June 12 – July 31, 2019

FLXST Contemporary
2251 South Michigan Avenue, Suite 220
Chicago, IL 60616

INTO THE FLXST
On June 12, a slightly cold and drizzly evening, FLXST Contemporary officially opened to the public. With its brand-spanking-new floors, thanks to the Camacho Brothers, FLXST welcomed a fantastic group of art lovers to our new space for our first show: “New Editions: Into the FLXST.” Founder and creative director Jan Christian Bernabe worked with nine emerging artists, about half local to Chicago, to create limited edition archival inkjet and silkscreen prints that would set the tone for its upcoming exhibition season. “Into the FLXST” showed works that were plucked out of art series created in the past and works that would become the cornerstones of newer work to come. Over half of the artists in the show made new works just for it: Roberto Jamora (Richmond, VA), Laura Kina (Chicago), Maya Mackrandilal (Los Angeles), Oli Rodriguez (Los Angeles/Chicago), and Jeffrey Augustine Songco (Grand Rapids, MI). Other artists included in the show are Kelvin Burzon (Indianapolis, IN), Jason Dunda (Chicago), Colleen Keihm (Chicago), and Karl Orozco (Queens, NY). On hand at the opening were Jason, Colleen, Laura, and Oli! Thanks also to all who braved the weather to attend!

All the limited edition prints are available on www.flxst.co framed or unframed. The show itself will run until July 31, 2019.

INCENTIVES & PROMOS GALORE

In celebration of this historic PRIDE month, we are offering a 10% discount on any prints purchased onwww.flxst.co between now and the end of the month. The promotion code is PRIDE10. Happy Pride, Everyone!

Chicago-based artist Laura Kina has kindly agreed to donate 30% of proceeds from sales of her prints to Equality Illinois (www.equilityillinois.us), a nonprofit that advocates on behalf of LGBTQ+ Illinoisans through policy work and lobbying. Her works capture her child after they announced their gender-nonconforming identity to her parents and their transitions in fashion and hairstyles and the palpable sense of liberation after they came out.