Breanna Robinson

Opening Reception + Artist Talk October 15 @ 5:00p.m.

Exhibition Open October 15 - November 14

Exhibition Summary:

Phantom Sanctuary builds a speculative space using fragments of inherited practices, personal memories, and material cultures. Moving across systems of divination and vernacular rituals of everyday life, Robinson considers how meaning is made from the uncertain, the remembered, and the yet to be seen.

Drawing from Black diasporic cultures, Chicago’s civic histories, and familial records, materials are transformed through repetition, inscription, and fabulation. Archival images broken apart and reassembled, dreams turned numbers turned patterns, familiar objects assigned unfamiliar functions. The resulting works form an interstitial space, a sanctuary at once remembered and imagined.

Breanna Nannette Robinson (b. 1995) is a multidisciplinary artist who lives and works in Chicago, IL. In her studio practice, Breanna explores methodologies of memory-making within discourses of identity, cultural production, and technology. Most recently, she was listed as a 2025 Newcity Breakout Artist and was awarded a Luminarts Visual Arts Fellowship in 2024. Her work has been highlighted in the press with Hyperallergic and Vocalo. Some of her favorite things include grid systems, full moons, and treasure hunting.

Participating Artists:
Breanna Robinson