Pictorial: Pedro Vélez

Above: Pedro Vélez working the 2011 UIUC MFA show.


Above: Miguel Cortez (left) and Pedro Vélez (right) in Pilsen, after hours.

Most recent (April, 2011) contribution from Pedro Vélez to artnet.com magazine: http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/velez/art-cologne-2011-4-15-11.asp

On "Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll since 1967," from 2007: http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/velez/velez12-5-07.asp

- Paul Germanos

Pictorial: UIUC MFA artsplosia @ Co-Prosperity Sphere

Participating MFA candidates from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign stage a presence in Chicago: Michael Woody, Sarah Beth Woods, Nicki Werner, Laura Tanner, Paul Shortt, Michael Smith, Kerianne Quick, Nick Mullins, Maria Lux, Erica Leohner, Katie Latona, Dan Krueger, Ben Hatcher, Ben Grosser, Dan Gratz, Jim Graham, Amy Gilles, Motoko Furuhashi, Karri Anne Fischer, Justin Farkas, Jung Eun Chang, and Will Arnold.

artsplosia
25 March - 3 April, 2011
3219 S. Morgan St.
Chicago, IL 60608
http://artsplosia.com

- Paul Germanos