Gallery Collaborations

Sho + 1 was reincarnated as a consequent project of Galerie Sho Contemporary Art in August 2017. We aim to carry out our activity in concept of pop art by focusing from first-rate works by contemporary masters to superb crops by young and mid-career artists within both unique exhibitions at our gallery space and domestic and international art fairs. Our gallery director has a nearly 40 years career to meet various collectors’ demands, especially with the professional expertise inside of broad ranging artworks by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol. Furthermore, we have released the variety of collaboration projects with both domestic and international photographers such as Helmut Newton, Bettina Rheims, Naoki Kimura, and Mitsuru Sakurai. Our recent adventure goes for an interactive gallery in order to promote our artists by fluttering into the global development as well as to launch multiple projects with those who get involved deeply with the field of fine art.

Arts of Life is a 501(c)3 non-profit founded in January 2000 with a shared vision: to create a working, person-centric, artistic community while providing a work environment of equality in Chicago. Motivated by founding artist Veronica Cuculich along with two co-directors Arts of Life brought nine other individuals with developmental disabilities to create the organization we are today. Our shared vision grew from a passion for artistic expression and a need for an alternative system. For artists at AOL, a career in the visual arts is an opportunity for meaningful employment. Each artist has their own studio space and works independently from individualized project plans or receives 1:1 visual arts facilitation to increase their artistic skill set. Artists earn a monthly stipend for participation in the program with eligibility to receive bonuses based on personal annual art sales. Today, we represent over 60 artists with varying levels of physical and intellectual disabilities.