Current Exhibitions
Two Shakes of a Squirrel's Tail
Douglas Degges
Gallery A
3 November - 9 December 2023
Opening Reception Friday, November 3, 6-9 pm
Douglas Degges
Gallery A
3 November - 9 December 2023
Opening Reception Friday, November 3, 6-9 pm
Rotten Luck
Madeleine Leplae
Gallery B
3 November - 9 December 2023
Opening Reception Friday, November 3, 6-9 pm
Madeleine Leplae
Gallery B
3 November - 9 December 2023
Opening Reception Friday, November 3, 6-9 pm
Cleaner Gallery + Projects Hat Release
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Read carefully and fill out the entire form to place an order. Corduroy hats are available in Black, Navy, and Tan.
White text on each reads, CLEANER GALLERY + PROJECTS on the front, and CHICAGO ILLINOIS on the back.
Exhibitions
October 2017-present
Projects
Artists Run Chicago 2.0 | Hyde Park Art Center | September 1 - November 20, 2020
Cleaner Gallery + Projects is proud to exhibit work alongside fifty artist-run spaces and organizations that fuel Chicago’s independent art scene in the exhibition Artists Run Chicago 2.0 Organized by Noah Hanna and Allison Peters Quinn with contributions from Max Guy and Andi Crist of Hyde Park Art Center. Logo provided by JNL design, Chicago.
Featuring: 062, 4th Ward Project Space, 65Grand, ACRE Projects, Adds Donna, AMFM, Annas, Apparatus Projects, Bad At Sports, Blanc Gallery, boundary,Chicago Art Department, Chuquimarca, Cleaner Gallery + Projects, Clutch, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Comfort Station, Compound Yellow, D Gallery, Devening Projects, Document, Experimental Sound Studio, F4F, The Franklin, Heaven Gallery, Iceberg Projects, Ignition Project Space, Julius Caesar, Lawrence and Clark, LVL3, Mujeres Mutantes, Ohklahomo, The Nightingale Cinema, Practise, Prairie, Roman Susan, Roots & Culture, Rootwork Gallery, The Silver Room, Slow, The Suburban, Sweet Water Foundation, table, Terrain Exhibitions, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Trunk Show, TRQPITECA, VGA Gallery, Wedge Projects, and Western Pole.
Cleaner Gallery + Projects exhibited work by Remy Bordas + Olivia Jade Juarez, Emma Bilyeu, Veronica Giraldo, Jonathan Worcester, Bradley Simmons, Marie Baldwin, Nina Rose +Pete Pasquale, Danny Epstein, Allen Moore, Marcy Thomas-Burns, and Ryan Burns.
Featuring: 062, 4th Ward Project Space, 65Grand, ACRE Projects, Adds Donna, AMFM, Annas, Apparatus Projects, Bad At Sports, Blanc Gallery, boundary,Chicago Art Department, Chuquimarca, Cleaner Gallery + Projects, Clutch, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Comfort Station, Compound Yellow, D Gallery, Devening Projects, Document, Experimental Sound Studio, F4F, The Franklin, Heaven Gallery, Iceberg Projects, Ignition Project Space, Julius Caesar, Lawrence and Clark, LVL3, Mujeres Mutantes, Ohklahomo, The Nightingale Cinema, Practise, Prairie, Roman Susan, Roots & Culture, Rootwork Gallery, The Silver Room, Slow, The Suburban, Sweet Water Foundation, table, Terrain Exhibitions, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Trunk Show, TRQPITECA, VGA Gallery, Wedge Projects, and Western Pole.
Cleaner Gallery + Projects exhibited work by Remy Bordas + Olivia Jade Juarez, Emma Bilyeu, Veronica Giraldo, Jonathan Worcester, Bradley Simmons, Marie Baldwin, Nina Rose +Pete Pasquale, Danny Epstein, Allen Moore, Marcy Thomas-Burns, and Ryan Burns.
STREET SWEEPER Pop Up Madison, WI
Artists Include
Remy Bordas & Olivia Juárez
Christian Campos
Marvin Chan
Danny Epstein
Paul Erschen
Matt Irie
Keith Kaziak
Esau McGhee
Allen Moore
Kelsea Nichols
Kelly Reaves
Mike Rea
Nina Rizzo
Bradley Simmons
Frank Trankina
Jonathan Worcester
Olivia Zubko
Cleaner Gallery + Projects of Chicago, IL is pleased to announce STREET SWEEPER,
a pop-up exhibition at Madison, WI’s Common Wealth Gallery, located at 100 S Baldwin St. 53703.
The first installment of a traveling pop-up exhibition series, STREET SWEEPER, presents a selection of recent work from our developing roster of artists and friends of the gallery.
Cleaner Gallery + Projects focuses primarily on painting, sculpture, and installation, exhibiting emerging and mid-career artists across the midwest.
a pop-up exhibition at Madison, WI’s Common Wealth Gallery, located at 100 S Baldwin St. 53703.
The first installment of a traveling pop-up exhibition series, STREET SWEEPER, presents a selection of recent work from our developing roster of artists and friends of the gallery.
Cleaner Gallery + Projects focuses primarily on painting, sculpture, and installation, exhibiting emerging and mid-career artists across the midwest.
NADA House 2023
September 1 - October 1, 2023
New Art Dealers Alliance
September 1 - October 1, 2023
New Art Dealers Alliance
Cleaner Gallery + Projects participated in the fifth edition of NADA House with works by Olivia Zubko. NADA House 2023 took place at Nolan Park on Governors Island. The collaborative exhibition brought together 26 art galleries and art spaces to present 26 artists, with participants engaging the unique character of the 19th century former military residence and exhibiting work in a diverse range of mediums.
Autotelic Studios
January 2016-October 2017
Chicago-based artist And Crist founded Autotelic Studios in 2010. Autotelic served as a nonprofit arts organization that offered affordable, alternative workspaces and exhibitions from 2010 until 2017. Ryan Burns (director of Cleaner Gallery) began curating shows at Autotelic Studios in 2016. Below are the exhibitions curated under his direction.
Cleaner Gallery History
Autotelic Studios was established as a 35 sq ft window gallery in the storefront window of 1856 N Richmond St. in Humboldt Park, Chicago. Chicago-based artist Andi Crist founded Autotelic Studios in 2010. Autotelic served as a nonprofit arts organization that offered affordable, alternative workspaces and exhibitions from 2010 until 2017. Ryan Burns (director of Cleaner Gallery) began curating shows at Autotelic Studios in 2016. Burns took over ownership of the gallery in 2017, initially naming it Night Light Gallery + Studios. In 2020, Burns renamed the gallery Cleaner Gallery + Projects after remodeling the studios and building out the gallery to 235 sq ft, in order to expand gallery programming and allow for two-person exhibitions. In January 2021, Lauren Iacoponi joined the Cleaner Gallery Team as the Gallery Manager. Later in the summer of 2022, Ari Norris joined Cleaner Gallery + Projects, and remodeled the back space of the building into a second Gallery. Norris began curating exhibitions for Gallery B in September 2022, while Burns continues to curate the front space, Gallery A.
The gallery focuses primarily on painting, sculpture, and installation, exhibiting emerging and mid-career artists across the midwest. Cleaner Gallery is owned and operated by Chicago artist Ryan Burns with the help of Ari Norris (Curator of Gallery B) and Lauren Iacoponi (Gallery Manager). Cleaner Gallery + Projects is a member of the New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA).
Autotelic Studios was established as a 35 sq ft window gallery in the storefront window of 1856 N Richmond St. in Humboldt Park, Chicago. Chicago-based artist Andi Crist founded Autotelic Studios in 2010. Autotelic served as a nonprofit arts organization that offered affordable, alternative workspaces and exhibitions from 2010 until 2017. Ryan Burns (director of Cleaner Gallery) began curating shows at Autotelic Studios in 2016. Burns took over ownership of the gallery in 2017, initially naming it Night Light Gallery + Studios. In 2020, Burns renamed the gallery Cleaner Gallery + Projects after remodeling the studios and building out the gallery to 235 sq ft, in order to expand gallery programming and allow for two-person exhibitions. In January 2021, Lauren Iacoponi joined the Cleaner Gallery Team as the Gallery Manager. Later in the summer of 2022, Ari Norris joined Cleaner Gallery + Projects, and remodeled the back space of the building into a second Gallery. Norris began curating exhibitions for Gallery B in September 2022, while Burns continues to curate the front space, Gallery A.
The gallery focuses primarily on painting, sculpture, and installation, exhibiting emerging and mid-career artists across the midwest. Cleaner Gallery is owned and operated by Chicago artist Ryan Burns with the help of Ari Norris (Curator of Gallery B) and Lauren Iacoponi (Gallery Manager). Cleaner Gallery + Projects is a member of the New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA).
Cleaner Gallery
1856 N Richmond St.
Chicago, IL 60647
cleanergallery@gmail.com
Gallery Hours
Saturday 12- 3 PM or by appointment only.
Please wear a mask and practice safe social distancing during your visit.
1856 N Richmond St.
Chicago, IL 60647
cleanergallery@gmail.com
Gallery Hours
Saturday 12- 3 PM or by appointment only.
Please wear a mask and practice safe social distancing during your visit.
Press
Review of A Vibe Called Death: The Black Afterlife at Cleaner Gallery + Projects | May 25, 2022 | Sixty Inches from Center
"Torrential Hag" at Cleaner Gallery + Projects | November 26, 2020 | Sixty Inches from Center
Christian Campos "Fruitless" at Cleaner Gallery + Projects | October 20, 2021 | Chicago Artist Writers
Our favorite things for fall arts, part two: Visual arts and architecture highlights break us out of our screen life. | October 8, 2020 | Chicago Reader
"Torrential Hag" at Cleaner Gallery + Projects | November 26, 2020 | Sixty Inches from Center
Christian Campos "Fruitless" at Cleaner Gallery + Projects | October 20, 2021 | Chicago Artist Writers
Our favorite things for fall arts, part two: Visual arts and architecture highlights break us out of our screen life. | October 8, 2020 | Chicago Reader