The Schingoethe Gallery provides a venue for several shows per year, including one-person shows by local/regional artists,
group shows, and student shows, both from Aurora University and from
area high schools.
All are invited to the opening receptions, which often
include an opportunity to meet the artists.
The Gallery invites inquiries from artists who have a connection
with the Fox Valley area or with Aurora University. Contact the gallery via e-mail or call
630-844-7844. |
| Schingoethe Gallery Hours and Location |
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Monday - Thursday |
8:00 A.M. - 9:00 P.M. |
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Friday |
8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. |
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Saturday |
Closed |
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Sunday |
1:00 - 4:00 P.M. during the academic year (September
- May) |
The Schingoethe Gallery is located on the lower level of Dunham Hall, on the Aurora University
Campus...corner of Randall Road and Marseillaise Place, Aurora,
Illinois...the gallery is adjacent to the Schingoethe Center.
For detailed driving directions, click
here, or call 630-844-5402.
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September 9-November 6, 2008
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“not for the season”
Featuring Tyler Henning
Opening Reception: Tuesday, September 9, 2008;
4:30-6:30 p.m.
 Tyler Henning’s work is about the act of looking, the process of painting, and the foundations of art. Hennings seeks to create a dialogue between representation and abstraction through carefully observed reality. He chooses somewhat banal subjects that have a subtle sense of amiable humor and warmth and paints them on a large scale to give them a sense of grandeur.
“not for the season” is a show that indulges us in the pure joy of painting. We are immersed, aided by the chosen sizes of the canvases, in color and the movement of brush strokes. Hennings invokes a strong sense of memory, both personal and shared. Curator, Meg Bero.
Hennings received his MFA from Northern Illinois University. He is currently Assistant Professor of Art at Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL. |
November 11, 2008-January 2, 2009
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"Root and Shadow"
Featuring Christian Arrecis, Myongbeom Kim and Kim Strom
Opening Reception: Tuesday, November 11, 2008;
4:30-6:30 p.m.
Root & Shadow features the work of three artists who use photography to document their manipulation of the natural world, all in an effort to preserve, enhance, provoke and reveal. Curator, Meg Bero.
Christian Arrecis
In this series of photographs, Arrecis seeks to navigate and understand the natural world in an attempt to understand some of life's universal and enduring questions. Light and shadow function on a symbolic level—the revelation of truth. Books and their time-worn pages, bits of text and images, and found-objects all serve as a vehicle to suggest a figurative voyage, that the mysteries of the world can be unlocked and revealed.
Arrecis is a recent M.F.A. graduate in Photography from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL.
 Myongbeom Kim
“Until I call his name he had been no more than a mere gesture. When I called his name he came to me and became a flower.” Kim’s works are based on the idea that all things have their own soul and reason for being, whether animate or inanimate. Kim transforms and recreates the objects around him through a poetic and fantastic view of the relationship between society and nature.
Kim received his Master of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute, Chicago.
Kim Strom
In her two series of photographs, "Trees" and "Housework," Strom seeks to preserve a distant Midwestern ecology before the processes of farming, paving and developing, sprawled disproportionately towards irreversibility.
Strom is presently working on her Master of Fine Arts degree in Photography at Northern Illinois University. |
January 8-February 25, 2009 |
"Confrontation/Contemplation"
Featuring Mike Knierim and Carolyn Bernstein
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 15, 2009; 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Bernstein and Knierim face the world head-on in this show about issues of war, loss and humanity. Life is messy. In "Confrontation/Contemplation," the goal is not to prescribe answers but, in their belief that art can evoke empathy and thus change, to simply present in the power of the visual the opportunity to reflect. Curator, Meg Bero
 Mike Knierim
Mike Knierim states, “Where you place your attention determines all.” Knierim tends to place his attention at the boundaries where things converge. Such boundaries include encounters between natural and man-made, past and present, present and future, light and dark, right and wrong, have and have-not, levity and seriousness. The list goes on…
For Knierim these things are all metaphors for the border between the conscious and subconscious aspects of ourselves. Knierim seeks to create images and experiences which mediate between these levels of consciousness and reflect the dual nature of our being. “My ultimate goal is to express myself in a manner that has the capacity to improve our lives by creating greater awareness and understanding of ourselves, our neighbors and the world at large.”
Mike Knierim is pursuing his Master of Fine Arts degree at Northern Illinois University.
 Carolyn Bernstein
The guiding features of Bernstein’s work are questions about what sparks and sustains curiosity and empathy. Her work explores ideas of transience, loss, and transformation. “I find meaning and poignancy through an artistic practice that demands the careful and sustained examination of things that our culture discards, overlooks, or chooses not to talk about.”
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March 3-March 31, 2009
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Annual High School Art Show - St. Charles East High School
- Opening Reception: Tuesday, March 3, 2009; 6:30-8:30 p.m.
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April 7-September 7, 2009 |
Ninth Annual Aurora University Student Show
- Opening Reception: Tuesday, April 7, 2009; 4:30-6:30 p.m.
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