Ground Floor at Hyde Park Art Center

Ground Floor, the eighth iteration of the Art Center’s biennial program since 2010, showcases work by recent graduates from each of Chicago’s five MFA (Master of Fine Art) programs. Ground Floor presents the work of 19 graduates chosen by the Ground Floor Selection Committee and identifies conceptual and stylistic trends coming out of Chicago art schools right now. While their modes of making range the full spectrum in media from performance and film to painting and sculpture, many of the artists in this year’s selection are traversing themes of loss and liberation, alternative archiving methods, and engaging the senses to be more connected and present in defiance of the overwhelmingly isolated state of our world.