Kelly Kaczynski
Study with Chroma (Julia and Shannon), 2013. Inkjet print, 40 x 60 inches
Tilted (Twinned) Stages, 2013. Installation view at Soap Factory, Minneapolis. Pine studs, plywood, luan, and mirror, 48 x 180 x 384 inches
BIOGRAPHY
Born: Heidelberg, Germany, 1973
Resides: Chicago, Illinois
Education: Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Bard College (M.F.A., 2003); The Evergreen State College (B.A., 1995)
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2015
"Oh! Oh! Oh!" Peregrine Program, Chicago.
"Awkward and Urgent Objects: New Work," University of Illinois, Springfield.
2014
"Yes; Or As If," Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn.
2013
"Here on the Way There," Comfort Station, Chicago.
2012
"Only Mirrors Exist, for Example a Tulip," Eastern Washington University and Spokane Falls Community College, Spokane, Washington.
"Study for Convergence Performance (ice)," Gahlberg Gallery, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois. Catalogue.
2010
"The Stagehand's Unseen," Threewalls, Chicago.
2009
"The Owl Is Plastic," Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois.
2008
"'Olympus Manger,' Scene II," Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago.
2007
"Kissing Sisyphus," The Addition at Vega Estates, Chicago.
"New Work Project Room," Rowland Contemporary, Chicago.
2006
"Scene from 'Olympus Manger,'" University at Buffalo Art Gallery, New York.
2005
"air is air and thing is thing," Triple Candie, New York.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2014
"PLANT STAND," Songs for Presidents, Brooklyn.
"Rocket Run: Abstractions from Chicago," Elder Gallery, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, Nebraska.
"Iffy Conditions," GAG, Chicago.
"BANANA HANDS, A screening of videos by GAG, Chicago and Kelly Kaczynski," Artlab Gallery, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
2013
"Lapsus Undone," Lake Forest College, Illinois.
"Portrait in a Still Life with Green Screen, First Friday:Selfies," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
"Resonating Bodies," Soap Factory, Minneapolis.
2012
"Those Who Believe in Telekinetics, Raise My Hand," Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto.
"A Hole Is to Dig: Performance-Based Film & Video from Chicago," Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles.
"Sic Transit Gloria Mundi: Industry of the Ordinary," Chicago Cultural Center.
"CSA Editions," Threewalls, Chicago.
2011
"Astro Space Party," Verge Art Fair, Miami Beach.
"The North Wind and the Sun," DiverseWorks, Houston.
2010
"Festschrift: A Celebration for Moira Roth," Poor Farm, Little Wolf, Wisconsin.
2009
"RUSE," Ben Russell Gallery, Chicago.
2006
"Malleable Practices," Ohio State University, Marion.
"Drive of Eyes," Rowland Contemporary, Chicago.
2005
"Drawn Out," Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago.
Selected Bibliography
2015
Quinn, Brenna. "A Gift of Humility: Kelly Kaczynski @ peregrineprogram," Chicago Artist Writers (June).
Picard, Caroline. "Performing Tables," ArtSlant Worldwide (March 25).
2014
"Art 50: Chicago's Artists' Artists," Newcity (September).
Langley, Jessica. "Yes; Or As If: A Conversation with Kelly Kaczynski," Temporary Art Review (April 2).
2010
Marie, Annika. "Kelly Kaczynski: Staging the Un-Scene." Chicago: Threewalls.
2009
Taylor, Michael. Marcel Duchamp Étant donnés. Philadelphia: Museum of Art.
2008
Grabner, Michelle. "Critics' Picks: Kelly Kaczynski," Artforum online (June).
2006
Nesbit, Peter, and Shelly Bancroft. "Kelly Kaczynski, Scene from 'Olympus Manger,'" University at Buffalo Art Galleries Calendar (March).
2005
Valdez, Sarah. "NY Reviews: Kelly Kaczynski at Triple Candie," Art in America (October).