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. Chicago
Intro to TC2 Loom Weaving Class Intensive. Praxis Fiber Workshop. Cleveland, OH ( June 2024)
File Design for TC2 Loom 1 and 2 (Sept and October 2024) Praxis Fiber Workshop. Virtual Courses.
File Design for Painted Warp. Lmrm. Chicago. July 2025.
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. Solo Exhibition. Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago. May 7-June 10 2023.
And Before One, What Are You Counting? . Solo Exhibition. 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 (2025-2013):
Beyond:Tapestry Expanded. Curated by Erica Warren. Peeler Art Center at DePauw University. August 2024-December 2024.
Roots and Culture Benefit Auction. April 2025. Roots and Culture Chicago
Tiger Strikes Asteroid Benefit Auction. October 2025. NYC Crit Club.
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. Chicago
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 (Olive Stefanski and Magritte Nankin). 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 (2024). Illinois Arts Council
Comfort Station “Artists to Watch” List (2024)
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.
RESIDENCIES AND FELLOWSHIPS:
New Jewish Culture Fellowship (2024-2025 fellow)
Fiber Praxis Workshop Digital Weaving Artist-In-Residence. Cleveland,OH. ( March 24th 2025-April 6th 2025)
Swarm Artist Residency. Scattergood Farms, Iowa. (July 2019)
Preparatory staff at ACRE Residency (May 2022)
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.
Forthcoming: Artist Interview, Roman Susan Oral Accounts book, funded by Illinois Arts Council Creative Catalyst Grant, August 2025-TBA.
2024 Artists to Watch List. Comfort Station. Chicago
And Before One, What Are You Counting? Solo exhibition at Roman Susan Art Foundation is chosen as a partner program with the Chicago Architecture Biennial The Available City (2021)
Fluid Forms: A Review of Confluence at Heaven Gallery by Kerry Cardoza. New City 2022.
Top 5 Weekend Picks (1/27-2/2-22) #1 Confluence, group exhibition. Visualist + Bad at Sports
Interview. (2017) Published in Dreamcraft Exhibition Catalogue. Interviewed by curator Danielle Wordelman. Print Interview.
MOUTHY WOMEN Interview. (March 2016) Practice/Anthology. 3rd Language Artist Collective.
MOUTHY WOMEN Interview. (2015) Lumpen Radio for Duos Fest Performance Festival. Chicago.
Featured Artist Profile. (2014) New City. Chicago Artists Month.
LECTURES/ARTIST TALKS/CLASSROOM VISITS/PANELS:
Artist Talk and Conversation with Jewlya Sturtevant at Roots and Culture. Chicago. 3.1.2025
Forthcoming: Jewish Artists of Chicago Class Studio Visit and Conversation. DePaul University. Sept 2025.
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.
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.