Rituals

CHICAGO, IL—The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art is pleased to announce the opening of

Rituals on December 4th, 2021 featuring works by artists Brenton Good, Mandy

Cano-Villalobos, and Marissa Voytenko who have come together for their first joint exhibition.

The present age has been defined by shirking customs, breaking traditions, and celebrating the

informal. Yet it is through formal, practiced and ceremonial-like actions that contemporary artists

Good, Cano-Villalobos, and Voytenko have found their expression. Though their work is varied

in medium and approach, the three artists regard ritual as an integral part of their work. Hailing

from Amish country in western Pennsylvania, Good’s hard-edged, checkerboard woodcut prints

draw heavily from traditional quilt patterns. Meticulously planned and executed, his prints

display multiple layers of historical color combinations. Cano-Villalobos honors her personal

history, and our broader human history, through the collection of mementos assembled into

shrine-like sculptures. Looking at these assemblages one can spot objects that connect the viewer

with their own memories. With waxy encaustic paint, Voytenko creates images that are lyrically

structured through the use of repeated shapes and lines.

Artist Biographies:

Brenton Good is a painter, printmaker and professor of art at Messiah University in

Grantham, Pennsylvania. His work is in collections throughout the United States as well as the

UAE and Turkey.

Mandy Cano-Villalobos is an interdisciplinary artist based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She’s

exhibited throughout the United States as well as in Berlin, Germany and Puerto Montt, Chile.

She received her Master of Fine Art from The George Washington University in D.C.

Marissa Voytenko is an encaustic painter based in the Chicago suburbs. She’s represented by

several galleries throughout the United States and her work has been on the covers of the

American Psychologist and Comment magazine.