Mel Haasch is a visual designer, editorial illustrator, and artist originally from Chicago, Illinois. Their collage illustration work focuses on texture, memory, form, and portraiture to illuminate vignettes of otherworldly influence on both the page, the screen, and beyond. They create work within both a personal practice and for editorial clients such as the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, The Guardian, and more. melhaasch.com

Jordan Miller is an interdisciplinary conceptual artist based out of Chicago (Zhigaagoong). Miller's work is situated in spaces both poetic and critical between streetlight and starlight – balancing a fascination for light with the desire for darkness.

Miller earned his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2017. He served as the Arts Administrator for the Wicker Park Bucktown SSA #33 and Chamber of Commerce from 2018 to 2024, and has worked as an instructor and Writing Fellow at SAIC.

Miller is a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and member of the Choctaw Artist Registry. jordanmillerart.com

Artist Jeff Zimmermann has showcased his work in exhibitions and public art installations around the world. His commissioned pieces span Fortune 500 companies, cities, museums, and universities. Zimmermann's art has gained significant attention, being featured in prominent outlets such as PBS, the Today Show, and The New York Times. He is a self taught painter who received a BFA in graphic design from the University of Illinois. He resides in Chicago. jeffzimmermann.com

Erin Toale is a Chicago-based writer and artist. She earned Dual MAs from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2013 and a BFA from Moore College of Art and Design in 2006. She has worked for various nonprofits, galleries, and research centers, including the Rebuild Foundation; the Society for Contemporary Art at the Art Institute of Chicago; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; and the Hyde Park Art Center. She is a Teaching Artist, a Contributing Writer for the Chicago Reader and Newcity, and Founding Director of Bird Show (a seasonal outdoor project space). erintoale.com

Kaitlyn has been a staple at Jackson Junge Gallery since 2016 and has served as Gallery Director since 2022. In her time at the gallery, Kaitlyn has flexed her curatorial muscles and has worked hard to continue the gallery’s mission of fostering relationships with a diverse community of artists. As a practicing artist, Kaitlyn brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the gallery as well as a deep enthusiasm for the arts. She is eager to introduce people to new artists and share her love of the talented artists she represents.

Kaitlyn moved to Chicago in 2014 with her husband, Jordan Miller, a local artist. The two have made a home here and carved out a space for themselves in the Chicago art scene. Kaitlyn earned her BFA from the University of North Texas College of Visual Art and Design, and has additionally studied in Italy with several months spent learning fresco techniques at the Lorenzo de' Medici school in Florence. Her family is affiliated with the Museum of Texas Tech University where her grandparents contributed to the creation of the Dr. Robert Neff and Louise Willson Arnold Wing, showcasing the work of many 20th-centuray and contemporary Native American and Japanese artists.

In the past, Kaitlyn has worked as the gallery's Private Events Manager and as the Assistant Gallery Director. When not representing the gallery, Kaitlyn enjoys time with her husband and three purrfect cats, binging television or audiobooks, and cooking up delicious new recipes. j2gallery.com

Andrew Rafacz is an art dealer, writer and record collector based in Chicago, IL. His eponymous gallery, originally founded in 2002, has presented—often for the first time—prescient exhibitions by an international roster of artists, for more than a two decades. The gallery represents artists from a wide spectrum of backgrounds and identities working in a diverse range of mediums, connected by their respective dedication to a thoughtful, defining practice. andrewrafacz.com

Nina Rizzo (b. 1974) is a Chicago based artist/painter and Associate Professor of Painting at Northern Illinois University. She received her MFA in Painting at The University of Texas at Austin in 2004 and her BFA from The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1997. She has shown extensively throughout the United States and abroad including solo exhibitions in North Adams, Massachusetts, Chicago, Illinois, Pelham, New York, Lucerne, Switzerland, and Rome, Italy. Notable group exhibitions include Perceiving Place in Alfred, NY, Malin Kong at Megumi Ogita Gallery, Tokyo and recently Her Space at Heaven Gallery, Chicago. Other group exhibitions include those in Reykjavík, Iceland, Germany, and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Nina has completed artist residencies in many locations including Sardinia, Spain, Iceland. Rome, Berlin, Germany, Banff, Canada, Paris, Marnay-Sur-Seine, and Mandelieu-La Napoule, France where the varied sights and surroundings have always had a great impact on her work. Watercolor collages made at a recent artist residency in Düsseldorf, Germany are currently serving as source material for large oil paintings underway in Chicago. When not in the studio, Nina spends time walking her dog or enjoying a meal with friends. ninarizzo.net

Corey Hagelberg is an interdisciplinary artist and teacher living and working in Gary, Indiana. For the last 15 years, his practice in printmaking and socially engaged art has highlighted environmental concerns in the Calumet Region on the south shore of Lake Michigan. This has increasingly addressed food justice and employed ecological practices related to designing regenerative cities, local circular economies, and vibrant communities. He is co-founder and director of the Calumet Artist Residency (CAR), which aims to connect people, art, and nature. Currently, he is an MFA candidate in sculpture at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. coreyhagelberg.com

Chris Cosnowski is an artist and educator living and working in Chicago. He received his B.F.A. from the Columbus College of Art and Design in 1992 and his M.F.A. from Northwestern University in 2000. He has been teaching art at the collegiate level since 2001. He has exhibited his artwork extensively throughout the United States including a 10-year retrospective at the South Shore Arts Association in Munster, IN. His work has been reviewed in The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun Times, The New Art Examiner and the New York Observer.

Publications include Manifest Gallery’s International Painting Annual 4 and twice being featured on the cover of New American Paintings in 2001 and 2013. Mr. Cosnowski has received numerous awards and grants including from the Illinois Arts Council and Chicago DCASE. In 2017, he was awarded a commission to design artwork for the Blue Line Montrose Station by the Chicago Transit Authority which was installed in May 2020. When he is not making art or teaching, Mr. Cosnowski tries to find time to travel with his wife Allison. He also likes hanging out with his two cats, Toaster and Pippa and playing classical guitar. cosnowskiart.com