“Alt(e)r III (2022) stands as an assemblage of gravitationally opposing dining room chairs stacked one atop another, adorned and obscured by soft toys and celebratory markings. While Alt(e)r III’s immediacy is tender, the work operated as a plushly coated relic of mourning– dilapidated balloons and gift bows jaunt at its sides. Alt(e)r III operates as a convocation of remembrance based literally on the makeshift monuments that manifest for those who’ve passed in transit or by inopportune/improper means. The memorials on which this sculpture is based exist almost always on ‘public’ land: roadways, highways and boulevards. For whom they stand and by whom they’re rejuvenated — often with provisional and site- specific ornaments — often remains unclear. And yet, with special impunity, they live and live long.”
— Cameron Patricia Downey

 

Rachel Collier is an interdisciplinary artist whose recent studio practice focuses on releasing internal visual language held in the emotional body, often resulting in utopic imaginary landscapes. The materials are activated by meditative process, repetition, and a desire to rise above grounded energetic frequencies. She has her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and recent solo shows include HAIR+NAILS Gallery (Minneapolis, MN), the Nemeth Art Center (Park Rapids, MN), Saint Kate’s Arts Hotel (Milwaukee, WI). Recent group shows include: Wassaic Project (Wassaic, NY) and Rochester Art Center (Rochester, MN). Residencies: The Wassaic Project, Wassaic NY (2021, 2022); Anderson Center Jerome Emerging Artist Residency and Fellowship, Red Wing MN (2022); Nido invitational residency and exhibition, Monte Castello di Vibio, Umbria, Italy (2022); and Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO (2022).

Moises Salazar is a non-binary artist based in Chicago, Illinois. Salazar holds a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Salazar’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at WOAW Gallery, Salon ACME 8, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, NADA, National Museum of Mexican Art, and the Chicago Cultural Center. Represented by Mindy Solomon Gallery, Salazar had their inaugural solo exhibition in August 2021.
Salazar has been focused on conceptual and installation-based work. Salazar’s presentation Let’s Get Physical facilitated by Filo Sofi Arts was included in HEARSAY:HERESY Spring Break Art Show to much critical acclaim. In Gracias a la Vida, Salazar created a chapel to queer ancestry at Red Arrow Gallery. Most recently Salazar’s project Santuario, a large-scale altar, was presented at Skin in the Game, Chicago edition, curated by Zoe Lukov. A Finalist of The QUEERART PRIZE, Salazar’s work has been featured in publications such as The Hispanic Executive, artnet, HYPERALLERGIC, and THE LATINX PROJECT. Salazar has participated in the The Hyde Park Art Center Residency and is a recipient of LuminArts Foundation Arts Fellowship, and 3Arts Make a Wave Grant.
Salazar’s paintings and sculpture have previously been exhibited by HAIR+NAILS in FUTURE FUTURE (2020), FAIR (NADA + Artnet, 2020), their solo show Ni De Aquí, Ni De Allá (2020), and in The Human Scale at Rochester Art Center (2021). Their current show It’s My House opened at HAIR+NAILS (Mpls) in November 2022 and runs through December 15.