From Da Grid: A Consortium of Lake View High School Alumni Professional Artists will feature the artwork of nine professional working artists with roots from Lake View High School. The art exhibition will be held at the Sideshow Gallery located at 2219 N. Western Avenue in Chicago on Saturday, March 24th 2018, from 7 to 10 p.m.

From Da Grid highlights the creative potential emanating from Lake View High, a Chicago public school which offers a curriculum heavily entrenched in the visual arts. The nine featured artists, all Lake View alumni, have been recognized locally, nationally and internationally in Chicago, New York, New Jersey, Los Angeles and Beijing. The artists work in mediums and forums including fine art, graffiti, graphic design, gallery spaces, large scale public installations, tattooing  and puppeteering.

From Da Grid featured Artists:

Anthony Lewellen

Darius Dennis

Eli Zachary Socoloff Presser

Ferrari Sheppard

Joe “Cujo” Nelson

John N. Yaou

Louis Barak

Marco Hafid Lopez

Sebastian “Fonzo” Napoli

From Da Grid will provide an opportunity not only to survey art but also to meet the artists who are on the cutting edge of the Chicago art scene and represent the cultural diversity of Chicago’s melting pot.

For more information, please contact Louis Barak at baraktattoos@gmail.com.