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Carol Anne
McChrystal’s
materially-driven sculpture practice uses chemical processes
and labor-intensive hand-making to explore the legacy of colonialism and
trade, as well as the ways in which the climate catastrophe has
compounded these histories of inequity. Inhabiting the tension between
Earth’s immense history and the absurdly mundane everyday experience of
plastic and labor, her practice consolidates the painstakingly hand-made with mass-produced consumables in order to pry open a speculative space in
which to resist the means-ends rationale of late capitalism.
As part of the collaborative duo Nightmare City, she has created immersive environments that have been exhibited at Alter Space in San Francisco, The Luminary in St. Louis, and Horse & Pony in Berlin among others,and has shown video works at Essex Flowers in New York, MASS Gallery in Austin, and ACRETV in Chicago. Their work has been written about in publications such as ArtForum and Modern Painters.
Her sculptures have been exhibited in Los Angeles at Mata Gallery, Avenue 50 Studios, and Acogedor Space. She has participated in several residency programs, including Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, ACRE, and Burren College of Art, and her arts writing has been published on platforms like Art Practical. Born into the dual diaspora of the Philippines and Ireland, she currently lives and works in Los Angeles where she also organizes with GABRIELA, the anti-imperialist Filipino women’s group.
As part of the collaborative duo Nightmare City, she has created immersive environments that have been exhibited at Alter Space in San Francisco, The Luminary in St. Louis, and Horse & Pony in Berlin among others,and has shown video works at Essex Flowers in New York, MASS Gallery in Austin, and ACRETV in Chicago. Their work has been written about in publications such as ArtForum and Modern Painters.
Her sculptures have been exhibited in Los Angeles at Mata Gallery, Avenue 50 Studios, and Acogedor Space. She has participated in several residency programs, including Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, ACRE, and Burren College of Art, and her arts writing has been published on platforms like Art Practical. Born into the dual diaspora of the Philippines and Ireland, she currently lives and works in Los Angeles where she also organizes with GABRIELA, the anti-imperialist Filipino women’s group.
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Download PDFBorn in Chicago, Lives and Works in Los Angeles
Solo Exhibitions
2021 Entropical Latitudes, Mata Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016 The Photic Wave: Cosmic Rivulet, The Luminary, St. Louis, MO*
2015 The Photic Wave: California Consciousness, Alter Space, San Francisco, CA*
2015 komische Nachbarn, Peephole Gallery, San Francisco, CA*
2014 California Nightmare, State of the Art, Berlin*
2013 NIGHTMARE CITY PRESENTS://RICH EVIDENCE THE PHOTIC WAVE Θ Horse & Pony, Berlin*
2010 The Pixie Troll Witch Hour: Into the 3 A.M. Void with Carol Anne & Keturah, Here, San Francisco, CA*
Group Exhibitions & Screenings
2022 Forthcoming: Polar Opposites, D21 Kunstraum, Leipzig
2021 Stampede, Horse & Pony, Berlin
2020 Switch, Kaiser Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2020 home, Acogedor Space, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Superdomestik, Asukal Space, Online Exhibition
2019 Araw ng mga Patay, Avenue 50 Studio, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Glitch Cult, Essex Flowers, New York, NY*
2015 Friendship & Freedom, MASS Gallery, Austin, TX*
2014 These Streams, ACRE TV, Chicago, IL*
2013 Science Fictions, Warschau, Berlin, Germany
2013 Translocura: Art at the Brink of Madness, Headlands Center for the Arts, Marin, CA*
2013 NoiseKölln Music Video Awards, Loophole, Berlin, Germany*
2012 Not Free Not Dead: The Psychedelic End, ATA, San Francisco, CA*
2012 Interpanel Relationships: A Spatial Discussion, S.H.E.D. Projects, Oakland, CA*
2011 Reformation, Somerset County Jail, Skowhegan, ME*
2011 Nightmare City Copy Lake The Horde, screening, Bei-Roy, Berlin, Germany*
2010 All that is Solid Melts Into Air: Nightmare City with Copy Lake, Erin Elder and Sam Green, Queen’s Nails Projects, San Francisco CA*
2010 ATA Film & Video Festival, ATA, San Francisco, CA*
2010 VOX VI, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA*
2010 T-10, 21Grand, Oakland, CA*
2010 A Light at the End of the Tunnel, Scope Basel Cinema, Basel, Switzerland*
2009 Mash Up Show, NOMA Gallery, San Francisco, CA*
2008 D.U.I., Maniac, Oakland, CA*
2008 Disembody (in collaboration with 23E Studios), Fringe Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA*
Bibliography
2021 Suico-Soriano, Irene: "Target 2°C,” Entropical Latitudes Exhibition Catalog
2015 Tedford, Matthew Harrison: “The Photic Wave is a Cult You’ll Want to Join,” SF Weekly*
2015 Puleo, Risa: “Friendship & Freedom,” Modern Painters*
2015 Anani, Katie: “Critics’ Pick: Friendship and Freedom,” Art Forum*
2010 Gannon, Victoria: “Going to California: Nightmare City,” Art:21*
2009 Wolfe, Megan: “Café Royale, Silverman & NOMA,” Fecal Face*
2009 Ritchie, Andy: “A Breathalyzer of Fresh Air,” ArtSlant*
Lectures
2021 Guest Lecturer - History of Digital Media, California College of the Arts, San Francisco
Residencies
2022 Forthcoming: Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, Oregon
2022 Forthcoming: Cow House Studios, Ballybawn, Rathnure Enniscorthy,County Wicklow, Ireland
2021 The Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, County Clare, Ireland
2016 The Luminary, St. Louis, Missouri, USA*
2015 Jail Cell AIR at Alter Space, San Francisco, California, USA*
2012 Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik, Berlin, Germany*
2012 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont, USA*
2011 Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine, USA*
2010 ACRE, Steuben, Wisconsin, USA*
Publications
2021 "Entropical Latitudes: Carol Anne McChrystal at Mata Art Gallery," Exhibition Catalog
2019 "Entropical Latitudes," Hexahedra Press
2015 “Faunic Witches Floral Bitches,” Nightmare City Publications*
2012 “Fuzzy Logic,” Nightmare City Publications in collaboration with Sarrita Hunn*
2011 “Sssux to be Usss,” Nightmare City Publications*
2011 "The Slacker, the Protestor, Cosmic Gestation, and Me," Art Practical
2011 "The Immortal," Art Practical
2011 "Self Expression Night: Complicity, Resistance, & the Touchy-Feely in Bay Area Performance Art," Art Practical
2010 "From Portland With Love," Art Practical
2010 "Afterglow in Divided Space," Art Practical
2010 “Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy,” Art Practical*
2010 “To Valie Export with Love and Kisses,” Color + Color: Black + White*
2010 "Bell, Book and Candle," Shotgun Review
2010 "The Secret Welcome of Space and it’s Prehistoric Future," Art Practical
2010 "in a world where you are possible," Art Practical*
2009 "Justin Beal, Lena Daly, Kate Owens," Art Practical
2009 “Big Time: Nightmare City Thinks You Suck,” Nightmare City Publications*
2009 "Erin Allen and James Bradley: New World Boredom," Shotgun Review
Awards & Honors
2021 Future Art Award: Ecosystem X, Mozaik Philanthropy
2005 Graduate Fellowship, Sculpture Department, California College of the Arts
2004 Graduate Fellowship, Sculpture Department, California College of the Arts
2004 Outstanding Senior Award, Sculpture Department, UIUC School of Art + Design
2003 Merit Scholarship, Sculpture Department, UIUC School of Art + Design
2002 Merit Scholarship, Sculpture Department, UIUC School of Art + Design
Education
2006 MFA Sculpture; California College of the Arts
2004 BFA Sculpture & Women's and Gender Studies; University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
*Denotes as Collaborative Group Nightmare City