Alicia Forestall-Boehm

I am so very happy to announce that I have a number of exciting opportunities to show my art in 2016! February 26 - March 31, 2016 4th Annual Art Competition Bridgeport Art Center Chicago, Illinois Persistence of Vision April 2- May 21, 2016 11th Annual Encaustic Invitational: Length x Width x Depth Conrad Wilde Gallery Tucson, Arizona The Power of Place May 1- June 31, 2016 The Dot Show Chicago Arts District showPODS 1822-43 S. Halsted Street Chicago, Illinois Detail, Flow October 10-November 20, 2016 Solo Space and Surface:  Sculpture and Paintings by Alicia Forestall-Boehm Western Illinois University Art Gallery Macomb, Illinois    Spaces We Inhabit, Art Space Vincennes

Setting up an art exhibition quite often begins by choosing a theme.  A theme can serve to tie all of the included works together.  It usually explores a particular concept or idea.     I am a member of the artists group FUSEDChicago.  For our first group show of the year, Textual Encounters at ARC Gallery in Chicago, we exhibited works that are inspired by the written word.  My textural reference was a quote from the artist Jasper Johns:  “One likes to think that one anticipates changes in the spaces we inhabit, and our ideas about space.” For this exhibit I wanted to include some of the columns from my sculpture "Spaces We Inhabit".  These 15 feet high sculptures were designed to be hung from the ceiling, enabling visitors to walk among them but I was unable to do so in this space.  So I adapted and installed 7 of the columns with this wall hanger.     "Spaces We Inhabit", ARC Gallery I have been in ar...

I was thrilled to have had the opportunity for my first solo exhibition this past December. My show Transformed Spaces consisted of two sculptural installations; Infinite Possibilities and The Spaces We Inhabit.  It considered the symmetry of the urban landscape and explored the physical and mental boundaries of the public and private spaces we inhabit.      Infinite Possibilities is a wall installation consisting of 30 unique wall cubes, each utilizing similar and familiar materials yet each recognizing its own distinctive space .   Spaces We Inhabit is an installation of a dozen, twelve foot high columns of encaustic and fiber sculptures created by altering 2-dimensional paintings.   This transformation acknowledges another kind of space; one of visual repetitiveness and change.    Transformed Spaces was installed in the Art on Armitage Gallery window December 1, 2015 and was up throughout the month. ...

I love Fall!  I always have.  I love that the leaves change colors.  And I love the crunch of those leaves underfoot when they fall off the trees.  I love the crisp smell of the air and the return of all those beloved sweaters from storage.  And whats not to love about the return of cool weather food like stews and soups. Photo Courtesy of dboehmphotography Now everyone agrees that Fall includes September and October but how about November or even December?  Well, technically the first day of Fall is September 23rd and the first day of Winter is December 21st so I guess Fall is that time in between!  Given that bit of information, I am pleased to announce my Fall Exhibition Calendar for 2014. "So Much More" "The Power of Place" is one of only two sculptures chosen for the exhibit "So Much More".  This art exhibition is sponsored by The Artist-in-Residence Program at Swedish Covenant Hospital  (5145 N C...