Catherine Chalmers Explained

Catherine Chalmers
Birth Date:	July 7, 1957
Birth Place:	San Mateo, California, US
Awards:	Guggenheim Fellowship
Field:	Photography, video & sculpture
Training:	Stanford University, Royal College of Art

Catherine Chalmers (born July 7, 1957), is an American artist and photographer. She lives and works in New York City.^[1]

Biography

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]
• 2010, Guggenheim Fellowship, in video and audio.^[19]
• 2018, Best Environmental Short for her film "Leafcutters", Natourale Film Festival, Wiesbaden, Germany.
• 2019, Gil Omenn Art & Science Award, Ann Arbor Film Festival.
• 2019, Best Experimental Film, The Earth Day Film Festival.

Films

Year	Title	Type	Notes
2008	Safari	short film	A film following a New York City cockroach.
2019	Leafcutters	short, documentary film	^[20]

Books

• Book: Aperture. Catherine Chalmers (photographer), Gordon Grice (introduction). 2000. 978-0893818852. Sand. Michael L..
• Book: Chalmers, Catherine. Catherine Chalmers: American Cockroach. Aperture. 2004. 9781931788397.

External links

• Artist website
  • "Ecotopia", International Center of Photography

Notes and References

1. Web site: MacRae. Sloan. April 16, 2019. Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History to Host Catherine Chalmers, Acclaimed Artist and Photographer. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200928045252/https://carnegiemnh.org/press/carnegie-museums-of-art-and-natural-history-to-host-catherine-chalmers-acclaimed-artist-and-photographer/ . September 28, 2020 . 2020-12-26. Carnegie Museum of Natural History. en-US.
2. Web site: Museum of Contemporary Photography. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402160309/http://www.mocp.org/detail.php?t=objects&type=browse&f=maker&s=Chalmers%2C+Catherine&record=0 . April 2, 2015 . 2020-12-27. Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago.
3. Web site: Article Let Us Prey. Isle. Ray. July 1, 2000. Stanford Magazine. February 26, 2017.
4. News: Boxer. Sarah. 2003-05-08. Cockroaches as Shadow and Metaphor; An Artist Began Chilling and Decorating Bugs, But Moved On to Depicting Their Executions (Published 2003). en-US. The New York Times. 2020-12-26. 0362-4331.
5. Web site: MASS MoCA - Unnatural Science . March 13, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130120055710/http://www.massmoca.org/event_details.php?id=62 . January 20, 2013 .
6. News: Prey for Understanding. Jacobson. Louis. December 1, 2000. Washington City Paper. February 26, 2017. en.
7. Web site: New This Month in U.S. Museums. artnet.com. February 26, 2017.
8. Web site: Museum of Contemporary Photography. www.mocp.org. en. February 26, 2017.
9. Web site: Catherine Chalmers: Prey and Eat - University Art Museum, CSU Long Beach - Absolutearts.com. www.absolutearts.com. February 26, 2017.
10. Web site: July 22, 2008. Catherine Chalmers: American Cockroach at Boise Art Museum. 2020-12-26. Artdaily. English.
11. News: This Can't Be Love: The Curious Case of Sexual Cannibalism. Zimmer. Carl. September 5, 2006. The New York Times. February 26, 2017. 0362-4331.
12. Web site: The Roaches That Came In from the Cold ARTnews. www.artnews.com. February 2001 . en-US. February 26, 2017.
13. Web site: Catherine Chambers. Blind Spot: Magazine. en. February 26, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170227062409/http://www.blindspot.com/store/page2.html?mag_id=11&artist_id=chalmers_catherine. February 27, 2017. dead.
14. Web site: Catherine Chalmers. Harper's Magazine. https://web.archive.org/web/20110609161957/http://www.harpers.org/subjects/CatherineChalmers. June 9, 2011. dead. February 26, 2017.
15. Web site: Reviews, American Cockroach. 2020-12-26. Discover Magazine. en.
16. Web site: Catherine Chalmers . PBS . https://web.archive.org/web/20120815171541/http://www.pbs.org/wnet/egg/205/chalmers/index.html . August 15, 2012 . dead .
17. News: Animals. This American Life. February 26, 2017. en.
18. Web site: SXSW Film Announces Festival Winners. 2008. www.prnewswire.com. en. February 26, 2017.
19. Web site: Catherine Chalmers. John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. en-US. February 26, 2017.
20. Web site: Leafcutters. 2020-12-26. Environmental Film Festival. en-US.