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LULA CAFE

FALL 2025

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Eric Claridge


Eric is a self-taught artist/musician living and working in Chicago for the last 41 years.  His work has exhibited nationally and internationally from Chicago to Tokyo, London, Melbourne,and Paris. He is a former member in the musical groups The Sea and Cake (bass) and Shrimp Boat (drums/bass).






2025     acrylic on canvas


Bread and Water $600 Lands End $600 Parrot Top 2025 $500 Owl Moth on Tree $600 Motor City $600 Hedgehog and Snail $600 Beetle and Bird $500 Bread and Water $600





















Melina Ausikaitis




Through her music (Aitis Band, Joan of Arc), curatorial work (Lula Cafe), apparel design (Aitis Something), and visual art Melina Ausikaitis influences multiple layers of Chicago’s cultural scene. Recent notable projects include Aitis Band IV (2025), Air Alone (from my dream) with Big Ramp Gallery (2025), Fall in the Leaves with Regards (2023), and How High the Sky at the Graham Foundation with Diane Simpson and every house has a door (2018).  Melina has the honor of being included among the artists listed in New City’s 2025 Art 50: Chicago’s Artists’ Artists.







Old Yeller 2025 ceramic, salvaged fabrics $850 Lucy 2025: ceramic, salvaged fabrics $850 Us 2024 ceramic on stretched canvas SOLD Colrain Road 2024 ceramic on stretched canvas $400 Ponita 2024 ceramic, fabric, unwanted artwork, VHS $700 Tunic 2024 ceramic, salvaged fabrics, found artworks, books and VHS tapes $1200 Michael 2024 ceramic, salvaged fabrics, found artworks, books and VHS tapes $850 Luke 2024 ceramic, salvaged fabrics, found artworks, books and VHS tapes $850 Pilgrim 2024 ceramic, salvaged fabrics, found artworks, used books and VHS tapes $1200 Jennifer 2024 ceramic, salvaged fabrics, found artworks, books and VHS tapes $850