About the Artist

Aviva Alter and Alan Lerner are both artists that grew up in the Chicago area and attended school at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where they met. Alter was the Director of Lill Street Art Center for many years and Lerner taught at the School of the Art Institute, the Chicago Printmakers Collaborative and also Lill Street. They each, have pursued their own careers exhibiting at local galleries such as the Hyde Park art Center, the Cultural Center and other galleries, including the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Objects Gallery and Ignition Projects. As collaborators, their work touches on questions of mortality, politics, emotional resilience and illness with an emphasis on the environment and climate change.