I have work in the group exhibition Voices Embodied: Prognostication, on view at the Design Museum of Chicago from June 26, 2026 through January 18, 2027. This show is curated by Alex Stark, a leading curator of artists with disabilities who I have previously shown with.
I’m especially pleased that the Design Museum of Chicago has made extensive installation photographs and exhibition documentation available online, making the exhibition accessible to people who are unable to visit the museum in person.
Installation of Wheelchair Madonna (After Gentile da Fabriano), 2023 in “Voices Embodied: Prognostication”
Voices Embodied: Prognostication
June 26, 2026 – January 18, 2027
Design Museum of Chicago
72 E Randolph St
Chicago, IL 60601
Curated by: Alex Stark
Centered around the idea of a disability-forward future, Voices Embodied: Prognostication features the varying perspectives of 38 local, national, and international artists, accompanied by a series of films and performances. Artists were asked to push the boundaries of what a typical museum show looks like. They were encouraged to reimagine what is possible by reassessing the relationship between design and accessibility, and through the exploration of how art and design can be access points to culture and discourse. In Outlaw Culture: Resisting Representations, bell hooks writes, “The future of art is to do more than what it is; it is to imagine what is possible.”
This exhibition invites audience members into a reimagined space with purple and silver walls indicative of the creative and collaborative vision of a future designed by the artists. The artworks touch upon themes of strength, tenderness, creativity, and community, and speak to ways of loving one another while moving forward together and impacting change, suggesting that we are all involved in redesigning and imagining what is possible.
Featuring work by: Alex Stark, Baiq Enggardianti, Celwin Plamenco, Chantal Danyluk, Charlotte Saylor, Chloe Pascal Crawford, Daisy (Chang) Ye, Deborah Awwad, Delta poetica, Echo (Qinyu) Huan, Eia Radosavljevic, Elliot Harold, Franco Kwachelanji Mbilizi, H Marsh Schenck, Irwin Freeman, James Hosking, Jemsy Pradun, Jenni-Juulia Wallinheimo-Heimonen, Juan G, Katherine Sherwood, Kelly Coleman, Leonard Wenk, Lucy Walsh, Lynn Walsh, MAGNETIC SPACE BUBBLE, Millicent Villacastin, Moth Clements, Myles Hunt, Quentin Kailun Yang, Rachel Ungerer, Renata Berdes, Robert Andy Coombs, Sally Booth, Seo Hye Lee, Tiffany Marie Miller, Tim Stone, Todd Edward Herman, and verovcha.
About the Curator
Voices Embodied Project was conceived by Alex Stark, who earned his BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2016. Alex is currently an advisor and curator in SAIC’s Disability and Learning Resource Center. After earning his BFA, Alex chose to offer his perspective as a disabled artist, focusing on the representation of disability within broader conversations about diversity at the School. In addition to his disability-related work, Alex is a practicing painter whose work has been exhibited in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, and Colorado. Combining an interest in art with a passion for creating platforms for underrepresented voices, he advocates for creative expression.