Christopher Kaczmarek
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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