Behavioral Health · Art Advisory · Commission

Skyway Behavioral Health, Skokie | 7th Floor

Skyway Behavioral Health's flagship 7th floor headquarters in Skokie presented a rare opportunity: a client willing to lean into a bold artistic statement in a space where most organizations default to the safe and the decorative.

The anchor of the program was a pair of large-scale commissioned works by Luciana Levinton, a Buenos Aires-based artist with an architectural background, known internationally for paintings that document and reimagine celebrated structures around the world. For Skyway, we commissioned two paintings: one depicting an iconic piece of Chicago architecture, grounding the space in place and identity, and a second that offered an abstract interpretation of the Skyway itself, a bridge-like composition in calm, luminous color that brought both metaphor and beauty into the lobby.

Together, these two works gave Skyway's entrance and lobby area a distinctive, forward-leaning presence unlike anything typically seen in behavioral health environments. They signaled immediately that this was an organization that believed in the power of art to set a tone, establish trust, and elevate the experience of everyone who walked through the door.

The broader program combined original artworks and thoughtfully selected reproductions throughout the floor, united by a curatorial thread of color, abstraction, and nature-oriented imagery that created calm without feeling institutional.

Developed in collaboration with Epic Interiors. Photography: Erin Dwyer Photography.