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  artist Cat Chow



"January", 2003, one continuous zipper fifty yards in length, 60"x 60"x4"- click for detail
Courtesy of the Artist

e-Mail | catchow5@hotmail.com |
website | http://www.cat-chow.com |

Education

1995

Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, B.S.

 

Select Solo Exhibitions

 

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)

 

2005

Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati OH

Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh PA

 

2004

The Interpretation of Seams, Gahlberg Gallery, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn IL

 

2003

Dressing Objects, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh PA

Mixed Greens, Jesus Chrysler, Chicago IL

 

2002

Dressing Objects, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago IL

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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)

 

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

 

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

 

Bibliography

 

2006

"The Hyberbolic Surfaces of Cat Chow," by Steven E. Pav, Hi Fructose magazine, volume II.

 

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

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

1999

“Material Evidence: Chicago Architecture at 2000,” Catalogue published by the, Chicago IL, p. 6 (illus.), p. 24-25 (illus.).

 

Awards and Honors

 

2005

Illinois Arts Council Grant Recipient, The State of Illinois

 

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

 

2002

Juror's Award, 16th Evanston + Vicinity Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Evanston IL

Artists Fellowship Award, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago IL

 

2001

Community Arts Assistance Program grant, Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago IL

Rising Stars 2001 Fashion Award, Fashion Group International, Chicago IL

 

2000

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

 

Museums Collections

 

 

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati OH

 

Related Activities

 

2006

Lectures: Cincinnati Art Museum, Friday Club (Chicago, IL), Grand State Valley University (Allendale, MI), University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska), Millersville University (Millersville PA)

 

2005-2006

Artist-in-Residence, Artists Allinace Studio Program, New York

 

2005

Visiting Designer: Cornell University; Tainan Woman College, Taiwan

Speaker, IMPACT Industial Designers Society of America Conference, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign IL

 

2001-2004

Instructor, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL

 

2004

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)

 

2003

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

 

2002

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

 

2001

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