"About Face" exhibition

I know this is short notice, but this Friday is the opening reception of a two-person exhibition I will be in. Alan Brunettin (another portrait artist) and I will have our work displayed at Eyeporium Gallery from Ocotber 1st through November 3rd. The opening reception is this Friday, October 1st, from 6-9pm.

Eyeporium Gallery is located at:
1543 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
One block from the “Damen” Blue Line El stop in the heart of Wicker Park.

Here is the gallery website, although it presently isn't up to date. And here is the press release:

Eyeporium Gallery presents “About Face”
portraits by Virginia Broersma and Alan Brunettin
Opening Night is Friday, October 1st from 6pm to 9pm

Eyeporium Gallery presents a group show of eerily engaging as well as amusing portraits by Virginia Broersma and Alan Brunettin. Virginia works in acrylic paints and has been using portraiture as her primary subject matter for the past few years. The lush application of paint and larger-than-life scale of her work draw you into the almost palpable conversations of her double portraits. Alan shows us how the world is made up of fragments that come together only when processed through the filter of personal perspective. Brunettin seeks to construct portraits that, when viewed from afar, bear keen resemblance to the subject — while a closer examination reveals the faceted planes of the image, forged by brushstrokes that are intentionally sculptural.

WHEN:
Opening Reception (public invited): Friday, October 1, 2010 from 6pm to 9pm
Exhibition Viewing: Through Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Regular Hours: Monday to Friday 12pm to 7pm; Saturday 12pm to 5pm

WHERE:
Eyeporium Gallery
1431 N Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL 60622
Phone: 773-782-1744
Two blocks from the “Damen” Blue Line El stop in the heart of Wicker Park.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Virginia Broersma received her BFA in painting from the Savannah College of Art and Design. In 2010 she had a solo show at Fermilab Gallery in Batavia, IL and received grants from the Puffin Foundation and the City of Chicago. She has also exhibited in the ArtSeen Auction for AIDS research in Los Angeles and participated in group and two-person exhibitions throughout the US. Virginia currently lives and works in Chicago, IL.

A native of Chicago and a graduate of the American Academy of Art and Northern Illinois University, Alan Brunettin's work took shape out of the surrealist and expressionist movements, as well as the influence of his father, a classically trained sculptor. He has exhibited extensively, particularly in the past ten years following a career in commercial illustration. Concentrating on portraiture and urban landscapes, Brunettin's signature is his geometric division of the work space and his use of an extremely limited palette on each painting.

ABOUT EYEPORIUM GALLERY:
Annette Sollars, creator of Chicago's fine eyewear icon, Eye Want, also launched Eyeporium, a fine art gallery in Wicker Park. Representing exceptional artists of regional and national prominence, Eyeporium Gallery features contemporary creators of paint, print, photographic and sculptural works from the realistic to the surreal to the abstract. With the location of Eyeporium inside Eye Want, Annette has created a single destination for you to procure fine eyewear and fine art “for your face and your space”.