Darryll Schiff

Descending to Heaven

2014

Darryll Schiff is an internationally recognized contemporary artist with work in many of the leading museums including the Art Institute of Chicago, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, among other prominent institutions and private collections. Schiff is one of Chicago's most influential and prominent artists, and he is only gaining momentum. He pushes the boundaries of what photography can do; using the camera as a tool to paint with, bend and use abstractly rather than as a form of documentation. Schiff was honored in 2016 to be selected among other local and international artists at the top of their field to showcase work in Chicago’s famed Wabash Arts Corridor. An important moment in Schiff’s career was donating his mural Descending to Heaven to the city of Chicago. The illumination and location of Schiff’s mural have made it one of Chicago’s most prominent works of public art.