Gillion Carrara’s brushes currently on view at the Galerie Kornfeld, Berlin, in the group exhibition Chicago Grid curated by Jan Tichy.
- December 16th, 2020Etsy Shop
- March 3rd, 2020Gillion Carrara photographed by Michelle Litvin (2019)
- November 5th, 2019we are material event, october 2019
- July 1st, 2019gillion featured in harper’s bazaar arabia
- May 22nd, 2019gillion for michigan ave magazine
- May 9th, 2019we are MATERIAL at evanston art center
- May 9th, 2019new glass tableware
- May 9th, 2019new glass jewelry
- March 18th, 2019silver badger hair shaving brush and mink and ermine blush brush – berlin, 2019.
- January 23rd, 2019alfonso carrara at galerie kornfeld – berlin, 2019.
- January 3rd, 2019we are material design collective
- November 15th, 2018costume colloquium vi, florence, italy – lecturing on beata kania, master embroiderer
- March 26th, 2018mixta trunk show 23 – 25 march 2018 | san miguel allende mexico
- March 20th, 2018the fair | evanston art center 14 – 18 March 2018
- March 1st, 2018IN THE NEWS newcity features our new collective, we are material
- November 27th, 2017fashion resource center legacy – featured in saic’s fnewsmagazine
- June 3rd, 2017newspaper designed by jason pickleman
- May 29th, 2017someone else magazine – feature – the calm before: at home with gillion carrara
- May 8th, 2017gallery 19 trunk show – 19 may 2017
- March 2nd, 2017featured in chicago tribune – 2 march 2017
- December 11th, 2016gallery 19 trunk show – 11 December 2016
- October 19th, 2016featured in chicago woman magazine, october/november 2016 issue
- September 7th, 2016pistachios opening reception – 15 september 2016, 5:30 – 8:30pm
- August 16th, 2016in collaboration with katrin schnabl
- May 26th, 2016actress posing with cuff bracelets – james white ©2015
- April 24th, 2016chicago humanities festival – style matters – 30 April 2016
- November 11th, 2015Bracelets to Compliment Katrin Schnabl’s Designs featured in Harper’s Bazaar Arabia October Issue
- February 11th, 2015CS Magazine December 2014
alfonso carrara at galerie kornfeld – berlin, 2019.
Alfonso Carrara drawings currently on view at the Galerie Kornfeld, Berlin, in the group exhibition Chicago Grid curated by Jan Tichy.
While spending summers in and around Siena Italy from 1990 to 2005, Alfonso would remove pages from any number of paperback books, read or not. He would give attention to the text, whether written in English, French, or Italian. He responded with a drawing on the page, and on occasion, he felt the urge to draw on both sides. As always, he stored each drawing in a cardboard box or gave them as signed gifts. He continued to archive every line drawing to his death in 2010. There are five 9×12 cardboard boxes containing these artistic expressions.
He was my muse.
Gillion Carrara
12.11.18
we are material design collective
MATERIAL is a collective of designers with a shared commitment to a creative practice that redefines the intersection of artisanal tradition with contemporary silhouettes.
MATERIAL will create curated, experiential gatherings in artist spaces that address an aspect of the design practice, such as ideation, collection design, and material sourcing.
We believe that audiences and designers benefit by a more meaningful dialogue. By bringing together diverse designers and artisans who create and manufacture locally, we intend to rekindle this designer-patron relationship in a MATERIAL way.
GILLION CARRARA is a Chicago-based metalsmith and academic whose creative process is fueled by her interest in exploring the relationship between materials, function and fabrication. Reflecting her preference for solitary work, she carefully sculpts and molds natural and industrial materials such as silver, horn, shell, wood, and stainless steel sourced locally and internationally. The results are sensual and tactile accessories and objects that have earned her a following among collectors around the world. She is the founding director of the School of the Art Institute Fashion Resource Center and is a member of the faculty.
ANDREA REYNDERS’s designs reflect and define the space between body and garment, dreams and reality and the relationship between our private worlds and our lived expressions of being. This aesthetic approach inspires a vision of dressing that appeals to women and men. Professor Emeritus of the School of the Art Institute’s Fashion Department, and currently Design Director at the Chicago Fashion Incubator at Macy’s, she continues to nurture designers internationally.
ANNA BROWN brings a background in modern art and comparative literature in Spanish and Portuguese to clothing design. Her collection research includes historical menswear and workwear, twentieth-century art and design, and the built environment’s interaction with nature. While always interested in volume, proportion, and dynamic asymmetry, her practice is guided by inventive forms that are true to modern life. She currently works from her storefront studio in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago.
costume colloquium vi, florence, italy – lecturing on beata kania, master embroiderer
alliance française – givenchy lecture – 24 april 2018
a pleasure to present on hubert givenchy at the alliance française in april; an enjoyable evening.
mixta trunk show 23 – 25 march 2018 | san miguel allende mexico
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the fair | evanston art center 14 – 18 March 2018
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documentary video by claude-aline nazaire-miller | look of life, inc.
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a collaboration with photographer and videographer claude-aline nazaire-miller look of life, inc. this is an exclusive inside look into my studio processes.
join we are MATERIAL at evanston art center’s THE FAIR
THE FAIR evanston art center
14 – 18 March 2018
OPENING RECEPTION: Wednesday, March 14 from 5p to 8p
THE FAIR HOURS: Thu + Fri 11a to 6p | Sat + Sun 11a to 3p
PANEL DISCUSSION: Saturday, March 17 at 1p
Participating designers include: Abigail Glaum-Lathgury, Alex Ulichny, Arun Dismuke of Misanthrope, Katrin Schnabl, Kristin Mariani, Radical Visibility Collective, Andrea Reynders, Anke Loh, Anna Brown, Department of Curiosities, Gerry Quinton, Gillion Carrara, Jack Cave, Jamie Hayes
I will be so pleased to introduce you to new jewelry and objects. More and more, I am using natural materials with silver. Bring your friends! This is an ideal opportunity to socialize. I will be present during all the hours of THE FAIR. Join us as Andrea, Anna, and I introduce you to our new collective: we are MATERIAL
alliance française at the casino club – dior lecture – march 2018

a pleasure to present on christian dior at the casino club with alliance française