Lloyd Dobler Gallery is pleased to present the solo exhibition Hack: Pictures From A Chicago Cab, new and recent paintings by Chicago artist and writer, Dmitry Samarov.

The work in this exhibition integrates the drawings and paintings Samarov has done in and about driving a taxi in Chicago, along with stories from his recently published book, Hack: Stories From a Chicago Cab (University of Chicago Press, 2011). Part of the series is comprised of gouache paintings of cabs that were completed on site at O'Hare and Midway Airports. Other works show a variety of illustrations from the book, as well as the blog (http://www.chicagohack.com/) that inspired it. The pieces range from caricatures of memorable passengers, to depictions of blizzards, to the city's nighttime streets.

Dmitry Samarov was born in the Soviet Union and immigrated to the United States in 1978. He earned his BFA in painting and printmaking at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1993 and began driving a cab that same year. His work has been shown at the Chicago Tourism Center, the Merchandise Mart, the Bowery Gallery, and Brandeis University. Samarov is the creator of the blog Hack, stories from which have been featured in the Chicago Reader and elsewhere.