Povos aims to act as a resource for all through carefully curated show production, free resources for emerging artists, and direct-to-community projects centered around the arts and education.
Founded in 2020 by Chicago artist and art educator Lucca Colombelli, Povos was originally designed to be an exclusively online platform, however through odd strokes of luck we found a home in Chicago in 2022 at 2000 N Milwaukee. In 2023, the gallery moved to a 2300ft2 exhibition space at 1541 W Chicago ave for its second year of programming.
We enter year 3 in a new partnership with artist and gallerist Winston Guo, of “W. Gallery”. This exciting partnership sparked our expansion to an additional 1100ft2 exhibition space, “Povos Downtown” at 600 W Van Buren. Downtown will act as an extension of Povos programming, allowing the gallery to collectively open 10 exhibitions per year. Having made our art fair debut at EXPO/Frieze Chicago 2024, We look forward to a year of diverse programming in emerging contemporary art, with an emphasis on Chicago and international artists.
