PACH Exhibit

@alelemus.g • La mar, mixed media • 5 Questions:  My mother and father traveled across the border before I was born, with my sister who was very small at that time, initially in search of better economic living conditions. My sister managed…

Facebook: anna.silivonchik • 5 Questions: My journey to the United States in 2024 was a significant, though temporary, chapter in my artistic life — a residency in Miami that offered a valuable opportunity for creative growth and international dialogue. My path as…

@angie.sarchivee • @angieslamee • En Cada Esquina (2), Film Photograph, Satin; Collaboration with Michael Azpeitia • Bio | Statement My name is Angie, and I am a film photographer based in Los Angeles and Chicago. I am interested in storytelling, culture, and…

@bane.xxa • Kukulkan, Painting • 5 Questions: 1. Consistent economic struggles, my oldest brother’s health issues, and a third child on the way (me) pushed my family to immigrate to the U.S. This journey played out in three different steps. First, my…

@calayahcore  •  www.calayah.org • 2024, Digital Performance • 5 Questions: 1. As a Chinese international student, my journey to the US is less a linear migration and more a shift in identity. Studying abroad places me in a permanent in-between state: never…

@def_not_cath • Pero Sin Amo, Mixed Media on Paper • 5 Questions: 1. My parents came to the US to pursue education. My father came in his twenties, and my mother came with her family, as a child. They met here, in…

@christian_varela___ • FEELING GREAT AGAIN, 2026. print • 5 Questions: 1. My family’s journey to the United States is rooted in a pursuit of survival, stability, and new possibilities. My maternal grandparents were born and raised in Zacatecas, Mexico, and immigrated to…

@Catt.co_  •  cattcostudio.com • Letras Para Gume, Mixed Media • 5 Questions: 1. My family’s journey to the United States was rooted in survival, sacrifice, and hope. My father grew up in poverty, with limited access to opportunity despite his strong work…

@darth_rudo • Cosechando El Mal, Colored Pencil Drawing • 5 Questions: 1. Born in Chicago but moved to my families hometown in Jalisco until the age of 10, when were turned to the States in order to be closer to the rest…

@lacroixlines • Nubes, Digital Art • 5 Questions: 1. My mom came to the US in 1990 on a Fulbright scholarship to attend grad school. Her home country of Perú was in a period of increasing political and economic instability due to…

@gsolorioart • HOY VOY A CAMBIAR, White charcoal on paper • 5 Questions: Grecia Solorio “Ambos Nogales”: Nogales, Arizona, USA/Nogales, Sonora, Mexico 1. My mother was born and raised in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, while my father grew up in Mexico City. Because…

@niduman • idilduman.com • 5 Questions: 1. I did technically have a non-immigrant start to my journey to Chicago. I came here as an international student upon getting accepted to SAIC with a scholarship in 2018, and the situation in both my…

@jimenah.aart  •  linktr.ee/mapleworkshop.art • 5 Questions: 1. Mi familia se mudó a Estados Unidos buscando una mejor vida y oportunidades de trabajo. Mientras mis padres vivían en Chicago nací yo, pero por falta de avance en el proceso migratorio y también por…

@artbypepperplease • 5 Questions: 1. The primary reason for settling in the U.S. was love.  My grandfather was stationed in Okinawa during the Cold War. This is how he met Yuriko Itokazu, my grandmother. My grandfather didn’t have much say in where…

@kaltra • www.kaltras.com • Utopia Reimagined, Photo Collage • 5 Questions: 1. My family and I won the lottery to come to America in the early 2000’s. After half a millenium of being colonized, World Wars and multiple masacres, a violent dictatorship,…

@brekkie.rice • Dusk in the Desert, 2D Visual Art • 5 Questions: 1. The waves of imperialism have a history of moving bodies like mine into countries like this. My family’s immigration story to the U.S. is one that shares origins with so…

@lorenasalinas_studio  •  Freedom, Liberty & Justice For All, c. 2025, Acrylic painting. 5 Questions: 1. I immigrated to the United States when I was 13 years old. At that point was when I practically met my parents since they left me in…

@lydiajart • Renegade, Gelli plate and linocut print • Bio | Art Statement I create art as an exploration of the human condition. Through my personal experiences and the experiences of others, I explore themes of identity, otherness, alienation, faith, healing, and…

@katallages • 5 Questions: 1. My parents deserve all the credit for the long and soul crushing journey they made to get to where they are today. It’s a reason that repeats itself over and over, but a chance at a new…

5 Questions: 1. My mother’s side is from Syria, my fathers side from Lebanon; both are Assyrian. Both sides of my family immigrated to this country to escape persecution. 2. I grew up surrounded by family. My dad’s parents lived with us.…

@juice_box7557 • En Cada Esquina 1, This Project is a collaboration with Angie Zavaleta. Photography, dimensions • Bio | Art Statement I’m Michael Azpeitia. I am currently a Photography student at the School of the Art Institute Of Chicago, I have always…

@papayaguayaba1999 • 5 Questions: 1. Have you ever read about how monarch butterflies migrate south to Mexico from North America? When they sense the change in the air and temperatures, the butterflies know it’s time to go. They travel in groups and…

@peauxline • 5 Questions: 1. My family’s reason for moving here was for me to receive better education and Opportunities. 2. We have had family members being detained by ICE and being deported back to Indonesia. With the ongoing incidents, a lot…

@ritagarciasindelarart  •  tinystudioschicago.com • 5 Questions: 1. I am third-generation on both sides, so like a lot of people who are a little removed from the family immigration story, I didn’t know or think very deeply about our origin story for many…

@roelephantom • Soaring, Water based spray paint on paper • Bio | Art Statement A multidisciplinary artist whose practice bridges graffiti, robotics, and digital culture. They are the creator of Roelephantom, a universe centered around Roele, a robotic elephant who spray paints…

@nebluas • montera hat, weaving • 5 Questions: 1. My family moved due to the socio-economic corrupt governance of Peruvian governance. My abuelos and everyone before them are Quechua, who have lived in the mountains of Cotahuasi, Arequipa, Peru for generations of…

@mishipiku  • mishipiku-art.carrd.co • 5 Questions: 1. My parents immigrated from the Philippines nearly 30 years ago, looking for greener pastures. They based us in one of the most diverse immigrant communities in Chicago, and from there I was born and raised.…

@rage_method_chi • La Jaola De Oro, Oil paint on gessoed canvas • 5 Questions: 1. My father arrived in the United States as a teenager without documentation and did not gain citizenship until I was a teenager myself. For most of my…

@tkb.studio  •  www.tkb.studio • 5 Questions: 1. In the lull between Christmas and New Year’s, I bring homemade pierogi to lunch with Babcia. She smiles at the familiar flavors—potatoes, mushrooms, onions—and says again, “Starosc nie radosc.” Getting old is no joy. She’s…

@tonimaugeriartwork • 5 Questions: 1. My Great Grandfather Bartholomew Maugeri came to the United States from Sicily in 1905 for political reasons. 2. Our immigration story has created a strong family bond. The hardships and loss my brothers and I experienced at…

@beautyvictoriapaint • Bunetal, Acrylic • 5 Questions: 1. I came ot the State when I was 19. 100% accepted at University of TN in Martin. Martin is a small campus town that is about 3 hours away from Memphis. The school sent a…

@itsvictoriariza • 5 Questions: 1. The driving reason for my family’s immigration from the Philippines to the United States was my lolo’s dream – to live in the land “flowing with milk and honey,” a Latter-day Saint reference to this country being…

@_ygcreations_ • yg-creations.square.site • 5 Questions: 1. My Parent’s journey to the US was made and driven by the desire to break generational trauma and create a united family that can thrive and accomplish what they couldn’t. My mother came to the…