Bio // CV

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 Shows

2012                       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, Chicago IL

Group Shows    

2012 | ‘07                Manifest Urban Arts Festival 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 Anna Trier + Meredith Weber, Happy Collaborationist Exhibition Space, Chicago IL

                                Out of Site: encounters with public performance organized by Carron Little, Chicago IL

                                24th Festival of Art in Alternative & Itinerant Spaces organized by 2nd Floor Rear, Chicago IL

773 (for Sic Transit Gloria Mundi: Industry of the Ordinary) curated by Anna Trier + Meredith Weber,Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago IL

2011                       MDW Fair Fall Showcase organized by Aron Gent + Ed Marszewski, Chicago IL

BUILT Arts Festival organized by Tristan J.M. Hummel,  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 Center Chicago 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 IL

                               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