Miss Cast

work by Emma Rossoff

May 15 – 31, 2026

On View Sundays
11 A – 2 P

Opening Reception
Friday, May 15
6 – 9 p

Join us in celebration of the opening of Emma Rossoff’s solo exhibition, Miss Cast. 

Like all good fairy tales, this show is a story of transformation. Objects are cast, as if by spell, into new, more permanent materials—freezing them in time and altering their purpose. They move from the domestic and mundane—a pair of old shoes, lint from the dryer—into the symbolic, just as repetitive household tasks such as sweeping the floor can become formative rituals.

Emma Rossoff invites you to think of Comfort Station as a portal: from a strange cottage in the middle of a traffic circle in Chicago to a witch’s home in the woods. Here, we can try on the role of the witch—an independent spirit who balances good and evil and carries her means of escape with her at all times.

The many transformations within the work suggest that we, too, can transform ourselves into the archetype of our choosing. The show as a whole functions as a ritual for personal transformation, and each piece plays a specific role, as alluded to in its title. The process of re-casting is simple. It will only cost you two left ears.

Emma Rossoff (b. 1992, New York, NY) is an artist based in Chicago. Working with wood, casting, and traditional crafts, she creates sculptures that act as portals into the viewer’s imagination through open-ended narratives rich with symbolism. Somewhere between devotional ritual and childhood play, her work unfolds as a trail of autobiographical fragments.

She holds an MFA in Sculpture & Extended Media from the University of Texas at Austin (2022) and a BA in Studio Art and Art History from Columbia University (2016). She also completed the foundation year at the Rhode Island School of Design and studied Fashion Design at Central Saint Martins. Rossoff has participated in residencies at Vermont Studio Center, Bunker Projects, Rockland Woods, and Stove Works. Her work has been exhibited nationally, including two solo exhibitions in Austin in 2023.

@emmalouiserossoff