Theresa Chromati Explained

Theresa Chromati
Occupation:Visual artist
Alma Mater:Delaware College of Art and Design
Pratt Institute (BFA, 2014)

Theresa Chromati (born 1992) is an American visual artist of Guyanese descent, whose primary medias are painting and collage. She is from Baltimore, Maryland, and lives in Brooklyn, New York.[1] [2]

Background and career

Theresa Chromati, who was born in 1992, grew up in East Baltimore. She attended Wilmington's Delaware College of Art and Design, and holds a bachelor of fine arts degree in graphic design from Pratt Institute (2014), New York, where she currently lives. Her parents nurtured a creative environment at home, and hand-painted birds in the family car themselves.[3]

Artistic practice

Through an abstract figurative approach to painting and collage, Chromati comments on Black femininity and womanhood as key subjects for her artistry. In her work she combines using acrylic paint with industrial materials such as glitter and vinyl, in addition to organic materials such as silk, cotton and bandanas that evoke Western African textiles and patterns.[4] [5] Among her themes, her artworks elaborate on issues of self-representation, and female objectification in the digital world, particularly in the Me Too era. Chromati was selected by visual artist Mickalene Thomas for her curatorial project Mickalene Thomas: A Moment's Pleasure, at the Baltimore Museum of Art, the exhibition was on view between 2019 and 2022.[6]

Her work has been featured in Vogue magazine, Architectural Digest, and the New York Times Magazine.[7]

Critical reception

In an essay for the Studio Museum in Harlem's magazine, art critic Eric Booker comments on Chromati's practice.[8]

"Through her genre-bending practice, Chromati's protagonists refuse to be one-dimensional. Their potential is too vibrant to be traditionally understood. Her work is an act of love and defiance."

Exhibitions

Solo shows

Collections

Chromati's work has been incorporated in notable museum and academic collections around the Americas such as

Awards

In 2020, Chromati was commissioned to paint the facade of The Delaware Contemporary in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the women's suffrage in America. Although scheduled for June 5 of that year, the public art project had its opening celebrated with a public "drive-thru" on June 19 in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, and anti-police brutality protests taking place all over the country in the summer months of 2020.[16]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: August 7, 2019 . Wilbert L. . Cooper. The New York Times. An Artist Making a Powerful Statement — by Creating Work About Herself . en . 2023-08-09.
  2. Web site: On how your work can push you to where you need to be . June 9, 2021. 2023-08-16 . thecreativeindependent.com.
  3. Web site: Theresa Chromati explores the power of uncertainty. Ashley. Tyner . July 24, 2022. 2023-08-16 . i-d.vice.com . en.
  4. Web site: Kristin . Farr. Juxtapoz Magazine Theresa Chromati – Grace In Her Space . 2023-08-16 . www.juxtapoz.com . en-gb.
  5. Web site: theresa chromati is creating a world run by carefree black women . André-Naquian . Wheeler. November 1, 2018 . 2023-08-16 . i-d.vice.com . en.
  6. Web site: Mickalene Thomas: A Moment’s Pleasure November 24, 2019 — May 29, 2022 Baltimore Museum of Art . 2023-08-16 . Mickalene Thomas: A Moment’s Pleasure Baltimore Museum of Art.
  7. Web site: Theresa Chromati . 2023-08-16 . Anderson Ranch Arts Center . en.
  8. Web site: June 3, 2019 . Practice in Print: Theresa Chromati . 2023-08-16 . Studio. The Studio Museum in Harlem . New York. en.
  9. Web site: Waddoups . Ryan . May 16, 2023 . A Giant Scrotum Flower Whispering Words of Encouragement . 2023-08-09 . SURFACE . en-US.
  10. Web site: Theresa Chromati May 12 – July 30, 2022 . 2023-08-09 . Veta Galeria . en.
  11. Web site: INTERVIEW: Artist Theresa Chromati On Complexity, Intuition, and Public Art . 2023-08-09 . Abdu. Ali. archive.pinupmagazine.org . en.
  12. Web site: Theresa Chromati . 2023-08-16 . The Delaware Contemporary . en-US.
  13. Web site: The bull is out and my foot is in my mouth (are we staying or leaving)? • Pérez Art Museum Miami . 2019. 2023-08-09 . Pérez Art Museum Miami . en-US.
  14. Web site: May 26, 2020 . Theresa Chromati, tearing me apart, so much so that I become beautiful (woman exploring a smile) . 2023-08-09 . Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University . en-US.
  15. Web site: May 17, 2021 . Fresh Look, Fresh Faces . 2023-08-09 . Baltimore Magazine . en-US.
  16. Web site: Ober . Cara . June 3, 2020 . Stepping Out to Step In: Theresa Chromati’s Commission at The Delaware Contemporary . 2023-08-16 . BmoreArt . en-US.

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