ENGAGE PROJECTS
  • ARTISTS
  • EXHIBITIONS
    • Current Exhibition: Blue Space
    • 2023 Exhibition Calendar
  • OFFSITE PROGRAMS
    • EXPO 2023
    • ENGAGEMENTS
  • NEWS
  • VIDEO
    • Artist Videos
    • 1:1 Podcasts
  • BOOK YOUR VISIT
  • ABOUT / CONTACT

NEWS

Now Representing Phyllis Bramson
Picture
Read the announcement here.

ARCHIVAL NEWS & PRESS

2023
.      Edra Soto featured in the Chicago Reader - Edra Soto's Graft Project comes to the Hyde Park Art Center, 3/23
.      Centered. Jean Alexander & Margaret Welsh reviewed in New Art Examiner

.      Phyllis Bramson joins ENGAGE Projects, Newcity, 2/2
.      Edra Soto 2022 Ree Kaneko Award Recipient, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
.      Yo Soy Museo: Embodying the Museum with Alberto Aguilar, The Latinx Project, 1/27
.      Finding A Lost Landscape: Edra Soto is Everywhere Right Now, Newcity, 1/3

2022
.       Raheleh Filsoofi Winner of 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art
.       Alberto Aguilar featured in Chicago Tribune Best Art Exhibitions 2022, 12/8
.       Best Art of 2022: Edra Soto featured in the New York Times, 12/7
.       Edra Soto featured in the New York Times, 11/25
.       Chris Larson reviewed in TEXTILE: Cloth and Culture, 11/14
.       Edra Soto: La Distancia upcoming exhibition featured in Newcity, 10/13
.       Edra Soto featured in Remezcla, 9/20
.       Raheleh Filsoofi: Debated Narrative featured in The Observer, 9/19
.       Alberto Aguilar reviewed in HYPERALLERGIC, 9/18
.       Debated Narrative featured in CGN Fall 2022 Highlights, 8/31/22
.       Sharon Louden interviewed for The Creative Independent, 8/31
.       Alberto Aguilar featured in SAIC Magazine

.       ENGAGE Projects & Director Jennifer Armetta featured in Sheridan Road Magazine, 8/1
.       Derrick Woods-Morrow and Jean Shin featured in The Chautauquan Daily, 7/31
.       Alberto Aguilar featured in the Chicago Tribune - Top 10 art shows for summer 2022, 5/21
.       Chris Larson featured in Star Tribune, 4/28

.       Chris Larson interviewed in Bad at Sports, 4/28

.       Selva Aparicio featured in Hyperallergic, 4/6
.       Selva Aparicio interviewed in The Latinx Project, 3/25

2021
.       Introducing ENGAGE Projects | Conversation with Jennifer Armetta | Esthetic Lens, 11/13
.       Jean Alexander Frater | Supporting the Substrate | The American Scholar, 11/8
.       Let This Artist Prove That Beauty Can Come From Destruction 
| Jean Alexander Frater LUXE interiors + Design
.       Jovan C. Speller Solo Exhibition, Eulogy, Reviewed in Sixty Inches From Center, 9/22
.       Derrick Woods-Morrow interviewed in Art Papers, 8/25
.       Edra Soto Representation in Newcity, 8/20
.       Iris Bernblum Submissions reviewed in Chicago Artist Writers, 7/12
.       Must-Visit Galleries in Chicago, Illinois, for Art Lovers, 4/27

.       Chicago galleries - Artguide – Artforum International

.       Intentional Attention on Artforum's Chicago Galleries must see list 
.       Already Gone reviewed in New Art Examiner 
.       Representation of Rob Fischer
.       Representation of Jean Alexander Frater and Xie Hongdong
.       Adam Daley Wilson featured in NBC News Center Maine (video), 2/23
.       
Today in the Culture: Newcity, 2/22

.       Adam Daley Wilson featured in NBC News Center Maine, 2/16
.       Already Gone on Artforum's must-see list | Artforum 
.       On My Shelf With Kelly Wearstler | Collagerie.com - Collagerie
.       This Week in the Culture in Newcity, 1/20
.       Bringing Minnesota art to Chicago art lovers is this woman's mission in Star Tribune, 1/8
2020
.       Selva Aparicio reviewed in Collossal, 12/11
·      Representation of artist Sharon Louden, 12/2
.       Selva Aparicio featured in the Chicago Reader, 11/29
·      Out of Time in Artforum, 11/3
·      Out of Time in Sixty Inches from Center, 10/30
·      Out of Time in NewCity, 11/5
​2019
·      secrets for strangers; portals for passing in Top 5 for Bad at Sports, 10/24
·      Thanks for not breeding in Sixty Inches from Center, 9/1
·      Thanks for not breeding in Top 5 for NewCity, 8/27
·      Díaz Lewis featured in Hyperallergic for performative workshop at ICA LA, 7/17
·      Whit Forrester and Roni Packer highlighted in Chicago Reader, 6/21
·      Jean Alexander Frater reviewed in 52 Critical Painters, 6/16
·      Aspect/Ratio featured in TimeOut Chicago, 5/31
·      Whit Forrester and Desirée Holman, New Age: Strategies for Survival at DePaul Art Museum reviewed in third coast review, 5/11
·      Díaz Lewis 34,000 Pillows highlighted in Hyperallergic, 4/18
·      Sabina Ott & Dana Berman Duff What She Sees When She Shuts Her Eyes reviewed in Bad at Sports, 2/15
·      Sabina Ott & Dana Berman Duff What She Sees When She Shuts Her Eyes reviewed in Visual Art Source, 2/7
·      ​Hương Ngô Reap the Whirlwind reviewed in Fabrik Magazine, 2/1

2018
·      Reap the Whirlwind reviewed in New Art Examiner, 12/18
·      No Tomorrow reviewed in The Chicago Tribune, 11/27
·      No Tomorrow Top 5 in New City, 10/25
·      No Tomorrow part of Bad at Sports Top 5 Weekend Picks, 10/25
·      Reap the Whirlwind reviewed in New City. 10/17
·      Hương Ngô interviewed in Comp Magazine, 10/15
·      Reap the Whirlwind reviewed in F News, 10/10
·      Reap the Whirlwind reviewed in Art Agenda, 10/05
·      Díaz Lewis interviewed in Triad City Beat, 9/27 
·      GOLD reviewed in The Chicago Tribune, 7/20 
·      Sabina Ott remembered in The Star Tribune, 7/12
·      Sabina Ott remembered in Artforum, 7/4
·      Vampire's Kiss reviewed in New City, 7/1
·      Sabina Ott remembered in New City, 6/29
·      Sabina Ott remembered in Hyperallergic, 6/28  
·      Sabina Ott remembered in The Chicago Tribune, 6/26 
·      Díaz Lewis profiled in National Parks Conservation Association Harsh is Truth, 6/22
·      Aspect/Ratio is part of Must-Visit Art Galleries in Culture Trip, 5/9
·      Díaz Lewis highlighted in Non Profit Quarterly How Nonprofits Advance Causes through The Arts, 3/2
·      Kate Gilmore Morning Rage at Aspect/Ratio reviewed in Visual Art Source, 2/21
·      Kate Gilmore Morning Rage at Aspect/Ratio part of Bad at Sports Top 5 Weekend Picks, 2/21
·      For all intensive purposes highlighted in Daily Lazy, 2/1
·      For all intensive purposes reviewed in Art & Object, 1/16
·      For all intensive purposes at Aspect/Ratio part of Bad at Sports Top 5 Weekend Picks, 1/4

2017
·      Sabina Ott practice covered in LA Review of Books by Chris Kraus, 12/19
·      Alejandro Figueredo Díaz-Perera reviewed in Chicago Tribune, 11/9
·      Alejandro Figueredo Díaz-Perera in Bad at Sports Top 5 Weekend Picks, 11/3
·      Alejandro Figueredo Díaz-Perera highlighted in Long Beach Post, 9/23
·      Alejandro Figueredo Díaz-Perera highlighted in Farber Foundation Cuban Art News, 9/21
·      Aspect/Ratio in Chicago Architecture Biennial part of Bad at Sports Top 5 Weekend Picks, 9/14
·      Alejandro Figueredo Díaz-Perera highlighted in Curator Love, 9/14
·      Jefferson Godard highlighted part of Visual Vanguard Art 50 in New City, 9/1
·      Sabina Ott interviewed in Chicago Gallery News, 8/30
.      Selva Aparicio featured in La Vanguardia, 8/18
·      Díaz Lewis highlighted in Writing on Performance, 6/14
·      Iris Bernblum in Bad at Sports Top 5 Weekend Picks, 5/5
·      James Murray hightlighted in Blouin Artinfo, 4/5
·      Díaz Lewis reviewed in Hyperallergic for Making Plans at Human Resources, Los Angeles, 3/23
·      James Murray in Mutual Art Top 10 Shows Internationally, 3/16
·      James Murray in Bad at Sports Top 5 Weekend Picks, 3/16
·      En Face hightlighted in Blouin Artinfo, 2/18
·      En Face is reviewed in Visual Art Source, 2/3
​

2016
·      Iris Bernblum, Alejandro Figuredo Díaz-Perera and Sabina Ott all highlighted in TOP 5 New City, 12/15
·      Díaz Lewis reviewed in Frieze for 34,000 Pillows at Home Land Security, 10/24
·      Casilda Sánchez reviewed in Sixty Inches From Center for The Temptation of Falling at Aspect/Ratio, 10/21
·      Sabina Ott and Diaz Lewis at EXPO are highlighted by Franck Mercurio in Chicago Gallery News, 9/24
·      Diaz Lewis is interviewed by WQED Radio San Francisco, 9/13
·      Bryan Zanisnik exhibition at Socrates Sculpture Park highlighted in Hyperallergic, 9/6
·      Bryan Zanisnik highlighted in New York Magazine's Approval Matirx, 9/5
·      Sabina Ott's because the mountains were so high at EXPO Projects in Artnews, 8/23
·      Nick Albertson reviewed in New City for Unrolled at Aspect/Ratio, 6/29
·      Diaz Lewis is hightlighted in The New York Times for For-Site's Home Land Security, 6/23
·      Orr Menirom reviewed in Haaretz for at Herzliya Artists Residency, 6/21
.      Xie Hongdong in Hammer Museum Blog, Telescope: China | Xie Hongdong | Hammer Museum, 5/24
·      
Iris Bernblum profiled in New City Let the Performance Begin, 5/24
·      Sabina Ott reviewed in New City for always repeating is all of living at Aspect/Ratio, 5/10
·      Sabina Ott reviewed in The Chicago Tribune for who cares for the sky? at Hyde Park Art Center, 4/21
·      Sabina Ott interviewed in ARTFORUM 500 words for who cares for the sky? at Hyde Park Art Center, 4/1
·      Alejandro Figueredo Diaz-Perera reviewed in ARTFORUM Critics' Picks for Present Standard at The Chicago Cultural Center, 3/14
·      Sabina Ott profiled in New City by S. Nicole Lane, 3/14
·      Sabina Ott reviewed in Crain's for who cares for the sky? at Hyde Park Art Center, 3/10
·      Bryan Zanisinik reviewed in Hyperallergic for Philip Roth Presidential Library at Locust Projects, 3/08
·      Michal Samama reviewed in Art in America for On-Holding at Aspect/Ratio, 2/29
·      Michal Samama reviewed in Culturebot for On-Holding at Aspect/Ratio, 2/25
·      Sabina Ott reviewed in third coast review (3CR) for who cares for the sky? at Hyde Park Art Center, 2/25
·      Bryan Zanisnik reviewed in The Miami Herald for Philip Rorth Presidential Library at Locust Projects, 2/19
·      Bryan Zanisnik reviewed in Miami New Times for Philip Roth Presidential Library at Locust Projects, 2/18
·      Sabina Ott in Chicago Magazine's Go: Art and Design Galleries, 2/1
·      Alejandro Figueredo Diaz-Perera in Top 10 TimeOut for January, 1/4
·      Alejandro Figueredo Diaz-Perera highlighted on The Creators Project for 2015, 1/1


2015
·      Sabina Ott featured as Chicagoan of the Year in Art by Lori Waxman, 12/23
·      Aspect/Ratio Top 5 shows in 2015 with Jillian Mayer by Elliot Reichert in New City, 12/16
·      Glen Fogel reviewed in Artforum Critics' Pick at JTT Gallery, 12/12
·      Bryan Zanisnik hightlighted in New Republic, 11/13
·      Chelsea Knight interviewed in Studio International, 11/09
·      Bryan Zanisnik interviewed in Artnet, 11/11
·      Aspect/Ratio in Louis Vuitton City Guide, 11/05
·      Diaz Lewis Top 5 in Chicago Magazine, 10/09
·      Bryan Zanisnik interviewed by Jan Castro in Sculpture Magazine, 10/07
·      Christine Sun Kim and Fall to Earth collaborator Chelsea Knight in Artnews, 9/28
·      Aspect/Ratio in Artforum ;  Artslant ;  Huffington Post ;  Chicago Gallery News  ;  Chicago Reader  9/18-24
·      Artforum reports on Black Cube inaugural artist fellow Desirée Holman, 9/22
·      Desirée Holman and Bryan Zanisnik at EXPO Chicago highlighted in Mutual Art, 9/15
·      Bryan Zanisnik upcoming solo show at Locust Projects highlighted in The Miami Herald, 9/09
·      Chelsea Knight and Martine Syms hightlighted in The Observer, 9/06
·      Chelsea Knight Fall to Earth Top 10 Shows in Chicago Magazine, 8/31
·      Sabina Ott and Terrain Exhibitions reviewed in The Chicago Tribune, 8/27
·      Bryan Zanisnik part of the Queens Museum Studio Artist Program, 8/14
·      Alejandro Figueredo Díaz-Perera profiled in New City, 8/03
·      Nick Albertson interviewed in Adhoc, 7/28
·      Aspect/Ratio in The Definitive Chicago Art Gallery Guide in Complex, 6/22
·      Uncommon Commonalities in Mutual Art Top 10 Opening Picks, 7/17
·      Uncommon Commonalities in Bad at Sports Top 5 Weekend Picks, 7/17
·      Jillian Mayer in Touchers reviewed in Hyperallergic, 7/02
·      Bryan Zanisnik in ArtFCity: Return to the Real? A survey of the Analog in Photography, 6/24
·      Jillian Mayer in Touchers reviewed in Daily Serving, 6/21
·      Jillian Mayer in Touchers reviewed in NewCity, 6/16
·      Chelsea Knight in The Great Ephemeral at The New Museum reviewed in The New Yorker, 6/15
·      Aspect/Ratio named TOP 10 Galleries by VAM Studios, 6/08
·      Jillian Mayer in Bad at Sports Top 5 Weekend Picks, 5/05
·      Nick Albertson interviewed in Wavepool, 4/07
·      Bryan Zanisnik in Office Paintings at 1646 Den Haag in NCR (review in Netherlands), 3/26
·      Chelsea Knight in Frames of War at Momenta Art in Hyperallergic, 3/20
·      Chelsea Knight in 4 live performances at the New Museum, Fall to Earth, Chapters 2-5:  3/28, 4/18, 6/7, 6/20
·      Marco G Ferrari in Bad at Sports Top 5 Weekend Picks, 3/13
·      Chelsea Knight in Searching for a Character at ltd los angeles in Hyperallergic, 2/9
·      Chelsea Knight Searching for a Character at ltd los angeles in LA Weekly, 1/16

2014
·      Bryan Zanisnik in second ART21 New York Close Up
·      Glen Fogel in 7 Years Later on Artforum Video, 12/03
·      Chelsea Knight in Posse Comitatus with Mark Tribe previewed in Arts Agenda, 11/21
·      Bryan Zanisnik in Crossing Brooklyn reviewed in The Wall Street Journal, 11/07
·      Bryan Zanisnik in The Passenger reviewed in Bad at Sports, 10/14
·      Bryan Zanisnik in The Passenger reviewed in Art F City Beyond Chicago EXPO, 9/17
·      Bryan Zanisnik in The Passenger reviewed in NewCity, 9/15
·      Bryan Zanisnik in The Ultimate Survival Guide in Chicago Magazine, 9/03
·      Bryan Zanisnik in 29 Artists You Need To Know by Refinery29, 7/23
·      Susan Giles and Jeroen Nelemans in Dis/placement reviewed in NewCity, 7/02
·      Bryan Zanisnik in Food and Wine, 7/02
·      Bryan Zanisnik "ArtRx LA" in Hyperallergic, 7/02
·      Bryan Zanisnik interviewed in BOMB Magazine, 5/21
·      Bryan Zanisnik at Smack/Mellon recommended by Art F City, 3/10
·      Nick Albertson in Visual Art Source, 2/14
·      Nick Albertson in Chicago Art World, 2/11
·      Aspect/Ratio highlighted with The Art Institute of Chicago in Travel + Leisure, 02/01
·      Gilad Ratman in Interior Design, 1/01 (Image courtesy of InteriorDesign.net)
·      Nick Albertson & Jefferson Godard in CS Interiors, 1/01 
·      Dutch Don't Dance in Chicago Art World, 01/05

2013
·      Aspect/Ratio in Top 5 Chicago Shows of 2013 in Hyperallergic, 12/12
·      Aspect/Ratio in Top 5 Weekend Picks in Bad At Sports, 12/01 
·      Casilda Sanchez in Best of 2013 ArtForum, 12/01
·      Martin Murphy at Bank in Shanghai, 12/01
·      Casilda Sánchez in Best of 2013 Artforum, 12/01 
·      Casilda Sánchez in Facets, 10/2013
·      Nick Alberston in IMA Living With Photography, 09/01 
·      Nick Albertson in The Huffington Post, 8/13
·      Aspect/Ratio named Best New Art Gallery in Chicago by Chicago Magazine, 7/01
·      Daniel Bennett reviewed in Visual Artist Resource, 06/01
·      Gilad Ratman highlighted in W Magazine for Venice Biennale, 5/01 
·      Gilad Ratman reviewed in The Financial Times for the Venice Biennale, 05/01
·      Chelsea Knight interviewed in BOMB Magazine for The Breath We Took,  5/16
·      Bryan Zanisnik reviewed in Burn Away for The Hagedorn Foundation Gallery,  5/16
·      Chelsea Knight reviewed in Hyperallergic for The Breath We Took, 5/14
·      Chelsea Knight reviewed in Newcity for The Breath We Took,  5/07
·      Nick Albertson in Hyperallergic, 3/14
·      Bryan Zanisnik reviewed in Modern Painters, 3/01
·      ​Xavier Cha highlighted in Top 5 Weekend Pick on Bad at Sports, 2/08

2012
·      Aspect/Ratio named one of the Best 5 New Galleries of 2012 in New City, 12/20
·      Gilad Ratman reviewed in ArtForum, 10/12
·      Gilad Ratman reviewed in Time Out Chicago, 10/01
·      Chelsea Knight reviewed in Art in America for St. Louis Art Museum solo exhibition, 09/01
·      Casilda Sanchez in Time Out Chicago, 08/01
Join our newsletter by typing your name and email below!
    Subscribe to our newsletter! Type in your name and email then click subscribe.
    Subscribe to our newsletter! Type in your name and email then click subscribe.
Subscribe to our Newsletter
Wednesday - Saturday 12 - 6 PM
and by appointment
864 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
310-415-5516
Picture
Linktree
ENGAGE Projects is a member of the New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA)
Picture
  • ARTISTS
  • EXHIBITIONS
    • Current Exhibition: Blue Space
    • 2023 Exhibition Calendar
  • OFFSITE PROGRAMS
    • EXPO 2023
    • ENGAGEMENTS
  • NEWS
  • VIDEO
    • Artist Videos
    • 1:1 Podcasts
  • BOOK YOUR VISIT
  • ABOUT / CONTACT