Catherine Chalmers
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Royal College of Art
Catherine Chalmers | |
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| Born | July 7, 1957 |
| Education | Stanford University, Royal College of Art |
| Known for | Photography, video & sculpture |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship |
Catherine Chalmers (born July 7, 1957), is an American artist, photographer and filmmaker. She lives and works in New York City.[1]
Catherine Chalmers was born in 1957 in San Mateo, California.[2] Chalmers graduated from Stanford University with a B.S. degree in Engineering in 1979, and from the Royal College of Art, with an M.F.A. degree in Painting.[3][4]
She has exhibited at MASS MoCA,[5] Corcoran Gallery of Art,[6] Yerba Buena Center for the Arts,[7] Museum of Contemporary Photography,[8] the University Art Museum of CSU Long Beach;[9] and Boise Art Museum.[10]
Her work has appeared in the New York Times,[11] ArtNews,[12] Blind Spot,[13] Harper's,[14] and Discover.[15] Her work has been featured on PBS,[16] and This American Life.[17]
Awards
- 2008, Jury Award (Best Experimental Short) for her film "Safari", SXSW Film Festival.[18][1]
- 2010, Guggenheim Fellowship, in video and audio.[19]
- 2018, Best Environmental Short for her film "Leafcutters", Natourale Film Festival, Wiesbaden, Germany.[1]
- 2019, Gil Omenn Art & Science Award, Ann Arbor Film Festival.[1]
- 2019, Best Experimental Film, The Earth Day Film Festival.
