Chelsea Culprit (b. 1984 in Paducah, KY - USA) earned BFA studio art and BA art history at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL in 2007.
Drawing from histories of labor, gender, dance, craft, folk spirituality, and personal ancestry, Culprit’s works knit together representations of the body’s capacity for play, display, pleasure, performance, and the intractability of freedom and personal bondage. Moving freely between the imagery of folk art, the materiality of contemporary life, and modes of abstraction and symbolism, the artist works in various mediums including neon light, sculptural assemblage, installation, painting, and printmaking.
Recent solo exhibitions include Pole on Break, Queer Thoughts, New York, USA (2022); Amygdala in Repose, Morán Morán, Los Angeles, USA (2022); Malas Madres, Lulu, Mexico City, Mexico (2019); Fear of Seduction, Queer Thoughts at Maureen Paley, London, UK (2019).
Culprit’s work has been featured in recent group exhibitions at Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico (2020), Museo Arte de Zapopan, Guadalajara, Mexico (2020); Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (2019); Museum of Modern Art Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland (2019); Revolver Gallery, Lima, Peru (2019); Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Australia (2018); and Museo de Arte Carillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico (2018).
Her work is represented by Morán Morán, Los Angeles and Mexico City; Queer Thoughts, New York City; and Galeria Revolver, Lima, Buenos Aires, and New York City.
Chelsea Culprit lives and works in Conesville, New York, USA and Mexico City, Mexico.
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Chelsea Culprit (b. 1984 in Paducah, KY - USA) earned BFA studio art and BA art history at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL in 2007.
Drawing from histories of labor, gender, dance, craft, folk spirituality, and personal ancestry, Culprit’s works knit together representations of the body’s capacity for play, display, pleasure, performance, and the intractability of freedom and personal bondage. Moving freely between the imagery of folk art, the materiality of contemporary life, and modes of abstraction and symbolism, the artist works in various mediums including neon light, sculptural assemblage, installation, painting, and printmaking.
Recent solo exhibitions include Pole on Break, Queer Thoughts, New York, USA (2022); Amygdala in Repose, Morán Morán, Los Angeles, USA (2022); Malas Madres, Lulu, Mexico City, Mexico (2019); Fear of Seduction, Queer Thoughts at Maureen Paley, London, UK (2019).
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