Biographies

Dan Gunn is an artist, writer, and educator in Chicago, IL. He received an MFA in Painting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2007 where he is now an Adjunct Assistant Professor. He was awarded residencies at the Wassaic Project 2021, University of Arkansas (2019), Anderson Ranch Art Center (2018), Vermont Studio Center (2015), and The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (2012).

Recent solo exhibitions include of the land behind them at Monique Meloche Gallery, Bunts at the University Club of Chicago and Ungrateful Son at Good Weather Gallery, North Little Rock, AK. Recent group shows include The Regional, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, which will travel to Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO; With a Capital P at the Elmhurst Art Museum (IL) and Matter Matters at the University of Missouri Kansas City (MO). Other venues have included the Elephant Gallery (TN), University of Toledo, (OH), Western Exhibitions (Chicago), Marine Contemporary (Santa Monica), Art Los Angeles Contemporary, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, the Hyde Park Art Center (Chicago), Lloyd Dobler Gallery (Chicago), Columbia College (Chicago), the Poor Farm (WI), and the Loyola University Museum of Art (Chicago). His work has been reviewed in Frieze, Art in America, Artforum.com, art ltd., Artslant.com, Newcity Magazine, New American Paintings, TimeOut Chicago, and the Chicago Tribune.

Jade Powers After receiving a bachelor of arts in art history and religious studies at DePauw University (Greencastle, Indiana), Powers earned a master’s degree in religious studies at Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana) in 2015 with a focus on contemporary Asian art and culture. From 2016–2017, Powers worked at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis. Jade is currently an Assistant Curator at Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art.

She spent the last year as the Romare Bearden Graduate Museum Fellow at the Saint Louis Art Museum. There she “created the first interpretative gallery guide ... to highlight works by African American artists in the museum’s permanent collection, and worked with the curators of prints, drawings, and photographs and modern and contemporary art to research and create text for a recent gift to the institution of eighty-one abstract works of art by African American artists,” notes an announcement. “Her responsibilities also included the implementation of public programs including, ‘If It Wasn’t for the Women,’ as well as presenting gallery talks, guided tours, and creating a teacher workshop to help teachers add information about abstract art by African American artists to their curriculum.”

Monique Meloche Gallery is located at 451 N Paulina Street, Chicago, IL 60622 For additional info, visit moniquemeloche.com or email info@moniquemeloche.com