Join The Golden Triangle as we celebrate our 30th anniversary with an event highlighting the best of global design. As an importer + antique dealer, The Golden Triangle has traveled the world finding rare and sophisticated furnishings that have stood the test of time. Now we want to celebrate those who are making the collectibles of the future. Local is part of the global and The Golden Triangle supports our Chicago artists and makers.
To celebrate this milestone, we have invited a select group of Chicago's most distinguished artists and makers to create and exhibit the single best piece they've ever made - their modern masterpiece.
On exhibit: works by Adam Siegel, Jacob Wener for Modern Industry, Steven Haulenbeek, Sarah Raskey, Lucy Slivinski, David Winn, Laurel Feldman, Andrew Ek, Mark Yee, and Addison Xu.
In celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, entertainment will be provided by Jon Cotay Events. Guests will enjoy global beats by Dj Kimberlite, live music by Fulcrum Point and creative refreshments and libations. Hors d'oeuvres will be crafted by chef Eddie Adirek Dulyapaibul of Star of Siam.
WHAT: The Golden Triangle's 30th Anniversary Party
WHEN: Thursday, May 16th I 6 - 9 PM
WHERE: The Golden Triangle | 330 N. Clark St.
DRESS: Cocktail Casual
***RSVP HERE (space is limited)***
ARTIST BIOS
Jacob Wener
Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Jacob Wener began woodworking at a very young age. With tutelage from both his father and grandfather, he spent many a night in the basement shop perfecting his craft. His father, a machinist, introduced him to the world of metalwork, expanding his repertoire of design tools. A passion for aesthetics was cultivated by yearly summer vacations to Manhattan's Upper East Side with his mother. Formal training came in the form of a degree in Architecture from The University of Kansas.
Adam Siegel
Chicago artist Adam Siegel is nationally recognized for the breadth of his work as an abstract painter and photographer. Known for his large-scale works, Siegel presents a soulful refinement to the contemporary category. Influenced deeply by his time in Japan, the artist merges two distinct sensibilities—East and West—with compositions that showcase an elusive and elegant balance of both. His works meld the Internet's ceaseless capacity to stream constant images while echoing the authority of anonymous histories and lost treasures.
Sarah Raskey
Sarah Raskey is a visionary artist, a licensed clinical professional psychotherapist, a certified art therapist and a former graduate art therapy/psychology professor at both the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and DePaul University. She is the owner of Sarah Raskey Fine Art Gallery in the West Loop where she exhibits her work exclusively. As an artist, Sarah believes in changing the way people look at art. She is dedicated to artistic and transformative living, creative design, and evolving global and social awareness through the arts. She has exhibited nationally and internationally since 2000 and has created a prolific volume of work in both residential and commercial settings.
Andrew Ek
Andrew Ek is a self-taught painter living and working in Chicago. His paintings are crystallized visions that have surfaced or have been captured, usually at random, from a thought or emotion. The creative process usually begins upon viewing an image or visiting a place and he then feels compelled to develop that idea into a painting. Currently, he’s interested in boredom and mundanity.
Lucy Slivinski Lighting
Lucy Slivinski is a critically acclaimed sculptor and installation artist based in Chicago. Slivinski holds an MFA, from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a BFA, from Northern Illinois University. She has utilized salvaged materials in her practice for over 30 years. Slivinski has exhibited her work in Miami at Art Basel, Fusion MIA, and SCOPE fairs and all over the world has had numerous
one-person exhibitions in New York City, Chicago, Bordeaux, France, Havana, Cuba and Reading, PA to name a few. She has several commissioned public art installations throughout Chicago.
Steven Haulenbeek
Steven Haulenbeek is an American artist and designers who live and works in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Hope College in Holland, Michigan and received a degree in drawing and sculpture. Living and working in the Holland/Grand Rapids area, a hotbed of American design and furniture manufacturing became a very powerful influence. He fell in love with the Eames’, Nelson, Saarinen, Bertoia, etc., while simultaneously trying to discover his path as a sculptor.
Laurel H. Feldman
Laurel Hollis Feldman is the founder of Laurel Feldman Interiors, Inc. Her art history and extensive decorative arts background enriches her interiors by emphasizing an eclectic mix of the period of design. She is sensitive to the architecture and space of a project while always maintaining her clients' needs and their personal desires. Establishing Laurel Feldman Interiors in 1983, Laurel works to make the design process one of enjoyment and excitement for her clients.
David Winn
David Winn is a product, packaging and environment designer. He has studied and worked in all major material categories including metalworking, woodworking, ceramics, glassblowing, and composites. He believes that a strong foundation in art and science, as well as social understanding, will allow for greater options in creating a successful design. Some of the clients he has designed for include Pepsi, Gatorade, SCJ, P&G, Conagra, Jennie-O, Torani, T-mobile, Oral-B, Intermatic, and Kraft.
Mark Yee
Mark Yee, a 2nd generation Chinese American was born and raised in Chicago. Yee earned his MBA and worked in the world of finance for 20 years, never knowing that he had a talent for art. His artwork has gone from a coffee house to a museum in just 7 years.
Addison Xu
Addison Xu is a Chicago based painter inspired by the representational tradition. A recent graduate of Grand Central Atelier in New York City, Xu is interested in the traditional genres of portraiture, figurative, and still life painting, and seeks to explore ideas that are relevant in the modern day.