Frances Lightbound, Overlay (Screen) III
2025
screen print on fiberglass screen mesh, two sided
136 x 38 in / 345.5 x 96.5 cm
FRLI0034 @franbound
Frances Lightbound’s work often begins with architecture, then shifts it slightly out of place. In Overlay (Screen) III, a glass-block image on one side gives way to a large-scale print of bricks on the reverse, encouraging the piece to be experienced in the round.
Installed at this scale, the work reads as both partition and implied wall—holding the visual language of architecture while remaining transparent, permeable, and in motion.
On view as part of What Repeats, Holds in #Marfa through today.
DM for a checklist and more available works by the artist.
First-time-ever weeklong spring break from SAIC (!) meant we could get down to Marfa while What Repeats, Holds is up @rulegallery - thank you @vphotogoddess & @rebeitz for including my work.
Show on view for one more week!
TODAY! Join us for a closing reception at @acarchitectschicago , 4840 Main St, Skokie
5:00 - 6:30pm, with an artist talk by @hyonmyung and yours truly in the gallery at 5:30pm ✨
Chicago folk, join us at @acarchitectschicago Skokie this Thurs, March 12th for a closing reception for Embodied Traces, 5 – 6:30pm. @hyonmyung and I will be giving an artist talk in the gallery at 5:30pm. Drop in and out at any time!
The show closes next Saturday, and regular viewing hours are Mon-Fri 9am–5pm, and Saturday by appointment.
Thanks @mikey.mosher for documenting the show!
Underlay (Topographies) I, 2026
Graphite on paper, 30” x 22”
On view now at @acarchitectschicago in Skokie. Embodied Traces, with @hyonmyung is on view through March 15th: hours Mon-Fri 9-5pm & Saturdays by appointment.
Info coming soon for a closing event on Thurs, March 12th!
Looking back through the install documentation from 𝘌𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮 - and feeling so grateful for how this show came together.
Featuring the work of Amba Sayal-Bennett (@ambasayalbennett ), Daniel Rich (@drichski ), Frances Lightbound (@franbound ), and Sam van Strien (@samvanstrien ), the exhibition brought together painting, printmaking, and drawing to explore how we engage with, document, and reimagine modern architecture and the built environment - revealing both its utopian ambitions and the legacies it leaves behind.
This show wouldn’t have happened without the incredible support of @birdlandraleigh , @vaeraleigh , @jeangraymohs , and @petesackart .
A finally a huge thank you to Sally Van Gorder (@sallyvangorder ) for the fantastic exhibition documentation, and for capturing it all so beautifully.
