Kat Chamberlin
b. 1981, The Netherlands
lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Education
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Masters of Fine Art, Performance Art / Sculpture, 2009
University of California, Santa Barbara
Bachelor of Fine Art, Art Studio, Painting (Honors), 2005
Selected Exhibitions
2019
Serious Play, BRIC, Brooklyn, NY
The Drawing is a Moveable Feast, Proto-Gomez, NY, NY
Here in Spirit, Wick Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
BREATHE AND STOP (Q-TIP), Beverly’s, NY
GIFC, The Hole, NY
Drawing Exchange Round 4, Drawing Exchange Archive, (online)
Proto Gallery on Artsy, (online)
2018 Flat Files, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Brooklyn, NY
Drawing Exchange, Black Friday, Drawing Exchange Archive, (online)
Minor History x Kat Chamberlin, showcase, Brooklyn, NY
2017
Spring/Break Art Show: Black Mirror (C+C) Curated by Nicholas Cueva, NY, NY
Here Arts Center: Abstract Communication, NY, NY
2016
20/92 Video Festival, Icebox, Philadelphia, PA
BRIC Media Arts Fellow Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY
Transforming Milk into Milk, Denver, CO
(SOLO) Night Speech, College of Staten Island Art Gallery, Staten Island, NY
The Insiders, Housewife Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015
Ground Floor Gallery, You've Got Mail!, NY
Vox Populi, VOX XI: Material Studies, Juried by Paddy Johnson & Martine Syms, Philadelphia, PA
Trestle Gallery, Small Works, Brooklyn, NY
Alternative Art Fair, TRANSMITTER & GUEST SPOT @ THE REINSTITUTE: SELF-ORGANIZED
— AESTHETIC POLITICS OF THE ARTIST RUN Baltimore, MD
2014
The Contemporary Memento Mori, The Body Appropriate, San Francisco, CA
RAPID PULSE Performance Art Festival: Video Series, Chicago, IL
Feminist Urgent: Round Table, BHQFU, New York, NY
Actions & Intent: Documentations in Performance, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
Gowanus: Current, Brooklyn, NY
2013
Give Me A Sign, Launchpad/The Bedroom, Brooklyn, NY
Gifted, The Bedroom, Brooklyn, NY
The Empathetic Body, College Art Association, NY, NY
2012
Terra Incognita, NARS Residency Exhibit, Brooklyn, NY
Something Along Those Lines, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston,MA
Philadelphia Pickup Truck Expo, The Ice Box, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2011
Money Honey, The Bedroom, Brooklyn NY
Without You I'm Nothing, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
2010
Into the Uncanny Valley, Solo Exhibition, Gana Art Gallery, NY, NY
Antimatter Film Festival, Victoria, BC, Canada
NEMAF (Seoul International new media festival), Seoul, Korea
Site-Unseen; (Dis)abling Conditions, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, IL
Services: Interventions on the Altar, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
2009
12 x 12, Here/Not There. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago MFA Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
I believe it to my soul you're the devil in nylon hose, Betty Rhymer Gallery, Chicago, IL
New Blood II, Links Hall, Chicago IL
Awards & Fellowships
2012
NARS Fellowship
2009
Toby Devon Lewis Award
Nomination for IN>TIME Incubation series
2008
Jacob K Javits Fellowship
2007
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Grant
2004
Best in Show UCSB Art Museum Annual Undergraduate Exhibit
William Dole Memorial Award Recognition in the Arts
Residencies
2012
New York Artist Residency and Studio Foundation (NARS)
2003
Marko Peljihan’s Makrolab Residency at 2003 Venice Biennale, Compalto Island, Venice, Italy
Selected Bibliography
Arango, Olga & Escobar, Gonzalo. SAIC Instructional and Academic Support, 'Documenting: The Body Parlor by Katrina Chamberlin and James Kubie', November 2012. view
Baez, Anulfo. Big Red & Shiny, 'Permanent Dots Connected by Invisible Lines', November 2012. view
Van Eck, Tricia. Art21 blog, 'Encounters With Generosity, Cooperation and Community', October 2011.view
Galil, Leor. A.V. Club, 'Getting Inked at the MCA', May 2011. view
Kubie, James. Gana Art Catalogue Essay, 'Into the Uncanny Valley'. Nov. 2010.
Sarno, Martha. Chicago Art Magazine. ‘Site Unseen 2009: (Dis)abling Conditions at the Cultural Center Four Perspectives’. October 2010. view
Waxman, Lori, Chicago Tribune, ‘Human sheep, spilled milk at the MCA’, July 10, 2009 Chicago Tribune.
Published Writing / Panel Presentations
‘At Risk’, Visual Arts Journal, Spring Issue, Visual Arts Press. May 2012
‘The Fakelore of Sarah and Joseph Belknap’, Catalogue essay for
‘It’s Getting Hot in Here’ solo show, Chicago Artist Coalition. May 2012
‘Some Give and Take’, Visual Arts Journal, Fall Issue, Visual Arts. Press November 2012
‘The Protestant Aesthetic: Witnessing and Protesting’, essay presented as a panelist at Radical Intersections: Performance Across Disciplines, Northwestern University, April 24 - 26, 2009, Chicago, IL