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

2023
Six Stages, NADA Art Fair, P.A.D. NY, NY. organized by Matt Jones & Patrick Mohundro
Master of None, Studio Archive Project x Vantage Points (online). organized by Heidi Norton & Kate Steciew
Hopscotch, Field of Play Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. curated by Matt Lodgson
Drawings by Sculptors, Helena Anrather, NY, NY. curated by Carl D’Alvia
Peer Review x Friend of a Friend, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. curated by Eriola Pira

2022
Liber, Liber, NADA Art Fair, P.A.D. NY, NY
Draw, Galerija Umjetnina, Split, Croatia
Girls + Eggs, CU@ Sadka, Krakow, Poland
The Hidden Sublime, Selena’s Mountain, Queens, NY
Whitelight Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM

2021
UPSTATE Art Weekend, BEVERLY’S / Stone Leaf Retreat, NY
Dieu Donne benefit at Hesse Flatow East, Hamptons, NY
(SOLO) Under Construction: Transactions, BEVERLY’S. New York, NY
Reorientation, ATP Gallery, New York, NY

2020
A Little Less Conversation, A little Mort Conversation, Pad Gallery, New York, NY

2019
Meca San Juan Special Projects with Beverly’s, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Precursor to Expanded Dialogue C, Guest Spot at the Institute, Baltimore, MD
Precursor to Expanded Dialogue B, Monopractice, Baltimore, MD
Precursor to Expanded Dialogue A, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Brooklyn, NY
Open Toponym, High-Tide Philadelphia. NY
Serious Play, BRIC, Brooklyn, NY
The Drawing is a Moveable Feast, Proto-Gomez, NY, NY
(SOLO) 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

2017
BRIC Media Arts Fellowship
NARS Alumni Residency

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

2004
William Dole Memorial Award Recognition in the Arts

Residencies

2019 (upcoming) Arte Fits International, Dorado, Puerto Rico
2017 BRIC Media Arts, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Lynda Benglis Studio Residency, Santa Fe, New Mexico
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

Grunthaner, Jeffrey. ‘Like a Nightclub or Dark Bar: Kat Chamberlin at Wick Gallery’ White Hot Magazine, April LINK>
Akers, Torey. The Best of Summer Group Shows: 5 Emerging Artists Who Deserve Solos Next Season. July 2019 Artspace.com LINK>

Shi, Diana In Shadowy Sketches, an Artist Explores the Language of Myths, Vice Creators Project

online. April 2017 LINK >
Miller, Rachel. Best in Show: Brooklyn at NADA & Spring/Break Brooklyn Magazine. May 2017 LINK >

Lesser, Casey. 16 Curators to Watch. Artsy.com. LINK >

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.