KG

Karolina Gnatowski

b. 1980 Poland, lives and works in Chicago


EDUCATION


2017  Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture 

2007 MFA Fiber and Material Studies The School of the Art Institute of Chicago 

2002 BFA Fiber and Material Studies The University of the Arts, Philadelphia



SOLO EXHIBITIONS


2019

SOME KIND OF DUTY   DePaul Art Museum   Chicago IL

2017

CHANGELING Julius Caesar  Chicago IL

BLUE OUT OF MY MOUTH Free Range Gallery   Chicago IL

ALTER Terrain Exhibitions   Oak Park IL

2015

TATA   SideCar Gallery   Hammond IN

2014

SOUL KITCHEN   Kitchen Space gallery   Chicago IL

2013

LINED PAGES   Lloyd Dobler Gallery   Chicago IL

HASH MOUNTAIN   The Franklin   Chicago IL

2012

PPPPPRESTO!   Monique Meloche Gallery   Chicago IL

WE HAVE TO BELIEVE WE ARE MAGIC   Lula Cafe   Chicago IL 

2011

TIE DYES ON THE SUNRISE   The Bike Room   Chicago IL



GROUP EXHIBITIONS 


2020

QUEER THREADS The American University Museum at The Katzen Art Center Washington DC

2019

NOTHING BUT FLOWERS H.F. Johnson Gallery of Art at Carthage College Kenosha IL

MIRROR OF THE UNIVERSE John Michael Kohler Arts Center Sheboygan WI 

MATTER MATTERS   UMKC Gallery Of Art   Kansas City MI 

QUEER FORMS   Katherine E. Nash Gallery   Minneapolis MN

2017

FINGER FLOWERS: NIGHT BLOOMERS   Compound Yellow   Oak Park IL

I HAVE FEELINGS TO EXPRESS   Tiger Strikes Astroid   Chicago IL

CENTRIGUGAL   Praxis Fiber Workshop   Cleveland OH

SPUTNIK PRESS ANNUAL BENEFIT   Sputnik Press   Chicago IL

2016

WINTER EXPERIMENT: SAIC at MMG   Monique Meloche Gallery Chicago IL

NEAR AT HAND   Ralph Arnold Fine Arts Gallery at Loyola University   Chicago IL

HOUSE-WARMING   AddsDonna   Chicago IL

SPUTNIK PRESS ANNUAL BENEFIT   Sputnik Press   Chicago IL

RITUAL NIGHT   Left Field Gallery   San Luis Obispo CA

LTD WEAR   LVL3   Chicago IL

MY METRONOME IS A BLINKER   L.O.G.   Chapel Hill NC

2015

POP UP POT SHOP   Tusk   Chicago IL

WINTER EXPERIMENT: SAIC at MMG   Monique Meloche Gallery   Chicago IL 

MOONLIGHT SLEEPING ON  A MIDNIGHT LAKE   AddsDonna   Chicago IL 

STATIC CLING 2   Brooklyn Academy of Music   Brooklyn NY 

BLOSSOMWORLD   Hammock Gallery   Los Angeles CA

2014

FANTASY ZONE: K-9 ISLAND   Hidden Dog Gallery   Chicago IL 

THE LAST BRUCENNIAL   Bruce High Quality Foundation   NY

THIS PARTICULAR PATCH   Gowanus Ballroom   Brooklyn NY

2013

NEW AMERICANA   Bird   Williamsburg NY

GHOSTS DON’T BURN   In collaboration with Mike Kaysen at SideCar Gallery   Hammond IN WHISPER DOWN THE LANE   Gallery 400 at The University of Illinois.  Chicago IL

MORE THAN NAKED   Ralph Arnold Fine Arts Gallery at Loyola University   Chicago IL   

STRANGER DANGER   Adult Contemporary   Chicago IL

2012

COMMUNITY SUPPORTED ART   ThreeWalls   Chicago IL

EUPHEMIZE   Slow Gallery   Chicago IL

IN CIRCLES   SideCar Gallery   Hammond IN

R & D   Manifold   Chicago IL

MDW ART FAIR   Pentagon booth   Chicago IL

2011

BAUHAUS NOW   The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art   Chicago IL

DOCK 6 DESIGN AND ART SERIES   Chicago IL

SEA CHANGE   Meadow Gallery   Chicago IL

MDW ART FAIR   The Suburban booth   Chicago IL

MDW ART FAIR   SideCar Gallery booth   Chicago IL

2010

ALEA JACTA EST   Weglowa Gallery   Bialystok Poland

THE GREAT POOR FARM EXPERIMENT  The Poor Farm   Little Wolf WI

2009

SWEEPING THE INSIDE OUT   SideCar Gallery   Hammond IN 

IN MEMORY OF...A LOVE STORY   SPOKE Gallery   Chicago IL

I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU   LivingRoom Gallery   Chicago IL 

TALKING POINTS: A DISCONSOLATE CHIMERA   Hyde Park Art Center   Chicago IL

2008

RETREAT Northern Illinois University Chicago IL

JOHN ALMANZA/KAROLINA GNATOWSKI/CAROL JACKSON   The Brown Triangle   

Chicago IL

TERRITORY   In collaboration with Dan Gunn as part of Gunnatowski   2828 N Sawyer 

Chicago IL

2007

LOLLAPALOOZA   Grant Park   Chicago IL



CURATORIAL PROJECTS


2019

ROUND ABOUT   Aspect Ratio Gallery   Chicago IL

2016

YOU TOO CAN HAVE A BODY LIKE MINE   Lula Cafe   Chicago IL

UGLY FEELINGS   SideCar Gallery   Hammond IN

2012

GARDEN PARTY   Hinge Gallery   Chicago IL 

LINE OF SITE presented by Twelve Galleries Projects Hosted by WESTERN EXHIBITIONS and co- curated with Kate Ruggeri and Alicia Chester   Chicago IL

2011

WorkWork   a series of one on one collaborations with Alex Chitty, Diana Guerrero-Macia, Daniel Lavitt, David Leggett, Carol Jackson, Heather Mullins, Vanessa Smith



LECTURES/RESIDENCIES

2019

William Bronson and Grayce Slovet Mitchell Lecture Series  

2018

Vermont Studio Center Fellow for August

2014

Ox-Bow School Of Art   Faculty: Minor aesthetics Workshop: Cute, Zany, Interesting co-taught with Dan Gunn   Saugatuck MI

2011

ACRE   Visiting Artist   Steuben WI

2010-2013

Urban Gateways   Teaching Artist in Residence Chicago IL

2010

Art Factory Residency   Bialystok Poland



BIBLIOGRAPHY

2019

KAROLINA GNATOWSKI: SOME KIND OF DUTY artist monograph

Interview with Julie Rodrigues Widholm Director and Chief Curator of DePaul Art Museum 

Feeling the Process: KG’s tapestries as Participatory Politics  by K.L.H. Wells


WEAVING AS METAPHOR AT KAROLINA GNATOWSKI'S COMPELLING SOLO SHOW

Lori Waxman for the Chicago Tribune Mar. 2019


HIGH FIBER DIET 

Kristin Leigh Hofer for FNews Magazine Mar. 2019


KG "SOME KIND OF DUTY" AT THE DEPAUL ART MUSEUM

Emma Dwyer for Chicago Artist Writers Apr. 2019


2017

KAROLINA GNATOWSKI SLAYS JULIUS CAESAR  

K.T. Hawbaker for the Chicago tribune  Nov. 2017


2014

KAROLINA GNATOWSKI’S TACTILE NARRATIVES   

Kate Sierzputowski for Inside/Within   Jan. 2014


2013

STUDIO LIFE   Edited by Sarah Trigg Princeton Architectural Press 2013  


WHY HARD CORE CRAFT IS SO POPULAR IN CHICAGO   

Jason Foumberg for Chicago Magazine   Nov. 2013


SCULPTURAL REMNANTS AND RE-CREATIONS OF JIMMY PAGE   

Alicia Eler for Hyperallergic   Dec. 2013


LINED PAGES: NEW WORK BY KAROLINA GNATOWSKI AT LLOYD DOBLER   

Matthew Messner for Chicago Artist Writers   Nov. 2013


KAROLINA GNATOWSKI/LLOYD DOBLER GALLERY 

B. David Zarley for NewCity Magazine   Nov. 2013 


STRANGER DANGER EXHIBITION CATALOG 

with essay by Claudine Ise   


STRANGER DANGER: ADULT CONTEMPORARY 

Kelly Reaves for NewCity Magazine   Mar. 2013


2012

IT ISNT JUST ART…NOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE 

Claudine Ise  for Chicago Tribune   Dec. 06, 2012 

2011

WORKWORK season 2011 catalog


BAUHAUS NOW exhibition Catalogue

2010

Bialystok Gazeta   Aug 23, 2010


Kurier Poranny   July 10, 2010

2009

KAROLINA GNATOWSKI AT SPOKE

Steve Ruiz  for Chicago Art Review   Jul. 13, 2009

2008

JOHN ALMANZA/KAROLINA GNATOWSKI/CAROL JACKSON

Dan Gunn for New City Magazine   Jan. 2008 


 

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