TEN by TEN

Jackson Junge Gallery

Wicker Park | Chicago | Illinois | USA

03 Nov, 2025 - 11 Jan, 2026

TEN by TEN is a yearly celebration of diversity and passion found within the Chicago arts community. With each piece being 10鈥� x 10鈥�, the result is a dazzling grid of artwork, in all styles and mediums. Being open submission, the exhibition is a chance for artists of all levels to contribute and gives an unfiltered look at what is going on today in the Chicago arts scene and beyond. Gallery Director, Kaitlyn Miller reflects, 鈥淎fter the first year of TEN by TEN, we recognized the need for an open submission exhibition. Finding your footing in the art world is not an easy task, it is competitive and often disheartening and our goal has always been to support emerging artists. We had such an overwhelming response to the first year, so we thought let鈥檚 expand and accept every artist that applies. The exhibit has grown and become a way for Jackson Junge Gallery to give back and celebrate Chicago鈥檚 incredible arts community.鈥�

Featured in TEN by TEN are works by Jackson Junge鈥檚 in-house artists, whose work the gallery exhibits year-round. Featured artist, Laura Lee Junge, created an eye-catching mixed media painting, 鈥淚nward鈥�. The painting is done in a 3D style seen in her solo exhibition 鈥淐UCKOO: I鈥橫 NOT CRAZY, YOU ARE鈥�, earlier this year. This series explores elements of freedom, movement and time. The focus of 鈥淚nward鈥� is handmade clay and metal dragonflies, a departure from Junge鈥檚 usual butterfly subjects in this series. The background has impressions of clock gears imprinted in thick acrylic paint, an element used in Junge鈥檚 mixed media collection. Kate Hoyer鈥檚鈥淩ainbow Kitty鈥� is painted in her signature bold and colorful style, utilizing stripes and blocks of color to define the forms of her animal subjects. Autumn Justine Miller has gone with a less cuddly character for her humorous painting, 鈥淒uck Doctor鈥�, which features a rubber ducky with a plague mask and a skull tattoo. Miller is known for her creepy-cute subjects, and this painting is no exception.