April 2026

Jazz Visions by Ken Klopack

Nat Cole by Ken Klopack

The Leslie Wolfe Gallery is proud to present Jazz Visions by Ken Klopack!

Artist Statement:

I’ve created a series of works that are visual inventions of compositions by jazz artists such as Nat King Cole, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington, Stan Getz and others. Taking a page out of Wassily Kandinsky’s artworks about music, I’ve interpreted the music of these legendary artists in a personal way. The colors, shapes and line that dominate my paintings convey the sounds that I hear in their performances and the visual puzzle on canvas entices the observer to be free to decipher.

About Ken Klopack:

Ken Klopack, acrylic painter, political cartoonist and art teacher has taught art in the Chicago Public Schools, the Art Institute of Chicago and Miami of Ohio University. Ken, now retired from full-time teaching, is an art and gifted education consultant, teaching in Chicago and in Door County, WI.

Ken has won several education awards, the Golden Apple Award, the Kohl International Teaching Award and Elementary Art Educator of the Year in Illinois by IAEA in ‘97. Ken has been active in the Midwest art scene and also exhibited in New York, West Hampton Beach and Wisconsin. Ken was part of Chicago’s Cool Globes Project. Ken participated in the public art display,“The Great Chicago Fire Hydrant Exhibition” He has exhibited public art in Door County Wisconsin for many years. Ken is the author of “Show Off Your Art,” a contributing author to “School Arts Magazine”, “Arts and Activities,” and “Best Classroom Practices: What Award-Winning Elementary Teachers Do.” Ken’s work is featured on his website kenklopackart.com

Leslie Wolfe Gallery – 1763 N North Park Avenue – Chicago
312.337.1938
Reception: April 12 from 2-4 PM 
On view: April 12 – May 7