THE MISSION

INSTALLATION VIEWS |
Jean Alexander Frater : Wee Restless Hours
Apr 5 - Jun 14 2025

Collection visits available by appointment. Email [email protected] to schedule.

Photos by Bob. (Robert Chase Heishman + Robert Salazar)

THE MISSION PROJECTS celebrates Chicago Exhibition Weekend with an exclusive open house tour of the collection of Sebastian Campos and Jennifer Andrade on Saturday, October 5 from 3-5pm.

The collection tour will include a special Artist Focus on Texas-born painter Dorothy Hood (1918 – 2000), organized in partnership with McClain Gallery (Houston, TX). One of the first American abstract surrealists, Hood is best known for her sprawling, large-scale paintings that merge abstraction and color field painting. This Artist Focus, entitled Cosmic Balance: Works by Dorothy Hood, will include paintings, collages, and drawings from the 1960s – 1990s that showcase Hood’s masterful use of color and her examination of physical and mental landscapes. From expansive paintings washed with intense hues to carefully arranged, intricate collages, the selection highlights Hood’s fascination with the cosmos, mysticism, science, spirituality, and outer space.

This event is RSVP only. Please RSVP to [email protected]. Location will be provided in a confirmation email. Space is limited.

ON VIEW | Rodrigo Lara : Constructs
April 20 - June 1, 2024

THE MISSION PROJECTS is pleased to present Constructs, a solo show featuring new sculptures by Chicago-based artist Rodrigo Lara. The exhibition will include works created during his residency at Cerámica Suro.

As a Mexican immigrant in the United States, Lara’s work is informed by fragmented stories of memorialization, time, religion, ancestries, and his own experience of the endless process of becoming. Although classically trained in sculpture, he often eschews traditional ideologies and methods. His works are not always clean, finished, or beautiful. Instead, they break from these formal constructs. His sculptures, works on paper, and installations imagine a culture where portraiture and Catholic iconography are largely subsumed by indigenous visual languages, as well as other millennial religious artifacts and architecture from around the world.

Exhibition viewings by appointment. Email [email protected] to schedule.