Alexandre Hogue Gallery | Alexis Petroff: Floating & Folding
October 23-December 11
On view through Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025.
The Alexandre Hogue Gallery presents Floating & Folding, an exhibition of mixed-media works by Chicago-based artist Alexis Petroff.
Alexis Petroff has been exploring the relationship between drawing and sculpture for the past 20 years. With a background in printmaking and hand papermaking, he makes three-dimensional works using wire, paper, silk and gouache. This exhibition will feature his large-scale folding drawings alongside three-dimensional paper forms that float in the shallow space parallel to the wall.
The Alexander Hogue Gallery is open 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. weekdays This show is free and open to the public.
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Alexis Petroff lives and works in Chicago. Selected solo and two-person exhibitions include 65GRAND, Chicago, IL; List Gallery at Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA; Adds Donna, Chicago, IL; Mess Hall, Chicago, IL; Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL; Indiana University Fine Arts Library, Bloomington, IN. Reviews of his work have appeared in Art Forum and ARTnews. His work is in the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago and numerous private collections.
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Image: Alexis Petroff, Floating Drawings. Gouache on rag paper, stainless steel wire armature with painted silk panels.