A group exhibition at the Renaissance Society, Chicago. Co-curated with Karsten Lund and running from Sep 12-Nov 15, 2020.  Nine Lives takes shape around a set of protagonists, whether real or imagined, past or present, as if this exhibition were a collection of short stories or personal essays. These figures come forward in the artworks on view, which offer intimate but imperfect access to these... +

The following review appeared in Visual Art Source in April 2020. Jacquelyn Royal’s landscape needlepoints, titled “The New Police,” center on graffiti in order to explore the authenticity of mark making and the record it leaves. Comprised of stitched panels between 15 by 18 inches (largest) and 4 by 7 inches (smallest), these twelve needlepoints feel especially intimate. This is not... +

The following review was originally published by Southwest Contemporary in March 2020. The gallery is partially bisected by a chain-link fence. Three pairs of children’s shoes hang on or sit near it. A few rosary necklaces and beaded bracelets are tied to the fence as well, like quiet memorials. Brown luminarias pepper the fence line with handwritten notes on their sides: “May we see ourselves in the... +

The following bio-comic about Agnes Pelton appeared in Hyperallergic in March... +

The following article appeared in Visual Art Source in March 2020.  Whether purchasing anything wrapped in plastic, taking a flight, building a petrochemical plant, or drilling in an Arctic Refuge, it’s hard to connect seemingly discrete actions in one part of the world to hurricanes, displacement, drought or... +