WGN TV cover story, by Gaynor Hall, 2020

The Endless Work of Labor in the Age of Global Production, by Gabrielle Welsh, Review of Re:Working Labor at the Sullivan Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2019

Adaptation, by Aaron Rose, Smart Museum, School of Public Policy, University of Chicago, 2020

Hutopia, by Lori Waxman. 2019

Tableau/University of Chicago. 2019

Chicago Public Radio story. 2018

Feature in Legacy Arts magazine, 2018

Review of Infinite Games 50/50, (in German) Bauwelt design and architecture magazine, 2017

Review of Infinite Games 50/50, by Susan Snodgrass, part of overall review of Chicago Architecture Biennial. 2017

Review of The Beast: Herd Mentality, northshore magazine, Beverly, MA, 2017

Announcement for The Beast: Herd Mentality, 2017

MCA blog post from Chad Khouri with recording of New Material Performance at the MCA. 2016

New City Chicago Art 50 listing. 2016

Review of John Preus: New Works at the Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco – Cheng,Dewitt. Artltd, 7.2016

Artist at Large. John Preus at Rena Bransten. – 4.13.2016

Art Talk Collective/John Preus – 8.12.2016

Mention in The Art Newspaper review of EXPO Chicago 2016

Artist-Designer John Preus: And, Also, Too. – Norman,LeeAnn. Jstor daily. 3.30.2016

Eye Exam- Going Down Swinging: A review of John Preus at Rhona Hoffman –  Reichert, Elliot Turok. for New City. 4.14.2016

Meditating on the Personal and the Public: A review of John Preus at Rhona Hoffman – Fogt, Brent. New City. 4.4.2016

Mention in public conversation by Simon Critchley-Parse Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2014

John Preus at Rhona Hoffman – Robin Dluzen. Visual Art Source. 4.16.2016

Mention in review of The Freedom Principle at the MCA Chicago. Wall Street International. 7.10.2015

What Sold at EXPO Chicago?  Foumberg, Jason. Artsy.net. 9.22.2015

Best art of 2014. Waxman, Lori. Chicago Tribune. 12.12.2014

Interview upon receiving 1st place, Maker Grant

Local Artists Featured at EXPO Chicago.  Frank Mercurio, Chicago Gallery News. September 19, 2014

Review (German) of John Preus: On Drawing at the Heilbronn Kunstverein.

John Preus: In The Belly of the Beast. Lori Waxman for the Chicago Tribune, June 26, 2014

A Community Space in the Belly of the Beast-Interview with John Preus for Artslant, with Thea Liberty Nichols

Into the Belly of John Preus’s Beast, Aimee Levitt for the Chicago Reader

hyde-park-art-center-will-expand-with-new-wing-for-more-artists. Cholke, Sam.  DNA INFO April 2014

Portrait of the Artist: John Preus. Shreya Ashok Sethi. New City. April 2014

You Should Know Chicago Artist, John Preus.  Foumberg, Jason. Chicago Magazine. April 2014

The Beast/75 Years of the Hyde Park Art Center. Litoff, Nina. The Seen, April 2014

Kickstarter Aids Chicago Hyde Park Art Center’s Anniversary Show/The Beast. Dluzen, Robin.  ARTNET. April 10 2014.

ARTBEAT-WTTW on the Beast

Hyde Park Art Center Expands, Takes Local Art By The Horns. Spector, Sammie. Chicago Maroon. April 29. 2014

http://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/archive/?p=21921

John Preus’s Slow Sound: Ballads from a Bedpost. Margasak, Peter. Musicworks Magazine. Winter. 2013-2014

Slow Sound. Thea Liberty Nichols. exhibition text. Experimental Sounds Studio, October 2013

Artist carves new life into old CPS (Chicago Public School) Furniture. Dawn Trice.  Chicago Tribune

Featured Artist, October 2012 for Chicago Artists Month

EXPO Chicago Streamlined and Sellier Than Ever. Hartigan, Phillip, Hypoallergic, sept. 24, 2013

Eric Spitznagel piece written for Chicago Magazine, on Theaster Gates, pulled at the last minute then replaced by a piece by Elly Fishman and Cassie Walker Burke. May 7. 2013

A Room With a Brew: A Cozy Art-Gallery-Slash-Pub Finds a Home in a New Community Art Center. Claudine Ise, for Chicago Magazine

the Architects Newspaper. review: Urban Guerillas. Bentley, Chris. 8.14.2013

Salvage Operation: John Preus’s Proustian Art is a Recycling of Things Past. Elly Fishman, from the Chicago Reader Fall Arts Preview

Book Points, Furniture Joints; John Preus and the World as Text. Dan Wang. for the exhibition catalog for, The World as Text.  Dan’s blog

Southside Hub of Production: An Open Invitation for Creative Community.  Alexandra Kadlec for Chicago Art Magazine

Art Break: SHoP Open, Bert Stabler for New City

Shop Opens in Hyde Park.   Lauren Weinberg for Timeout Chicago

On Saturday, we SHoP, Melissa Conway for RedEye

Imaginary Monuments for Chicago; an artists’ project, Jason Foumberg, New City, September, 7

“The World as Text” at the Center for Book and Paper Arts, Candice Weber for Timeout Chicago

The World as Text, Critics Pick, Claudine Ise, Artforum, July 29, 2011

An Alternative Summer Reading List, Lori Waxman for the Chicago Tribune

A MORE IMPERFECT MACHINE: Sara Black and John Preus invoke the demiurge in Portland, Bert Stabler for Proximity Magazine

Review: Rebuilding Mayfield, Lisa Radon, for Ultrapdx, February 2010

South Side artist breaks down walls to build neighborhood sociability, inspire conversation, Lauren Hansen, for Medill News Service May 27, 2009

Alumnus John Preus turns trash to comfort, Will Anderson, for the University of Chicago Magazine,  April 12, 2009