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Artist Takeover on Michigan Avenue: Live Painting Performance

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Artist Takeover on Michigan Avenue: Live Painting Performance

From Friday, August 2, 2019 to Saturday, August 3, 2019 August 2, 2019 August 3, 2019 The Blackstone

Join for a live action painting experience outside our doors on Michigan Avenue during Lollapalooza!

In partnership with Elephant Room Gallery, Artist Justin Suico will be painting a large piece live in front of The Blackstone Hotel, located at 636 S Michigan Avenue on August 2nd from 3 - 6 p.m. and August 3rd from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m., weather permitting. The final masterpiece will be revealed and on display from 3 - 4 p.m. on Saturday, August 3rd.

Justin will also be exhibiting a pop-up art show at Elephant Room Gallery on August 1 - 4. Please visit www.elephantroomgallery.com for more details on the pop-up show.

About the Artist

Born on December 6, 1985, Suico is a visual artist from Chicago, IL. Suico’s paintings have been shown all over Chicago, in Miami’s Art Basel and in Asia Contemporary Art Hong-Kong. Recently, Suico made a return to Miami and immediately made a cultural and artistic impact with the top private closing event of Miami’s Art Basel week in South Beach titled COCO Miami. His artistic visions curated and produced his own event that also included co-artist Tom Franco, which began to break the mold of the conventional artist presentation. Later, his work traveled across the sea and joined a group show at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art curated by Alan Chin. After a series of intense competitive art battles throughout the year, Suico became a finalist in the 2018 Midwest Regional Art Battle final in Chicago.

Endeavoring to continuously reimagine his art through cultural immersion, Suico has painted in a number of international locations including Reykjavik, Barcelona, Montreal, Florence, Rome, and Paris. His natural artistic eye has allowed him to become the Production Designer and Art Director for GoLucky Studios where he has curated multiple successful projects/popups such as the SCOUT’s VIP access party for Hollywood executives & agents from Comedy Central, ABC, Dreamworks, Netflix, WME, CAA, UTA and Paradigm. In 2017 he became a key committee member for Art for Life Chicago curating multiple successful art shows. Furthermore, Suico is assisting in developing an art program for Karam, a NFP helping Syrian refugee children adjust to a new life in America.