Expo Chicago Reveals 2025 Exhibitors, Announces Partnership with Galleries Association of Korea
148Feb. 5, 2025
Expo Chicagohas revealed the full list of those taking part in this year’s edition, set to take place April 24–27 at the Navy Pier’s Festival Hall. The upcoming edition, which will feature more than 170 galleries from thirty-six countries and ninety-three cities, is the second to be held under the auspices of international art fair company Frieze, whichpurchasedExpo Chicago in July 2023. Too, it is the first to welcome twenty Korean galleries, whose presence reflects a new partnership between Frieze and the Galleries Association of Korea (Gaok).
“As we enter the second year of Expo Chicago as part of Frieze, we are proud to expand on new initiatives, including a significant collaboration with the Galleries Association of Korea, made possible through Frieze’s global reach,” said Kristell Chadé, executive director for Friezefairs, in a statement. “We look forward to presenting a dynamic selection of artists and exhibitors, while exploring how the crosspollination between our fairs can add value to each, fostering new connections and opportunities across regions.”
“We plan to support twenty major galleries in Korea to enter the Chicago artmarketon behalf of the association and Korea in various ways together with the government,” said Gaok president Hwang Dalseung in a statement. “This event was based on the synergy between Kiaf Seoul and Frieze Seoul, which have already created a new model of win-win through fair-to-fair collaboration in the contemporary art market, where various entities are collaborating in various ways, and this time we will take the first step towards the internationalization of Korean art distribution with Expo Chicago.”
More than one hundred exhibitors who participated in the event last year are returning. Among these are New York’s 56 Henry, Chicago’s Corbett vs. Dempsey, Detroit’s Library Street Collective, São Paulo’s Nara Roesler, Cape Town’s Southern Guild, and Nassau’s TERN. More than fifty galleries are making their debut at the Expo, including Pittsburgh’s april april; Portland, Oregon’s ILY2; Belo Horizonte’s Mitre; London’s Pippy Houldsworth Gallery; and New York’s Two Palms.
In addition to the main “Galleries” section, the Expo will feature special sections, including the brand-new “Contrast” section, curated by Lauren Haynes, head curator of Governors Island Arts in New York; and “Exposure,” organized for the second year running by Rosario Güiraldes, curator of visual arts at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and featuring solo and two-artist presentations represented by galleries that have been in business ten years or less. The “In/Situ” section, curated by Jessica S. Hong, who was recently named chief curator at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, Missouri, will present large-scale and site-specific installations, while the “Profile” section will showcase major projects by a single artist or collective. The “Editions + Books” section will feature artist books, editions, and prints, and the “Special Exhibitions” section will feature presentations and site-specific work by nonprofit organizations.
A full list of exhibitors is below.
** Gaok exhibitor
* CONTRAST participant
Galleries
021gallery, Daegu **
Gallery 41, Seoul **
193 Gallery, Paris, Venice
313 Art Project, Seoul, Paris **
A Lighthouse called Kanata, Tokyo
ACA Galleries, New York
Addison Rowe, Santa Fe
Allouche Gallery, New York
Almeida & Dale, São Paulo
Galería Artizar, Canary Islands
Gallery Baton, Seoul **
Richard Beavers Gallery, Brooklyn
BHAK, Seoul **
Bienvenu Steinberg & C, New York
Bockley Gallery, Minneapolis
Bogéna Galerie, Saint-Paul de Vence
Browse & Darby, London
C24 Gallery, New York
Casterline|Goodman Gallery, Aspen, Chicago, Nantucket
Cernuda Arte, Miami
Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco
Ethan Cohen Gallery, New York
The Columns Gallery, Seongnamsi, Seoul, Singapore **
Cynthia Corbett Gallery, London
Cristea Roberts Gallery, London
DOCUMENT, Chicago, Lisbon
EBONY/CURATED, Cape Town, Franschhoek
Everyday Mooonday (EM), Seoul **
Les Enluminures, Chicago, New York, Paris
Everard Read, Johannesburg, Cape Town, London, Franschhoek
Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, New York
Friedrichs Pontone, New York
Galerie GAIA, Seoul **
The Gallery of Everything, London
Gana Art, Seoul, Los Angeles
GRAY, Chicago, New York *
Gallery Grimson, Seoul **
Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles
Hexton Gallery, Aspen
Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, Berlin, West Palm Beach
Bill Hodges Gallery, New York
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York, Zurich
Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London *
Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery, London, Miami
ILY2, Portland
Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, San Francisco *
Gallery Joeun, Seoul **
Keumsan Gallery, Seoul, Gyeongju **
LEE & BAE, Busan **
Lehmann Maupin, New York, Seoul, London
Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque
Diana Lowenstein Gallery, Miami
David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, Nashville
JD Malat Gallery, London
Galeria MaPa, São Paulo
McCormick Gallery, Chicago
Miles McEnery Gallery, New York
The Melrose Gallery, Johannesburg *
moniquemeloche, Chicago
Gallery MOMO, Johannesburg
Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert
David Nolan Gallery, New York
Gallery Nosco, Brussels
October Gallery, London
Claire Oliver Gallery, New York
ONE AND J. Gallery, Seoul **
Opera Gallery, New York, Aspen, Beirut, Dubai, Geneva, Hong Kong, London, Madrid, Miami,
Monaco, Paris, Seoul, Singapore
Galerie Pici, Seoul, New York **
Pontone Gallery, London
PYO Gallery, Seoul **
Galerie Quynh, Ho Chi Minh City
Rele, Lagos, London, Los Angeles
Revolver Galería, Lima, Buenos Aires, New York
Galerie Richard, Paris
Galerie Robertson Arès, Montreal
Nara Roesler, São Paulo, New York, Rio De Janeiro
Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York
RYAN LEE Gallery, New York
Secrist | Beach, Chicago
SEIZAN Gallery, New York, Tokyo
SmithDavidson Gallery, Amsterdam, Miami
SOUS LES ETOILES GALLERY, New York
Southern Guild, Los Angeles, Cape Town
Marc Straus Gallery, New York
Sun Gallery, Seoul **
Suppoment Gallery, Seoul **
Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, London, Singapore
TAI Modern, Santa Fe
Tandem Press, Madison
Tang Contemporary Art, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Beijing, Seoul, Singapore
Two Palms, New York
Unix Gallery, New York
Vallarino Fine Art, New York
Gallery Vit, Seoul **
Tanya Weddemire Gallery, Brooklyn
Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco
Weinstein Hammons Gallery, Minneapolis
Wellside Gallery, Seoul **
W-galería, Buenos Aires, Pueblo Garzón
Timothy Yarger Fine Art, Los Angeles
Zidoun-Bossuyt Gallery, Luxembourg, Dubai, Paris
Zilberman Gallery, Istanbul, Berlin, Miami
EXPOSURE
56 HENRY, New York
65 GRAND, Chicago
Aicon Contemporary, New York
Anthony Gallery, Chicago
april april, Pittsburgh
Bill Arning Exhibitions, Kinderhook
Art Latinou, Mexico City
Baert Gallery, Los Angeles
Petra Bibeau, New York
Bianca Boeckel, S.o Paulo
Brandt Gallery, Amsterdam
Jonathan Carver Moore, San Francisco
Contour Art Gallery, Vilnius
COTT, Buenos Aires
DURAN CONTEMPORAIN, Montreal
Eclectica Contemporary, Cape Town
Enari Gallery, Amsterdam
EUROPA, New York
Fragment, New York
Geary Contemporary, Millerton, New York
Goldfinch, Chicago
Gratin, New York
GALLERY HAYASHI + ART BRIDGE, Tokyo
Hesse Flatow, New York, Amagansett, East Hampton
Jupiter Contemporary, Miami
Martin Art Projects, Cape Town
THE MISSION PROJECTS, Chicago
Mitre, Belo Horizonte, São Paulo
Montague Contemporary, New York
Megan Mulrooney, Los Angeles
Marisa Newman Projects, New York
NIL Gallery, Paris
OCHI, Los Angeles, Ketchum
Omenai Gallery, Chicago
Palo Gallery, New York
Patel Brown, Toronto, Montreal
PATRON, Chicago
Povos Chicago, Chicago
Niru Ratnam, London
re.riddle, San Francisco
Rivalry Projects, Buffalo
Sarai Gallery, Mahshahr, London, Tehran
Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles
Superposition, Los Angeles, New York, Miami
Swivel Gallery, New York
TERN, Nassau
Tramo, Buenos Aires
Verve Galeria, São Paulo
Maximillian William, London
Zielinsky, Barcelona, São Paulo
PROFILE
Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago
Dep Art Gallery, Milan, Ceglie Messapica
ENGAGE Projects, Chicago
Fridman Gallery, New York
Gaep, Bucharest
The Hole, New York, Los Angeles
Charlie James, Los Angeles
Library Street Collective, Detroit
Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles
Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art, Calgary
Claire Oliver Gallery, New York
Alberta Pane Gallery, Paris, Venice
PENTIMENTI, Philadelphia
PIERMARQ*, Surry Hills, Sydney
The Pit, Los Angeles
Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami
Spinello Projects, Miami
Editions + Books
Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago
Bert Green Fine Art, Chicago
Lusenhop Fine Art, Cleveland
Manneken Press, Bloomington
MCA Chicago Store, Chicago
René Schmitt, Berlin
Stoney Road Press, Dublin
Wildwood Press, LLC, St. Louis
Special Exhibitions
Arts of Life / Circle Contemporary, Chicago
Blanc Gallery, Chicago
Center for Native Futures, Chicago
Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis
Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College, Chicago
OSMOS / ARTS&REC, New York
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
University of Chicago, Chicago
YoungArts, Miami