moniquemeloche

About the Gallery
Monique Meloche Gallery is one of Chicago’s leading contemporary art spaces. Founded in October 2000, with an inaugural exhibition titled Homewrecker at Meloche’s home, the gallery officially opened to the public in May 2001. The gallery recently relocated from Wicker Park to a sprawling new space in West Town in June 2018, with an inaugural exhibition by Jeff Sonhouse.

Working with an international group of emerging and established artists in all media, the gallery presents conceptually challenging installations in Chicago and at art fairs internationally, with an emphasis on curatorial and institutional outreach. Artists include Sanford Biggers, Andy Coolquitt, Sheree Hovsepian, Ebony G. Patterson, and Amy Sherald.

About the presentation
moniquemeloche presents a dual exhibition bringing together Maia Cruz Palileo and Luke Agada in a creative exploration of themes of globalization, migration, and cultural identity. Influenced by the oral history of their family’s arrival in the United States from the Philippines, Palileo infuses their work with a unique blend of memory and imagination. Their paintings incorporate research from various archives, as well as family photo albums, to investigate and honor forgotten histories. Lagos-born Agada depicts disembodied figures and dream-like landscapes in surrealistic paintings that reflect on the ambiguity of identity as defined by post-structuralist theory. A recent graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Agada will mark his New York debut at Independent this spring.