Katy Kirbach

KATY KIRBACH

Lives and works in Chicago, IL                              

EDUCATION

2008-2011 Royal Academy Schools, Postgraduate Diploma Fine Art, London, U.K.

2004-2008 Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, BA (Hons) Fine Art, U.K.

RESIDENCIES

2012-2013 Abbey Scholarship in Painting, British School at Rome, Italy

SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2017        Parties and Days, Bar4000, Chicago, IL

                From Off to On, two-person exhibit with Zoe Nelson, Yellow Door Gallery, Des Moines, IA

2013        Acid Blush, Christian Larsen Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden

2011        RA Schools Show, Royal Academy of Arts, London, U.K.

2010        Got the Blues for Red, Christian Larsen Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden

                Resist & Shine, two-person exhibit with Sophie Michael, The East Room, London, U.K.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017        Ex Roma IV, APT Gallery, London, U.K.

                Inaction, curated by Sophie Michael, Watch-It Gallery, London, U.K.

                Echoes, Lill Street Art Center, Chicago, IL

2015        Terrain Biennial, Chicago, IL, USA

2014        I Cheer A Dead Man’s Sweetheart, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, U.K.

2013        Please Be Quiet, British School at Rome, Italy

                Woman’s Hour, HorizonVerticaal, Haarlem, Netherlands

                March Mostra, British School at Rome, Italy

2012        Abstract Critical Newcomer Awards, Kings Place Gallery, London, U.K.

2011        Night Shift, Simon Oldfield Gallery, London, U.K.

                Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, U.K.

2010        Premiums, Royal Academy of Arts, London, U.K.

2008        Ascension, Simon Oldfield at St Barnabas House, London, U.K.

2007        Ready to Eat Jumbo Shrimp, Woburn Square Research Centre, London, U.K.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

2014-present Lecturer, Department of Painting and Drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago