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Catherine Chalmers

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

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

Biography

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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

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  • 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

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

Books

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  • 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

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  1. ^ 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. Archived from the original on September 28, 2020. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
  2. ^ "Museum of Contemporary Photography". Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. 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. ^ "MASS MoCA - Unnatural Science". Archived from the original on January 20, 2013. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  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. February 2001. 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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