HELD (2017) — Kat Chávez

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Kat Chávez

HELD (2017)

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About Me

Kat Chávez is a multidisciplinary artist-researcher, collaborative designer, and cultural worker. Raised on Tongva, Chumash, and Tataviam lands, Kat’s ongoing work centers local knowledges and storytelling, with a focus on diasporic Indigenous science and traditional landscape caretaking strategies. She is currently pursuing a Master of Landscape Architecture at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

Kat has worked in education, curatorial, and public programming roles at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Self-Help Graphics and Art, the Feminist Center for Creative Work, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, the Whitney Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and the American Museum of Ceramic Art. She is currently a Landscape Designer at Craftwater Engineering.

Kat’s work has been exhibited at the Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA; SoLA Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA; Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT; the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA; New Women Space, Brooklyn, NY; AS220’s Resident Gallery, Providence, RI; the List Art Center, Providence, RI; and the David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, RI.

Email

katchavez [at] cpp.edu