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ABOUT US OUR TEAM CLIENT SUPPORT GALLERY STAFF: SVEN ASMUS, DIRECTOR ARICA HILTON, CURATOR ERIN BENATOR, Gallery Assistant TOM GARITI, Gallery Assistant LUCAS BLACK, Intern LOCATION: Hilton | Asmus Foto is located at the corner of Wells and Superior Streets. Hilton | Asmus Foto 716 N. Wells Street Chicago, IL 60654 contact us: info@hilton-asmus.com tel: 312.475.1788 mobile: 312.852.8200 OR 630.699.0900 Gallery hours: TUESDAY - SATURDAY: 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm SUNDAY AND MONDAY BY APPOINTMENT |
For the love of art....
1986 JEM ALEXANDER GALERIE In 1986, Arica Hilton opened Jem Alexander Galerie, a small art gallery in Westchester, IL next door to Morton's Restaurant. The gallery, named after her two son's, Jem and Alexander, became the best know secret in the Western Suburbs of Chicago. Soon after, Morton's Restaurant Group enlisted Arica to become the art curator for their now extensive collection of sports related art in the dozens of Morton's Restaurants throughout the world. 1994 GOLDEN PEARLS PUBLISHING 1994 was the beginning of Arica Hilton's first fine art publishing venture. She launched Golden Pearls Publishing which became an overnight success throughout the United States and Japan. She produced limited edition serigraphs for the Japanese market and curated fine art exhibitions in more than 30 cities. From Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto, Hokkaido to Kyushu, Hiroshima to Wakayama, Arica orchestrated fine art exhibitions throughout Japan to during the mid-90's. She was one of the early female pioneers in the publishing industry doing international business. 2000 ARICA HILTON FINE ART Arica Hilton Fine Art opened in the West Loop With more than 25 years experience representing an international array of artists, Hilton | Asmus Contemporary, (located in Chicago's River North Art District) is the partnership between veteran gallerist, artist and poet, Arica Hilton and her German-born husband, Sven Asmus. The photography division was born of their love of photography as a medium of art. Hilton | Asmus FOTO, curated by Arica Hilton, will showcase the works of a variety of artists from around the world. The gallery's mission is to exhibit prominent contemporary photographers, as well as emerging artists, showcasing a variety of subject matter and photographic techniques. From documentary/photojournalism to street and fashion photography, to landscape and socially-conscious photography that exemplifies the state of the human condition through the visual language photography offers. Our international staff is fluent in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Spanish and Turkish. |