Gallery VICTOR

There is a Spanish word that has no adequate translation because it names something most languages prefer not to name. Duende. Federico García Lorca, who gave the concept its fullest...

Ganesh at the Maelstrom This painting is based on one of my first attempts at complex composition. When I was 19 years old I spent some months painting a house that contained a larg...

In "Fedora, Chicago", Kirill Polevoy captures a quiet pause amid the movement of the city. Seen from behind at a downtown intersection, the solitary figure and sculptural hat emerge ...

In "Elegance, Chicago", Kirill Polevoy captures a solitary figure poised against the layered reflections of a city storefront. Her cascading hair and richly patterned blouse bring gr...

The incomparable Dolly Parton doing what she does best, performing. In this vintage silver gelatin print by famed photographer Art Shay, she is dressed in her customary sequins and g...

In "Hand in the Clouds, Saugatuck", Kirill Polevoy transforms an intimate gesture into a dreamlike landscape. Illuminated against deep shadow, the relaxed hand echoes the contours of...

A richly layered accumulation of jewel-like forms evokes the tangled abundance of a forest floor. Festen’s intricate marks and clustered shapes hover between abstraction and recogniz...

Set against a luminous field of golden yellow, this painting balances expansive areas of color with clusters of fluid, biomorphic shapes. Soft pinks, earthy greens, creams, and flash...

Dense layers of color, texture, and wandering line create an abstract terrain that feels both geological and alive. Muted greens, ochres, and deep violets gather into organic forms s...

In "Veiled, New York", Kirill Polevoy transforms a solitary figure into a striking study of shadow and form. An expansive translucent hat conceals the subject’s identity, creating an...

In "Cat and Boots, Detroit, 2015" Kirill Polevoy captures a scene of unexpected wit and quiet resilience. A solitary cat rests atop a weathered car, surrounded by boots perched like ...

In "Briciola, Tuscany", Kirill Polevoy portrays a small truffle-hunting dog searching through dense, shadowed woodland. Nearly enveloped by tangled grasses and foliage, the dog’s pal...

In this evocative black-and-white photograph, Kirill Polevoy captures a solitary, hooded figure gazing over the Chicago River. Her dark, timeless silhouette contrasts with the lumino...

In this luminous black-and-white photograph, Kirill Polevoy captures a solitary horse grazing peacefully in an open meadow. The animal’s sweeping form is echoed by the distant mounta...

In "Morning with a Camel, Colorado," Kirill Polevoy captures a solitary camel grazing beneath a vast, turbulent sky. Dramatic rays of light pierce the clouds, transforming the sparse...

In this striking black-and-white photograph, Kirill Polevoy captures a puppy pressed eagerly against a pane of glass, its raised paws and searching gaze conveying curiosity, vulnerab...

Steven Assael’s Mr. Jackson and Mistress Tara is a monumental psychological portrait in which intimacy, theatricality, and power are held in careful tension. Painted in 1998, the wor...

This vibrant painting by Hunt Slonem features one of the artist’s signature rabbit motifs, rendered with loose, energetic black brushstrokes against an electric chartreuse-green back...

This vibrant painting by Hunt Slonem presents a lively grouping of the artist’s signature rabbits, rendered in sweeping black brushstrokes against a vivid pink background. The elonga...

This dynamic painting by Hunt Slonem depicts a vibrant gathering of tropical birds set against a brilliant yellow background. Rendered in saturated reds, greens, blues, and blacks, t...

In Hermes II, John Rush captures the Greek messenger god in a moment of explosive movement. The figure seems to leap or fly across the composition, his extended limbs and billowing ...

Untitled (graphite on paper) by David Becker presents a meticulously rendered interior that blurs the boundaries between observation, memory, and imagination. Within a workshop-like ...

"Study for Truth Implement Co" is a meticulously rendered graphite drawing on mylar that merges surrealism with dark allegory. Executed through dense layers of finely worked marks, t...

In Identity Crisis, Mary Strasevicius builds an intensely layered surface from countless strokes, splatters, loops, fragments, and flickering passages of color. No single form domina...

In Never Enough, Mary Strasevicius transforms the canvas into a densely layered field of color, gesture, and visual incident. Flecks, loops, drips, lines, and partially obscured form...

Odysseus distills one of mythology's most enduring figures into a quiet, introspective moment. Rather than depicting the hero in triumph or conflict, John Rush presents Odysseus from...

In Penelope Waits, John Rush captures the quiet strength of unwavering devotion. Set within a sparse woodland, the solitary figure appears both present and elusive, her softened form...

Kirke with Swine draws on the Greek myth of Circe (also spelled Kirke), the enchantress who transforms Odysseus's crew into swine. Rather than depicting the story as a dramatic narra...

Woman in an Antique Dress by John Rush presents a quiet, contemplative figure seated in graceful repose, her gaze lowered in a moment of introspection. The subject's porcelain-like c...

Hunting Hound by John Rush presents a graceful sighthound standing in quiet profile, its luminous white form contrasted against a stylized woodland backdrop. Delicate silhouettes of ...

John Rush's Hermes presents the messenger god as a liminal figure navigating the space between opposing worlds. Through a dynamic interplay of color, abstraction, and the human form,...

In this painting John Rush powerfully depicts the story between the Goddess Kalypso and Odysseus, where Kalypso holds Odysseus captive on her isolated island of Ogygia for seven year...

This collage shows Wesley Kimler working in a stark, almost monochromatic register, where the drama comes not from explosive color but from mass, rupture, and contrast. A large black...

Pegasus draws on the enduring myth of the winged horse from Greek mythology, a symbol of freedom, inspiration, and the pursuit of the divine. Born from the blood of Medusa and later ...

"Centaur" reimagines the mythological creature through a dreamlike and contemporary lens. Rendered in luminous layers of oil paint, the figure appears suspended between worlds, its h...

Diogenes is a compelling oil portrait that reimagines the legendary Greek philosopher through the lens of classical beauty and symbolic expression. The contemplative figure, crowned ...

Diogenes is a masterfully executed oil painting that reinterprets the legendary Greek philosopher through an elegant fusion of classical idealism and poetic symbolism. Seated in cont...

In this rare large-scale oil painting, Amy Lowry Poole expands the botanical language of her works on paper into a more immersive and physically assertive composition. A cluster of C...

In this triptych, Amy Lowry Poole transforms dates, persimmons, and squash into three distinct studies of growth, abundance, and organic movement. Working in ink and gouache on handm...

This collage brings Wesley Kimler’s painterly intensity into a compact, almost sculptural form. Built from torn and layered painted fragments, the work has the feeling of a painting ...

This collage expands Wesley Kimler’s painterly language into a vivid, object-like construction. Suspended within the deep frame, the work is built from torn, layered, and painted fra...

This collage reveals a quieter but equally forceful side of Wesley Kimler’s practice. Rather than the sweeping, mural-like scale and explosive painterly gesture for which he is often...

In Victory, John Rush distills the classical figure into a quiet meditation on resilience and grace. Rendered in a restrained palette of warm ivory, soft gray, and deep black, the st...

Kneeling Spirit by John Rush presents a contemplative, otherworldly figure poised between earthly form and transcendent presence. Rendered in soft blue tones, the kneeling silhouette...

Winged Figure Study by John Rush is a striking exploration of transformation and imagination. A pale, silhouetted figure strides forward with staff in hand, while a vivid array of pa...

Blue Spirit by John Rush is an evocative oil painting on panel that captures a luminous, ethereal figure suspended between presence and apparition. Rendered in delicate shades of blu...

Adrian Barquero Untitled, 2024 graphite and sumi ink on paper 48.50h x 70.50w in 123.19h x 179.07w cm ABQ010 Adrian Barquero (b.2004) is a Colombian artist now based in Chicago th...

Adrian Barquero Carnivore, 2024 charcoal and graphite on paper 23h x 30w in 58.42h x 76.20w cm ABQ019 A striking interplay of graphite and charcoal reveals a masked figure gruesomely...

Adrian Barquero Where the Light Divides, 2025 charcoal and graphite on paper 30.25h x 22.25w in 76.83h x 56.52w cm ABQ017 A figure folds into itself beneath a geometry of light and ...

Adrian Barquero Cluster, 2024 screen printed graphite on paper 24h x 18w in 60.96h x 45.72w cm 1/1 ABQ015 The artwork depicts a realistic rendition of a lifeless bird which has been...

Abstract art experiments with the use of texture, tone, and the perception of light, inviting viewers to engage with emotion and movement rather than recognizable forms. Through abst...

Abstract art experiments with the use of texture, tone, and the perception of light, inviting viewers to engage with emotion and movement rather than recognizable forms. Through abst...

This painting can be read as a strong example of Adam Holzrichter’s narrative representational practice. It begins with recognizable observation: a park, trees, scattered figures, an...

A woman sits turned inward, her body rendered in feverish strokes of electric blue and raw pink—flesh that feels less human and more exposed, like something peeled back under a harsh...

Creator, is a sly and self-aware meditation on authorship, identity, and performance. Bruno Surdo presents the figure seated in a commanding yet relaxed pose, dressed in a pale suit ...

The Riddle shows Bruno Surdo engaging one of the oldest symbolic figures in Western art: the sphinx. Executed in graphite on canvas, the work foregrounds drawing itself as a primary ...

Ganymede’s Seduction allows Bruno Surdo to engage directly with one of the most erotically charged myths of classical antiquity while returning to the discipline of draftsmanship tha...

Icarus takes one of the most enduring myths in Western art and distills it into a concentrated image of ambition, beauty, and peril. Rather than depicting the dramatic fall itself, B...

The Bustling of Time captures one of Bruno Surdo’s recurring strengths: his ability to turn an ordinary public moment into something quietly theatrical and emotionally resonant. At t...

The Canine of Florence is a deceptively simple painting that reveals a great deal about Bruno Surdo’s sensibility. At its center is a small white dog crossing a sunlit cloister, but ...