Shir Ende is a Chicago-based artist and educator. Ende received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and her MFA from the University of Illinois Chicago. She has exhibited at the University of Illinois Springfield, Riverside Art Center, Roman Susan, Comfort Station, Chicago Artist Coalition, Hyde Park Art Center, and Gallery 400. She participated in the sponsored artist program at High Concept Labs, the Center Program at the Hyde Park Art Center, Hatch Residency at the Chicago Artist Coalition and the residency program at the Alex Brown Foundation in Des Moines, Iowa.
Statement
My work consists of performances, videos, prints, and drawings that propose our bodies can become material to build architecture. I’ve created a notational system of “architectural movements”– a choreography to produce architecture. Architecture often functions as a choreographer; its structural components create pathways and obstacles that dictate how our bodies navigate space. My practice repositions choreographers as architects, enabling them to shape environments by directing movements that define space.
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Read a review of “not to scale” at Heaven Gallery on Chicago Artist Writers
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