Volume Gallery is a commercial art gallery focused on design and contemporary art. It is located in
West Town,
Chicago. Volume Gallery represents artists and designers working in diverse disciplines such as ceramics, fiber, glass, and object design. The gallery presents seven curated thematic and solo exhibitions a year with an emphasis on emerging and mid-career artists.
Volume Gallery has participated in fairs such as FOG Design+Art Fair in San Francisco, Felix LA,
EXPO Chicago,
NADA in New York, Collective in New York, and
Design Miami.
Volume Gallery has shown architect-designed objects from architects Norman Kelley,
Krueck + Sexton,
Pezo Von Ellrichshausen, Ania Jaworska and
Stanley Tigerman. The gallery program emphasizes fiber and textile, ceramic, and glass works.
History
It was founded by Claire Warner and Sam Vinz in 2010. They had met while working at Wright auction house.
In 2017 Warner and Vinz were named among the five most important new dealers on the forefront of design in ''The New York Times Style Magazine''. They were featured in
Newcity
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's list of influentials who lead Chicago’s design scene on ''Design 50: Who Shapes Chicago 2017''.
In 2017, Volume Gallery moved from its
West Loop
The Near West Side, one of the 77 community areas of Chicago, is on the West Side, west of the Chicago River and adjacent to the Loop. The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 started on the Near West Side. Waves of immigration shaped the history of the ...
location to
West Town along with galleries, Document, PLHK, Western Exhibitions, and Rhona Hoffman Gallery.
Artists
Volume Gallery represents emerging and mid-career contemporary artists and the design work of architects and contemporary designers.
* (after RO/LU)
* Michael C. Andrews
* Aranda\Lasch with
Terrol Dew Johnson
Terrol Dew Johnson (born 1973) is a Tohono O'odham basket weaver, sculptor, and health advocate, who promotes Indigenous foods to prevent diabetes.
Background
Terrol Dew Johnson is Tohono O'odham from Sells, Arizona. Johnson began weaving at the ...
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Tanya Aguiñiga
Tanya Aguiñiga (born 1978, in San Diego, California) is a Los Angeles–based artist, designer, and activist.
Early life and education
Although she was born in the United States, Aguiñiga spent her childhood living in Tijuana, Mexico. Fr ...
* Benas Burdulis
* Jojo Chuang
* Pezo Von Ellrichshausen
*
Evan Gruzis Evan Gruzis is a contemporary artist born in 1979 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. He has lived and worked in Los Angeles and New York City, and, since 2012, has lived in Wisconsin with his partner, Nicole Rogers, and their child. Gruzis firs ...
* Ross Hansen
* Matthias Merkel Hess
* Jennefer Hoffmann
*
James Hyde
* Sung Jang
* Ania Jaworska
* Norman Kelley
* Thomas Leinberger
* Luftwerk
*
Johnston Marklee & Associates
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Christy Matson Christy Matson (born 1979) is an American textile artist.
A native of Seattle, Matson studied at the University of Washington and at the California College of the Arts. She has taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; currently she ...
*
Jonathan Muecke
Jonathan Muecke (born 1983) is an American designer and architect, based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States.
Education
Muecke studied architecture at Iowa State University, interning at the architectural office of Herzog & de Meuron in Base ...
* Charlie O’Geen
*
Jonathan Olivares
Jonathan Olivares (born 1981) is an American industrial designer and author. Olivares's approach to design has been characterized research-based and incremental. In April 2022 he became Senior Vice-President of Design at the Knoll (company), Knol ...
* OOIEE
* Leon Ransmeier
*
Anders Ruhwald
*
Krueck + Sexton
*
Snarkitecture
*
Stanley Tigerman
* Thaddeus Wolfe
* Young & Ayata
References
External links
Volume Gallery website
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Art museums and galleries in Chicago
Contemporary art galleries in the United States