Jyl Bonaguro

Jyl Bonaguro is a Chicago based sculptor and playwright with a professional studio in the Hermosa neighborhood. Jyl creates sculpture works of wings and the human figure in marble, limestone and mixed media for public and private art. Her sculptures have been featured in publications like CS Modern Luxury Interiors, the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Reader, Newcity Art, and Sheridan Road and are in private art collections throughout the United States.

She practices the ancient art of stone carving with manual tools like chisels and hammers. A grant from the Awesome Foundation helped her start teaching stone carving workshops in her studio and an honorarium from the Chicago Sculpture Exhibit supported a public art sculpture in Wicker Park.

Her current carving project, a female figure at the scale of Michelangelo’s David in marble - the Modern Athena sculpture, has received grants from the Illinois Arts Council and the Cliff Dwellers Arts Foundation. Jyl believes in a zero waste studio environment and all the marble and other stone waste in her studio is recycled into new sculptures and bases.

Website: https://jylbonaguro.com/

Email: jyl@jylbonaguro.com 

Studio: 4200 W Diversey Ave 17A 

Instagram: @jylbonaguro

Visit www.wickerparkbucktown.com to view more art around WPB.