EXPO Chicago 2026
9 - 12 April 2026

  • EXPO Chicago

     

     

    Booth #319

    Thursday, April 9 | 5 - 8 PM (invitation only)

    Friday, April 10 | 11 AM - 7 PM 

    Saturday, April 11 | 11 AM - 7 PM 

    Sunday, April 12 | 11 AM - 6 PM

     

     

     

    For EXPO Chicago 2026, SECRIST | BEACH is pleased to present a curated group exhibition featuring select works by gallery artists alongside previews of new work by those with upcoming solo presentations later this year.

     

    The booth is conceptually divided into three distinct yet interrelated parts. One section is devoted to works “of the night,” exploring themes tied to the darker phase of the cyclical passage of time. Highlights include an immersive installation of abstract paintings by Luftwerk, illuminated under UV light; Nik Cho’s narrative paintings capturing intimate and poignant nightclub scenes; Whitney Bedford’s art-historically inspired Veduta paintings rendered in moonlight; and drawings by Anne Lindberg that subtly evoke the transitional moment when night begins to emerge.

     

    Another section presents a pairing of artists whose works engage organic matter and its protean relationship to human experience. Stephen Eichhorn’s intricate collages on paper and panel merge botanical imagery with hard-edged abstraction, while Jacqueline Surdell’s large-scale wall reliefs, woven from shipping line, evoke landscape as a site of memory, projection, and control.

     

    The final pairing brings together two artists of Latin American heritage. Jeffly Molina’s surreal paintings encompass floral still lifes and self-portraits that reflect on memory, family, work, loss, and love, while Liliana Porter’s works on paper and sculpture incorporate small, endearing found objects, toys, and figurines that resonate with unexpected presence and quiet intensity. (Porter’s solo exhibition opens at the gallery’s space in Chicago Friday, April 10.)

     

     

    Concurrent with EXPO Chicago, SECRIST | BEACH will present the public opening of two new exhibitions exploring exploring contemporary anxieties and the surreal dimensions of everyday life: a solo exhibition by Liliana Porter and an invitational group exhibition titled UNREAL featuring: Esaí Alfredo, Dan Attoe, Ever Baldwin, Omar Barquet, Chris Bradley, Ginny Casey, Josh Dihle, Al Freeman, Nereida Garcia-Ferraz, Lola Gil, Naomi Hawksley, Jared McGriff, Kitty Rauth and Nina Surel.

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