Catherine Chalmers

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Catherine Chalmers
Born(1957-07-07)July 7, 1957
San Mateo, California, US
NationalityAmerican
EducationStanford University,
Royal College of Art
Known forPhotography, video & sculpture
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship

Catherine Chalmers (born 1957), is an American artist and photographer. She lives and works in New York City.[1]

Biography[]

Catherine Chalmers was born in 1957 in San Mateo, California.[2] Chalmers graduated from Stanford University with a B.S. degree in Engineering in 1979, and from the Royal College of Art, with an M.F.A. degree in Painting.[3][4]

She has exhibited at MASS MoCA,[5] Corcoran Gallery of Art,[6] Yerba Buena Center for the Arts,[7] Museum of Contemporary Photography,[8] the University Art Museum of CSU Long Beach;[9] and Boise Art Museum.[10]

Her work has appeared in the New York Times,[11] ArtNews,[12] Blind Spot,[13] Harper's,[14] and Discover.[15] Her work has been featured on PBS,[16] and This American Life.[17]

Awards[]

  • 2008, Jury Award (Best Experimental Short) for her film "Safari", SXSW Film Festival.[18][1]
  • 2010, Guggenheim Fellowship, in video and audio.[19]
  • 2018, Best Environmental Short for her film "Leafcutters", Natourale Film Festival, Wiesbaden, Germany.[1]
  • 2019, Gil Omenn Art & Science Award, Ann Arbor Film Festival.[1]
  • 2019, Best Experimental Film, The Earth Day Film Festival.

Films[]

Year Title Type Notes
2008 Safari short film A film following a New York City cockroach.[1]
2019 Leafcutters short, documentary film [20]

Books[]

  • Sand, Michael L., ed. (2000). Food Chain: Encounters between Mates, Predators, and Prey. Catherine Chalmers (photographer), Gordon Grice (introduction). Aperture. ISBN 978-0893818852.
  • Chalmers, Catherine (2004). Catherine Chalmers: American Cockroach. Aperture. ISBN 9781931788397.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e MacRae, Sloan (April 16, 2019). "Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History to Host Catherine Chalmers, Acclaimed Artist and Photographer". Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
  2. ^ "Museum of Contemporary Photography". Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  3. ^ Isle, Ray (July 1, 2000). "Article Let Us Prey". Stanford Magazine. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  4. ^ Boxer, Sarah (May 8, 2003). "Cockroaches as Shadow and Metaphor; An Artist Began Chilling and Decorating Bugs, But Moved On to Depicting Their Executions (Published 2003)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 20, 2013. Retrieved March 13, 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ Jacobson, Louis (December 1, 2000). "Prey for Understanding". Washington City Paper. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  7. ^ "New This Month in U.S. Museums". artnet.com. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  8. ^ "Museum of Contemporary Photography". www.mocp.org. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  9. ^ "Catherine Chalmers: Prey and Eat - University Art Museum, CSU Long Beach - Absolutearts.com". www.absolutearts.com. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  10. ^ "Catherine Chalmers: American Cockroach at Boise Art Museum". Artdaily. July 22, 2008. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
  11. ^ Zimmer, Carl (September 5, 2006). "This Can't Be Love: The Curious Case of Sexual Cannibalism". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  12. ^ "The Roaches That Came In from the Cold | ARTnews". www.artnews.com. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  13. ^ "Catherine Chambers". Blind Spot: Magazine. Archived from the original on February 27, 2017. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  14. ^ "Catherine Chalmers". Harper's Magazine. Archived from the original on June 9, 2011. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  15. ^ "Reviews, American Cockroach". Discover Magazine. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
  16. ^ "Catherine Chalmers". PBS. Archived from the original on August 15, 2012.
  17. ^ "Animals". This American Life. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  18. ^ "SXSW Film Announces Festival Winners". www.prnewswire.com. 2008. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  19. ^ "Catherine Chalmers". John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  20. ^ "Leafcutters". Environmental Film Festival. Retrieved December 26, 2020.

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