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Leslie Wolfe Gallery

The Leslie Wolfe Gallery offers artists and visitors, alike, the opportunity to explore and discover. Each month a new artist is given the reins to exhibit their personal style of artwork in our public space. The Gallery is a program of the Old Town Triangle Association, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Artists interested in exhibiting can learn more in the “Call For Artists” section.

ABOUT

The Leslie Wolfe Gallery continues to break new ground by offering exhibit space for emerging artists, students, instructors, and established artists. Exhibits are on display for four weeks, kicked off with a weekend reception. The Gallery is named after local artist and community advocate, Leslie Wolfe, who was dedicated to the arts and artists. Her passion is reflected in the jury’s selections each month.

Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Friday 10-5, and Saturday 10-1.

CURRENT EXHIBITION

When Form Becomes Feeling

Bobbye Cochran

Find Bobbye Cochran’s work on Instagram: @bobbye_cochran

Opening Reception: Sunday, September 13 | 2-4 PM

Exhibition: September 13 – October 7

Artist Statement

My work explores the evolving relationships between color, gesture, and form. Through painting, printmaking, and collage, I work intuitively, allowing each piece to develop through experimentation, revision, and discovery. I often begin with a simple mark, color, or shape, building, removing, shifting, and reworking until the composition finds its own balance.

Moving between painting and printmaking has become an important part of my practice. The immediacy of painting and the repetition and unpredictability of printmaking continually influence one another, opening possibilities I might not have discovered through either process alone.

Color is central to my work—not simply as description, but as an active force that creates rhythm, movement, and emotional presence. Gesture brings energy and immediacy, while form provides structure and tension. I want the work to invite looking without prescribing what should be seen, leaving space for viewers to discover their own associations and emotional connections.

About Bobbye Cochran

Bobbye Cochran is a Chicago-based artist working across painting, printmaking, and collage. Her abstract work explores the relationships between color, gesture, and form through an intuitive process of experimentation and revision.

Before dedicating herself fully to fine art, Cochran led a nationally recognized career as an illustrator and graphic designer. Named “National Illustrator of the Year” by Adweek and included among “Chicago’s 27 Designers,” her clients included American Express, United Airlines, and the Metropolitan Opera of New York. Her 20-by-60-foot mural at 900 North Michigan Avenue, home to the Four Seasons Hotel, was a Chicago landmark for over 30 years.

Cochran holds a BFA from Washington University in St. Louis and maintains an active studio practice at Mana Contemporary in Chicago. Her work is held in private and corporate collections. Recent exhibitions include the 92nd Members Exhibition at The Arts Club of Chicago and the 78th Rockford Midwestern Biennial at the Rockford Art Museum.

Leslie Wolfe Gallery
1763 N North Park Avenue 
Chicago
312-337-1938
Reception: Sunday, September 13 2-4 PM
Exhibition: September 13 – October 7