Art Walks Chicago is a street performance art duo formed in 2004 by Anni Holm & Nyok-Mei Wong with the goal of bringing the art to the people of Chicago, (- as well as the rest of the World via the World Wide Web).

Art Walks Chicago is part of Chicago Artists Month 2006, the eleventh annual celebration of Chicago’s vibrant visual art community. In October, 250 exhibitions of emerging and established artists, openings, demonstrations, tours, open studios and neighborhood art walks take place at galleries, cultural centers and arts buildings throughout the city. For further information, visit www.chicagoartistsmonth.org.

Anni Holm...
is a conceptual artist, who primarily works in the media of photography/digital imaging and performance art. Holm was born in Randers, Denmark in 1977. In 1997, she received a Studenter Eksamen from Randers Statsskole and hereafter she participated in an Artist Residency at Krabbesholm Art College, both in Denmark. She received a BFA with a concentration in photography from Columbia College Chicago in 2004. During her degree Holm was introduced to performance art by Adam Brooks, (Industry of the Ordinary), and went on to take the class where she met Wong. Holm and Wong has since performed together at various performance events, such as TIC-TOC and Pac/Edge but also at the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ohio University Art Gallery, Waterloo Center for the Arts, IA and the Chicago Cultural Center.

Nyok Mei Wong...
is a Chinese artist devoted to performance art. Wong was born in Melacca, Malaysia in 1976. In 2001, she graduated with a BFA in theater performance from Wichita State University, KS. Upon graduation Wong relocated to Chicago where she took classes in dance and performance art at Columbia College. She met Holm in a performance art class under the direction of Matthew Wilson, (Industry of the Ordinary), and a new performance art duo was immediately formed. As mentioned above Holm and Wong has since performed together at various performance events, such as TIC-TOC and Pac/Edge but also at the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ohio University Art Gallery, Waterloo Center for the Arts, IA and the Chicago Cultural Center. Wong recently re-located to San Francisco, CA to pursue a MFA in Performance Art at the San Francisco Art Institute.