tête-à-tête

“It’s not often that a fellow artist sits you down and tasks you with articulating your creative journey and mission, but that is precisely what Harry has cultivated with his visual (and transcribed audio) series. This project sheds duel light on what it means to work as an individual, as well as a member of our Chicago community. If you focus in on one of Harry’s pieces, you get an intimate glimpse at an artist’s unique narrative and point of view. Pull away and consider the series as a whole, and you are presented with the pulse of Chicago’s art scene - capturing the essence of our industry.

It is quite an apt positioning: I’ve always felt like Chicago differs from other city’s art scenes due to its nature of collaboration over competition. On the whole, I’ve felt support has been prioritized over success. We work best when we consider our peers to be our collaborators and an extension of each other’s audiences. Hence, this marriage of individual and partnership is an intuitive pairing.

With this series, each artists’ vulnerabilities are pooled into a shared experience, gaining strength from its myriad voices without undermining the individual, irreplaceable narratives. The crisp visual portraits overlaid with transcribed interviews offer a clean and minimalist focus, only enhanced by the scale of the prints. There is nowhere for the subject to hide and thus, the spectator is offered untethered intimacy. To be immersed in a gallery of Harry’s prints feels as if you’ve received an invitation to an evening salon with a fabulous guest list, a fascinating and authentic conversation possible at every turn.

And of course, it is hard to mention this series without thinking of the long-term archival impact. Harry is assembling a visual time capsule that has all the potential to mature into a beguiling glimpse of Chicago’s art scene. And I already enjoy thinking about revisiting these works 10, 20, and 50 years down the road.”

Kathi Kati

b-bop

b-bop is a collection of improvisations and abstractions reimagined from the original series tête-à-tête …

with these pieces, I’m experimenting with concepts and techniques that are less traditional then the ones I’ve used for the past thirty years. They allow me a way to express a completely different side of my creative process and experiment with printing techniques that reflect the process in which they are created. 

the road

on the road  combines distinct locations that I have visited and documented through photography. These combinations alter and abstract the original context. This new dialog allows the viewer a subliminal and personal connection which is open to interpretation based on personal experiences 

select exhibitions

2022 Gallery Artists Rosenthal Fine Art Chicago Il

2021 “be honest” Waterstreet Studios Batavia Il

2019 Group Exhibition Rosenthal Fine Art Chicago Il

2018 Now and Then Rosenthal Fine Art Chicago Il

2016  Streams of Consciousness   Rosenthal Fine Art Chicago Il

2013  ExpoChicago Rosenthal Fine Art  Navy Pier Chicago Il

2013  Art Spectrum/Artspot 33Contemporary Gallery Art Basl week Miami Fl

2013  “Xpressionism Curated by Harry Sudman 33Contemporrary Gallery Chicago Il

2012  “Art Energy Future” group exhibition Museo Regioale Di Science Naturali      Torino, Italy

2012  “Kink” D:CL Gallery Chicago, Il

2012  “Facemask” National Juried Self portrait Exhibition Zhou B. Art Center       Chicago, Il

2011 “7th Anunual National Self Portrait Exhibition” Zhou B Art Center Chicago, Il

2011  ” Down and Dirty” Group exhibition Parlor Gallery Asbury Park N.J.

2011  “Get Real”  Group exhibition currated by Sergio Gomez 33Collective Gallery      Chicago Il

2011  “Terrible Twos” Group exhibition Parlor Gallery Asbury Park NJ

2010  ARG collaboration Zhou B Art Center Chicago Il

2010  09.17.10 solo exhibition 33Collective Gallery Chicago, Il

2010  Gallery Artists  33Collective Gallery Chicago, Il

2009  Chavira, Gomez & Sudman  Tall Grass Art Center Park Forest, Il

2009 “KInk” Solo exhibition Solidair Gallery New Orleans,LA

2009 ” When Smoking was Cool” Group Show Black Maria Gallery Los Angeles

2009 “Radius” 33Collective Chicago

2009  Prarie State Chicago Heights, Il

2009 “Collective Resonance” 33Collective Gallery Chicago

2009 Group Show Solidair Gallery New Orleans La.

2008 Solo Exhibition Las Manos Gallery Chicago

2008 Group Exhinition 33collective Gallery Chicago

2008 “Collective Substance” 33Collective Gallery Chicago

2008 “Continium” 33collective Gallery Chicago

2007 Reality Show Las Manos Gallery Chicago

2007 Mods and Rockers Solo show Las Manos Gallery Chicago

2007 Artec Peter Jones Gallery Chicago

2006 Conepts In Realism Group Show Las Manos Gallery Chicago

2006 “Inaugural Exhibit” expgallery Chicago, Il

2005 “Miniature” Las Manos Gallery Chicago

2005 “Concepts In Realism” Group Show Las Manos Gallery Chicago

2005 G.I.A.N.T. Gallery 555 Detroit Mi

2004 “Chicago Images” Group Show Fredrick Baker Gallery Chicago Il

2004 Solo Exhibition Las Manos Gallery Chicago

2004 Artec 2004 Group Show Chicago, Il

2003 Group show “War” Las Manos Gallery Chicago

1999 “Atelier Neo Medici” Arhnued Gallery Dekalb Il

1999 “Five Realist Painters” Elgin Community College

1994 Group Show Group Show University Museum S.I.U. Carbondale Il

1993 La Primevera College of Lake County, Grays lake Il

1992 Chicago Coallition for the Homeless Chicago, Il

1991 “Introspections” College of Lake County, Greys Lake Il

1990 Chicago International Art Expo Hokin Kaufman Gallery Navy Pier, Chicago Il

1990 Illinois Coalition for the Homeless Randolph St. Gallery Chicago,Il

1990 “On Paper” Hokin Kaufman Gallery Chicago, Il

1989 Group Show Hokin Kaufman Gallery Chicago, Il

1989 Atelier Neo Medici Gallery Ravel New York, N.Y

1989 Realism to Tromp L: oeil College of Lake County Greys Lake, Il

1989 Group Show Prarie Ave. Gallery Chicago, Il

1988 Group Show J. Rosenthal Fine Arts Chicago Il

1988 Solo Exhibition J. Rosenthal Fine Arts Chicago Il

1986 “Realism” Bowling Green University, Bowling Green Oh

1985 Union League Juried Art Show Artemesia Gallery/ Union League Club      Chicago Il

1985 “Realism” J. Rosenthal Fine Arts Chicago Il

1985 Drawing Group Show J. Rosenthol Fine Arts Chicago Il

1985 Group Show J. Rosenthal Fine Arts Chicago Il

1984 “Chicago to Paris, Round Trip” Adler Cultural Center Libertyville Il

1984 Twentieth Century American Drawings J. Rosenthol Fine Arts Chicago Il

1983 “Realisim” J. Rosenthal Fine Arts Chicago Il

1983 F.I.A.C. Grande Palais, Paris France

1983 Group Show J. Rosenthal Fine Arts Northbrook Il

1982 Atelier Neo Medici Gallery Jean-Pierre Lavigne Paris, France

1981 Juried Exhibition Mitchell Museum Mt.Vernon Il

select collections

Commerzbank of Germany

McDonalds Corporation

Regis Corporation

Wheaton College

Hyatt Corporation

Center on Halsted