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e-Mail | catchow5@hotmail.com
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website | http://www.cat-chow.com
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Education
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Northwestern University, Evanston,
Illinois, B.S.
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Solo Exhibitions
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| 2006 |
Alterations, Robert Hillestad Textiles
Gallery, Lincoln NE
Second Skin, Kresge Art Museum, East Lansing MI
Material Girl, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids
IA (catalogue)
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| 2005 |
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati OH
Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh PA
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| 2004 |
The Interpretation of Seams,
Gahlberg Gallery, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn IL
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| 2003 |
Dressing Objects, Three Rivers
Arts Festival, Pittsburgh PA
Mixed Greens, Jesus Chrysler, Chicago IL
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| 2002 |
Dressing Objects, Chicago Cultural
Center, Chicago IL
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Selected Group Exhibitions
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| 2006 |
Pattern Language: Clothing as Communicator,
Krannert Art Museum, Urbana-Champaign, IL (catalogue)
traveling
Spirals and Ellipses: Clothing the Body Three-Dimensionally,
Kent State University Museum, Kent OH
Perfect, (tour), Illinois State Museum Lockport Gallery,
Lockport, IL
Perfect, (tour), Illinois State Museum Southern Art
Gallery, Whittington, IL
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| 2005 |
Perfect, (tour), Art Museum of the University
of Memphis, TN
Perfect, (tour), Fermilab Art Gallery, Batavia, IL
Perfect, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art,
Grand Rapids MI (catalogue) traveling
Artwear: Fashion and Anti-fashion, Fine Arts
Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco CA (catalogue)
ART - ROBE: Women Artists at the Nexus of Fashion
and Art, UNESCO, Paris
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| 2004 |
Form Follows Fashion, The Museum
at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
Fabrications, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago IL
Ready to Wear, John Michael Kohler Arts Center,
Sheboygan WI
Soft Edge, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
IL
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| 2003 |
Not Just Another Pretty Face,
Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago IL (catalogue)
Coming To Terms with the Everyday, School of
Fine Arts Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington IN
Scene in Chicago, Judy Saslow Gallery, Chicago
IL
A Twist on Thread, Suburban Art Center, Highland
Park IL
Goddess, The Metropolitan Museum
of Art, New York NY (catalogue)
Splat Boom Pow! The Influence of Cartoons in Contemporary
Art, 1970-2000, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
TX (catalogue)
Formed to Function?, John Michael Kohler Arts
Center, Sheboygan, WI
Art for Fashion, Kaufman Arcade, New York NY
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| 2002 |
Manifestations II: Form & Function,
Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York NY
Manifesto, Collaboraction, Chicago IL
Dollar Store, Open-end, Chicago IL
16th Evanston + Vicinity Biennial, Evanston Art
Center, Evanston IL
Art Chicago, represented by Monique Meloche,
Navy Pier, Chicago IL
Blue Blood Blue Collar, Heaven Gallery, Chicago
IL
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| 2001 |
Metal Departures,
The Society for Midwest Metalsmiths, Emerson Gallery,
St. Louis MO (catalogue)
Repeater, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago
IL
SOFA Exposition, represented by Contemporary
Art Workshop, Navy Pier, Chicago IL (catalogue)
Second Skin, Monique Meloche, Chicago IL Blisster,
Artemisia Gallery, Chicago IL
Is Fashion Art?, Gen Art Summer Arts Festival,
Puck Building, New York NY
Brat(wurst), Vox Populi, Philadelphia PA
Faces in the Field, The Field Museum, Chicago IL
Chicago Art Invitational 2001, Gallery on Lake
Judith Racht, Chicago IL
Uncommon Threads: Contemporary Artists and Clothing,
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University,
Ithaca NY (catalogue)
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| 2000 |
Window installation, New Museum
of Contemporary Art, New York NY
Around the Coyote’s Curator’s Choice, Ukrainian
Institute of Modern Art, Chicago IL (catalogue)
aDressing the Body, Fassbender Gallery, Chicago
IL
Women Artists under Thirty, Woman Made Gallery,
Chicago IL
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| 1999 |
Material Evidence: Chicago Architecture
at 2000, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago IL
(catalogue)
Urban Conditions: Young Chicago Artists, Wabash
College, Crawfordsville IN
Around the Coyote’s Curator’s Choice, Ukrainian
Institute of Modern Art, Chicago IL
The Feel of Fiber, Barrington Art Center, Barrington
IL
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Bibliography
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| 2006 |
"The Hyberbolic Surfaces of Cat Chow,"
by Steven E. Pav, Hi Fructose magazine, volume II.
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| 2005 |
"Modest Cat," by Jiae Kim, Theme magazine,
Summer 2005, p.8.
"Cat Chow," by Petra Fallaux, Fiberarts magazine, Summer
2005.
"Cat Chow," by Cate Levinson, Punk Planet, Art & Design
3, Issue #67, May/June 2005.
"Hello, Kitty," by Kristina Dechter, Paper magazine,
April 2005, p. 30.
“Art Couture, " by Kurt Shaw, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,
February 4, 2005, Living, pages 1, 3.
“Perfect Sense” Perfect review by Carol Knowles, Memphis
Flyer, Memphis, TN; #868, October 14, 2005; page 46
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| 2004 |
"Cat Chow's 12 Favorite Things," by
Rose Spinelli, Chicago Tribune Magazine, August 22,
2004, p.13.
"Chicago Moves Out to America's Edge," by Ruth La Ferla,
The New York Times, Tuesday, June 22, 2004, Business
Day, p. C20.
"Artist Spotlight: Chicago's Cat Chow," by Kevin Cole,
Dialogue Magazine, May/June 2004, pages 1 and 26-30.
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| 2003 |
"Splat Boom Pow! The Influence of Cartoons
in Contemporary Art, 1970-2000," Catalogue published
by the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston TX, p. 22-23,
p. 60 (illus.), p.104 (bio.).
"Evening Hours", by Bill Cunningham, The New York Times,
Styles Section, Sunday, May 4, 2003, p.8.
"Fabricating Fashion," by Lisa DeVries, Echo, Summer/Fall
2003.
"Fashion/Art Combination Proves to be a Very Good Fit
for Designer," by Leslie Hoffman Pittsburgh Post- Gazette,
June 11, 2003, p. E-16.
"Cat Power," New City, April 17, 2003, p. 4.
"Sew Fine," by Kate Zambreno, New City, May 13, 2003,
pages 1 and 6.
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| 2002 |
"Material Girl," by Cara Jepsen, Chicago
Magazine, December 2002, p. 110-111.
"Cat Chow and Les Christensen," by Margaret Hawkins,
The Chicago Art Critics Association Review, October
2002, Vol. 3, No. 1.
"Material Girl," by Beth Wilson, Women's Wear Daily
Chicago, October 2002, p. 6.
"Fashioning Wearable Art," by Lisa Lenoir, Chicago Sun-Times,
Showcase, September 29, 2002, p. 5.
"Cat Chow," by Laura Barcella, Venus, no. 13, summer/fall
2002, p. 65.
"Cat's Miaow: Award-winning artist pushes the boundaries
of fashion." by Holiday Dmitri, Booster, July 10, 2002,
p. 1.
"Cat Chow," by Al Burian, Lumpen, volume 11, issue 1,
2002, p.15.
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| 2001 |
“Made in Chicago,” New City, May 10,
2001, p. 8.
“Hometown Hero: Cat Chow,” UR Chicago, March 19-April
16 2001, p. 9.
“Uncommon Threads: Contemporary Artists and Clothing,”
Catalogue published by the Herbert F. Johnson Museum
of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca NY, p. 13 (illus.),
p. 48 (bio.).
“Wearable Art,” by Yael Brunwasser, Northwestern, Winter
2000, p. 56.
“The 3rd Annual Avant Guardians Portfolio & Touring
Exhibit,” Surface, issue no. 26, p. 171.
“Catpower,” by Anne Slowey, Elle, September 2000, p.234.
“Eye on Chicago Style,” Chicago Magazine newsletter,
Fall 2000, p.3.
“Curator’s Choice,” Catalogue published by the Around
the Coyote, Chicago IL, p. 4 (illus.).
“Artful Dodger,” by Stacy Wallace-Albert,
Chicago Magazine, August 2000, p. 34.
“Considering Wearable Art with Designer Cat Chow,” by
Chris Wiersema, New City, July 27, 2000, p. 5.
“An Artist to Know,” by Cali Bergold, Woman Made News,
Summer 2000, p. 4.
“Industrial-Strength Fashion,” by Laura Henke, Ten by
Ten, vol. 1. , number 1, p. 6.
“Local Star,” by Barbara Glass, Chicago Social, June
2000, p. 72.
“Gallery Tripping: Cat Chow’s Rampant Materialism,”
by Heather Kenny, Chicago Reader, May 19, 2000, sec.
1, p. 42.
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| 1999 |
“Material Evidence: Chicago Architecture
at 2000,” Catalogue published by the, Chicago IL, p.
6 (illus.), p. 24-25 (illus.).
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Awards and Honors
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| 2005 |
Illinois Arts Council Grant Recipient,
The State of Illinois
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| 2003 |
Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Award,
The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, New York
NY
21 Rising Stars: Women on the Fast Track, Today's
Chicago Woman, Chicago IL
Community Arts Assistance Program grant, Department
of Cultural Affairs, Chicago IL
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Juror's Award, 16th Evanston + Vicinity
Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Evanston IL
Artists Fellowship Award, Illinois Arts Council,
Chicago IL
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Community Arts Assistance Program grant,
Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago IL
Rising Stars 2001 Fashion Award, Fashion Group International,
Chicago IL
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Style Makers & Rule Breakers Award,
Fashion Group International, Chicago IL
Creative Excellence Award Finalist, New Zealand Wearable
Art Awards 2000, New Zealand
Community Arts Assistance Program grant, Department
of Cultural Affairs, Chicago IL
Avant Garde Design Vision Award, Gen Art International
Design Competition, New York NY
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Museums Collections
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New
York
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati OH
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Related Activities
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| 2006 |
Lectures: Cincinnati Art Museum, Friday
Club (Chicago, IL), Grand State Valley University (Allendale,
MI), University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska), Millersville
University (Millersville PA)
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| 2005-2006 |
Artist-in-Residence, Artists Allinace
Studio Program, New York
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Visiting Designer: Cornell University;
Tainan Woman College, Taiwan
Speaker, IMPACT Industial Designers Society of America
Conference, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
IL
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Instructor, The School of the Art
Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
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Artist-in-Residence, funded by the Nathan
Cummings Foundation for Yollocalli Youth Museum,
Youth Initiative of the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum,
Chicago IL
Visiting Artist: National Cheng Kung University
(Tainan City, Taiwan), Tainan Woman College (Tainan
City, Taiwan), Kent State University, Cornell University
(Ithaca, NY), Artists + C hildren Create Together
(Chicago IL)
Lectures: The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago
IL), Columbia College (Chicago IL)
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Lecture, Costume Council, Chicago
Historical Society, Chicago IL
Interview, 848 in the Morning, WBEZ Chicago Public
Radio, Chicago IL
Artist-in-Residence, Open Studio Program, Page Brothers
Building, Chicago Public Art, Chicago IL
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Lectures: Around the Coyote (Chicago
IL), Art on the Move Tours, Highland Park IL
Visiting Artist, Odyssey: Discovering the Arts, Stevenson
High School, Lincolnshire IL
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Interview, "Artbeat," WTTW TV,
Chicago, IL
Lecture, Museum of Contemporary Art North Shore Affiliate,
Chicago IL
Visiting Artist, Focus on the Arts, Highland Park
High School, Highland Park IL
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