil
  • Kristi McGuire
  • Kristofer Lenz
  • Lauren Iacoponi
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  • Luke Fidler
  • Lynnette Miranda
  • MK Meador
  • Manisha Anil Rita
  • Marlo Koch
  • Matt Cook
  • Matt Morris
  • Matthew Messner
  • Maud Lavin
  • Max Guy
  • Micah Schippa
  • Miles Jackson
  • Mána Taylor Hjörleifsdóttir
  • Nicholas Frank
  • Nick Bastis
  • Nicky Ni
  • Nicole Mauser
  • Robert Burnier
  • Robert Chase Heishman
  • Sabrina Greig
  • Sara Rouse
  • Sarah Weber
  • Shir Ende
  • Soheila Azadi
  • Thomas Huston
  • Toufic El Rassi
  • Willy Smart
  • Yuri Stone
  • Zachary Cahill
  • Zsofi Valyi-Nagy

Sites

  • 14 Chairs
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  • Issue Press
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  • Kirk's Apartment
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  • The Back Room at Kim's Corner Food
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  • devening projects + editions
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Artists

  • AJ McClenon
  • Aaron Hughes
  • Abigail DeVille
  • Ad Minoliti
  • Aki Inomata
  • Alain Biltereyst
  • Alberto Aguilar
  • Alec Hatcher
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  • Ana Mendieta
  • And Then There Was BLAK
  • Andrea Chiu
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  • Angel Marin
  • Angelika Markhul
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  • Anthony Romero
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  • Ashley Hollingshead
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  • Azalea Henderson
  • B. Ingrid Olson
  • Bea Fremderman
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  • Brendan Getz
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  • Christopher K. Ho
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  • Cindy Loehr
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  • Jenyu Wang
  • Jesse McLean
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  • Jessica Campbell
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  • Jillian Hansen-Lewis
  • Jim Duignan
  • Joe Cassan
  • Joel Parsons
  • John Opera
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  • Joshua Michael Jenkins
  • Juan Molina Hernández
  • Judith Leemann
  • Julie Arredondo
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  • Julietta Cheung
  • Karolina Gnatowski
  • Kate Conlon
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  • Katie Torn
  • Katinka Kleijn
  • Katy Kirbach
  • Kay Hofmann
  • Kelly Kaczynski
  • Kendall Babl
  • Kevin Beasley
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  • Kimberly English
  • Kioto Aoki
  • Kirk Faber
  • Krista Franklin
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  • Lauren Steinberg
  • Lauren Sudbrink
  • Leo Kaplan
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  • Lindsey Whittle
  • Lionel St. Eloi
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  • Liz Magor
  • Liz McCarthy
  • Liz Vitlin
  • Lonnie Holley
  • Lori Waxman
  • Lorraine Dauw
  • Lou Mallozzi
  • Lucy Cash
  • Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
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  • Maggie Wong
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  • Marcela Torres
  • Maria Gaspar
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  • Mark Booth
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  • Martha Poggioli
  • Matt Brett
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  • Maya Ben David
  • Megan Cline
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  • Norman Lewis
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  • Paige Landesberg
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  • Parker Bright
  • Parsons and Charlesworth
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  • Peter Power
  • Polina Protensko
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  • Rebecca Morris
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  • Roland Miller
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  • Ryan Duggan
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  • Ryan Pfeiffer + Rebecca Walz
  • Ryan T Dunn
  • Ryan Travis Christian
  • S. Nicole Lane
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  • Samuel Levi Jones
  • Sandra de La Loza
  • Santina Amato
  • Sara J. Winston
  • Sara Kerastas
  • Sarah Davachi
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  • Sayward Schoonmaker
  • Sean Ward
  • Selina Trepp
  • Sheida Soleimani
  • Sherwin Ovid
  • Shinique Smith
  • Shir Ende
  • Siera Hyte
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  • Sofia Leiby
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  • Stella Brown
  • Steve Reinke
  • Storm Thorgerson
  • Suhaly Bautista-Carolina
  • Sungjae Lee
  • Susan Giles
  • Susan Pasowicz
  • Sybil Shearer
  • TRQPITECA
  • Takahiro Iwasaki
  • Tamer Hassan
  • Tavares Strachan
  • Terri Kapsalis
  • The Arts of Life Band
  • The Trickster Quartet
  • Theaster Gates
  • Thornton Dial
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  • Tiffany Joy Butler
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  • Tim’m West
  • Tonika Johnson
  • Tony Balko
  • Tony Lewis
  • Tsherin Sherpa
  • Vertonen
  • Vincent Uribe
  • Wen Liu
  • Whit Forrester
  • William Robertson
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  • Yani Aviles
  • You-Ni Chae
  • Yvette Mayorga
  • Zak Arctander
  • Zakkiyyah Najeebah
  • Óscar González-Díaz
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Sheida Soleimani “Civil Liberties” at Boyfriends

Annette LePique
September 29, 2016
BoyfriendsSheida Soleimani

Her work’s materiality should be read within the context of her activism. By providing each woman a physical presence, she recontextualizes an image formerly lost to the swell of the Internet.

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