SITE Directors

Seth Perry (he/they)

Director of Administration

Seth is an arts administrator and occasional artist from North Carolina. Driven by his love of community, Seth is particularly interested in administration as a creative, collaborative process to connect people and resources. Before relocating to Chicago, Seth held positions at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, the Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, and the Catherine J. Smith Gallery. Since moving to the city, they have collaborated on projects with Walls Turned Sideways and Public Media Institute. Seth holds a BFA from Appalachian State University and is currently pursuing an MA in Arts Administration & Policy at SAIC.

Eugenio Salazar Castro (he/him)

Director of Marketing & Communications

Eugenio is an artist from Monterrey, Mexico. He is in his fourth year as an undergrad in the Painting and Drawing department at SAIC. Eugenio’s painting practice aims to create ambiguous and desolate yet strangely familiar spaces greatly inspired by the distinct urban landscapes of Chicago. Using vast, shadowless planes of color, Eugenio paints a stillness that is navigable by foot. In his free time, Eugenio enjoys reading, playing guitar, and petting stray cats.

Gray Watson (they/them)

Director of Programming

Gray is a third-year BFA student from Pennsylvania. They also work as a Gallery Assistant for SAIC Galleries and are interested in arts administration as a method of fostering community and uplifting marginalized groups.

Gray is an interdisciplinary artist working in a wide variety of mediums including painting, drawing, comics, printmaking, installation, writing, sculpture, and performance. They use art as a form of exploration and play and believe that life is your art practice.

Claire Scott (she/her)

Director of Installation

Claire Scott is an interdisciplinary artist focusing on ceramics and furniture construction. Currently working toward her BFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Claire focuses mostly on functional items and furniture but her sculptural practice leans themes of nature and the degradation of space. Born in Chicago and raised partly in Indiana, Claire has also spent years around horses, training them and teaching lessons, themes of rural life and a love for animals frequently inspires their work. Claire currently works as Installation Director for SAIC Galleries 

Paige King (she/her)

Director of Installation

Paige King is a fourth-year BFA student from Ann Arbor, MI. Paige is a filmmaker and interdisciplinary artist. Paige King uses visual media to explore the internal struggles and the external family dynamics of children and young adults, specifically in young girls. The work focuses on adultification, depression, and belonging. King started out as a Gallery Assistant before transitioning into the Install Director position.

Jasmine Johnson 

Director of Special Programs

Jasmine Johnson is an interdisciplinary artist and curator based in Chicago. Johnson is currently receiving a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Studio from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Johnson has an artistic practice that includes sculpture, painting, and performance that explores themes of spirituality, solidarity, and home. Johnson has a curatorial practice inspired by play, institutional critique, and the nuance of human experiences. Johnson is currently one half of MagandMan, a curatorial duo and also works as a Gallery Assistant for SAIC Galleries.

SITE Archive Team

Gallery Assistants

Mia Vida Garcia (she/her)

Gallery Assistant

Mia is in her second year here at SAIC and is excited to learn about the new exhibitions at SITE galleries. Working at SITE inspires her to make her own artwork in and outside of her classes. Some fun facts about Mia is that she is from New York City! She is a reader, loves journaling and writing about her journey as a whole.

Linn Soh (she/her)

Gallery Assistant & Install Assistant

Linn is a painter, writer, and printmaker at SAIC with a minor in philosophy. She has worked as a Gallery Assistant for SITE and has tutored children in music theory and painting. To the existentialists, she answers that art is the only proof of human existence, and love is the only force that transcends death. Despite these heavy topics, she believes in the importance of play and having fun with art. She climbs rocks in her free time.

Songe Kvinsland (they/them)

Gallery Assistant

Songe Kvinsland is focusing on painting at SAIC and has been with the SITE team for nearly 4 years. They are interested in traditional Scandinavian folk painting within their work as well as having academic focus in queer studies.

Jaeden Hannus (he/him)

Gallery Assistant & Photo Documenter

Jaeden Hannus is an image based artist and curator working between Chicago and Northeast Wisconsin. He is currently pursuing a BFA in studio art with an emphasis on photography at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI and others. Hannus has two solo exhibitions in 2025, ‘something once was, something still is’ at Photo Opp, Appleton, WI, August 2025, and ‘Self Portrait as a Wisconsin Man’ at Site Galleries, Chicago, IL, September 2025.

Gabriella Guzman (she/they)

Gallery Assistant

Gabriella Guzman is a photographer and interdisciplinary artist whose work centers on family, identity, and the passage of time. They are pursuing their BFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, working primarily in photography while also exploring mixed media, ink, and colored pencil. Born in Brownsville, Texas, and raised in Montana, Puerto Rico, and Louisiana as part of a military family, their experiences of constant change and adaptation deeply inform their practice. 

SITE Support Staff