Sabina Ott: all this and not ordinary Gallery Talk with Michelle Wasson.

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Sabina Ott: all this and not ordinary Gallery Talk with Michelle Wasson
Saturday, December 13 • 1 PM • State Street Gallery • Free Admission

Artist Michelle Wasson provides an intimate view of Sabina Ott: all this and not ordinary. Wasson first met Sabina Ott as a student and continued working with her as a studio assistant, colleague, and friend. Wasson’s talk offers a personal look at the works of art on view with insight into both the art and artist behind the exhibition.

About Michelle Wasson

Michelle Wasson’s paintings foretell a serene future. Created intuitively from memory and imagination, layers of color and light portray peaceful planes. Flowing between landscape, still life and the figurative, Wasson’s canvases reflect our shared humanity in the natural world. In glowing scenes, divine vessels spring forth life evoking Mother Nature’s power to create and destroy—and create yet again.

Michelle Wasson is an internationally exhibiting artist based in Chicago, IL. Her paintings have recently been included in exhibitions at Hyde Park Art Center, Elmhurst Art Museum, Andrew Rafacz Gallery (Chicago, IL) and Brand Library Art Center (Glendale, CA). She is the recipient of several Illinois Arts Council grants and a City of Chicago DCASE grant. Her exhibitions have been reviewed in the Chicago Tribune, Bad At Sports, New City, and Hyperallergic. She has served as faculty at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Columbia College Chicago and The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 2016 she co-founded the artist run exhibition space Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago. Wasson received her MFA from Washington University in St. Louis, MO.