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Cocktail Reception
KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. 19 September 2026Cocktail Reception Saturday, September 19, 2026 | 5–8 PM Join Kavi Gupta and artist Gordon Cheung for an intimate cocktail party celebrating Consensual Halluci/nation . Guests are invited to gather... -
Opening Reception | Gordon Cheung: Consensual Halluci/nation
KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. FL.1 17 September 2026Opening on THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 from 5-8pm, Kavi Gupta invites you to celebrate the opening of Gordon Cheung’s Consensual Halluci/nation, his first solo exhibition with the gallery. Drawing on the... -
CXW '26 Kick Off Celebration
KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. 16 September 2026CXW Kickoff Celebration Wednesday, September 16, 2026 | 8 PM Join Kavi Gupta for an informal evening marking the start of Chicago Exhibition Week. Kavi Gupta is excited to be... -
Advanced Preview | Gordon Cheung: Consensual Halluci/nation
KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. FL.1 16 September 2026Advanced preview, SEPTEMBER 16 from 3-5pm, Join artist Gordon Cheung for an advance preview of Consensual Halluci/nation , his first solo exhibition with Kavi Gupta. Led by the artist, the... -
Performance: Iranian Vocalist | Mahyar Fazeli
KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. FL.1 8 August 2026Performance Event SATURDAY August 8, 3-5PM Kavi Gupta, and Zaryab Art Labs are pleased to announce a performance taking place on Saturday, August 8, 2026, from 3 - 5 pm... -
Intro to AfriCOBRA: Part 2
Chicago Public Library 15 August 2026Saturday August 15, 2026, 2:00pm-4:00pm Jeffrey Manor Branch Come join the Jeffery Manor Branch for an informative slide presentation on AfriCobra, who are arguably one of the longest practicing and... -
Tomokazu Matsuyama
Meatpacking District, NYC 2 July - 28 September 2026The newest piece of neighborhood public art makes its debut in Meatpacking tomorrow. The Runner, a public sculpture by Japanese, Brooklyn-based artist Tomokazu Matsuyama, is on view on the newly... -
Gerald Williams: Screaming at the Sky
Opening Reception 19 June 2026Opening on Juneteenth, Friday, June 19 from 5-7pm, Kavi Gupta is pleased to present Screaming at the Sky , a landmark solo exhibition by Gerald Williams, co-founder of AfriCOBRA and...
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Past Exhibitions
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Gerald Williams: Screaming at the Sky
KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. FL.2 19 June - 15 August 2026Opening on Juneteenth, Friday, June 19 from 5-7pm The exhibition presents a new body of paintings that expands Williams' lifelong exploration of what he describes as 'mimesis at midpoint.' Neither... -
Haya Zaidi: Up Against
KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. FL. 2 2 May - 15 August 2026Kavi Gupta is pleased to present Haya Zaidi's Up Against, the artist's first solo exhibition in the United States, marking a significant milestone in her practice. Karachi-based multidisciplinary artist Haya... -
Thresholds of Representation
KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. FL. 1 | EAST GALLERY 14 February - 20 June 2026Kavi Gupta | This exhibition brings together artists from across the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Asian diaspora— artists whose lived experiences of migration, hybridity,... -
Matter of Fact
KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. FL. 2 25 April - 10 October 2025These artists explore the politics of materiality, how thread, clay, pigment, and gesture can serve as acts of reclamation, resistance, and cultural continuity. -
Devan Shimoyama & Tomokazu Matsuyama: Our Lives Storytelling
KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. FL 1 10 April - 1 October 2024DEVAN SHIMOYAMA, ARTIST: ‘I HAVE A DESIRE TO PUT MORE BLACK QUEER BODIES OR QUEER REPRESENTATION INTO THE CANON’ TOMOKAZU MATSUYAMA BLENDS POP CULTURE AND ART HISTORY TO EXPLORE HIS... -
Willie Cole: The B-Sides: 1989-2022
KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. FL. 1 1 November 2023 - 4 March 2024Kavi Gupta presents a solo exhibition surveying the career of acclaimed artist and perceptual engineer Willie Cole. Cole’s aesthetic position has long been associated with upcycling: the creative reuse of... -
Nikko Washington: For The Old Gods and The New
KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. FL. 2 28 October 2023 - 9 March 2024Kavi Gupta presents a solo exhibition of new paintings by Chicago-based artist Nikko Washington, whose work was recently featured in the gallery’s critically acclaimed, philanthropic exhibition Skin + Masks ,... -
Marie Watt: Sky Dances Light
KAVI GUPTA | WASHINGTON BLVD. FL. 1 10 June - 30 September 2023Watt’s debut exhibition with the gallery, Sky Dances Light centers her highly anticipated new series of jingle clouds: biomorphic, hanging sculptures assembled from tens of thousands of jingle cones, rolled...
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Featured News
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Gordon Cheung: Consensual Halluci/nation The Artist's First Solo with Kavi Gupta
Opening Thursday, September 17, 2026 | 5–7 PM Kavi Gupta | Washington Blvd., Chicago Artist News: Kavi Gupta is pleased to announce Consensual Halluci/nation , Gordon Cheung’s first solo exhibition... -
Sara Rahanjam
Hugenottenhaus Residency | Kassel, Germany July 10, 2026Artist News: Kavi Gupta is pleased to share that Sara Rahanjam is participating in an artist residency at Hugenottenhaus in Kassel, Germany, organized by Moving School. During the residency, Rahanjam... -
Haya Zaidi: Up Against
The Artist's Debut U.S. Solo-Exhibition May 2, 2026Artist News: Kavi Gupta is pleased to announce our upcoming debut exhibition of works by Karachi based artist Haya Zaidi (b. 1993), an artist whose practice is drawing growing recognition... -
Michael Joo
61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale Di Venezia May 9, 2026Artist News: Kavi Gupta congratulates Michael Joo on his invitation to participate in the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia by Koyo Kouoh. Michael Joo's solo exhibition...
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Haya Zaidi
Video Interview: Up Against at Kavi Gupta April 9, 2026 -
AfriCOBRA
Video Interview: MOCA North Miami March 18, 2026In this series of exclusive on-camera interviews, members of the legendary AfriCOBRA collective reflect on their exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami and their continued international presence,... -
AfriCOBRA
Video Interview: Celebrating Black History February 20, 2024The African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists or AfriCOBRA emerged from Chicago's South Side during the turbulent period of the late 1960's. 'Our response was to cull a vision, attitude...
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