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Andrea Kastner – Walking Distance
February 10 – March 27, 2026
Reception: Tuesday, February 10, 4:30-6:00
Andrea Kastner is a Canadian painter living and working in Binghamton, New York. Her work focuses on the overlooked corners of urban spaces and the sacred nature of rejected things. She has participated in residencies at the Banff Centre for the Arts, the Vermont Studio Center, Governor’s Island, Klondike Institute of Art & Culture, and The Haliburton School of Art.
Tonja Torgerson – Plant/Person
January 20 – February 24, 2026
Reception: Tuesday, February 24, 4:30-6:00
Originally from the northern woods of Minnesota, Tonja Torgerson received her BFA from the University of Minnesota and MFA in Printmaking at Syracuse University. Her artwork is regularly exhibited nationally and internationally; and is included in private and museum collections, including the Weisman Art Museum and the Minnesota Museum of American Art.
Torgerson is an Assistant Professor and Section Lead of Printmaking at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, MI. She has been a resident artist at Texas Tech University, West Virginia Wesleyan College, the Lawrence Arts Center in Kansas, Fogo Island in Newfoundland Canada, AIR: Artist Image Resource of Pittsburgh, and New York Mills in Minnesota. Her recent series Body Politic, a collaboration with Christa Carleton, was awarded funding from Indiana University, the Puffin Foundation, the Holter Museum, and the McKnight Foundation.
Christine Knize – Orchidelirium
March 3 – April 10, 2026
Reception: Tuesday, March 3, 4:30-6:00
Christine Knize, alumna of Tyler School of Art, BFA and Rhode Island School of Design, MFA, born in NYC, inherited her artistic talent from two generations of women artists. Her academic journey led her to spend three years in Italy and France, specializing in the Renaissance. Throughout her career, Christine maintained a dual focus on painting and photography. In 1986, Christine moved to Miami, where she established a paint decoration company which drew the attention of numerous celebrities. Notably, Christine dedicated years to the restoration of the Biltmore Hotel, where she meticulously revived the hand-painted finishes adorning the lobby and ballrooms. She also played a role in the initial renovations of Miami Beach Art Deco hotels, contributing to the preservation of historical landmarks. After three decades in Miami; Christine embraced a new chapter in Jacksonville, Florida, where she channels her artistic energy into creating large-scale canvases of orchids.
Ari Norris – The Enormity of an Atom
February 17 – March 13, 2026
Reception: TBD
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Originally from West Michigan, Ari Norris is an artist primarily working in sculpture. His work utilizes a variety of processes and materials in what generally result in the duplication of real-world objects, aimed at exploring the boundaries between the ordinary and the phenomenal. Norris received an MA from Northern Illinois University in 2021, and has exhibited solo shows in Chicago at David Salkin Creative, Artruss, and The Plan. Norris has been included in the 100th Show and West, Wester, Westest 4 at Left Field Gallery, Los Osos, CA, Purpose of a System is What it Does, at Sawhorse, Chicago, IL, Introspective Dream Assembly, at Riverside Arts Center, Riverside, IL, Shooting Pool with a Rope, at Baby Blue Gallery, Chicago, IL, the Midwest Sculpture Exhibition in Kokomo, IN, among other locations including Michigan, Missouri, New York, Florida, Texas, and Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. Solo exhibitions of the artist’s have been reviewed by both Chicago Spleen & Newcity, and his work has been included in print publications such as Chicago Gallery News. In 2025, Norris was awarded the Luminarts Visual Arts Fellowship.
Juried Student Exhibition
April 14 – May 8, 2026
Reception: Tuesday, April 14, 4:30-6:00
