Catherine Chalmers
Appearance
Catherine Chalmers | |
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Born | |
Nationality | American |
Education | Stanford University, Royal College of Art |
Known for | Photography, video & sculpture |
Awards | Guggenheim 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 |
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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
- ^ 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.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Museum of Contemporary Photography". Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Isle, Ray (July 1, 2000). "Article Let Us Prey". Stanford Magazine. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 20, 2013. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Jacobson, Louis (December 1, 2000). "Prey for Understanding". Washington City Paper. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
- ^ "New This Month in U.S. Museums". artnet.com. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
- ^ "Museum of Contemporary Photography". www.mocp.org. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
- ^ "Catherine Chalmers: Prey and Eat - University Art Museum, CSU Long Beach - Absolutearts.com". www.absolutearts.com. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
- ^ "Catherine Chalmers: American Cockroach at Boise Art Museum". Artdaily. July 22, 2008. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 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.
- ^ "The Roaches That Came In from the Cold | ARTnews". www.artnews.com. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
- ^ "Catherine Chambers". Blind Spot: Magazine. Archived from the original on February 27, 2017. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
- ^ "Catherine Chalmers". Harper's Magazine. Archived from the original on June 9, 2011. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
- ^ "Reviews, American Cockroach". Discover Magazine. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Catherine Chalmers". PBS. Archived from the original on August 15, 2012.
- ^ "Animals". This American Life. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
- ^ "SXSW Film Announces Festival Winners". www.prnewswire.com. 2008. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
- ^ "Catherine Chalmers". John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
- ^ "Leafcutters". Environmental Film Festival. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
External links
- Artist website
- Catherine Chalmers at IMDb
- "Ecotopia", International Center of Photography