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Some nights remind you why you do this work. For the opening reception of Cumbia Sin Fronteras, cumbia filled every corn...
06/03/2026

Some nights remind you why you do this work. For the opening reception of Cumbia Sin Fronteras, cumbia filled every corner of Evoke, not just as music, but as memory, as movement, as identity. We had the profound honor of hosting .artcollective for an exhibition that moved us in ways we needed! This show has 51 artists, local voices and international ones, all in one room! We watched people dance who hadn’t danced in years. We watched strangers become family over a shared rhythm. We watched a documentary premiere that made the room go quiet in the best way.

To every artist who poured their soul into this, thank you for all that you do. To everyone who traveled from out of town just to be here, that means everything to us. To every hand that helped set up, break down, and hold it all together, we cannot thank you enough! “La Cumbia te cura mi amor”!

This is why we open these doors, this is why art is important!. Thank you, Ruidosa. Thank you, all 51 artists. From Chicago with love! ❤️

Photos by: .vigo
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Presented by: .artcollective

Introducing “The Javi Collection” to Evoke Limited! Javi is a Chicago based Mexican artist who sees color like a languag...
05/21/2026

Introducing “The Javi Collection” to Evoke Limited!
Javi is a Chicago based Mexican artist who sees color like a language and treats every detail like it matters, and it shows!

Their first capsule with Evoke Limited is three limited prints and a shirt, each one built with that same precision. All proceeds of “La Dama” prints benefits the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.

Shop the limited capsule collection now on our website or in person, and snag your own piece of Javi’s work!

Link in our bio!

This Saturday join us for the closing reception for Promise(d) + an Artist Talk! The opening was so magical from Nancy’s...
05/04/2026

This Saturday join us for the closing reception for Promise(d) + an Artist Talk! The opening was so magical from Nancy’s beautiful performance to the high vibrations in the air! Curated by Teddy Sandler (.tdy), this exhibition combines a revisionist history and speculative storytelling to re-contextualize what being alive in America could mean.

all these works are tied around an exploration of what is lost and promised in the current moment. Artists address this across painting, sculpture, and activated performances, providing an attempt to speculate, meditate, and materially reorient towards the future.

Featuring Artists:
Ethan Shay-Cowell (.shaycowell)
Crystal Beiersdorfer ()
Jeremy Carter ()
Nancy Sánchez Tamayo ()
Bobbi Meier ()
Araceli Zuniga ()
Teddy Sandler (.tdy)
Alexandra Kumala ()
And Brooke Raven ()

Free RSVP available in our link tree & website, Closing reception for Promise(d) is May 9th, from 6-10PM light refreshments & drinks will be available!

Promise(d) is opening its pages! & are producing a companion zine to the current exhibition curated by Teddy Sandler (...
04/23/2026

Promise(d) is opening its pages! & are producing a companion zine to the current exhibition curated by Teddy Sandler (.tdy), and we want writers like you to be apart of it! We’re looking for poets, essayists, critics, and experimenters!

If the work on these walls moved something in you, or if you’ve been sitting with questions about cultural mythology, broken promises, and what we dare to imagine next, this is your invitation.

The publication unfolds in three movements: what was promised? What is a promise? And what can we promise?

Submissions close May 10th! Form is in our Linktree and on our website, evokechi.com

Couldn’t be more excited for Brooke Raven (), and just around the corner and right in time for a week full of Art, Brook...
04/09/2026

Couldn’t be more excited for Brooke Raven (), and just around the corner and right in time for a week full of Art, Brooke & .chicago present: “TAILGATER”!

Opening on April 10th from 6-9P, .chicago will open their doors to welcome you into Brooke’s kaleidoscopic reverie! Featuring never before seen works and iconic works for Raven’s collection.

We’re endlessly proud of Brooke and can’t be happier to share this huge milestone!

See you at “TAILGATER” this Saturday!

What was once promise(d) has now taken form. Thank you so much to everyone who came out for the opening reception for Pr...
03/30/2026

What was once promise(d) has now taken form. Thank you so much to everyone who came out for the opening reception for Promise(d). The energy was incredible and we cannot thank you enough for showing all the artists involved so much love. Another huge thank you to .tdy & for letting us be apart of the world building that was this show & the lasting impression this show has made.

Shout out to the lineup of amazing artists that brought so much life to this exhibition:
Ethan Shay-Cowell (.shaycowell)
Crystal Beiersdorfer ()
Jeremy Carter (doeybuff_)
Nancy Sánchez Tamayo ()
Bobbi Meier ()
Araceli Zuniga ()
Teddy Sandler (.tdy)
Alexandra Kumala ()
And Brooke Raven ()

There’s a few activations that will be announced very soon so be on the lookout!

Photos by the amazing:

The eye behind the edit, the vision behind the exhibition, meet Teddy (.tdy)! The genius behind “Promise(d)”, opening to...
03/27/2026

The eye behind the edit, the vision behind the exhibition, meet Teddy (.tdy)! The genius behind “Promise(d)”, opening tomorrow at 6PM here at Evoke Gallery. Let us introduce you properly to Teddy Sandler, founder of SETHESIA () and our first guest curator! Swipe through to read more on Teddy & her thoughts on the curation for “Promise(d)”.

Free RSVP available in our link tree & website, we’re super excited for our first exhibition of the year! Opening reception for Promise(d) is March 28th, from 6-10PM light refreshments & drinks will be available!

Featuring Artists:
Ethan Shay-Cowell (.shaycowell)
Crystal Beiersdorfer ()
Jeremy Carter (doeybuff_)
Nancy Sánchez Tamayo ()
Bobbi Meier ()
Araceli Zuniga ()
Teddy Sandler (.tdy)
Alexandra Kumala ()
And Brooke Raven ()

ADA Accessible • Free Parking available along Central Ave and nearby side streets

Purchase inquiries are welcomed & encouraged, inquire in-person or through email.

This Saturday, the opening reception for Promise(d) goes live! Curated by Teddy Sandler (.tdy), this exhibition combines...
03/25/2026

This Saturday, the opening reception for Promise(d) goes live! Curated by Teddy Sandler (.tdy), this exhibition combines a revisionist history and speculative storytelling to re-contextualize what being alive in America could mean.

all these works are tied around an exploration of what is lost and promised in the current moment. Artists address this across painting, sculpture, and activated performances, providing an attempt to speculate, meditate, and materially reorient towards the future.

Featuring Artists:
Ethan Shay-Cowell (.shaycowell)
Crystal Beiersdorfer ()
Jeremy Carter (doeybuff_)
Nancy Sánchez Tamayo ()
Bobbi Meier ()
Araceli Zuniga ()
Teddy Sandler (.tdy)
Alexandra Kumala ()
And Brooke Raven ()

Meet the featured Artist apart of the Promise(d) line up, Bobbi Meier (). Bobbi Meier is a Chicago-based fiber and multi-media artist whose practice explores themes of desire, grief, care, and emotional resilience through evocative sculptural forms made of domestic and repurposed materials. Meier has participated in solo and group shows in the Midwest, nationally, and internationally. Her work has been exhibited at institutions throughout the Chicago area, including the Driehaus Museum, The Franklin, Hyde Park Art Center, The Museum of Surgical Science, Lubeznik Art Center, and others. She earned both an MA in Art Education and an MFA in Fiber and Material Studies from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Free RSVP available in our link tree & website, Opening reception for Promise(d) is March 28th, from 6-10PM light refreshments & drinks will be available!

This Saturday, STHESIA () & Evoke Gallery welcome you to Promise(d). an exhibition that combines a revisionist history a...
03/23/2026

This Saturday, STHESIA () & Evoke Gallery welcome you to Promise(d). an exhibition that combines a revisionist history and speculative storytelling to re-contextualize what being alive in America could mean.

Curated by Teddy Sandler (.tdy), all these works are tied around an exploration of what is lost and promised in the current moment. Artists address this across painting, sculpture, and activated performances, providing an attempt to speculate, meditate, and materially reorient towards the future.

Featuring Artists:
Ethan Shay-Cowell (.shaycowell)
Crystal Beiersdorfer ()
Jeremy Carter (doeybuff_)
Nancy Sánchez Tamayo ()
Bobbi Meier ()
Araceli Zuniga ()
Teddy Sandler (.tdy)
Alexandra Kumala ()
And Brooke Raven ()

Meet the featured Artist apart of the Promise(d) line up, Jeremy Carter ( ). Jeremy Carter is a Chicago based painter & fiber artist that centers their work around found objects. Through up sourcing materials he uses a wide array of items to convey structures from a different era whether it be a futuristic dystopia or a time that is no more. The destination you are taken to is meant to evoke emotion or question it’s what the tool was made for. Ensuring durability through tension is a reoccurring theme throughout his practice. His work has been shown throughout the greater Chicago area.

Free RSVP available in our link tree & website, we’re super excited for our first exhibition of the year! Opening reception for Promise(d) is March 28th, from 6-10PM light refreshments & drinks will be available!

One more promise to keep. A surprise addition joins Promise(d). Newly signed, Evoke Artist, Brooke Raven ()! When an art...
03/16/2026

One more promise to keep. A surprise addition joins Promise(d). Newly signed, Evoke Artist, Brooke Raven ()! When an artist’s work speaks this directly to the show, we knew we had to make room!

Raven’s work brings additional permanence to digital skidmarks, and the sloppy wordsmiths responsible for them.

Joining a list of talented artists with mediums spanning from: sculpture, painting, audio, video, and performance. This exhibition weaves together traditional and new media to represent a bouquet of desire.

STHESIA invites you to Promise(d). Curated by the amazing Teddy Sandler (.tdy) Opening March 28th, this exhibition combines a revisionist history and speculative storytelling to re-contextualize what being alive in America could mean.

Featuring Artists:
Ethan Shay-Cowell (.shaycowell)
Crystal Beiersdorfer ()
Jeremy Carter ()
Nancy Sánchez Tamayo ()
Bobbi Meier ()
Araceli Zuniga ()
Teddy Sandler (.tdy)
Alexandra Kumala ()
And Brooke Raven ()

More on Brooke: Raven is a central Illinois native, Chicago-based painter. Raven carries a residual fascination with small town social dynamics from her formative years into adulthood. The small towns of the rural midwest, while they have their fleeting moments of charm and appeal, also house a sour perpetual stew of conservative values, chronic gossipers, and substance abuse. When it’s time to stir the pot, the information that was once confined to a conversation on the porch or at the bar can now be memorialized and catalogued in a Facebook post in an instant.
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Free RSVP available in our link tree & website, we’re super excited for our first exhibition of the year! Opening reception for Promised) is March 28th, from 6-10PM light refreshments & drinks will be available!

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