CHICAGO, IL–The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art is thrilled to announce our artist talk with Tom Torluemke. His solo exhibition Gravity, features paintings of landscapes and portraits and began this body of work in 2021 when he pursued landscapes as a focused theme, approaching it with more seriousness as our environment becomes more impacted by climate change year after year. To get some relief from the environment as subject matter and the isolation of the pandemic, Torluemke also began a series of portraits of friends and family, which revealed a connected between the two bodies of work: as the natural environment and social and civic unrest become more contentious, how can people help each other and the environment?

Artist Talk will begin at 1pm.