Jan Tichy

Czech-born, Chicago-based artist Jan Tichy’s digital art projection for ART on THE MART, titled Artes in Horto – Seven Gardens for Chicago, considered the work of seven local, historically consecutive artists who considered nature to be a significant influence on their practice. The natural elements from their artworks, animated and mapped across one of the most iconic architectural landmarks in Chicago, grew into a digitally projected garden of local art.

The work was commissioned by the Terra Foundation for American Art as part of its year-long initiative Art Design Chicago, speaking to the unique art and design history and legacy deeply rooted in the city of Chicago.

Jan Tichy is a contemporary artist and educator. Working at the intersection of video, sculpture, architecture, and photography, his conceptual work is socially and politically engaged. Born in Prague in 1974, Tichy studied art in Israel before earning his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he is now Associate Professor at the Department of Photography and the Department of Art & Technology Studies.