CV
Professional CV of Chelsea A. Flowers
Chelsea A. Flowers
Beets.c1@gmail.com | ChelseaAflowers.com Education Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, 2022Cranbrook Academy of Art, MFA: Sculpture, 2017Denison University, BFA: Studio Art, Black Studies, 2013Solo and Two Person Exhibitions 2023Grief Etiquette, Listen Hear, Indianapolis, Indiana2021Give Me My Flowers, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaLaughing Out Loudly, The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, Ohio 2020In This House We Laugh, with Jesse Meredith, Roots and Culture, Chicago, Illinois2018A War on Partying, Collaboration with Heather Mawson, Front/Space, Kansas City, Missouri Musings From the Corner, Bryant Art Center, Granville, OhioCheck Point: An Introduction to Child’s Play, Public Space One, Iowa City, IowaCheck Point: An Introduction to Child’s Play, Wave Pool Gallery, Cincinnati, OhioA War on Partying: New Works by Chelsea A. Flowers, Courtesy of Ronald Reagan, The Muted Horn Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio 2017 Thanks for the Memories Pop Up Installation, Real Time and Space, Oakland, CaliforniaPlacation Station, Museum of Human Achievement, Austin, Texas2013Finders Keepers, My Chicken and Watermelon, BFA Senior Exhibit, Bryant Arts Center, Granville, OhioSelected Group Exhibitions 2023What Does Freedom Taste Like?, BasBlue, Detroit, Michigan Body as Site|Sight, 934 Gallery, Columbus, OhioGet Together, Reyes | Finn, Detroit, Michiganalgún paso por el espacio, Proyecto Pikaro, Mexico City, Mexico2021Dual Vision, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MichiganUnraveled. Restructured. Revealed: Where Contemporary Art and Diverse Perspectives Intersect, Curated by Tyanna Buie, Trout Museum of Art, Appleton, Wisconsin 2020Artwork, Curated by Tizziana Baldenebro and Jova Lynne, Art Mile Detroit, Hosted DigitallyAnother Idea: An Actual Conceptual Art Exhibition, Curated by Zachary Cahill and Mike Schuch, Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry, Chicago, Illinois, Hosted Digitally We Out Here, Curated by Tara Fay and JSTN Coleman, Denison Art Space in Newark, Newark, Ohio2019The Beacon Project, Curated by Tre Borden and Jessa Ciel, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, California2018Friends With Benefits, Curated by Bethanie Irons, George Caleb Bingham Gallery, Columbia, Missouri Object Permanence, Curated by Anthony Bowers, Fjord Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania #WildArtColumbus, Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, Ohio body | armor, Curated by Lauren Leving, ACRE Projects Space, Chicago, Illinois commonSENSE, Slayer Gallery, Online Gallery 2017Graduate Degree Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Found Objects, Curated by Alex Meiser and Nick Witten,Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan2016 Wet Hot Cranbrook Summer Part II, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MichiganAmbition/Never mind, Curated by Stefanie Kae Dlugosz-Acton, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan2015 By Us Not For Us, Curated by Marcellus Armstrong, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan2013Tall Walls, Rotten Meat Gallery, Cleveland, OhioSophisticated Vandalism, West Main Intermediate School, Newark, OhioAICUO Art Award Reception, Burton D. Morgan Center, Granville, OhioShort North Gallery Walk, Marcia Evans Gallery, Columbus, Ohio2012 Agora 9, Junctionview Studios, Columbus, OhioSelected Performances 2024Sip n Paint Performance Event, Curated by Jesus Benavente, The Boiler, Brooklyn, New York2023Alternative Trivia for Inverse Performance Art Festival, The Momentary, Bentonville, Arkansas20209 Hour Interludes, Klemm Gallery at Siena Heights, Hosted DigitallyGet Free Telethon, Invited by Cameron Granger, Red Bull Arts Detroit, Hosted DigitallyChelsea's Trivia Night, Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry, Chicago, Illinois, Hosted DigitallyChelsea's Trivia Night, Red Bull House of Art, Detroit, Michigan2019Lies I’ve Told My Therapist (And Other Stories), Lightbox Performance, Detroit, Michigan2018The Roast of Ronald Reagan, Front/Space, Kansas City, MissouriThe Warning Signs Part II, Fjord Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Warning Signs: Before Ronnie Was President, The Muted Horn Gallery, Cleveland, OhioTwerkout A Day of Self Care, ACRE Projects Space, Chicago, Illinois 2017Black Comedy Night, Wolfman New Life Bookstore, Oakland, California Not so Wet, but Very Hot Texan Summer, Museum of Human Achievement, Austin, TexasInvocation of my Demon Sister an Occult Comedy Hour by Mouthfeel, Museum of Human Achievement, Austin, Texas Chelsea’s Gonna MC Showtime!, ACRE, Steuben, Wisconsin Chelsea’s All You Need to Know About the 2017 Grad Show, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MichiganCome Laugh With Us II, Hatch Gallery, Detroit, MichiganGame Night, Hatch Gallery, Detroit, Michigan2015Raw, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MichiganResidencies2020(Canceled due to COVID-19) Wassaic Projects, Artist in Residence2019 Ox-Bow School of Arts and Artist Residency, Fall Artist in ResidenceCranbrook Alumni Residency at Talking Dolls2018Wave Pool: Art Space is Your Space, Artist in Residence 2017 Real Time and Space, Artist in ResidenceUnlisted Projects, Artist in ResidenceArtists’ Cooperative Residency and Exhibitions Honors and Awards 2023Creators of Culture grant from Culture Source the Arts & Culture Alliance2021AICAD Post-Graduate Teaching Fellow at Parsons School of DesignRed Bull Microgrant from Red Bull Arts Detroit 2018Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant for A War on Partying: New Works by Chelsea A. Flowers, Courtesy of Ronald Reagan 2017ACRE Scholarship (Fee Covered)2015 Women’s Committee Merit Scholarship from Cranbrook Academy of Art2013 AICUO Excellence in Visual Arts People’s Choice Award WinnerNan Nowik Memorial Award in Women’s Study for Artistic Expression2012-2013Mary K. Campbell/Carolyn Woodrow Deckman Art Scholarship from Denison University2011-2013Marimac Art Scholarship from Denison UniversityArtist Talks/Panelist (* Indicates a Performance) 2023*Presenter, HASTAC 2023- Critical Making & Social Justice, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York2022*Presenter & Panelist, Black Portraitures VII, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey 2021Dual Vision Artist Walk-Through, Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, Michigan, Hosted DigitallyPromise, Witness, Remembrance, Art Mile, Detroit, Michigan, Hosted DigitallyPeer to Peer Artist Discussion, The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, Ohio, Hosted DigitallyLaboratory Series Artist Talk, Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, California, Hosted Digitally2020*Ethnic Lit!, Allied Media Conference, Hosted DigitallyArtist Talk with Lorena Cruz, The Sculpture Center, Hosted Digitally2019 *Resident Artist Talk, Ox-Bow, Saugatuck, Michigan 2018Artist Talk, Denison University, Granville, Ohio*Artist Interview by Erin K. Drew, Museum Putty, Indianapolis, IndianaPanelist, Negotiating the Art World: Strategies for Underrepresented Artists, Sculpture Center, Cleveland, Ohio Gallery Talk, A War on Partying: New Works by Chelsea A. Flowers, Courtesy of Ronald Reagan, Muted Horn Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio*Lecture, Make Wear Wiggle, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan2017 *A Night of Karaoke, Whiskey and Cookies: An Artist Talk and Participatory Performance, Real Time and Space, Oakland, California *Check Point: An Investigation into Otherness and Game Play, Visual Culture Graduate Symposium, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan2016 *2nd Year Presentations, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MichiganLecture and Senior Critiques, Fine Arts Department, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan 2013AICUO Art Award Reception Artist Talk, Denison University, Granville, OhioSenior Exhibition Gallery Talk, West Main Intermediate School, Newark, OhioFinders Keepers, My Chicken and Watermelon, Senior Research Symposium, Burton D. Morgan Center, Granville, Ohio Assistantships/Experience 2023- PresentResidency Manager, ACRE, Chicago, Illinois2022- 2023Graduate Studies Program Manager, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan2021- 2022Assistant Professor of Contemporary Art Practices and Visual Culture, Parsons School of Design, New York, New York2020- 2022Assistant Curator, the Carr Center, Detroit, MichiganPart-Time Faculty, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan2019ACRE Staff, Steuben, Wisconsin2018-2021Gallery Teacher, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan2016-2017 Sculpture Department Assistant, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 2016 Sculpture Teaching Assistant, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan2013-2015National Teaching Fellow, Citizen Schools, East Palo Alto, California2012 Office and Studio Assistant, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, California2011-2013 Photography Teaching Assistant, Denison University, Granville, Ohio2011 Photographer and Writer, Santiago Times, Santiago, ChileProfessional Affiliations/Volunteering2024The Sculpture Center, Juror 2023 - PresentSkowhegan AllianceACRE, Strategic Planning2022The Sculpture Center, JurorACRE, Admissions Note Taker2021ACRE StaffNo Studios, Juror2019ACRE StaffSelect Publications2024You Should have Seen it: A four-part zine about lost or destroyed artwork, “Their Fault”, New York, New York2023Essay’d, “Paul Verdell”, Detroit, Michigan“Essay for Emmy Bright On ‘I think we’re alone now or The Lovers The Dreamers and ME’ for It Gets Better Or it Doesn’t”, exhibition catalog, Denton, Texas 2022Essay’d, “Tony Rave”, Detroit, Michigan2021Portable Gray, “Another Idea Exhibition Catalogue” Volume 4, Issue 1, Spring 2021, Chicago, IllinoisDetroit Cultural, Issue 008_Spring 2021, Detroit, MichiganDetroit Cultural, Issue 007_Winter 2021, Detroit, Michigan 2020TSA PDF 008: "Not Made for This," Chicago, Illinois 2019Friend of the Artist, Volume 9, Dallas, TexasWolfman Books, New Life Quarterly, Issue 4: Correspondence, Oakland, California 2018Hiss Magazine, Issue 3, Columbus, OhioBibliography 2023Essay’d, “168 Paul Verdell”, May 31, 2023https://essayd.org/?p=4520 2022Essay’d, “Tony Rave”, December 20, 2022http://essayd.org/?p=43842021Detroit Cultural, “Dual Vision and the Possibilities of Collaboration: In Conversation with Chelsea A. Flowers”, April 7, 2021https://detroitcultural.com/2021/04/07/chelsea-a-flowers-dual-vision/2020Detroit Cultural, “Art as a Practice of History, Memory and Education: In Conversation with Chelsea A. Flowers,” December 20, 2020https://detroitcultural.com/2020/12/20/in-conversation-with-chelsea-a-flowers/Nox Library, "Conversation 05: Chelsea A. Flowers", October 9, 2020https://www.noxlibrary.org/conversations/05 New City Art, "One Recommendation: July 2020", June 29, 2020https://art.newcity.com/2020/06/29/one-recommendation-july-2020/In Practice: The UChicago Arts Blog, "Chelsea A. Flowers Uses Stand-Up and Karaoke to Address Race in America", June 25, 2020 https://www.uchicagoartsblog.art/archive/2020/6/25/chelsea-a-flowers-uses-stand-up-and-karaoke-to-address-race-in-america2019The Detroit News, "Detroit Art Week Highlights Art and Edginess", July 13, 2019 https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/2019/07/13/detroit-art-week-highlights-art-and-edginess/1715212001/ Friend of the Artist, "Interview with Chelsea A. Flowers", July 2, 2019 https://www.friendoftheartist.com/blogs/chelsea-a-flowersNew Life Quarterly "Philip Košćak + Chelsea A. Flowers", May 6, 2019 https://newlifequarterly.com/everything/philip-koscak-chelsea-a-flowers2018The Iowa Source, “Chelsea A. Flowers Subversive, Comical Game-Changer”, May 30, 2018 https://www.iowasource.com/2018/05/30/chelsea-a-flowers/CityBeat, “Five Best Cincinnati Arts & Culture Events for Memorial Day Weekend”, May 25, 2018 https://www.citybeat.com/arts-culture/article/21006544/five-recommended-cincinnati-arts-culture-events-for-memorial-day-weekendYoung Space, Featured Artist, March 3,2018 https://www.yngspc.com/artists/2018/03/chelsea-flowers/2017Wave Pool Announces Artists in Residence for 2018 ‘Art Space Is Your Space’ Program http://www.wavepoolgallery.org/2016-air-announcement/Real Time and Space, Artist talk with Sam Vernonhttp://www.realtimeandspace.org/rts-talks-chelsea-flowers-and-sam-vernon/ 2013 News.Denison,“Blossoming Artist”, March 29,2013Denisonian, “AICUO Art Award Winners Announced, Chelsea Flowers for EVAs People’s Choice”, April 9,2013 http://www.denisonian.com/2013/04/news/aicuo-art-award-winners-announced-chelsea-flowers-for-evas-peoples-choice/ Twinsburg Bulletin, “On Campus: Chelsea Flowers Wins Art Award at Denison University”, May 16,2013