*Love You Bro* #2, 2018, Photography, 24 x 36 inches

Stephanie Graham’s exhibition named a Top V Weekend Pick by The Visualist and Bad At Sports

The Riverside Arts Center is pleased to present Stephanie Graham’s photography series, Love You Bro at the Riverside Town Hall Gallery.

Artist Statement

Love You Bro explores relationships and how affection is expressed between black men. As an African-American artist, Graham’s photographs, videos, and installations are armed with humor, satire, and soul in an effort to make otherwise difficult conversations on race and gender easier and more comfortable in this increasingly divisive political and cultural climate.

Artist Bio

Stephanie Graham is a Chicago artist, photographer, and filmmaker addressing the themes of social class, subcultures, race, and gender. She has held solo exhibitions at boundary (Chicago) and University of Illinois Gallery (Springfield). Her group exhibitions include The Silver Room, Produce Model Gallery, and the Hyde Park Art Center (Chicago) along with CICA Museum in South Korea. In addition her films have been screened at the Revolution at Point Zero Feminist Social Practice Symposium and the Black Harvest Film Festival at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago. Graham’s art has been reviewed by Maake Magazine, Chicago Defender, Inside/Within, and the Chicago Tribune. She graduated from Columbia College, Chicago with a major in film and video and a minor in photography. Her work is held in many public and private collections.

www.missgraham.com

Hours

The Village Town Hall is located half a block from the Riverside Arts Center at 27 Riverside Road in Riverside, Illinois. It is open to walk-in visitors Monday - Thursday 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM and Friday 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM. Closed Saturday, Sunday, and major holidays.