The gallery is pleased to announce representation of the Estate of Hollis Sigler (b. 1948, Gary, IN, d. 2001, Prairie View, IL). Sigler was an educator, activist, and pioneering feminist artist, who lived and worked in Chicago. In the late 1970s, Sigler abandoned photorealism in favor of a naive style of representation, influenced by the unrestrained drawing of her youth, and driven by a desire to shift how narrative was communicated in art. Centered on the experiences of women, Sigler's works depicted domestic scenes set within skewed, nearly theatrical spaces. Figures were often depicted in shadow or absent entirely from Sigler's compositions, and in their place, opened dressers, strewn items of clothing, and traces of activity would suggest the aftermath of an event. Sigler's work would undergo another shift in 1985 after she was diagnosed with breast cancer, a disease that had also afflicted her mother and grandmother. While Sigler initially kept her diagnosis private, her works became increasingly charged with frenetic brushstrokes and agitated colors, as she connected her own fears of impermanence with the natural world. After her cancer recurred in 1992, the subject of illness became an urgent fixture within Sigler's work, starting her series Breast Cancer Journal: Walking with the Ghosts of My Grandmothers that same year. Despite her waning health, Sigler remained resolute, positioning her work not only as a personal catharsis but also as a way to demystify the disease. Earlier this year, the gallery presented the first solo exhibition of Hollis Sigler's work in New York in over three decades. #HollisSigler Images: 1. Hollis Sigler in her studio c . 1990s 2-3. The Beginning Of The End, 1996 3-4. It Is More Than The Loss Of My Breast, 1993 5-6. Her Fantasy Of Love Was Larger Than Life, 1984