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Chicago has a long tradition of artist-run spaces and projects dating back to the late 1800's. In 1876 artist D. Knight Carter founded Vincennes Gallery of Fine Arts which was reorganized in 1880, by Frank C. Bromley, Henry Arthur Elkins along with other artist to establish a permanent gallery and residency for studio artists. In 1930, Artist Increase Robinson ran a studio gallery in her Dianna Court Studio where she exhibited both her own work and the work of others. The Hyde Park Art Center was established in 1939 and still produces programming and Contemporary Art Workshop established in 1950 by Jack and Lynn Kearney, Leon Golub, Cosmo Campoli, Ray Fink, Al Kwitz and held programming through 2009.

In 1984, the exhibition Alternative Spaces curated by Lynne Warren at the Museum of Contemporary Art catalogued the scores of artists and artists' spaces to emerge in Chicago including a wave of alternative spaces that emerged from 1960s through 1984 including Artemisia Gallery (1973-2003), ARC Gallery (1973-), Gallery Bugs Bunny (1968-1972), N.A.M.E. Gallery (1973-1997), NAB Gallery (1974-1984), Randolph Street Gallery (1979-1998), 1019 W. Lake St./Noise Factory (1981-1985), W.P.A. Gallery (1981-?) and Axe Street Arena (1985-1989). One the factors contributing to the demise of the artist run spaces in Chicago in the late 1980s, was the reduction of public funding for artists and for the arts.

In 2009, Artist-run Chicago was mounted by the Hyde Park Art Center and featured notable artist-run spaces operating between the late 90's an 2009 including 1/Quarterly(2002-2004), artLedge(2004-2006), Butchershop(1997-2008), Co-Prosperity Sphere (2006-), devening projects + editions(2006-), Deluxe Projects(2003-2003), Dogmatic(1997-2008), joymore(2000-2003), Julius Caesar(2008-), Law Office(1999-2002), Margin Gallery(1999-1999), mini dutch (2007-2009), Modest Contemporary Art Projects(2000-2004), NFA Space (1996-2002), Normal Projects, Old Gold, Polvo(1998-2007), Roots & Culture(2006-), Standard(1999-2004), Suitable(1999-2005), Teti (2005-2007), The Suburban(1999-) and VONZWECK(2005-2008).

Current and recent artist run projects in Chicago include DFBRL8R performance gallery founded by artist Joseph Ravens, Edra Soto's The Franklin, HUME Chicago founded by artist Fontaine Capel, LVL3, and Heaven Gallery. The artist-founded residency ACRE (Artists’ Cooperative Residency and Exhibitions) additionally maintains a project space in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood.