October 28 – November 21, 2025
Reception: Tuesday, October 28, 4:30-6:00

ANNEX GALLERY

ANN BLAAS is a Chicago-born artist based in Chicago, IL. She received her MFA from Northern Illinois University 1996. (Under Gordon Dorn) She is an abstract painter/ educator. Her work alternates from painting on mylar, and canvas, as well as murals and drawings. Stylistically the work incorporates a graffiti styled abstraction with intuitive and repetitive gestural mark making that incorporates areas of tension and release along with poetical referential elements. Recent exhibitions include group exhibition at Beverly Art Center, Stardust: Cellular to Celestial, Two-Person exhibition, Shapes and Colors, at Studio Break Gallery ( Ann Blaas and Eric Ockrassa ), also, featured on two recent podcasts with David Linneweh on Studio-Break. Recent residency and exhibition at Fulton Mkt Kitchen, Chicago. Group mural Blast at Nicky’s in Beverly, Window Installation at Two Mile Coffee and feature on WTTW’s Chicago Tonight for Beverly’s Altwalk, curated by Sal Campbell during the pandemic- and looking forward to fall 2023 solo exhibition at Benedictine University in Lisle. She teaches Painting, Drawing, Studio Art & Contemporary Art at College of DuPage, Harper College, and Joliet Junior College.