Judy A Saslow Gallery

Specialties

Judy A Saslow Gallery of Chicago proudly presents intuitive, outsider, self-​taught, visionary, folk, ethnographic and contemporary artworks. The Saslow Gallery has an international reputation for exhibiting the best in visionary artworks by extraordinary self-​taught artists. In addition to outsider art, the Saslow Gallery has a stunning array of tribal, ethnographic artifacts and jewelry collected from all parts of the globe. While best known for European outsider art, Judy A Saslow Gallery is now including contemporary works by established and emerging artists.

History

Established in 1995.

With the creation of her gallery, Judy Saslow has put a new spin on the process of exhibiting art. Her gallery is designed to be unintimidating and homelike – a place where people can feel free to linger, to learn more about the art while envisioning how each piece might fit into their own personal collections. The artwork in the gallery is focused on work created by self-​taught American and European «outsider» artists. She considers the art to be a powerful expression of the artist’s inner visions, a window to the soul of its creator. In addition to exhibiting known artists, Saslow is excited to show unknown and emerging artists. She also offers other collectors a venue for selling pieces from their own private collections.

Meet the Business Owner

Judy S.

Business Owner

Judy Saslow has a lifelong passion to surround herself with art. As a child, attending classes at Chicago’s Art Institute, she would spend hours before and after class wandering through the galleries. Later, as an elementary school teacher and a mother of 3, she was continually exposed to the delights of «natural» nonconforming art. Although she first collected primarily modern and contemporary art, she has more recently focused on work created by self-​taught American and European «outsider» artists. She is a well-​respected collector in the area. Her undergraduate work in psychology and sociology and her experiences as an attorney specializing in family law have come into sharp focus while visiting art therapy programs and primitive cultures in many countries. She considers the art to be a powerful expression of the artist’s inner visions, a window to the soul of its creator. In the future, Saslow hopes to be involved in the formation of an art therapy program in the Chicago area.