Christine Tarkowski
Christine Tarkowski | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1967 (age 56–57) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Fashion Institute of Technology, Parsons School of Design, School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
| Known for | Sculpture and Installation art |
| Awards | Creative Capital Visual Arts award 2001 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Individual Artist Award 2005 |
| Website | christinetarkowski.com |
Christine Tarkowski (born 1967) is an American sculptor and installation artist. Through her art, she explores the impact of the built environment (including architecture and textile technologies) on the natural environment.[1]
Life and career[edit]
Tarkowski was born in Norwich, Connecticut, but now lives and works in Chicago, Illinois.[2] After studying textile design at the Fashion Institute of Technology, she earned her BFA at the Parsons School of Design in New York City in 1989 and her MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, IL in 1992.[3][4] In addition to her work as an artist, Christine has been an associate professor in the Fiber and Material Studies department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago since 2003.[3] In 2001, she received a Creative Capital Visual Arts award[5] and in 2005, she received a Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Individual Artist Award.[6]
Works[edit]
She has exhibited significant solo and group shows, including the exhibition titled, Last Things Will Be First and First Things Will be Last that was on display at the Chicago Cultural Center from January 29 - May 2, 2010.[7] In this piece, as with many of Tarkowski’s works, there was the incorporation of a geodesic dome, which she uses as a symbol for the failed utopia.[8] The utopian impulse of modernism and its failure is a recurring theme in her work, manifesting through transformed and mimicked urban materials like wallpaper, industrial siding, and trash.[9]
She has worked with many other established artists including Drew Beattie, Aidas Bareikis, and Jules de Balincourt. They were all invited to contribute to a music video and exhibition piece called, Can’t Stop Rock Lobster created by Shoot the Lobster art gallery in New York City. The exhibit ran from June 19–30, 2012.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ Lopes, Nicholas (27 February 2017). "Down the Drain". Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ^ "Working on the Failed Utopia" (PDF). Governors State University. 2005. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Christine Tarkowski - Professor". School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Archived from the original on 7 April 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ "Christine Tarkowski." ArtSlant. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Oct. 2014.
- ^ "Stacking Logics". Creative Capital. 2001. Archived from the original on 1 December 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ "Three Year Report 2005–2007 - Individual Artist Awards" (PDF). The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation. 2008. p. 29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ Stoepel, Whitney (13 April 2010). "Christine Tarkowski at The Chicago Cultural Center". Gapers Block. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ Snodgrass, Susan (11 September 2010). "Christine Tarkowski". Art in America. Archived from the original on 7 April 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ Hixson, Kathryn (2005). "Response to Christine Tarkowski's Working on the failed utopia". In Benites, Cecilia; Lyster, Clare (eds.). 306090 09: Regarding Public Space. 306090. Vol. 09. New York: Princeton Architectural Press. pp. 103–5. ISBN 9781568985442. OCLC 61129653 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Can't Stop Rock Lobster". Shoot the Lobster. 2012. Archived from the original on 19 March 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2024.