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September 2024
Jennifer Cronin: Star Stuff - The Visualist

August 2024

Rine Boyer: A Love Letter to Nature in Chicago- The Visualist

A love letter to nature in Chicago - Meer

Art & Design Alumna, Jennifer Cronin, to have solo exhibition at the Elephant Room Gallery - University of Illinois Champaign Urbana School of Art and Design

Jennifer Cronin News, Jennifer Cronin Exhibit: Staff Stuff - Illinois Artist List


July 2024

Rine Boyer Exhibit: A Love Letter to Nature in Chicago- Illinois Artist List

Darin Latimer: FIX YOUR HEARTS OR DIE (WAR ON EVERY CORNER) - Epiphany Center for the Arts
Darin Latimer: FIX YOUR HEARTS OR DIE (WAR ON EVERY CORNER) - The Visualist
Darin Latimer: Fix Your Hearts Or Die (War On Every Corner) - MutualArt

May 2024

James Nelson, Transcendence: A Journey of Reclamation and Renewal - The Visualist

April 2024
Czr Prz: Travel Through the Ether - The Visualist
April Art Picks - Sixty Inches from Center

March 2024
Myron Laban: Artist Talk/Drawing & Collage Workshop - The Visualist 

February 2024
Myron Laban, Fly Away: A Different View- The Visualist 
Visual Artist Debuts Basketball-Themed Art Show- WGN News
Making Sense of It All: Artist Talk - The Visualist 

January 2024
Making Sense of It All - The Visualist

December 2023
6th Annual 12x12 Show - The Visualist 
Small Scale - Big Impact: A Review of the "The 6th Annual 12x12 Show" at Elephant Room Gallery - New City Art

November 2023
Virtual Artist Talk with Artist Affen Segun- School of the Art Institute of Chicago 

October 2023
Affen Segun: We are Kings: Timeless Transfers of Generational Joy, Happiness, and Swag - The Visualist
October Art Picks - Sixty Inches from Center

September 2023
Cydney M. Lewis: Beauty Amongst Darkness - The Visualist
“Beauty Amongst Darkness” by Cydney M. Lewis Opens September 15th - Art World Chicago

July 2023
Darin Latimer's "Death on Wheels (Exit 00)" - Buzz List on Fooditor
Chantala Kommanivanh: "Here After" -  The Visualist
Chantala Kommanivanh: Here After - Chicago Gallery News

June 2023
Yuqing Zhu. To create yourself a soul - Meer
Yuquing Zhu: To Create Yourself a Soul - The Visualist

April 2023
Cujo Dah x Dredske: Synthesis - The Visualist

March 2023
Yams: Ways and Actions - The Visualist

February 2023
Ish Muhammad's The Astros & Me - UP Magazine 
Northwest Indiana artist exhibiting at Elephant Room Gallery in Chicago - The Times Media Co
Ish Muhammad: The Astros - The Visualist

December 2022
Annual 12 x 12 Show - The Visualist

October 2022
"Endless Struggle" by Chicago Artist Keelan McMorrow - Art World Chicago

September 2022
Delisha McKinney's Madonna Series - Art World Chicago 
Delisha McKinney: Madonna Series - The Visualist

August 2022
Jaime Foster: Plant-Based - The Visulalist

June 2022
Messejah Washington: Love is Omega - The Visualist

May 2022
Fantastia Ariel: Plucked - The Visualist

April 2022
Dear Mama an exhibition curated by Kyle Lilly - The Vistualist
Mothership - Lindsey Claire Newman

February 2022
SuperDeath Pt1 (Let it Bleed) Darin Latimer - The Visualist

December 2021
Annual 12 x 12 Holiday Group Show - The Visualist

November 2021
Wondering into the Unknown: A Conversation with Jennifer Cronin - Create Magazine 
Jennifer Cronin: There is Still Magic Here - The Visualist

October 2021
Forever Golden: The Life and Times of Jason Brooks (The Sevenist) - The Visualist

September 2021
Dredske: A Ridiculous Cluster#*k - The Visualist

June 2021
TotesFerosh: My Dazzling Queer Fantasy - The Visualist

May 2021
Art Show with Delisha McKinney, Dovie Golden, Myron Laban, & YAMS - The Visualist

March 2021
Delisha McKinney: The Never Ends - The Visualist

November 2020
Myron Laban: Sitting With My Thoughts - The Visualist
Myron Laban | "Sitting With My Thoughts", being a pharmacist, and more - Stitcher
Chicago Museums and Galleries Prepare to Optimistically Reopen - Chicago Reader

July 2020
Cujo Dah: A Quarantine Daydream - The Visualist

May 2020
Mama Raised a Fool A Solo Show of Sketches by Sentrock- The Visualist

October 2019
The Evolution of Kayla May and Dovie Golden - The Visualist

August 2019
Abraham: ElevenSeventeen - The Visualist
WCIU The JAM! - Interview with Justin Suico
Justin Suico: Meditative Gardens - The Visualist

July 2019
A Solo Exhibition of Paintings and Objects by Abraham - Art World Chicago

June 2019
Chicago Art Exhibition Shows Changing Landscape in Remote Alaska - NPR WBEZ 91.5
Jennifer Cronin: Seen and Unseen - The Visualist

April 2019
Seen and Unseen by Jennifer Cronin - Art World Chicago
Darin Latimer: Deathless-ness; 10,000 Works (Eyes & Teeth Dept.) - The Visualist
Spelunking in the Mind of a Mess: Darin Latimer on Deathless-ness - Taylor Imel

January 2019
Keelan McMorrow: DETRITUS: life after death - The Visualist
February Art Picks - Sixty Inches From Center 

October 2018
3rd Annual Portrait Exhibition - All Women Artists - The Visualist
Portrait Exhibition - Art World Chicago

July 2018
Landscaped with artists Chantala Kommanivanh and Joyce Polance - Art World Chicago
Joyce Polance and Chantala Kommanivanh: Landscaped - The Visualist

May 2018
Brian Dovie Golden: Silver Lining - The Visualist
Review of "Silver Lining" by Brian Dovie Golden - New Art Examiner, Bruce Thorn

February 2018
"At the Raw Stage" - Art World Chicago
"#ChicagoCreatives: The Local Artists Who Inspire Us" - Voyage Chicago

December 2017
"Corey Hagberg: Ephemeral Whiplash" - The Visualist

October 2017
"Art After Hours" - EXPO CHGO
"Interview with Artist Rine Boyer" - Elephant Room Gallery Blog 
"Dredske & Rahmaan Statik: BlackBook Sessions" - The Visualist

September 2017
"Rine Boyer: People Watching" - The Visualist

July 2017
"Kobe Jordon Kaine - UrBan Terrorist" - The Visualist

June 2017
"All of the Above" closing reception - The Visualist

May 2017
"Love Movement" - The Visualist

​April 2017
"Burn 353: Through My Mind's Eye" - The Visualist
Art World Chicago
South Side Weekly calendar ​
100 Fires Chicago

February 2017
"Witness: The Artist's Response" - Art World Chicago
"Witness: The Artist's Response" - Amplified Art Network
"American Ghost's Work"- Sloopin
"Buried Alive" - Art World Chicago

January 2017
"The Blues Art Exhibition" - The Visualist

November 2016
"BIG Small Works Show" -The Visualist
"9 art gallery exhibitions to see in November"-Time Out
"Frontal exhibition by painter Chantala Kommanivanh"-Black and Free

October 2016
“Chantala Kommanivanh: Frontal" - The Visualist

September 2016
"Personal Time Off" - The Visualist ​
​"I, Be. Curated by Janice Bond"- Poets and Artists
"Interview with Janice Bond" - Poets and Artists
"Exhibition Opening: I, Be" - Black and Free

August 2016
"Hard Decora: Colorful Attitude" - The Visualist 
“Back to our Foundations" - Illinois School of Art & Design 
"Bridgeport Gallery Features Art By Former University of Illinois Students" - DNAinfo
"Back to our Foundations" - The Visualist 

June 2016 
"You, Me and Everyone Else" - The Visualist 
"You, Me and Everyone Else"- Opening Reception - Gozamos

May 2016
​"Wanderer" Opening Reception - Black and Free

March 2016
"Altered Egos" Opening Reception - Black and Free
New Bridgeport Space Opening - Chicago Tribune
New Bridgeport Space Opening - Amplified Art Network
"Altered Egos" - The Visualist

February 2016
"Collision" - The Visualist

January 2016
"Fourteen to Seventy-Four" - The Visualist

December 2015
Notable Events for Chicago Artists - The Chicago Reader

November 2015
"Shuttered" - The Visualist
Chicago's Least Loved Buildings Get Their Own Art Show - Chicago Architecture
Interview with Jennifer Cronin - Discovering Art in Chicago

October 2015
Interview with Jennifer Cronin - Gapers Block

September 2015​
"Connexion" - The Visualist
"Connexion" - Chicago Reader
14 Chicago Art Openings Not to be Missed - Sergio Gomez

July 2015
"seVII", curated by Abraham - MIR Appraisal Services, Inc.
"Gloom in the Room" pop up - heyevent

May 2015
An Interview with Jaime Foster - Gapers Block
"Biophilia" featured in Slowdown - Gapers Block
9 Art Gallery Exhibitions to Check out in May - Timeout Chicago
Biker Turns Tires to Gold with Jewelry Business - DNAinfo

April 2015
"Let Her Be Elevated" pop up - Art World Chicago
8 Art Gallery Exhibitions to Check out in April - Timeout Chicago
The Weekly Gallery Crawl - Chicago Now

March 2015
Art in the Room Fundraiser Event at Lacuna - Art World Chicago
"Custom Culture" - The Visualist
The Weekly Gallery Crawl - Chicago Now

February 2015
"Achromatic Vibrancy" Exhibition - Extra Newspaper
8 Art Gallery Exhibitions to Check out in March - Timeout Chicago

January 2015
"Make Room" Pop Up at The Silver Room - Art World Chicago

November 2014
Sentrock Pop Up on Chicago Traveler
Sentrock Pop Up Exhibition - Urban Vinyl Daily
A Hip Arts Organization in the South Loop - 1130 Luxury Living

October 2014
Campaign featured on a South Loop Blog - Sloopin
Campaign featured on The Black Age of Comics 
Featured as an Editor's Choice attraction - www.chicagotraveler.com
FIVE CHICAGO ART BASED CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGNS NOT TO BE MISSED - Sergio Gomez Art Blog

September 2014
"Transformed" featured - Chicago Artists Month

August 2014
Interview with Lindsey Claire Newman - Discovering Art in Chicago

June 2014
The "Modern Abstractions" of Spencer Rogers - Discovering Art in Chicago

May 2014
Opening with Brandy Kraft - The Visualist

March 2014
Artist Talk with Nicholas Barron as a weekly pick - Sixty Inches From Center
"Autobiographical" press release - H.A.S. Magazine
Elephant Room featured in Vigore Magazine

February 2014
'Menagerie' by George Keaton - Aimee Santos Blog
The Man Behind the Menagerie - Elephant Room, Inc. Blog

January 2014
Artist Talk with George Keaton - H.A.S. Magazine

October 2013
"Realities" Exhibition & Events - Chicago Artists Month

September 2013
"Realities" Press Release - Art World Chicago

August 2013
"Multicultural America" Press Release - Art World Chicago

July 2013
"Just a Moment" Press Release - Art World Chicago

June 2013
Artist Talk with Rahmaan Statik write-up - Elephant Room, Inc. Blog
"Coltan" Closing Reception with Rahmaan Statik - H.A.S. Magazine
"Just a Moment" Press Release - Art World Chicago
"Coltan" Closing Reception PR - Art World Chicago

April 2013
"Breaking the Line" Press Release - Art World Chicago

March 2013
"Alter Egos" press release - CityVida
Joseph "Sentrock" Perez: Poetic Imagery - Visionary Artistry Mag
Live Painting with Joseph "Sentrock" Perez - Gozamos

February 2013
"Memories" Press Release - City Vida
Announcement for "Memories" - the Visualist
"Memories" Press Release - Chicago Artist Resource

January 2013
"Memories" Press Release - Art World Chicago
Review of "Urban Penumbra" - Blog by Elephant Room, Inc.
"An Hour in the City" - Blog by Iddrise
"Urban Penumbra" Press Release - Chicago Artist Resource

December 2012
"Urban Penumbra" Exhibition - City Vida

November 2012
Write-up on "Ojero: A Character of Culture" - Blog by Elephant Room, Inc.
Artist Talk and Meet and Greet announcement - City Vida

October 2012
Press Release for "Ojero: A Character of Culture" - Greater South Loop Association
Press Release for "Ojero...." - Neoteric Art
"Ojero: A Character of Culture" - Arte y Vida
"Ojero: A Character of Culture" - Chicago Remezcla
Press Release for "Ojero..." - Art World Chicago

September 2012
Review of "Love, Lust & Desire" - The Conscious Tip
"Product of My Environment" part of Chicago Artists Month
"Product of My Environment" Sam Kirk exhibition - CityVida
"Product of My Environment" Sam Kirk exhibition - Art World Chicago

August 2012
Write-up on Zeph Farmby - Chicago Reader
"Love, Lust and Desire" Zeph Farmby exhibition - Art World Chicago

June 2012
Burn353 at Elephant Room - Art World Chicago
Reception for Burn353 - Greater South Loop Association

April 2012
"Chicago Loves Me" - Explore Chicago

March 2012
"The Art of the Wall" - photographs by Gary Hoover :: CityVida

October 2011
Press Release for Ivan Lo's "Portraits of Afghanistan"
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July 2011
Cien Event with Sam.Kirk :: Chicago Reader

June 2011
Reading & Book Signing with Grant Crusor :: Chicago Reader
Reading & Book Signing Announcement :: Gapers Block

May 2011
"Porn Chic" paintings by Nicola Bockelmann :: Chicago Reader

March 2011
Deleay Lashay Social press release :: CityVida
The Others Collective Gathering press release :: CityVida

February 2011
Grand Re-Opening Announcement :: Bronzeville Arts Blog

December 2010
Article on Signs of Sustainability & HOBOartlab :: Eco Columbia
Interview with Ira Feldman :: Sixty Inches from Center
Claudia Smalley featured in Morning Art Blog :: Chicago Reader
World AIDS Day preview night announcement :: Chicago Pride website

November 2010
Press Release for Signs of Sustainability :: i-Newswire
Elephant Room, Inc. features HOBOartlab :: Chicago Artists Resource
Press Announcement for Signs of Sustainability :: Art Hash Blog

October 2010
Interview with Sixty Inches from Center
South Loop Blog Post for Sketch Event :: Sloopin

September 2010

Chicago Reader print-out featuring Common Ground opening and Sam Kirk piece -
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Featured Artist Story :: Chicago Artists Resource
Common Ground Feature :: Gozamos
Write-up on Sam Kirk and Common Ground :: CityVida
Write-up on Cydney Lewis opening reception :: SIFC: Chicago Art Archive and Collective Project
Listing for Forget About the Future :: TimeOut Chicago
Common Ground featured artist, Sam Kirk :: Chicago Artists Month

August 2010
Press Release for Monuments :: The Herald Bulletin
Common Ground featured during Chicago Artists Month

July 2010
Press Release for Monuments in Wabash, Indiana Newspaper
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Art Review on Not Quite There Yet :: Neoteric Art

June 2010
Morning Art Blog on Ledesma :: Chicago Reader
Rhyme of the Day write-up on Cronin's exhibition :: John J. Enright
Listing in Calendar of Events for Ledesma's exhibition :: The School of the Art Institute
Press Release for Not Quite There Yet :: Women in the Arts Online Networking Community

May 2010
Press Release for Not Quite There Yet :: CityVida
Morning Art Blog for The Peculiar Manifestation of Paint in My Life :: Chicago Reader
Review on Cronin's Exhibition :: Newcity Art
Article on Jennifer Cronin and The Peculiar Manifestation of Paint in My Life :: TRM
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April 2010
Article on Lillianna Pereira & The Record is Far From Complete exhibition :: TRM

March 2010
Posting for The Record is Far From Complete :: NOTPAPER (a blog about collage)
Announcement of The Record is Far From Complete :: Art Milk
Announcement of The Record is Far From Complete :: TimeOut Chicago
Photo and caption for The Record is Far From Complete :: Chicago Reader
Description and announcement of The Record is Far From Complete :: CityVida
Lillianna Pereira press release
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February 2010
Photo and Caption for 1000 Miles Shy exhibition :: Chicago Reader
Announcement of 1000 Miles Shy exhibition :: TimeOut Chicago
Jay Lawrence Pearson press release
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January 2010
Benefit Event for Haiti Relief :: School of the Art Institute of Chicago Alumni

December 2009
Announcement of The Wear Recycle Poster Show :: Chicago Reader
Nicky Watts press release
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November 2009
Artist Reception at Elephant Room, Inc. :: Chicago Reader
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