UIC Gallery 400 40th anniversary

Melina Ausikaitis impacts almost every layer of culture in Chicago through her music (Aitis Band, Joan of Arc), performance, clothing (Aitis Something), and visual art. Recent outputs of note include Fall in the Leaves at Regards (2023), Aitis Band III from Record Label (2022), Singles at Regards (2020), Everyday Everyday at Devening Projects (2019), How High the Sky at the Graham Foundation with Diane Simpson, and Every house has a door (2018).

Ausikaitis earned a MFA from the University of Illinois Chicago in 2011. Her work was included in the 2003 UIC Gallery 400 exhibition When Darkness Falls.