Christopher Kaczmarek

www.chriskaczmarek.com


CV


EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS


SOLO AND *2-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2022 Solo Exhibition, Fairfield University, Fairfield CT

2016 RE://ROUTE, Alfred University School of Art and Design, Alfred NY. Residency Exhibition

2015 The Storefront Project, Pelham Art Center, Pelham NY

2013 TRANS/MISSION, Center for the Digital Arts, Peekskill NY

2009 Chris Kaczmarek, Real Art Ways, Hartford CT

2007 Spacing, Installation, SUNY Purchase NY

Underscope, Richard and Dolly Maass Gallery, Purchase NY MFA Thesis exhibition

2006 Just My Luck, The Student Center Gallery, SUNY Purchase NY

2005 The Grate Project, SUNY Purchase Campus, Purchase NY

2003 Splice, a collaborative video installation with choreographer Heather Mims, Ohio Art League Gallery, Columbus OH

2000 Chris Kaczmarek, Starving Artist Gallery, Raleigh NC


SELECT EXHIBITIONS

2021

Somatic: Art+Technology, Group Exhibition, curator Patricia Miranda, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven CT (upcoming)

Telegraph (Prespa), Remote Walking project implemented as a curated selection of artistic projects included in the WAC Walking Arts Encounters/Conference 2021, Prespa, Greece.

Opening Ceremonies, collaborative video production commissioned for the 2021 Higher Ground festival, New York City, NY

Refresh!, group exhibition, ODETTA Digital: Summer 2021 Exhibition, June 11 – December 9, SHIM Art Network, artsy.net

Confluence, Luo Zhongli curator, Art Museum of the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing, Sichuan, China (upcoming, November 2021- Dec 2021)

A Circle of 38 Lines, live performance executed at the Cloisters Museum as a selected event for the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance Uptown (NoMAA) 2021 Arts Stroll, June 6

Normal, Labor Lines the Work of Contemplation, Art in Odd Places, May 15, 14th street, New York City, NY

Networked FIELD RECORDING LIVESTREAM #3, live networked performance with Roberta Busechian, Errant Sound, Febuary 6, Königswald, Berlin

Straight Through the Wall 2031, curated outdoor screenings of video work from around the world STTW 2031, June 11, Bushwick, Brooklyn NY; June 17, Phoenix Community Garden, Brooklyn NY

Essential Works, group exhibition, ODETTA Digital: Winter 2020 Exhibition, artsy.net

2020

Open Air, exhibition of commissioned new work, Alexey von Schlippe Gallery at UConn Avery Point, July 15-September 30, Groton CT

Pandemic Proof, group exhibition, ODETTA Digital: Fall 2020 Exhibition, September 12 – December 10, 2020, SHIM Art Network, artsy.net

DFOC Walk, Participatory remote collaborative performance, Crit Lab Alt-MFA 2020, The Crit Lab, November 15, New York

All at Sea, 10 outdoor, socially distanced artists' projects, exhibition of new work play/relay/replay produced in collaboration with Deirdre Macleod, Art Walk Projects, October 17, Edinburgh, Scotland

Tapping the Lines, Sound Walk September, juried into the yearly global festival celebrating sound walks, September, www.Walk/Listen/Create.org

Higher Ground Festival, commissioned premiere performance of Communication in Limbo, Spaces of Waiting, Waiting Spaces, Entangled Quantum Beings/Being Quantum, developed with collaborators Sloka Iyengar, Da’Von Doane and Matt Burket, October 25, Creating Higher Ground, New York

Sea Change, group exhibition, ODETTA Digital Inaugural Exhibition: June 12 – September 10, 2020, SHIM Art Network, artsy.net

Awayhome, locative media work created with CGeomaps during the Locative Media for Earthlings in a Changing World Summer School, created by the collaborative group Team Purple: artists and activists Kate Elliott (Canada,) Veronika Constantinou (Cyprus,) Robert Rattle (Australia,) Steff Whitelaw (Scotland,) Christopher Kaczmarek (USA)

New Canaan Sculpture Trail, exhibition of commissioned new work, Labyrinth,New Canaan Land Trust and the Carriage Barn Arts Center, June 10-October 31, Watson-Symington Preserve, New Canaan CT

Drifting Bodies/Fluent Spaces, Made of Walking VII Exhibition, Casa da Memoria Art Centre, July 22-24, Guimaraes Portugal

Clouds: 6th International Exhibition on New Media Art, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA,) March 25 – Aprill 12, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

International Terminalia Festival of Psychogeography, Line as Labyrinth NYC, enacted as a listed event for the festival, February 23, New York City NY

2019

Among Friends / Entre Amigos, exhibition, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center, May 3-5, 8-12, Brooklyn, NY

Walking Practices/Walking Art/Walking Bodies: an exhibition of Walking

Encounters in Prespes Greece, exhibition of new work, All Our Paths Lead to Here, Byzantine Museum of Agios Germanos, Prespes Greece

2017

Art in Balance: Motorcycles and Fine Art, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA

Sound Machines, Eclipse Mill Gallery, North Adams, MA

2016-17

Van Go, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA art & technology traveling exhibition

2016

Rattle and Hummmmmm…., ODETTA Gallery, Brooklyn NY, 4-Person exhibition

2015

Instrumental, Park View Gallery, Glen Echo MD

Security in Our Society, Art Souterrain, Montreal, Canada

2014

Retrospective Part II 2005 – 2014, Center for the Digital Arts, Peekskill NY

World Maker Faire New York; Sound, Sight and Stairs, New York Hall of Science, Queens NY

STEAM: Art, Science and Technology Westchester Arts Council Arts Exchange, White Plains NY

Artists, Tinkers, Innovators: Bricolage, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack NY

2013

World Maker Faire New York, The Noise in the Machine, NY Hall of Science, Queens NY

Place Making: Re-Envisioning White Plains, Westchester Arts Council Arts Exchange, White Plains NY

2012

World Maker Faire New York, Solar Symphony, New York Hall of Science, Queens NY

Life Has Its Ups and Downs, Blue Door Gallery, Yonkers NY

Sculpture: On and Off the Wall, Westchester Arts Council Arts Exchange, White Plains NY

Exquisite Corpse Film Festival, The Bowery Poetry Club, New York NY

2011

The Bank and Trust Show, Westchester Arts Council Arts Exchange, White Plains NY

Appalachian Alumni in the Arts, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone NC

2010

Listening Post, Tweak Sound Festival, Limerick Ireland

2009

Hipersonica, FILE - Electronic Language Festival 2009 - Sao Paulo Brazil

Past Present and Personal, Westchester Arts Council Arts Exchange, White Plains NY

SoundLAB VI – soundPOOL, http://soundlab.newmediafest.org

2008

MIXER:underground, Eyebeam, New York NY

ArtBots 2008, Trinity College Science Gallery, Dublin Ireland

Art Video Jam, Miranda Fine Arts, Port Chester NY

2007 

Posing, Henry Street Abrons Art Center, New York NY

Empty Apt Art Show, 95 Berry St. Brooklyn NY

Place Setting, Thom Collins curator, Supreme Trading Gallery, Brooklyn NY

Over and Out, Richard and Dolly Maass Gallery, Purchase NY

2005

From the Perception Lab: Sound Show, Pelham Art Center, Pelham NY

10-4, Richard and Dolly Maass Gallery, Purchase NY

Peekskill Project 2005, Hosted by Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill NY

Sound + Interactive Media, Perception Lab, Purchase NY

2004

All of the Above, Richard and Dolly Maass Gallery, Purchase NY

Ohio Art League 93rd Annual Fall Juried Exhibition, Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield OH

The Second Cleveland Biennial Juried Exhibition, Cleveland State University Art Gallery, Cleveland OH

Vanishing Point, choreographer Heather Mims, Sullivant Theatre, Columbus OH, video/stage installation

2003

Ohio Short Film and Video Showcase, Mommy Did, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus OH

One Night Stand OAL Benefit Auction, 35 East Gay Street, Columbus OH

Video Theatre NYC, National Cheese, New York NY

Ohio Art League 92nd Annual Spring Juried Exhibition, Acock Building, Peter Madden juror, Columbus OH

2002

Art for Life 2002, Columbus AIDS Taskforce Auction, Canzani Center, Columbus OH

Ohio Short Film and Video Showcase, Excerpts, created in collaboration with Jessie Hemminger, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus OH

2001

1st Annual Invitational Exhibition, Starving Artist Gallery, Raleigh NC

7th Annual Spring Artists Exhibition, Page-Walker Arts and History Center, Denise Dickens, Scott Eagle Jurors, Cary NC

Members Exhibit, North Carolina State University Crafts Center, Raleigh NC

Group Exhibition, Litmus gallery, Raleigh NC

99 Days of Art & Studio Tours, sponsored by the NC Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh NC

2000

Boylan Heights Art Walk, Boylan Heights, Raleigh NC

Living With Art: House Tour and Auction, NC Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh NC

Group Exhibition, Trace Gallery, Raleigh NC


RESIDENCIES

2019 Crit Lab Italy Venice Biennale + Rural Contemporary Residency

2016 IEA Alfred University School of Art and Design, Alfred NY. The Institute for Electronic Arts is a high technology research studio facility within the School of Art and Design, NYSCC, Alfred University, New York.


ARTIST TALKS

2021

Artist Talk, New Canaan Labyrinth, June 19, Watson-Symington Preserve, New Canaan CT

Artists Talk on Art, Artists Talk on Art has provided a forum for visual artists in New York City for nearly a half century and is the longest running panel series in art history, April 26, New York

Living Labyrinths with Athena Dugan, Live interview, June 6, produced by Hercules Invictus, https://www.blogtalkradio.com/herculesinvictus/2021/06/14/living-labyrinths-with-athena-dugan

2020

Finding a Line and Following It, Presenter, Crit Lab Alt-MFA 2020, The Crit Lab, New York

2019

#strikewithusAR, Our Future Festival NYC, Team Project Presentation, House of Solutions, Governors Island, NY

Project Presentation, VI S2B Impact Forum, #strikewithusAR to be included as part of GarageStories presentation room, Barcelona, Spain

2017

Visiting Artist/Critic, University of New Haven Tuscany Campus, Prato Italy

Artist Talk, Technos College, Tokyo Japan

2014

Artist Panel, E.A.T. Forum (Education, Arts, Technology) ArtsWestchester, White Plains NY

2013

Visiting Artist/Critic, New Rochelle High School, New Rochelle NY

2012

Artist Talk, DorkBot NYC, Location One, Manhattan NY

2009

Artist Talk, Real Art Ways, Hartford CT, in conjunction with solo exhibition

Artist Panel Discussion, Westchester Arts Exchange, White Plains NY

2005

Artist Presentation, Neuberger Museum, Purchase NY

Guest Speaker, 25th Annual Scholarship Reception, Purchase College NY


CONFERENCE TALKS

2022

10th ELIA Academy <The extended art student>, Presenter, European League of Institutes of the Arts (ELIA,) May 19-21, 2021, Brussels, Belgium

2021

Remote Walking - Walking With Prompts, Panelist, WAC Walking Arts Encounters/Conference 2021, Prespa, Greece

Co-Making this World, Panelist, presentation title - Creative Collaboration within Heterogeneous Human/Intelligent Agent Teams: What is to become of us? CAA 2020 Annual Conference, Feb 10-13, College Art Association

Pedagogy as Mentorship, Panelist, presentation title - Beyond Teaching Technique:Art Students Learning Committee Work, and How a Committee Works, (and learning to love it,) Art School Pedagogy 2.0 conference, March 19/26/27 and April 2, Columbia Teachers College, New York

From a Distance: The Art of Collaboration During COVID, Presenter, Resilience, Resistance, Renovation, and Rebirth Virtual Conference, April 22/23, Northern Arizona University, Arizona

2019

Paper Presentation, The Contemporary Walking Pilgrimage: Emerging Questions and Considerations, International Encounters/Conference: Walking Practices/Walking Art/Walking Bodies, Conference Hall of the Municipality of Prespes, Laimos, Greece


PERFORMANCE

2016-2017 ELLEN, ODETTA Gallery, Brooklyn NY, experimental music and sound trio performing on cello, circuit-bent and computer sound machines.

Drone, ODETTA Gallery, Brooklyn NY, experimental music and sound trio performing on didgeridoo, cello, circuit-bent and computer sound machines.

2014 Alpha-Bit, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack NY

2011 Hans Tammen Third Eye Orchestra & Nicholas Collins Salvage, Bent Fest, Brooklyn NY

2010 Alpha-Bit at Bent Festival 2010, Brooklyn NY

2002 Artifact, Collaborative Performance, Sullivant Theatre, Columbus OH, with Megan Slayter, Wendy Ake, Erin Carslile, Brian Casey, Hannah Kosstrin, and Renie Viola

SELECT ARTISTIC COMMISSIONS FOR THE STAGE

Set Design and/or Construction

2007 2 Liters, Choreography, Vanessa Justice, Judson Church Movement Research, New York NY

2005 Storm Warning, Choreography, Heather Mims, Performed by MimsDance. Pelham NY

2004 Little Demons, Choreography, Tiffany Rhynard, Sullivant Theatre, Columbus OH,

2003 Landing/Place Project, The Bebe Miller Company, Sullivant Theatre, Columbus OH

Becoming a Woman and Other Awkward Subjects, Choreography, Heather Mims, Sullivant Theatre, Columbus OH

Historic Set Recreation for I Am the Gate (1955), Choreography, Helen McGhee, Recreated by Tiffany Cunningham, Sullivant Theatre, Columbus OH

Too Big to be Bright all Through, Choreography, Carrie Houser, Sullivant Theatre, Columbus OH

2003 Historic Set Recreation for Fire Dance (La danse de Feu), Choreography, Loie Fuller, Recreated by Jessica Lindburg, Sullivant Theatre, Columbus OH

437 Lachenaur Drive Choreography, Erin Carlisle, Sullivant Theatre, Columbus OH

2002 The Awkward Years Choreography, Heather Mims, Sullivant Theatre, Columbus OH

White Noise, Choreography, Shawn Hove, Sullivant Theatre, Columbus OH

Sound Design

2005 Storm Warning, Choreography, Heather Mims, Performed by MimsDance. Pelham NY

My Grandpa’s Tapes, Choreography/Performance, Susan Quinn, Dance New Amsterdam, NYC, NY

Vendetta, Choreography, Amy Beth Schneider, Thread Dance Theatre, University Settlement, NYC, NY

2003-2004 Cave, Choreography, Amy Beth Schneider, Performance, Thread Dance Theatre, NC, SC, NY

2003 Becoming a Woman and Other Awkward Subjects, Choreography, Heather Mims, Sullivant Theatre, Columbus OH

Mrs. Someone, Choreography, Suzanne Cantwell, Chapel Hill NC

Fully Furnished, Choreography, Susan Quinn, Hanes Auditorium Chapel Hill, Leggett Theatre, Raleigh, NC

2002 The Awkward Years, Choreography, Heather Mims, Sullivant Theatre, Columbus OH

Portrait, Choreography, Heather Mims, The North Carolina Dance Alliance Choreographers’ Retreat, Charlotte NC

Pilate’s Pilot, Choreography, Suzanne Cantwell, Hanes Auditorium, Chapel Hill NC

2001 Speed, Choreography, students of the Governor’s School of North Carolina, Raleigh NC

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: TALKS

2015 Professional Presentation, Portfolio Content & Development, Summer Visual Arts Institute Purchase, NY

2012 Professional Presentation, Portfolio Content & Development, Summer Visual Arts Institute Purchase, NY

Professional Presentation, Not Just Artists: Careers in the Arts, Concordia College NY, Bronxville


PUBLICATIONS

2010 Contributing Author: A History of Visual Culture, Jane Kromm and Susan Benforado Bakewell, editors; Berg Publishers; Chapter 27B: “What You See is What You Get, or Reality is What You Take From It”. Print.


BIBLIOGRAPHY

2021 Into the Clouds: New Media Art 2021, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA) Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, ISBN 979-11-88671-15-1 03600, Produced by CICA Press, Gimpo, Korea

Patricia Miranda + Christopher Kaczmarek: Entering a Material Discourse, Art Spiel, by Etty Yaniv, May 31, https://artspiel.org/patricia-miranda-christopher-kaczmarek-entering-a-material-discourse/

Walking Bodies / Walking Art – Walking Practices : the Book of Prespa 2019, Yannis Ziogas and Geert Vermeire editors; Included Artistic project: All Our Paths Lead to Here,

Included academic paper: The Contemporary Walking Pilgrimage:

Emerging questions and considerations

2020 After Illusion, online zine, available: https://issuu.com/afterillusion/docs/after_illusion_zine

Confluence, Exhibition Catalogue, Art Museum of the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing, Sichuan, China

2017 WBAI New York, live on air interview, 1/31/17 Morning Show, Hosted By: Michael G. Haskins & Pam Brown

2016 Arte Fuse, Yaniv, Etty, Rattle & Hummmm at ODETTA, March 24, 2016

http://artefuse.com/2016/03/24/rattle-hummmm-at-odetta-124461/

2014 The New York Times, Hodara, Susan. Putting the A in STEAM, July 25, 2014. Print

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/27/nyregion/putting-the-a-in-steam.html

The Examiner News, Casey, Pat. Exhibition Illustrates the Role of Art as a Driver in Technological Innovation. May 14, 2014. Web. http://www.theexaminernews.com/exhibition-illustrates-the-role-of-art-as-a-driver-in-technological-innovation/

2012 Localflux Interview, Engage/Question, www.localflux.net

Harrison Herald, Article, May 2012, Vol. 8, Issue 5

2011 Pelham Patch, Online Interview, http://pelham.patch.com

Pelham Post, Article, January 2011, Vol. 10, Issue 1

2009 Hartford Advocate, Article, Pick of the Week, July Issue

2008 Dublin Metro, Article featuring Artbots, Dublin Ireland

ICE Blake, RTE Two, Sculpture featured in the television program, Ireland

Six One News, RTE News Ireland, Television Interview, 16 September, 2008

2003 The Short North Gazette, Article featuring Splice, Columbus OH

The Columbus Alive, Article, A-List gallery pick, Columbus OH

The Columbus Other Paper, Article featuring Splice, Columbus OH

2002 The Lantern, Article featuring Artifact, Columbus OH

2000 Spectator Magazine, Feature article, artist profile, Raleigh, NC