Offering
June 13 – July 12
Oliva Gallery
3816 W. Armitage
Chicago
Oliva Gallery presents Offering, a two-person exhibition by Laura Peterson and Nikki Renee Anderson exploring the emotional landscapes of identity, vulnerability, and transformation. Through sculpture, painting, and installation, the artists examine how personal histories intersect with broader cultural narratives. Anderson’s ceramic environments confront feminine archetypes and reclaim intimacy and self-representation as acts of power, while Peterson’s layered portraits, informed by her work as a behavioral health therapist, navigate themes of grief, healing, and emotional renewal.
Together, Peterson and Anderson create a meditative space that invites reflection and emotional engagement. Offering is not just an exhibition, it is a dialogue between two artists deeply committed to exploring the tension between fragility and strength, stillness and change, and the evolving nature of the self.
Facades
The Art Center of Highland Park
August 8 – September 27
The Art Center Highland Park, in partnership with Oliva Gallery, proudly announces Facades, a powerful new exhibition opening August 8, 2025, that foregrounds three influential voices in contemporary Midwestern art: Nikki Renee Anderson, Aaron Becker, and the late Molly Schiff. Through sculpture, color, and dynamic form, Facades confronts themes of identity, visibility, and public space, inviting audiences to consider how we construct, obscure, and reveal ourselves in a constantly shifting social landscape.
These three Chicago-based artists—each rooted in a distinct material language—deliver an experience that is visually compelling and emotionally resonant, shaped by Midwest sensibilities and a commitment to community dialogue.