Kelly Kaczynski is a Chicago-based artist working within the language of sculpture. Selected exhibitions include Julius Caesar, IL; Tiger Strikes Asteroid, IL; Peregrine Program, IL; Songs for Presidents, NY; Ortega y Gasset Projects, NY; Soap Factory, MN; Comfort Station, IL; Gahlberg Gallery, IL; threewalls, IL; Hyde Park Art Center, IL; University at Buffalo Art Gallery, NY; Triple Candie, NY. Curatorial collaborations include the cooperative endeavor Working Group for Unmaking: Living Within the Play, Poor Farm, Wisconsin, 2019-ongoing; Manatee at Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Illinois, 2018; the 2014 exhibition, Roving Room, Georgia. Independent curation includes Virtually Physically Speaking at Columbia College, Chicago, IL and the 2011 exhibition Mouthing (a sentient limb) at the Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL. Kaczynski is a recipient of the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award ’15; Artadia, Chicago ’08; Visible Republic, Boston, ’00. Kaczynski received an MFA from Bard College, NY and BA from The Evergreen State College, WA. They are Professor, Adjunct with the School of the Art Institute, Chicago.
Contact: kelly.kaczynski@gmail.com
IG: @kelciafk
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