We are two think-outside-the-box, fly-by-the-seat-of-our-pants Susans who decided that artists need a different kind of presence in our city, something beyond the bricks and mortar galleries. WHAT WE DO
We are two think-outside-the-box, fly-by-the-seat-of-our-pants Susans who decided that Chicago artists need a different kind of presence in our city, something beyond the bricks and mortar galleri
es that are closing right and left. Our solution is a combination of pop-up spaces and internet exhibition designed to get your art out there, in front of all kinds of collectors – YOUR great art at a good price – art that even artists can afford to collect. WHO WE ARE
Susan Aurinko has curated over 250 exhibitions, at FLATFILEgalleries, the gallery she founded and directed for nine years, and in a variety of other and venues including IIT, Chicago Photography Center, and created exhibitions for both the Japanese and Danish governments. Since 2007, Aurinko has also provided the art for the Prudential Building lobbies and since 2014 has curated the rotating exhibitions for the Union League Club of Chicago. She is responsible for Lucent, in the John Hancock Lobby, and created several corporate collections throughout the Chicago Area. Susan Blackman has been involved in all aspects of the art business world for 35 years; from managing 5 galleries, owning her own gallery for 7 years, and as the principal of Art Advisory, Ltd. Blackman has procured and managed collections for many large corporations including Deloitte, William Blair, LLC., Capital One, JLL, to name a few. Also, Blackman has a deep commitment to helping/mentoring artists develop their entrepreneurial art practices with group and individual business development seminars she has offered for the past 5 years.