Liz Flores is a painter and muralist based in Chicago.
Her work studies the human condition, female form and how movement and shape can be used as a mode of visual storytelling. She explores themes around womanhood, belonging and inner life.
"Painting has always been my way of self-understanding and for viewers, it’s my hope that my work can spark self-reflection in their own life."
Her mural work can be found throughout the Chicagoland Area and New York City. In addition to working with private and commercial clients like Target and Jack Daniels, she has shared her story on the TEDx stage and helped bring an interactive art installation titled ‘The World We Want’ to Chicago's Michigan Avenue.
CURRICULUM VITAE
ABOUT
LIZ FLORES
EDUCATION
B.A. 2012, Illinois State University, Entrepreneurship Major
PROJECTS
The Jaunt
Selected by The Jaunt to go to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico on a 5 day trip. As part of the project, I created a unique limited edition three color silkscreen print inspired by my trip and documented my time in Mexico via a travel blog.
Chicago Bulls - Bulls Fest
As part of "Bulls Fest" 2022, All Star Press Gallery and the Chicago Bulls created “The Art of the Game”, a fully immersive art exhibition featuring over 100 artists from all over the world. The artwork was exhibited in the atrium of the United Center in Chicago.
Chicago White Sox
A very special collaboration with the White Sox for their Summer T-Shirt series. The shirt I designed was given away to the first 10k people at the game on September 6, 2022.
Apostrophe Puzzles
A unique puzzle collaboration with Apostrophe Puzzles where we turned one of my pieces “Playing With The Past” into a 1000 piece puzzle. Apostrophe Puzzles is a small business based in Brooklyn, NY that curates puzzles by contemporary artists of color.
Link to puzzle: https://www.apostrophepuzzles.com/shop/p/playing-with-the-past
Triangle Square Condominium
A commission for the new lobby of Triangle Square Condos, located at 1701 W Webster Ave in Chicago.Each piece measures 60” x 54”.
18th Street Distillery
Custom labels for 18th Street Distillery, Indiana’s largest Black owned distillery. For their artisan series I was selected to create artwork for their tequila cask finished rum that we named “Para el Alma” in celebration of Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month.
Winsome
An exclusive organic cotton bandana designed for local shop Winsome in Chicago.
Chicago Bulls Box
A collaboration with the Chicago Bulls in celebration of Women's History Month. The design includes the box, patches and t-shirt.
Femdot x Play Together Records
I teamed up with Chicago’s very own @femdotdotcom and Play Together Records to create a mural, art prints and clothing inspired by his two upcoming releases. The proceeds from these purchases were donated to @femdotdotcom’s nonprofit @delacremescholars, with a focus on art students in Chicago.
Dark Matter Coffee
Limited edition, custom coffee bag for Dark Matter Coffee called “A Love Supreme”.
Jack Daniels
A collaboration between Jack Daniels and The Chicago Sun Times. These hand painted barrels were created for an International Women’s Day event sponsored by Jack Daniels celebrating Chicagoland’s influential women through art and cocktails.
Heineken Man of the Match
Hand painted guitar for Chicago Fire’s Man of the Match, Fabian Herbers.
100 Days of Simple Lines
100 Days of Simple Lines began as a journey to get back to the roots of my illustrations and paintings in order to enter a new body of work. Throughout the 100 days the work evolved and manifested into something more beautiful and more real than I could have ever anticipated - a representation of life and the human experience in the simplest form - black lines.
Each drawing is inspired by an event, a feeling, a thought. You can follow along as I post each image and the story that inspired it on Instagram. #100DaysofSimpleLines
The World We Want
100 Portraits of a Train Conductor
100 Artistic Days
MEDIA
NBA All-Star 2020 Equality Lounge Panel: Creativity as a tool for collaboration and change, February 2020
We Never Met Podcast, February 2020
Selva Negra: Womanism 1.5, February 2020
Vital Proteins: How I'm Raising the Bar, January 2020
John Carrol University visiting speaker on entrepreneurship, November 2019
Chicago Creative Mornings Speaker: Symmetry, February 2019
Chicago Creatives: From Corporate to Canvas: How Liz Flores Conveys the Human Condition, December 2018
Creating Espacios Podcast: Interviews with self-made Latinas, October 2018
Style and Forks: Spotlight on artist Liz Flores, September 2018
The Glossary: Artist Profile: Liz Flores - Chicago, June 2018
Voyage Chicago: Meet Liz Flores of Liz Flores Art in Uptown, April 2018
TEDxNormal: Made For More
Thirty5Eleven: Artists of Social Media, February 2018
Poswolsky, Adam: “The Quarter Life Breakthrough,” October 2016
Idea Lemon Podcast: “What is This Whole Creativity Thing Anyway?” October 2015
ABC 7 Chicago News, January 2015
MURALS
Alma
Year: 2019
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Inspired by the journey of self-introspection and the many sides of an individual, this mural was designed for Alma, a new co-working space in Brooklyn, NY. The work features two walls measuring 20ft x 9ft and an adjacent wall measuring 6ft x 9 ft.
Year: 2019
Lululemon
Year: 2019
Location: Chicago, IL
Created a mural for Lululemon's first experiential store in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood. This interior mural is located in one of their yoga studios within the store and measured 9.50' tall and 9.25' wide.
Sephora
Year: 2019
Location: Water Tower Place, Chicago, IL
I was given the opportunity to paint a mural for Sephora's Water Tower Place store location around the theme "Beauty Together". The interior mural measured 11ft tall by 4.25ft wide with an adjacent wall measuring 11ft tall x 2ft wide.
Hawthorn Mall
2019
Location: Hawthorn Mall
Working with Muros and Hawthorn Mall, we leveraged vacant retail space to activate engaging and inspirational artwork for mall attendees. The interior mural measured 51ft wide by 10ft tall.
Soho House
Year: 2020
Location: Soho House, Chicago
In March 2020, I had the opportunity to paint the corner murals at Soho House Chicago, coinciding with International Women's Day. What I wanted to convey with these ladies is the feeling of expansion. Of pushing up against the boxes that we are put in by ourselves and others. Each corner has a single woman taking up the entire space of the mural. They are larger than life - pushing against the edges of the corner, the same way women push against boundaries and expand their worlds every day. Special thanks to Threadless for coordinating this project.
Chicago Bears
Year: 2020
Location: 4637 N Clifton Ave, Chicago, IL
Demonstrating Bears football as an embodiment of community and connection. Both figures have a sense of movement to them as they reach for the football. The crossover of the legs is symbolic of that connection that happens when we are rooting for our team, and how Bears football brings us together. Features the Bears C in the middle of the mural.
Femdot x Play Together Records
Year: 2020
Location: 4875 N Magnolia Ave, Chicago, IL
I teamed up with Chicago’s very own @femdotdotcom and Play Together Records to create a mural, art prints and clothing inspired by his two upcoming releases. The proceeds from these purchases were donated to @femdotdotcom’s nonprofit @delacremescholars, with a focus on art students in Chicago.
Lysol x Ad Council
Year: 2021
Location: 1856 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL
Created in partnership with Lysol as part of the @adcouncil and Covid Collaborative’s “It’s Up to You Campaign”, which helps promote COVID-19 vaccine awareness and education.
Target
Year: 2021
Location: 630 N LaSalle Dr., Chicago, IL
Inspired by the music, fine dining and liveliness of the River North neighborhood and the Y shape seen on both sides is an ode to the Municipal Device of Chicago representing the three branches of the Chicago River. The two murals measure 38’ 8’’ wide, 8’4’’tall and 37’ 10.25’’ wide, 8’4’’ tall
The Bloc
Year: 2022
Location: The Bloc Chicago
Mural created for a non-profit in Chicago to demonstrate female empowerment and strength.
Acero Victoria Soto High School
Year: 2022
Two new murals created in collaboration with Victoria Soto High School We asked the kids to abstract different elements/objects that were meaningful to them or relevant to their everyday life. Things they drew were tropical birds, plants, a park bench, a Chicago butterfly, slides/parks, Nike shoes, paletas, a rose from the loteria game. I took their work and combined it into two murals.
9to5 Seating
Year: 2022
Location: Merchandise Mart
Mural for 9to5 Seating created for NeoCon Chicago. The mural contains popular chairs that are sold by the company, with figures sitting in conversation.
Global Social Media Company
Year: 2022
Location: Dekalb, IL
Mural was created for a new data center for an global social media company. The mural is a reflection of how social media connects us all and measures 16’ feet high x 12’ 9.5” feet wide
Lululemon
Year: 2022
Location: 932 W Randolph St, Chicago, IL
Mural created for a new Lululemon store using sweeping shapes and curves, hard lines, and bold color each figure represented in the work speaks to an element of movement.
Jose Cuervo
Year: 2022
Location: Violet Hour Chicago
Inspired by Jose Cuervo, the power of tequila bringing people together and the sustainability practices JC has been practicing using agave plants.
Jack Morton
Year: 2022
Location: Hancock Tower, Chicago
Mural created for a conference room inspired by the CTA Green Line in Chicago.