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Kat Chávez

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Graphic design for posters, live printed in East Los Angeles as part of the Barrio Mobile Arts Studio Program at Self Help Graphics and Art

About Me

Kat Chávez is a multidisciplinary artist-researcher, collaborative designer, and cultural worker. Raised on Miwok, Yokuts, 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.

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