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Chelsea Tonelli Knight
Education:
2009–2010 Whitney Museum Independent Study Program
2008 Skowhegan School for Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine
2007–2008 Post-Graduate study, Fulbright Fellowship, Michelangelo Pistoletto Foundation, Biella, Italy
2007 Master of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2003 Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
2002 Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy
1998 Bachelor of Arts in English, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Solo Screenings and Exhibitions
2010
University of Syracuse, Acting Out, Syracuse, NY
2009
Julius Caesar Gallery, I Lay Claim to You, Chicago IL
2008
University of Colorado at Boulder, Fusion Chamber, Multi-Channel Video Installation, Commission for the Atlas Theater
2007
Fondazione Pistoletto, Room 101, Biella, Italy
UNIDEE in Progress, Immigrant Palace, Biella, Italy
Roots and Culture Gallery, Solo Screening, Selected Video Works, Chicago, IL;
2004
Art House, Theatrical Photographs, Glasgow, Scotland
2003
Abandoned Space, Lifelike/Verosimile, Multi-Media Performance, Florence, Italy;
Triskelion Arts, Living in Denial, Brooklyn, New York
Selected Group Screenings and Exhibitions:
2010
Art in General, Whitney Independent Study Program Exhibition (upcoming)
2009
Reina Sofia National Museum, Madrid, Spain; Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany,
Les Rencontres Internationales, New Cinema and Contemporary Art
MWMN Gallery, One + One, New Videos by Chelsea Knight and Tim Ridlen, New York, NY
Academy for Media Arts, Cologne, Germany; Roots and Culture, Chicago, IL,
Chicago and the Universe, New Chicago film & video from 2008
C.R.E.A.M Projects, Whitney’s Biennial, Brooklyn, NY
Collection Show, Mini Dutch Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008
Centre Pompidou, Les Rencontres Internationales, New Cinema and Contemporary Art, Paris, France
Werkschauhalle Gallery, Spinnerei / Chicago Cultural Center,
Three Hours Between Planes, Contemporary Photography from Leipzig and Chicago, Leipzig, Germany and Chicago, IL
St. Louis Contemporary Art Museum, At Home and at Work, Video Screening, Curated by Timothy Ridlen and Boots Contemporary, St. Louis, MO
Centro Arte Moderna e Contemporanea della Spezia, The Third Paradise, La Spezia, Italy
Vox Populi, Bellwether, curated by Shannon Stratton with ThreeWalls Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Echo Park Film Center, Film/Video Screening, Curated by Catherine Forster, Los Angeles, CA
2007
10th Annual Istanbul Biennial, Nightcomers Program, Curated by Marcus Graf, Istanbul, Turkey
Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp, If I Can’t Dance: Feminist Legacies in Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Belgium
ThreeWalls Gallery, At Dusk, Three-person Exhibition, Chicago, IL
Michelangelo Pistoletto Foundation, UNIDEE in Progress Exhibition, Biella, Italy
Gallery Villa Edison, In Loco: Un Dialogo, Florence, Italy
Around the Coyote Video Festival 2007, Chicago, IL
Gene Siskel Film Center, Video Screening, M.F.A. Graduates of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Gallery 2, Split/Span, M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
4th Annual Women’s Caucus for Art, International Video Shorts Screening, New York, NY
2006
The Plaines Project, Inaugural Show, Chicago , IL
Gallery Deluxe Gallery, Fuck Death, Halifax, Nova Scotia
The Ice Factory, Film/Video Screening, Chicago, IL
Gallery X, 10-Track, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Busker Chicago, Film/Video Screening, Chicago, IL
2005
Lisa Boyle Gallery, Cash and Carry, Chicago, IL
Buildingspace III, Projections, New Video Installation, Chicago, IL
Gallery 2, Slide Show, A Play in One Act, part of New Performance by SAIC Graduate Students , Video/Performance, Chicago, IL
2004
Ukranian Institute of Modern Art, Juventus, Juried by Hamza Walker and Natalie Domchenko, Chicago, IL
Boltax Gallery, Small Works Show, Shelter Island, NY
2003
First Light Studio, Home Sweet Home, Randolph, Vermont
Edinburgh College of Art, Good Manners & Bad behavior, Performance and Video, Edinburgh
2001
August Art, Raw Space, New York, NY
Fellowships and Awards:
2009
Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, Fellowship
2008
Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, City of Chicago
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Scholarship
2007
Fulbright Fellowship, Italy
Michelangelo Pistoletto Foundation, UNIDEE Fellowship
M.F.A. Graduate Fellowship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Enrichment Grant, Visiting Committee on Photography and New Media, The Art Institute of Chicago
Student Leadership Grant, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2004–2006
Student Leadership Award, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2004–2005
Merit Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Public Lectures:
2010 Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2009
Webster Universtiy, St. Louis, MO
2008 University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
2007 Michelangelo Pistoletto Foundation, Biella, Italy
Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL
2006 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Collections:
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
Bibliography:
2010
Kenny, Liz, Check this Out: Acting Out, Spark Arts Blog, Syracuse, NY
2009
Chicago and the Universe, Flavorpill, Chicago, IL
2008
Elkins, James, "Between Photography and, well...", Exhibition Catalog, Three Hours Between Planes,
Contemporary Photography from Chicago and Leipzig
Omer Fast and Chelsea Tonelli Knight, on making Looking Pretty for God, published by the Art Institute of Chicago
Bergman, Peter "Knight-Jinks Inc., Exit Plan Chicago", Proximity Magazine
2007
Weinstein, Michael, "Chelsea Knight, Carrie Schneider, Elise Rasmussen”, New City Magazine
Stratton, Shannon, “Between Alice and Ampersand”, At Dusk Exhibition Catalog
Van der Pol, Bik, “10th Annual Istanbul Biennial”, Not only Possible but Also Necessary, Exhibition Catalog
Winkleman, Edward, "A Better MFA Thesis Exhibition Experience?" edwardwinklman.blogspot.com
Stoppa, Fabrizio, “UNIDEE 2007”, Exhibition Catalog
Newman, Michael, “Split/Span”, Exhibition Catalog
Poloni, Marco, “No Equation to Explain the Division of the Senses,” SAIC Graduate Thesis Exhibition Catalog
2006
O’Connor, Colleen, “The Thinking Woman’s Sundance”, FCW Society/National Women’s Caucus for the Arts Newsletter