Press / CV

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Brooke Raven is a Chicago-based painter and Central Illinois native examining social dynamics in rural America. Raven's work mythologizes the monotonous small town existence, represented through the public internet archive of its subjects, and considers the much less public gossip accumulated through personal experience.

Education

2022–Current
University of Illinois Chicago — BA in Interdisciplinary Education in the Arts, Minor in Art

2021–2022
School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Solo & Duo Exhibitions

2026
TAILGATER (solo show) — CROSSWALK GALLERY, Chicago, IL

2025
CORN BRED (Duo Show) — HEXX GALLERY, Chicago, IL

Select Group Exhibitions

2026
MONDO: UNITED! — LAISUN KEANE, Boston, MA
FEET PICS — RUBY/DAKOTA, New York, NY
GRWM — [NAME] GALLERY, Chicago, IL

2025
UIC BFA THESIS SHOW — GALLERY 400, Chicago, IL
DOUBLE DARE YOU — CITRUS GALLERY, Syracuse, NY
TOUCHING GRASS — GALLERY 400, Chicago, IL
JUST LIKE HEAVEN — RANDOM ACCESS GALLERY, Syracuse, NY

2024
TEN BY TEN — JACKSON JUNGE GALLERY, Chicago, IL

2023
TEN BY TEN — JACKSON JUNGE GALLERY, Chicago, IL
FIGURATIVE PAINTING SHOW — AGITATOR GALLERY, Chicago, IL
SCAPES — JACKSON JUNGE GALLERY
100 PAINTINGS OF HORSES — HORSE ROOM, Worcester, MA
THE MONOCHROME SHOW — FULTON STREET COLLECTIVE, Chicago, IL
HAND ME DOWN — GALLERY 263, Cambridge, MA
HOT PINK PLATTER — AIR STUDIO 348, Glencoe, IL

2022
AGE OF THE BIMBO — WOMAN MADE GALLERY, Chicago, IL
ARTBASH EXHIBITION — SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
FEMME: A WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION — SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO