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Caleb Michael Yono

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Bio

Caleb Yono (b. 1981) (she/they) lives and works in Chicago, where they received an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Yono’s work has been exhibited in galleries and institutions including Rhona Hoffman Chicago, the Chicago Cultural Center, Andrew Rafacz in Chicago and Monya Rowe in New York. Yono has also worked extensively with s+s project in Mexico City and has performed and exhibited at the Centro Cultural del México Contemporáneo. They were the 2016 ACRE Residency performance scholar.

Awards: ACRE performance Scholar; Cultus Artem Emerging Artist Grant. Exhibitions: Solo Exhibitions: Stop Gap Gallery, Columbia, MO (2025); Phantom, Gallery Also, Los Angeles, CA (2023); Flotsam, Shoe Bones, Salem, MA (2023); Impersonator, No Place, Columbus, OH (2023); Interdimensional Femmes, James Fuentes online, New York, NY (2022); Sarafemme, Produce Model, Chicago, IL (2018). Two-Person Exhibitions: UNDERSCORE, Milwaukee, WI (2024); VELVET, Leather Archives and Museum, Chicago, IL (2020); Queens Throat, Roots And Culture, Chicago, IL (2019); Ongoing Collaboration, S+S project space, Mexico City, MX (2019). Group Exhibitions: HOOFPRINT, Chicago, IL (2024); Our House, The Plan, Chicago, IL (2024); Our Delicate Armor, Stasias, Chicago, IL (2024); Women On the verge, Rhonna Hoffman, Chicago, IL (2023); Into the World There Came a Soul Called Ida, Adds Donna, Chicago, IL (2023); What Strange Water, What Strange Air, Tyger Tyger, Asheville, NC (2022); Come out and Play, BEERS, London, UK (2022); Drawers, Adult Contemporary, Nashville, TN (2022); THEM, Roots and Culture, Chicago, IL (2022).

Personal Statement

My work centers around my experience as a queer person. In my drawings, I create other realms to express a desire for another world.

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This course is your chance to mix traditional techniques with cutting-edge digital methods as you experiment with everything from drawing and sculpture to image transfer, collage, laser cutting, and 3D printing. Begin with exciting mini-projects and hands-on demonstrations to spark your imagination and get your ideas flowing. You'll refine your concepts through engaging discussions before completing a final project reflecting your unique style and interests. Plus, you'll explore the latest trends in art, showcasing inspiring work from contemporary artists pushing boundaries today.

Class Number

2346

Credits

1

Description

In this course we will focus on disciplinary and interdisciplinary art and design practices of contemporary art production. This team-taught, year-long class explores the materials and techniques of surface, space, and time (2D, 3D, and 4D), as well as the connections and interplay of these areas. Core Studio integrates the formal with the conceptual, traditional with the contemporary, and makes visible a variety of approaches in current cultural production in order to foster the development of students? emerging practices as makers and thinkers.

In this interdisciplinary studio course students will be authorized to use a variety of school shops, materials and equipment; including the woodshop, plaster studio, digital lab, sewing machine, hand tools, sound and video production, digital workflows and principles of visual fundamentals. This is a hands-on making class, faculty present artists and content related to a particular toolkit and, or project theme. Every section of Core Studio has shared learning outcomes which are uniquely realized by each Core faculty partnership.

Students should expect a fast-paced studio environment. In Core Studio students will complete short assignments as well as longer multi-week projects. Assignments are designed to help students develop their own ideas in relation to the materials, processes, and themes presented by faculty.

Class Number

1219

Credits

3

Description

In this course we will focus on disciplinary and interdisciplinary art and design practices of contemporary art production. This team-taught, year-long class explores the materials and techniques of surface, space, and time (2D, 3D, and 4D), as well as the connections and interplay of these areas. Core Studio integrates the formal with the conceptual, traditional with the contemporary, and makes visible a variety of approaches in current cultural production in order to foster the development of students? emerging practices as makers and thinkers.

In this interdisciplinary studio course students will be authorized to use a variety of school shops, materials and equipment; including the woodshop, plaster studio, digital lab, sewing machine, hand tools, sound and video production, digital workflows and principles of visual fundamentals. This is a hands-on making class, faculty present artists and content related to a particular toolkit and, or project theme. Every section of Core Studio has shared learning outcomes which are uniquely realized by each Core faculty partnership.

Students should expect a fast-paced studio environment. In Core Studio students will complete short assignments as well as longer multi-week projects. Assignments are designed to help students develop their own ideas in relation to the materials, processes, and themes presented by faculty.

Class Number

1242

Credits

3