SWALLOWED (2017) — Kat Chávez

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Kat Chávez

SWALLOWED (2017)

SWALLOWED (2017)

SWALLOWED (2017)

Oil paint, gesso, leaves, and pills on canvas

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SWALLOWED (2017)

About Me

Green circular icon with white text that says "Certified California Native Plant Landscaper" with a small light green leaf.

Kat Chávez is a multidisciplinary artist-researcher, collaborative designer, and cultural worker. Raised on Tongva and Chumash land, Kat works in printmaking and textiles, occasionally combining mediums to create installations. She is currently pursuing a Master of Landscape Architecture at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. She also works as a Landscape Design Intern with Craftwater Engineering.

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. She is currently an educator at the American Museum of Ceramic Art in Pomona, California.

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