Call For Art

Purple Window Gallery invites you to enter Juicy, an international juried painting exhibition that seeks to celebrate the formal qualities of the painted medium. Subject matter may be figurative, non-objective, and everything in between. Work may not exceed 72 inches (183 cm) in any direction. Works may be listed as not for sale. If listed for sale, artist receives 60%.

Purple Window is an artist-led, community-supported project space and gallery located inside Mana Contemporary Chicago. As an artist cooperative, Purple Window is jointly owned and democratically controlled by its members. These members form a panel of Chicago-based artists devoted to cultivating a sense of community and empowerment for artists both within and outside of city limits. Purple Window strives to promote local, emerging, and under-represented artists and makers by exhibiting innovative artists across disciplines through yearly calls for art, curated invitational shows, and monthly member exhibitions. We believe artists and makers need community to thrive and communities need creators to flourish.

Natalie Pivoney is a contemporary oil painter and educator serving as a Project Coordinator for Purple Window Gallery in Chicago, IL. Pivoney earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in 2019 from Northern Illinois University, a Master of Arts in Studio Art in 2016 from Eastern Illinois University, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a focus in Art Education in 2013 from Southern Illinois University where she earned her Illinois Professional Educator License. Solo exhibitions include Chasing Dopamine at Purple Window Gallery in Chicago in 2023 and Games for May at Northern Illinois University in 2019 as well as numerous group exhibitions throughout the United States. She has worked as an arts educator at the college and elementary levels, has juried multiple shows, and served as president for the Graduate Arts Association while at NIU. Pivoney has completed artist residencies in Galesburg, Illinois and Paonia, Colorado; has won 1st place in the 2017 Imprints of the Mind exhibition at Dittmar Gallery and Juror’s Choice Award in the 2018 Ars Nova exhibition at the Jack Olson Gallery and has been featured in multiple magazines including Studio Visit Magazine, PIKCHUR Magazine, and Art+Type Magazine.

Current Exhibitions

Conversations with Artists

Domesticity. Online exhibition.

November 1st - December 31st, 2024

Fern Apfel, Laura Barr, Márcia Baptista, Theresa DeSalvio, Jim Fiora, Michele Fischer-Paul, Leslie Kerby, Martin Kotler, Carole Kunstadt, Brendan Lancaster, Ellen Leigh, Elizabeth McMahon, Leslie Nemour, Natalie Pivoney, Diane Pribojan, Cristina Rodríguez, Kelley Simons Syed, Jessica Somers, Joanne Stowell

Side Street Studio Arts

69 For 69 - A Magnetic Fields Art Show. Elgin, IL. Curated by Janelle O'Malley.

November 1 - December 1, 2024.

As an homage to the album's 25th year in existence, each artist in the exhibition has created a piece decoding a selected song of their choice. Each piece echoes 69 Love Songs' sentimental goopiness and glaring cynicism. The exhibition serves as a collective look into our perception of relationships and all of its complexities. The album is explored by artists both familiar with the work and those who are experiencing it for the first time. Small scale sculpture, painting and photography come together to explore every facet of the musical score.