Allison Wade is a visual artist working primarily in drawing and sculpture.  She received an MFA from the Fiber and Material Studies Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and holds a BA in English literature from Stanford University.  Recent solo exhibitions include Drunken Geometry (in collaboration with Leslie Baum) at devening projects + editions in Chicago and Thin Troubles at Ditch Projects in Springfield, Oregon.  Two-person/group exhibitions include the Riverside Arts Center in Riverside, Illinois, Scotty Enterprises in Berlin, La Esquina Gallery in Kansas City, and LVL3 in Chicago, among others.  Wade has been awarded residencies at Ox-Bow, ACRE, Mustarinda (Finland), and the Vermont Studio Center.  Wade lives and works in Chicago, where she is currently a Lecturer in the Department of Art Theory & Practice at Northwestern University. 

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Leslie Baum has exhibited in venues nationally and internationally, including exhibitions in Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Rome, and South Korea. Recent exhibitions include, Making Strategies at Geary Contemporary, Drunken Geometry at Devening Project+ Editions, Souvenirs From Wonderland at Miami University of Ohio’s Hiestand galleries, Rocket Run at Elder Gallery, Nebraska Wesleyan and 100 Painters of Tomorrow, One Art Space NYC. Her animation short, the Megillat Breakdown, made in collaboration with Frederick Wells, was included in the 2014 Eyeworks Festival. Her drawings and paintings are in the permanent collections of the Chicago Art institute, the Elmhurst Art Museum, and the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital and Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital. Her work has been reviewed extensively including in Artforum, Art in America, Hyperallergic, and the Chicago Tribune. She is included in the recently published 100 Painters of Tomorrow and an upcoming New American Paintings. She has received residencies from Yaddo and the Vermont Studio Center. Leslie Baum lives and works in Chicago, Illinois