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EDUCATION:
 

Master of Fine Art (2015) Performance Department. School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Bachelor of Arts. (2013) Women’s and Gender Studies. DePaul University

Chicago Weaving School  (January 2017-March 2020) textile apprenticeship 

Lace Midrash Yeshiva (2019-ongoing). Talmud Study 

Intro to TC2 Loom Weaving Class Intensive. Praxis Fiber Workshop. Cleveland, OH  ( June 2024) 

File Design for TC2 Loom 1 and 2 (Fall 2024) 

EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES:
 

Solo and Duo Exhibitions: 
 

Hypersurface of the Present. Duo exhibition with Jewlya Sturtevant . Roots and Culture. Chicago. January 24 2025-March 1st 2025.

Becoming One Who Holds Many. Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago. May 7-June 10 2023. 

And Before One, What Are You Counting? . Roman Susan Art Foundation. August 7-29th 2021. Chicago 

ENTER ROSES (2018). Duo show with Ruby T.  Curated by Erika Raberg. Occasional Gallery. Chicago. 
 

Selected Group Exhibitions (2024-2013): 
 

​Beyond:Tapestry Expanded. Curated by Erica Warren. Peeler Art Center at DePauw University. August 2024-December 2024. 

Chicago Artists for Palestine Exhibition and Fundraiser. The Jewish Museum of Chicago and ACRE Residency. ACRE Projects. May 18th-June 2nd 2024. 

We Are All Antennae. Alma Art and Interiors Gallery. Chicago. April 12-September 15th 2024.

Up and Up: Wind Based Bodies. Chicago. July 28th 2024. Promontory Point. 

Chicago Textiles Week 2022. Merchandise Mart. 

Abstract Acres. 2022. Curated by Abstract Lunch. Fennville, MI. 

Lemme Know When You Make It. Hyde Park Art Center. Chicago. 2022.

​Confluence. Heaven Gallery. Chicago. 2022 

Havruta. Heaven Gallery. Chicago. 2021

Chicago Textile Week 2021. Epiphany Arts Center. 

​To Cradle a Kind Thought. (2018) Yr It! Window Gallery at Roots and Culture Gallery. Chicago. 

​Interlacements: Works by students of the Chicago Weaving School. (2018). MoonTree Studios. Plymouth, IN

​Experimental Composition for Two Violins, with Johanna Brock. (2018) Comfort Station Chicago. 

​Dream Craft (2017) 2nd Floor Rear Festival. F4F. Chicago. 

Photographic collaboration with  José Santiago Pérez (2017).  International Museum of Surgical Science.

522 Years of Golden Medallions (2014, 2015) Performance by MOUTHY WOMEN collaboration. Roman Susan. Chicago.

Little Plates and Only Friend Nesting In Each Others Skulls (2015) Site Specific Performance and Installation by MOUTHY WOMEN. Chicago.

Little Plates and Only Friend Prepare For the Worst (2015) MOUTHY WOMEN. MFA Performance Festival. School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Little Plates and Only Friend Dwell in the Garden of Discontent. (2015). MOUTHY WOMEN. Aesthetic Disorder Exhibition. Archer Beach Haus. Chicago, IL. Curated by S+S Project.

Nobody Watched You Before and Then You Were Watched. (2015) MOUTHY WOMEN.Cuerpos Consumidos/Consuming Bodies Exhibition. Fundación del Centro Cultural del México Contemporáneo. Mexico City, Mexico. Curated by S+S Project.

Little Plates and Only Friend Consider the Options. (2015) MOUTHY WOMEN. Duos Performance Festival. Co-Prosperity Sphere. Chicago.

When the Circle Poisons (2014) Mana Contemporary and Defibrillator Gallery. Chicago.

The Arc of the Lavender Circle is Strong. (2013, 2014) Northwestern University and Links Hall. 

Best of Breed (2014) Public performance for Chicago Artists Month. Comfort Station.

Little Plates and Only Friend Exit the Gas Closet (2013) MOUTHY WOMEN. Threewalls Gallery. Chicago.

Artist’s Union: A Performative Intervention (2013) . New Blood VII Festival. Links Hall.​

AWARDS/GRANTS:

Creative Catalyst Grant Program (2024). Illinois Arts Council

Individual Artist Program Grant Recipient (2023) Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events

Chicago Creative Worker Assistance Grant Program (2021) Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events 

Propeller IMPACT fund Grant (2020) Threewalls and Gallery 400

Sponsored Artist Scholarship. (2019) Award to attend Swarm Artist Residency at Scattergood Farms

​Featured Artist. (2014) Chicago Artists Month. Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.

​LECTURES/ARTIST TALKS/CLASSROOM VISITS/PANELS/PUBLICATIONS/PRESS:

Beyond: Tapestry Expanded exhibition catalogue (2024). Curated by Erica Warren and printed by American Tapestry Alliance. 

States of Mind: Toward an Alternative Future for Jewish Art by Solomon Brager. Arforum. 2022.
Artist Talk and Conversation with Jewlya Sturtevant at Roots and Culture. Chicago. (3.1.25)

Artists to Watch 2024 Artist Talk.  Comfort Station. Chicago. (July 2024)

Artist Panel. We Are All Antennae. Alma Art and Interiors. (June 2024)

Panel Discussion with Curator John Harness.( May 2023). Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago. 

Artist Talk and Lecture (May 2022) for Aka: Weaving Color and Other Particle Waves Class. Contemporary Practices Dept at SAIC. Taught by Stevie Cisneros Hanley. 

Panelist for SAIC BFA Senior Capstone Exhibition Cohort (December 2022). Taught by kg. 

“On the Occasion Of”: Virtual Artist Talk with Roman Susan Art Foundation concerning solo exhibition, And Before One, What Are You Counting?  (March 2022)

Virtual Artist Talk ( Feb 2022) with other artists in the group exhibition, Confluence. Heaven Gallery

Virtual Artist Talk (October 2021) with other artists in the group exhibition Havruta. Heaven Gallery

Artist Talk. (August 2021) Roman Susan Art Foundation 

​Artist Talk and Lecture (March 2021). Self Care in the Age of Hyper-Productivity class, taught by kg. School of the Art Institute of Chicago. 

Artist Talk and Lecture (2018). ChiArts High School. Sculpture 2 Class taught by David Nasca 

Artist Talk and Lecture. (2015) DePaul University Women’s and Gender Studies Department Spring Colloquium.

Artist Talk (2014) School of the Art Institute of Chicago. 

 

RESIDENCIES AND FELLOWSHIPS: 

New Jewish Culture Fellowship (2024-2025)

Fiber Praxis Workshop Digital Weaving Artist-In-Residence. Cleveland,OH. ( March 24th 2025-April 6th 2025) 

Swarm Artist Residency. (attended with scholarship) Scattergood Farms, Iowa. (July 2019) 

© Olive Stefanski. 

 

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