BIO
Vidushi Lohia is a South Asian, Chicago-based artist, curator and arts administrator currently working at the Driehaus Museum. She holds an MA in Entrepreneurship for Creatives from Columbia College Chicago (2023) and a BFA in Arts Administration and Fiber Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2020).
Her work has been featured in over ten exhibitions, including at Chicago Fine Art Salon, Chicago, IL (2026), Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL (2026), Aponte Art Gallery, Chicago, IL (2026), Pilsen Arts & Community House, Chicago, IL (2026), Logan Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL (2023), Compound Yellow, Oak Park, IL (2021), Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL (2021), and the Terrain Biennial, Chicago (2020) and Oak Park (2019). She was the assistant curator for We Are What We You Eat at Heaven Gallery (2022) under the guidance of Fabiola Tosi and has presented her installations in spaces that foreground experimentation and community dialogue.
Lohia is currently participating in the 2026 Independent Curators International (ICI) Chicago Seminar and has previously participated in residencies at the Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists Residency (2018) and the Bridge Program at Hyde Park Art Center (2021). Her professional experience in arts administration spans institutions in both the United States and India, including Nature Morte Gallery (New Delhi), Hyde Park Art Center (Chicago), and Weinberg/Newton Gallery (Chicago).
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EDUCATION
2023 Master of Arts, Entrepreneurship for Creatives, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
2020 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Fiber Installation and Arts Administration, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2016 Mayo College Girls’ School, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2025-Present Guest Services Coordinator- Group Tours Focus, Driehaus Museum, Chicago, IL
2023-2025 Guest Services Associate Lead, Driehaus Museum, Chicago, IL
2021-2022 Curatorial Researcher & Museum/Press Outreach, Nature Morte Gallery, New Delhi, India
2020-2021 Development Assistant, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2019 Gallery Apprentice, Weinberg/ Newton Gallery, Chicago, IL
2019 Program Assistant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
CURATION
2024 We Are What We You Eat, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL (Assistant Curator alongside Fabiola Tosi)
EXHIBITIONS
2026 Abstract Minds, Chicago Fine Art Salon, Chicago, IL
2026 Identity, Water Street Studios, Community Gallery, Batavia, IL
2026 Threads of Memory, Aponte Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
2026 Pass The Mic Fundraiser, Pilsen Arts & Community House, Chicago, IL
2023 Chasing the Light, Logan Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL
2021 In Good Hands, Compound Yellow, Oak Park, IL (curated by AMFM)
2021 Continuous Span, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2021 Locus VI, Locus Gallery, (virtual exhibition curated by Whitney LaMora)
2020 Artists Run Chicago 2.0, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2020 SAIC EXPO, School of the Art institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (virtual exhibition)
2020 BFA Thesis Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
2020 Terrain Biennial, Terrain Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
2019 Terrain Biennial, Terrain Exhibitions, Oak Park, IL
2019 Unravel, SITE Galleries, Chicago, IL
2019 For The Time Being, ACRE (Alliance of Artist Communities), Chicago, IL (catalogue)
2018 Open Studios, Ox Bow School of Art and Artists, Saugatuck, MI
2017 Art Bash, School of the Art institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS
2026 Independent Curators International 2026 Chicago Curatorial Seminar, Chicago. IL
2026 Attention Grant Recipient, GreatLakes.Art
2023 Cayla Weisberg Awardee, Entrepreneurship for Creatives, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
2021 Residency, The Bridge Program, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2018 Residency, Ox Bow School of Art and Artists, Saugatuck, MI
2018 Scholarship, Ox Bow School of Art and Artists, Saugatuck, MI
2018 Dean’s List for Outstanding Sophomores, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2019 For The Time Being, ACRE (Alliance of Artist Communities), Chicago, IL (co-curated with other exhibitors)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
And Then We Weren’t, Artist Catalogue, School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2020
ARTICLES & LINKS
2026 Vidushi Lohia, Attention Grant, GreatLakes.Art
2026 Independent Curators International 2026 Chicago Curatorial Seminar, Chicago. IL