Peter Paul Luce Gallery, Cornell College, Installation shots

Added on January 31, 2018 by Cole Pierce.

Upcoming Exhibition

Added on January 18, 2018 by Cole Pierce.

Peter Paul Luce Gallery, Cornell College
Cole Pierce and Michael Hedges
Reception: January 26, 2018. 4-6pm

http://news.cornellcollege.edu/2018/01/exhibition-features-paintings-chicago-artists/

Cole Pierce #130 (2016) Acrylic on Canvas, 60"x48"

Alchemist at Heaven Gallery

Added on January 18, 2018 by Cole Pierce.

Kelly Kaczinski, Esau McGhee and Cole Pierce at Heaven Gallery, December 2017

Upcoming Exhibition

Added on November 21, 2017 by Cole Pierce.

Alchemist
Cole Pierce, Esau McGhee, and Kelly Kaczynski

Presenting three alchemical practices, each focusing on construction and speculative philosophy, working intuitively to transmute materials and language into the experiential equivalent of turning lead into gold. Coming from different contexts and conceptual bearings, these artists begin with base elements: simple geometry, primary colors, and raw materials.

Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave Fl 2, Chicago, Illinois 60622
December 1, 2017 - January 12, 2018
Opening Reception - December 1st, 7-10pm

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Review of Dangerous Professors in Chicago Reader

Added on May 30, 2017 by Cole Pierce.

At Triumph Gallery, more than 150 artists counteract a GOP watch list

“The Dangerous Professors” marries art and education in response to online attacks on higher-ed teachers.

Chicago Reader

Ltd.Wear 2 at LVL3 and Tusk

Added on May 30, 2017 by Cole Pierce.

Dangerous Professors at Triumph

Added on May 3, 2017 by Cole Pierce.

LVL3 and Tusk are happy to present Ltd.Wear2. Following in the footsteps of last year’s premier, Ltd.Wear2 is both a group exhibition and a fashion line presenting one-of-a-kind looks by 45 artists. Ltd.Wear2 gears up for summer – each set includes … — LVL3 and Tusk are happy to present Ltd.Wear2. Following in the footsteps of last year’s premier, Ltd.Wear2 is both a group exhibition and a fashion line presenting one-of-a-kind looks by 45 artists. Ltd.Wear2 gears up for summer – each set includes a custom tank top and sun visor that will be available for purchase on a first-come/first-serve basis throughout the exhibition period. Come try on the looks and prepare for all your fun summer festivities.

Featured looks by
Alexa Viscius – Alika Cooper – Allison Wade – Alma Wieser – Anna Kunz – Ben Marcus – Caroline Walp – Cat Lauigan – Cody Tumblin – Cole Pierce – Dan Rizzo Orr – Dave Eassa – Dave Singley – David Knowles – Elizabeth Ferry – Em Kettner – Francesco Lo Castro – Gnat Madrid Brilmyer – Hope Esser – Hope Wang – James Bouche – Jason Pickleman – Jesse Malmed – Jessica Viscius – Josh Reames – Kangmankey – Karolina Gnatowksi – Kris Chau – Lara Mann – Latham Zearfoss – Lauren Taylor – Marcel Alcala – Mary Do – Matthew Hilshorst – Meg T. Noe – Mika Horibuchi – Nataliya Kotlova – Nathaniel Russell – Noel Morical – Nora Chin – Paul Kenneth – Robin Kang – Sky Cubacub – Tegan Brace – Yani Aviles

Gallery display on view through June 11th.

Opening Reception
Saturday 13 May 2017
6-10 pm

Open Hours
Sundays 1-4 pm

Ltd.Wear 2 at LVL3 and Tusk

Added on April 27, 2017 by Cole Pierce.

2017 Grant

Added on April 27, 2017 by Cole Pierce.

I'm honored to be a recipient of a 2017 DCASE IAP Grant!

The Individual Artists Program aims to assist Chicago’s professional artists in creating work that elevates their careers and brings value to the City of Chicago.

Tascam with Deborah Handler, Sam Jaffe, EC Brown, and Cole Pierce

Added on January 29, 2017 by Cole Pierce.

Albion St Viaduct Mural

Added on October 12, 2016 by Cole Pierce.

Expo

Added on September 20, 2016 by Cole Pierce.

The MISSION Project is showing my work at Expo Chicago this weekend.
https://www.artsy.net/show/the-mission-the-mission-at-expo-chicago-2016
http://expochicago.com/

Mural in progress

Added on September 20, 2016 by Cole Pierce.

I am currently painting a 40'x11' mural in the CTA viaduct on Albion and Lakewood, in the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. Julianne Hill wandered by and took some photos.

Upcoming Exhibition

Added on May 20, 2016 by Cole Pierce.

In Secret Unison
THE MISSION
July 8 - August 20, 2016
1431 W. Chicago Ave.
Chicago, IL 60642

http://themissionprojects.com/exhibition/82/In-Secret-Unison

Plane Figures at Mission Projects: July 10 - August 22, 2015

Added on June 30, 2015 by Cole Pierce.

THE MISSION is pleased to announce Plane Figures, a group exhibition featuring paintings by Natalia Cacchiarelli (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Jean Alexander Frater (Chicago, IL), Cole Pierce (Chicago, IL), and Michelle Prazak (Lima, Peru).

There are many familiar abstractions: monochrome, cubist, color-field, geometric, expressionist. The early evolution of these forms was often described as a flight from the concrete image, freeing painting from Malevich’s “dead weight of the real world” into a universal, even spiritual, experience of shape and color. Conversely, the relevance of these modes to a contemporary generation of painters is often referred to in the very material language of the body and the body’s relationship to this previously forsaken space of the real world. In Plane Figures, artists working in Argentina, Peru, and Chicago are brought together by a shared interest in abstraction as a phenomenological, first-person experience of painting’s two-dimensional plane. Cacchiarelli, Frater, Pierce, and Prazak are each committed to the figure of the viewer, and the capacity of painting to renew or rearrange her perception in essential ways.

In a selection of works that engage the history of geometric abstraction and op art, the artists boldly manipulate or violate the conventions of these styles in visceral ways. Triangles, grids, cubes, and patterns appear and are deformed by imperfect geometries, rhythmic color-modulation, and gestural or accidental marks. These artists variously assert the relativity of vision and the representational, rather than non-objective, impact of planar figures.

Natalia Cacchiarelli (b. 1971) received her BFA from Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes Prilidiano Pueyrredón in Buenos Aires. She has recently exhibited at Centro Cultural Recoleta and Galeria Palatina in Argentina. In 2014, THE MISSION showcased Cacchiarelli’s paintings in Vibrations, her first solo exhibition in the United States. Cacchiarelli lives and works in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Jean Alexander Frater (b. 1972) received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) and received her BA in Philosophy at the University of Dayton. She has recently exhibited at SpaceCamp Micro Gallery in Indianapolis, IN, Rockford Art Museum in Rockford, IL, and Watershed Gallery in Ridgefield, CT.Plane Figures is Frater’s first exhibition at THE MISSION. She lives and works in Chicago, IL.

Cole Pierce (b. 1978) received his MFA from Northwestern University and received his BSS in Art and Sociology from Cornell College. He has recently exhibited at ROMAN SUSAN, Johalla Projects, Hinge Gallery, and Antena Gallery in Chicago. Plane Figures is Pierce’s first exhibition at THE MISSION. He lives and works in Chicago, IL.

Michelle Prazak (b. 1977) received her MFA at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design at the University of the Arts London and received her BFA at Escuela de Arte Corriente Alterna in Lima. She has recently exhibited at Sicardi Gallery in Houston, Galeria FORUM in Lima, Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, and Nylon Gallery in London. Prazak exhibited her first US solo exhibition, Movements in Time and Space, at THE MISSION in 2012. Prazak lives and works in Lima, Peru.

THE MISSION Chicago
1431 W. Chicago Ave.
Chicago, IL 60642

Phase Transition at Roman Susan

Added on February 10, 2015 by Cole Pierce.

Cole Pierce: Phase Transition
February 6, 2015 - February 26, 2015

Gallery Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 3-6 PM and Saturday 12-3 PM
1224 W. Loyola Ave | Chicago, IL 60626

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Installation View, #63 (left) #55 (right) on site specific wall painting

Installation view #55 (left) #70 (right) on site specific wall painting

Installation view #55 on site specific wall painting

Installation view #55 and #70 onsite specific wall painting

#57 (2014) Acrylic on Panel, 12"x12", Installed on site specific wall painting

Installation View #55, #70, #69, #57 on site specific wall painting

#63 (2014) Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, 48"x60"

Added on January 12, 2015 by Cole Pierce.

Cole Pierce: Phase Transition
February 6, 2015 - February 26, 2015
Roman Susan
1224 W. Loyola Ave | Chicago, IL 60626

Reception: Friday, February 6 // 6 PM
Gallery Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 3-6 PM and Saturday 12-3 PM

Phase Transition is an installation of recent paintings and a wall mural from Pierce’s geometric abstraction series. In his work, he employs multiple layers of vivid optical rhythms, and purposely counters the rational pattern with unpredictable variations.

Pierce received an MFA in Art Theory & Practice from Northwestern University in 2007. His work has been reviewed in Modern Painters Magazine, Visual Art Source, and Papercut Magazine. He recently had a solo show at Butler University and participated in group shows at CAM Raleigh, Johalla Projects, and Nebraska Wesleyan University. His first large scale mural was completed in September 2014 for Hoop Dreams, a charity basketball tournament by Empty Bottle Presents.