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Saturday
Nov152025

Chris Austin 'Give Yourself Space' Original Available

Artist: Chris Austin
Title: Give Yourself Space
Medium: Gouache on Wood
Size: 30 x 30 cm
Edition: UNIQUE
Prices: $2,160

Canadian artist Chris Austin, a self-taught painter and sculptor based in Toronto, is renowned for his surreal, vibrant artwork that blends unexpected elements of nature to explore themes of environmental change and interconnectedness. His unique visual style, which he describes as a "mash-up", draws inspiration from graffiti, collage, and sign writing, resulting in images that are both playful and introspective.
Austin's work often features majestic, sometimes feared, apex predators like sharks, bears, and orcas, placed in serene, unnatural, yet recognizable terrestrial landscapes such as forests or fields. He intentionally uses these surprising juxtapositions to challenge the viewer's perceptions of these animals, presenting them not as threats but as vital parts of a delicate ecosystem in need of protection. His paintings possess an otherworldly, luminous quality achieved through extensive experimentation with acrylic and gouache paints, a technique that he constantly refines through trial and error.
With a meticulous process grounded in research and photo references taken during his hikes, Austin's finished works often feature flat colors without volume or shadow, focusing instead on strong composition and color palettes. His art has been exhibited in galleries internationally.
Sunday
Oct122025

Olga Esther 'Bad Cats' Print Available

Artist: Olga Esther
Title: Bad Cats
Medium: Giclee Print
Size: 16 x 22 Inches
Edition: 40
Price: $150

Olga Esther is a Spanish painter and illustrator who creates a dreamlike universe where princesses refuse to be saved. Born in Valencia on 2 January 1975, she grew up during the final days of Franco’s regime and later studied Fine Arts at the Polytechnic University of Valencia. Her canvases and works on paper are populated by wide-eyed girls, weeping birds and masked royalty who stare out at the viewer with equal parts innocence and defiance. Using delicate layers of oil on wood panel, she builds soft flesh against flat, jewel-toned backgrounds so that each figure appears to glow from within.
The artist’s recurring motif of reluctant princesses serves as a gentle but pointed critique of traditional gender roles. Lace collars, crowns and flower wreaths appear only to be undercut by tears, blood drops or a frog who “kills himself because he is ignored,” turning familiar fairy-tale imagery into quiet acts of feminist rebellion. The symbolism is further enriched by medieval and religious references sacred hearts, halos and ornate textiles that suggest both reverence and resistance to inherited narratives.
Exhibitions at Thinkspace, Beinart Gallery and Urban Nation have carried her work from Spain to the United States and Germany, while awards such as third place in the 2018 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize have cemented her place in contemporary pop-surrealism. When she is not painting, Esther shares process videos and sketches with her 47,000 Instagram followers, inviting them into a world where vulnerability is strength and every princess is her own saviour.
Sunday
Oct122025

Max Sansing 'Rapture' Artist Proof Available

Artist: Max Sansing
Title: Rapture
Medium: Deckled Giclee Print
Size: 36 x 38 Inches
Edition: A/P
Price: $625

 

Max Sansing is a Chicago born muralist and fine artist whose vivid portraits fuse photorealistic technique with the explosive colour of street art. Raised in Avalon Park by two creative parents, he began drawing at four and joined graffiti crews as a teen, painting permission walls across the city and learning to handle aerosol, markers and rollers with precision. That early training in scale and speed still feeds his current practice, where oil painted faces emerge through swirling flames, neon clouds and cascading streaks of turquoise, emerald or magenta.
After two years at the American Academy of Art, Sansing translated his graffiti hunger into monumental murals that now span Chicago, Denver, Boston and beyond. His figures, often everyday neighbours or local schoolchildren, are rendered in hyperreal detail yet bathed in supernatural hues, a choice he calls “humanism over colourism”. Recurring symbols such as skeleton keys pay homage to childhood rides on the elevated train with his CTA employed father, suggesting that every person holds the tool to unlock new pathways.
Community anchors every project. He has partnered with Nike, Virgil Abloh and the Chicago Fire FC to fund youth programmes, and his 2024 mural at Michele Clark Prep Magnet School turns a brick wall into a beacon of possibility visible from the Eisenhower Expressway. Whether painting Fred Hampton, Frankie Knuckles or an unknown teen, Sansing scales individual stories to civic monuments, reminding viewers that culture is power and that the next revolution might begin with a spray can and an open wall.

 

Monday
May192025

Kevin Peterson 'Commune' Print Release Details

Artist: Kevin Peterson
Title: Commune
Medium: Hand Deckled Giclee Print
Size: 16 x 16 Inches
Edition: 40
Prices: $150

*available at 1pm EST on Friday May 23rd, 2025

Friday
Oct252024

Mr. S 'Adrift' Print Available

Artist: Mr S.
Title: Adrift
Medium: Deckled Giclee Print
Size: 24 x 32 Inches
Edition: 40
Price: $250

Wednesday
Jun122024

Sandra Chevrier 'Eternal Love' Print Release Details

Artist: Sandra Chevrier
Title: La Cage et l’Amour Éternel (Eternal Love)
Medium: Giclee Print on Deckled Paper
Size: 12 x 9 Inches
Edition: 150
Price: $250

*available at 1pm EST Friday June 21st

Tuesday
Feb212023

Langston Allford 'Embrace' Print Release Details

Artist: Langston Allston
Title: Embrace
Medium: Deckled Edge Digital Giclee Print
Size: 18 x 24 Inches
Edition: 60
Price: $175

*available February 24th at 1pm EST

Saturday
Dec032022

Ben Tollman '0001' Print Release Details

Artist: Ben Tollman
Title: 0001
Medium: 1 Color Screen Print
Size: 15 x 20 Inches
Edition: 20
Price: $100

*available at Unmode opening tonight or Wednesday December 7th online if remaining

Tuesday
Nov082022

Young-Ji Cha 'Sea Saw' Diptych Release Details

Artist: Young-Ji Cha
Title: Sea Saw
Medium: Digital Giclee Print
Size: (2x) 14 x 14 inches
Edition: 30
Price: $100

Check it out HERE

*available Friday November 11th at 1pm EST

Wednesday
Mar202019

Josh Keyes 'Stairway To Heaven' Print Release Details

Artist: Josh Keyes
Title: Stariway To Heaven
Medium: Giclee Print
Size: 28 x 21 Inches
Edition: 175
Price: $200

Check it out HERE

*available 1pm EST TODAY Wednesday March 20th