Ground
Floor 2026

Ground Floor 2026 is an ongoing biennial exhibition, held since 2010, that brings together 20 artists who recently graduated in 2025 and 2026 from Chicago MFA programs at Northwestern University, The University of Chicago, the University of Illinois at Chicago, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Columbia College. Featured artists: Lamia Abukhadra, Gabby Banks, Claire Burke Dain, Ricardo De Lima, Emma Difani, naakita f.k., Aidan Anne Frierson, Laurel Hauge, Liang He, Xingyu Huang, Susan Jablonski, Isaiah Lee, Yingfei Liang, Mauricio López F., Te Palandjian, Breanna Robinson, Renee Royale, Kiana Shahnia, Laveen Gammie, Nanako Kono, and Judson Womack. Sunday, November 1 is the final day to view the exhibition. Supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Illinois Arts Council, and The Joyce Foundation.