2008 Special Events

New Insight

An exhibition of artwork by promising young contemporary artists curated by Susanne Ghez, Director of the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, and coordinated by Sarah Krepp, Artist and Professor at UIUC.  New Insight made its debut at Art Chicago™ 2007 with an amazing display of the future emerging talent in the art world.

New Insight is comprised of artwork from 24 graduate students at 12 of the country’s most influential Master of Fine Arts programs.

• California Institute of the Arts (Cal Arts)
• Carnegie Mellon University
• Cranbrook Academy of Art
• Hunter College (City University of New York)
• Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)
• Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
• San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI)
• School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
• University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
• University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
• University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC)
• Yale University

2008 Participants

Nicholas Grider, California Institute of the Arts (Cal Arts)
Alexandra Olson, California Institute of the Arts (Cal Arts)
Chris Beauregard, Carnegie Mellon University
Michelle Fried, Carnegie Mellon University
Mie Kongo, Cranbrook Academy of Art
Peter D. Gerakaris, Hunter College (City University of New York)
Scott Wolfson, Hunter College (City University of New York)
Becky Alprin, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)
Andrea Chung, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)
Cassie Jones, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
George Terry, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
Lior Bar, San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI)
Seth Lower, San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI)
Puja Chauhan, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
Angel Ortero, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
Mitsuko Ikeno, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
Nanette L. LaSalle, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
Nicole Northway, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
Todd Simeone, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
Collin Bradford, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC)
Jeffrey T. Jones, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC)
Stina Carlberg, Yale University
Richard Mosse, Yale University