Catherine Chalmers

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Catherine Chalmers
Born (1957-07-07) July 7, 1957 (age 67)
San Mateo, California, US
Education Stanford University,
Royal College of Art
Known forPhotography, video & sculpture
Awards Guggenheim Fellowship

Catherine Chalmers (born July 7, 1957), is an American artist, photographer and filmmaker. She lives and works in New York City. [1]

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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

Films

YearTitleTypeNotes
2008Safarishort filmA film following a New York City cockroach. [1]
2019Leafcuttersshort, documentary film [20]

Books

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  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.
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  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.
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