Bio

V Slovick (b. 2005, IL) is an interdisciplinary Chicago-based artist. A purveyor of nonsense as well as a painter and poet, he is known for using found materials that describe intersections between the urban landscape and the natural world. Slovick’s work has been shown at Mayfield (Chicago), SAIC Artbash (Chicago) and the Chicago Cultural Center (Chicago). He has been recently featured in the emerging magazine Remainder Mag and is expected to graduate from SAIC with a BFA in 2027. 

Artist Statement

I walk down the street, with my eyes focused downward to see if I come across something abject by chance. Searching for uncertainty. Objects that have the potential for disappearance such as discarded wood, signage, cardboard, pallets, and other found objects. These improvisational surfaces become the substrates for my work with their distinct qualities and inform further moves I make. I draw meaning from their history of marks showing trajectory, and transportation. I believe the poetics of discarded material act as a threshold for information, calling attention to its origins, lived experiences, and the moment of chance it’s discovered. 

My intention is to capture this occurrence, and extract a kind of eternity from its ephemerality. Seeking to draw connections between this balance to pull the viewer into the mundane as something that can be familiar, bright, and explosive - something that can be reflective of movement. 

I am interested in the meanings that are created by intervening with the object in the studio with paint of any kind, charcoal, or chalk pastel as a way to kind of liberate the object from its past. A balance between preserving its qualities as it has existed in the world, then creating this bridge into a crossroads of what it means to be a painting. My practice is compelled by crossings between the natural and architectural. It reflects tension between preservation and change.

Contact By

Phone: (630) 631-6340 
Email: vslovick28@gmail.com
Instagram: @catchyouinthery.e

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. 2027.   

Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists Residency. 2026

Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists Residency. 2025.

High School Diploma, Saint Charles East High School. 2023. 

CV

Upcoming Exhibitions

Painting in Dimension. Ox-Bow Chicago Office. 2026.

Alphabet Show. Heel Chicago. 2026. 


Group Shows

I Just Really Want to Tell You This One Thing. Chicago Cultural Center. 2026.

Wind Guide. Mayfield. 2026.

Artbash. Leroy Neiman Center. 2024. 



Press

Volume One.  Remainder Magazine. 2026.


Awards  

Art Placement in STCE Permanent Gallery. 2023.

Award in First Place, and Second Place STCE Art Show. 2021. 

Principles Choice Art Award in STCE Art Show. 2022.