Karen Bovinich received her BFA in Fine Arts from Columbia College in 2010. In 2008, Bovinich started a collaborative live sculpture group known as Before Cake, After Dinner (BC,AD) and was half of the briefly formed collaboration, Jesus Mejia & Ruth. Bovinich currently lives and works in Chicago, IL.
Curriculum Vitae
Karen Bovinich | b. 1986 Dallas TX
Lives and works in Chicago IL.
Education:BFA Columbia College, Chicago IL | Conferred May 2010, Cum Laude
Solo or Two Person Shows2012
Not all days are the same; a contemplation of transits
RoxaBoxen Exhibitions, Chicago IL
2011
There is no I in It
with EJ Hill, The Hills Aesthetic Center, Chicago IL
2009
Hermano
with Tannar Veatch, Happy Collaborationist Exhibition Space (HCES), Chicago IL
Group Shows
2013
Rube Goldberg’s Ghosts: Confounding Design and Laborious Machinations
curated by Elizabeth Burke-Dain, Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago IL
2012 | ‘07
Manifest Urban Arts Festival
YR 2012 festival curated by HCES, Columbia College, Chicago IL
2010
Girl: Please!
curated by Emanuel Aguilar, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago IL
This Is Not for Sale
curated by EJ Hill, Parking Space, Chicago IL
BFA Fine Art Exhibition 2010
A+D Gallery, Chicago IL
2009
The Yield
Heaven Gallery, Chicago IL
2008 | ‘07
The Pougialis Fine Art Exhibition
A+D Gallery, Chicago IL
Collaborative Performance Work
(Jesus Mejia & Ruth) collaboration with Jesus Mejia
2012
Triage (for Rapid Pulse International Performance Festival)
organized by Joseph Ravens + HCES, Chicago IL
Home:Public or Private?
curated by Tricia Van Eck, Chicago IL
Out of Site: encounters with public performance
organized by Carron Little + HCES, Chicago IL
24th Festival of Art in Alternative & Itinerant Spaces
organized by 2nd Floor Rear + HCES, Chicago IL
773 (for Sic Transit Gloria Mundi: Industry of the Ordinary)
curated by HCES, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago IL
2011
MDW Fair Fall Showcase
organized by Aron Gent + Ed Marszewski + HCES, Chicago IL
BUILT Arts Festival
organized by Tristan J.M. Hummel + HCES, Chicago IL
(Before Cake, After Dinner) collaboration with Tannar Veatch, Ej Hill, Meredith Weber, Jesus Mejia, and Mat Wilson
2010
Version 10: Infrastructures & Territories
curated by Dayton Castleman + Ed Marszewski, Zhou B Arts CenterChicago IL
This Is a Test//This Is Not a Test
curated by Tannar Veatch, Hutten Showroom, Chicago IL
2009
Decibel
Tandem Co-Op Gallery, Chicago IL
2008
BC,AD
Happy Collaborationist Exhibition Space, Chicago
Accidental Subjects
Tandem Co-Op Gallery, Chicago IL
Selected Site Interventions
2011
Isometric Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago IL
2009
Monument General John Logan Memorial, Chicago IL
2008
Feeble Construction Wirt Dexter Building (burned down in 2006), Chicago IL
Scholarships and Residencies
2012 Stone Quarry Hill Art Park Artist-in-Residence, Cazenovia NY
2011 | ‘10 Acre Residency, Steuben WI
2010 Columbia College Chicago Alumni Scholarship
Columbia College Chicago Retention Award
2009 Harold Arts Residency, Chesterhill OH
2005 University of New Mexico Amigo Scholarship
Publications and Press
2012 Composite Magazine No. 6 Process “A Lingering Curiosity” by Karen Bovinich
2009 Art Talk Chicago “The Yield at Heaven Gallery” by Madeleine Bailey
Related Work Experience
July2011— Artist Assistant /Grant Writer |Joan Giroux DBA Compassionate Action Enterprises
Jan2010—May11 Office /Asst. Project Manager, Accounts Manager | Custom Fit Sheet Metal & Roofing Corp
