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Aneliya Chalakova
Artist Talk & Closing Reception, May 29, 5-7pm
Blending ancestral Bulgarian weaving traditions with modern, nature-inspired design, this work creates woven pieces that honor nature’s rhythms and the depth of human emotional landscapes.
This contemporary weaving series explores the connection between nature and humanity—how both evolve, heal, and renew through cyclical rhythms. Rooted in a mindful, contemporary practice, the work combines natural fibers, texture, and design to reflect emotional landscapes and the harmony between the natural world and inner life.
Join us for the Closing Reception & Artist Talk on May 29, 5-7 pm.
Zhivko Zhekov will present a spiritual and artistic interpretation of Aneliya’s work through improvisation, curated specifically for this installation.
Zhivko Zhekov is a Bulgarian-American saxophonist who brings a unique approach to jazz and Bulgarian music, fusing the two genres while channeling the deep spiritual nature of each, creating a supernal sonic experience.
For a Darkend Room
Hidden Gallery
For a Darkend Room
installation by Dutes Miller
March 1 – May 31, 2026
For a darkend room is a small immersive installation exploiting the particular architecture of the gallery. The space is part cave, part temple, and part bathroom stall, all of which can be small spaces of an intimate but public nature. Elements of the installation include a cast ceramic sculpture, painted spray foam objects, a tinted plaster room divider, dark mylar curtains, small lighting elements, a small corner seat, and a soundscape.
Dutes Miller’s work has been written about on artforum, Hyperallergic, the Huffington Post, the Chicago Reader, Time Out Chicago, New City, and the Chicago Tribune and has been included in exhibitions at several national venues including Andrew Edlin Gallery in New York, Lump in North Carolina, White Flag Projects in St. Louis and in Chicago at the Hyde Partk Art Center, Ukrainian Museum of Art, Tiger Strikes Asteroid and The Franklin.
His collaborative work with his husband Stan Shellabarger, as Miller & Shellabarger, won a 2008 Artadia Award and a 2007 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation award and has been written about in Art in America, Artforum, Art & Auction, Frieze, Artnet, The Art Newspaper, Flash Art, and the Chicago Tribune. They have work in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, DePaul Art Museum, Indiana University Art Museum, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Spencer Museum of Art, among others. Miller received a BFA from Illinois State University. He is represented by Western Exhibitions in Chicago and lives and works in Chicago.
