Current Exhibit

B & E Studios:
Rack Em’ & Crack Em’
February 15-April 11
Opening Reception Saturday, Feb 15, 6-10pm

B & E Studios is a humble design and paint studio located in Chicago’s North Center neighborhood. Established in 2018 by the collaborative efforts of Ben Marasco & Erik Lundquist, B&E studios functions as our home away from home to design, prep, and execute commercial design, paint, and mural work.

Over the years we’ve worked with a wide range of clients and have produced many a mural in the Chicagoland area, Michigan, Indiana, and California. Our work has led us to collaborate with brands like Vans, Santa Cruz, Uprise Skateshop, Solemn Oath Brewery, Piepworks Brewing Co., Lagunitas, Jim Beam, Stern Pinball, The Chicago Fire, more bars, restaurants, and local business’s than we can recall.

Beyond working for a buck, B&E Studios is our sanctuary in a city where artist studios and raw work space get harderto find and more expensive by the day. On any given day you can find the crew painting, printing, building, scheming, ormaking music as loud as it’ll go.

Rack Em’ & Crack Em’ is a showcase of select work from Ben Marasco, Erik Lundquist, and Adam Lundquist. Thisdisplay of work is a collection of individual contributions from each artist. For all artwork purchase inquiries, please see yourbartender.

Past Exhibits

P-P-Punk

December 13, 2024 – February 7, 2025

Art Market and Closing Reception February 7, 6-10pm

A group art exhibition curated by Zicrona promoting punk aesthetics and ideologies

within the contemporary Chicago art scene.

Hyperboreal Jukebox, works by Catie Olson and EC Brown
October 27-December 5, 2024

Hyperboreal Jukebox, features new works by Chicago artists Catie Olson and EC Brown. Catie Olson combines whimsical drawings with objects inspired by or derived from Arctic Circle, a nearby taxidermy shop. EC Brown presents paintings that depict imaginary 45 single record covers, featuring suburban occult conjurors of the 70s, back-to-the-land psychonauts, and an obscure band called Slothwad.

Catie is a multi-media artist and DJ, but not a billionaire. She likes to build interactive kinetic sculptures, but also dabbles in drawing from time to time. EC is a painter and is Catie's in-house Krampusnacht assistant.

Mac Blackout
Mural Reveal and Pop-Up Art Show Reception
October 4-23, 2024

The Chicago Billiard Café is proud to present the work of Chicago based visual artist and musician Mac Blackout.
On October 4, we invite you to celebrate Mac’s recently completed large-scale mural that breathes new life into CBC and view a collection of works presented in our mezzanine art gallery. Mac Blackout is a visual artist and musician based in Chicago. He has completed scores of large-scale murals and is the founding member of several bands including The Functional Blackouts, Daily Void, Mickey and Armageddon Experimental Band. Additionally, Mac has released solo records and has a studio focus in painting, drawing, sculpture and mixed media art. While Mac’s mural will be permanently on display, the Pop-Up Art Show will be on view until October 23.