Bloomingdale Mural Project Interactive Map
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maplewood Viaduct
 WILLIAM MITCHELL |
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KELLY PELKA Kelly Pelka is a mixed media artist with an illustrative style. Pelka has been teaching children’s art classes since 1995, currently at two Chicago-area Montessori schools, and recently opened her own teaching studio in Oak Park. She received bachelor’s degrees in visual communication from Northern Illinois University and secondary art education from the University of Illinois, in addition to studying at Parsons School of Design in New York and participating in Triton College Mural Project. www.paranoidgirl.com |
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MIKE BOLSINGA Michael Bolsinga is a painter and photographer based in Chicago. He is the resident photographer for two Chicago based art collectives; Hermit Arts and the Reconstruction Room. Bolsinga has earned commissions in both photography and painting, and has exhibited both at Jinx Cafe and the Around the Coyote Festival. He presently has work on display in the Peace Tower at the Chicago Cultural Center. Bolsinga received a BA in Journalism from the University of Illinois in 1997. www.bolsingatron.com |
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 SONJA KRUITWAGEN Sonja Kruitwagen is an emerging Chicago artist, who uses a frank pop style. Her mural depicts the staring characters of a graphic novel entitled "Pippa, Wolfie, and Gigi visit the Inuit". |
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 ALICJA SLABECKA Alicja Slabecka is a multidisciplinary artist working in painting, photography and sculpture, focusing frequently on figurative and naturalistic themes. Having emigrated from Poland to the greater Chicago metropolitan area in 2003, Slabecka is currently pursuing a degree in education and painting from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. www.alicjaslabecka.com |
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 CHIP JONES REZA KHAZENI Reza Khazeni was the special events VP for West Bucktown Neighborhood Association for many years. Chip lives adjacent to the Mural Project and is a freelance Art Director and filmmaker working in several areas of an ever-changing marketing arena. Reza and Chip founded the Bloomingdale Mural Project in the summer of 2004, when they cleaned up the area surrounding the Maplewood viaduct and painted this wall. In 2006 and 2007, the duo completed a second mural at Rockwell. www.rkhazeni.com |
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