Chicago Artists Coalition proudly presents Felicific, a two-person exhibition by 2023-24 HATCH Residents Shonna Pryor and bARBER. The dynamism of Black American culture informs their practice to subjectify the language of visual art with traditional and non-traditional materials and processes. Felicific references the joy and celebration of the Black experience while positioning it beyond objectivity into a posture of perspective.

Shonna Pryor is a conceptual artist who considers her found objects to be reclaimed testimonials of previous lives. Her interdisciplinary art practice critically engages memory, play, and power politics. Pryor’s work nourishes pathways for generative futurist speculation that mine the historical past.

bARBER is a non-representative figurative painter relying on elements of abstraction to personify the invisible nature of the individuals he paints. Heavily influenced by the music and makeshift bred from the underserved quadrant of Black American culture, he repurposes everyday materials, such as junk mail, packaging, and found objects, to construct artworks from a cultural perspective.

The opening reception will be on March 1 from 5-8pm.

Image: bARBER, Ingrid for all of Mexico