Artist / CV
Chelsea Culprit
Chelsea Culprit lives and works in Mexico City.
EDUCATION
2007
- BFA Studio Art, and BFA Art History, Theory, and Criticism, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017
- Right to Remain Elegant, presented by Galería La Esperanza, Barba Azul, Mexico City, Mexico
- Fishnets, curated by Kunsthalle Freeport, A Certain Lack of Coherence, Porto, Portugal
2016
- Miss Universe, Yautepec, Mexico City, Mexico
- Blessed with a Job, Queer Thoughts, N.Y.C., NY, USA
2015
- Cloud Illusions I Recall, Born Nude, Chicago, IL, USA
- ella, ella, ella…, Johannes Vogt Gallery, N.Y.C., NY, USA
- Pagan SLUTz, Spf15, San Diego, CA, USA
2014
- In the flesh, Important Projects, Oakland, CA, USA
2011
- Rosetta Inc., 186 Carpenter, Providence, RI, USA
2010
- Dream On Hair Salon, Heraclitian Topologies, A.C.R.E. Projects, Chicago, IL, USA
2009
- Laughing from the Other Side of Your Face, Links Hall, Chicago, IL, USA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
- Material Art Fair 2018, w/ 🍞 , CDMX, Mexico (Upcoming)
- Mexico City: A Case Study, curated by Chris Sharp, Australian Center for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Australia (Upcoming)
2017
- Ruberta Spring/Autumn ’18, CARNE, Bogotá, Colombia
- Code Fair, w/ Roman Road, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Marching to the Beat, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Meshes of the Afternoon, curated by Attilia Fattori Franchini, Roman Road, London, England
- Lucky Draw, Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY, USA
- The New Normal, Ashkal Alwan, Beirut, Lebanon
- Paroxysm of Union, curated By Kunsthalle Freeport, Leonidou 21, Athens, Greece
- Asunciones, curated by Gabriel González Acosta and Diego Salvador Rios, Mexico City, Mexico
- Ozone Flowers, Galería Mascota, Mexico City, Mexico
- Dawning, presented by Attilia Fattori Franchini and Yves Scherer, Capitán Gallo, Mexico City, Mexico
2016
- Trauma Sauna, ASHES/ASHES, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Venusia, Preliminary Group, curated by Mohamed Almusibi, Bolgna, Italy
- Baby, I’m a Star, Romeo, N.Y.C., NY, USA
- Europa and the Bull, curated by Attilia Fattori Franchini, LambdaLambdaLambda, Prishtina, Kosovo
- Stoneroses #4, curated by Santiago Tacetti and Mirak Jamal, Stockholm, Sweden
- Opals, curated by Vincent Honoré, Galleri Opdahl, Starvanger, Norway
- I AM SILVER, Foxy Production, NYC, NY, USA
- By Hand, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
- Material Art Fair, w/ Spf15, Mexico City, Mexico
- X Bienal de Nicaragua, curated by Oliver Martinez Kandt, Fundacion Ortiz Gurdian, Leon, Nicaragua
2015
- Power Objects: The Future Has a Primitive Heart, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
- Buying Friends; The Kortman Collection, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
- re: a memo to peregrine staff, Lodos, organized by Peregrine Program, Mexico City, Mexico
- Rainbow, Queer Thoughts, San Juan del Sur; La Virgen; San Jose de los Remates, Nicaragua
2014
- Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit Benefit Auction, MOCAD, Detroit, MI, USA
- Material Art Fair, w/ Queer Thoughts, Mexico City, Mexico
- You Slayer Me, Rainbo Club, Chicago, IL, USA
2013
- Nature’s Bounty, Chicago Center for Green Technology, Chicago, IL, USA
- Rose: A Benefit and Exhibition for Rose Marcus, Cleopatra’s, N.Y.C., NY. USA
- Dark Roses, curated by Queer Thoughts, Wake Gallery, Detroit, MI, USA
SELECTED COLLABORATIVE PERFORMANCES
2013
- FREE THE UNIVERSE presented by Chicago CD Music, The Mutiny, Chicago, IL, USA
2012
- Contemporary Art Club, with Matthew Lutz-Kinoy, stedelijk at trouw/de verdieping, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL
2011
- Donna Haraway’s Expanded Benefits Package, with Matthew Lutz-Kinoy, New Museum, N.Y.C., NY
- BCC #5: A Retrospective of Remixed Dreams, with Matthew Lutz-Kinoy, -1, Paris, France
2009
- Give It To Mamma, BASSO, Berlin, Germany
SELECTED PUBLIC ART
2014
- Uptown Choreography for Albers (mural) with Amanda Williams, Lawrence Red Line Stop, Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago, IL, USA
RESIDENCIES
2014
- Summer Forum, Joshua Tree, CA, USA
2010
- A.C.R.E., Steuben, WI, USA
2009
- Harold Arts, Chester Hill, OH, USA
- BASSO, Berlin, Germany
LECTURES, TALKS, PANELS
2016
- Depaul University, Chicago, IL: Midwest Art Historians Conference, Experimental Practice
- The Graham Foundation, Chicago, IL: Screening & Conversation: Barbara Kasten and Chelsea Culprit
- Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island: Artist Talk
AWARDS
2016
- The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts Grant to Individuals for Exhibitions, 1.5 Rooms
BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Jesus Pacheco, “Expone pintura y neones en el Barba Azul,” Chilango Mag, (May 31, 2017)
- Loney Abrams. “8 Mexico City-based Emerging Artists You Need to Know”, Artspace (Jan, 2017)
- Sandra Barba. “Feminismo y belleza: Hillary Clinton y Alicia Machado”, Letras Libres (Oct, 2016)
- Kim Cordova. “Chelsea Culprit – Miss Universe”, Art Review (Sep, 2016)
- “Chelsea Culprit at Yautepec”, Contemporary Art Daily (Sep, 2016)
- Nika Chilewich. “Imagen como mercancía en el arte de Chelsea Culprit”, i-D Mexico (Sep, 2016)
- Operación Hormiga. “La Utilización Priorizada”, La Tempestad (Sep, 2016)
- Nika Chilewich. “Miss Universe”, Excelsior (Aug, 2016)
- “Chelsea Culprit at Yautepec”, Art Viewer (Aug, 2016)
- “I am Silver” at Foxy Productions, Artforum Critics’ Picks (July, 2016)
- “X Bienal de Nicaragua,” Contemporary Art Daily, (May 15, 2016)
- Somi Umolu and Harold Mendez, “Incidents of Travel,” The Kadist Foundation (May 14, 2016)
- Martha Schwendener, “Soho and TriBeCa, a Cradle of Contemporary Art,” The New York Times (April 21, 2016)
- Ashton Cooper, “CHELSEA CULPRIT, Blessed With a Job,” The Brooklyn Rail (April 6, 2016)
- “Selections From Material Art Fair,” Sex Magazine, (February 9, 2016)
- Devon Van Houten Maldonado , “Itinerant and Off-the-Map Galleries Find a Place in Mexico City,” Hyperallergic (Feb. 5, 2016)
- “La semana del arte en Mexico,” i-D, (January 26, 2016)
- “Material Art Fair,” aqnb.com, (January 2, 2016)
- Heidi Norton, “Heidi Norton Interviews Vincent Uribe, Chelsea Culp, and Ben Foch,” OFLUXO, (August, 2015)
- Inside/Within, (January 14, 2015)
- LVL3 Media Artist of the Week, LVL3 Media (September 8, 2014)
- Kevin Barrett Weil, “Madam Thou Art Bonkers at The Hills Esthetic Center,” Temporary Art Review, (November 12, 2013)
- Caroline Picard, “Pledging Artistic Friendship: “2 of a Kind” at LVL3”, Art21: blog, (July 16, 2013)
- Claudine Ise, “Top Ten Chicago Art Shows of 2012,” The Chicago Tribune, (December 20, 2012)
- Jason Foumberg, “New City’s Top 5 of Everything 2012: Art” New City, (December 20, 2012)
- Department of Cultural Events and Tourism, “Chicago Artist Month; Block by Block,” Time Out Chicago, (October 2012)
- Pedro Velez, “Walking in Podville,” New City, (October 09, 2012)
- Jason Foumberg, “Burn the Pedestal,” Sculpture Magazine, (October 2012)
- Lori Waxman, “Home is Where the Feral Cats Watch T.V.,” The Chicago Tribune, (October 10, 2012)
- Evangeline Politis, “Shifting Focus,” SAIC Alumni Spotlight (October 2012)
- Legacy Russell, “Expanded Benefits: Matthew Lutz-Kinoy and Sophie,” BOMBLOG, (January 11, 2012)
- Lori Waxman, “Can happiness really be as simple as looking at art?,” The Chicago Tribune, (November 23, 2011)
- Bert Stabler, “Review: Chelsea Culp/ Seerveld Gallery,” New City, (March 07, 2011)
- Jason Foumberg, “Review: Chelsea Culp and Ben Foch/ Vega Estates,” New City, (June 29, 2009)