Carol Anne McChrystal

Born Chicago, 1982
 
Education
2006
Master of Fine Art California College of the Arts San Francisco, CA
2004 Bachelor of Fine Art University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL
 
Solo Exhibitions and Screenings
2010 The Pixie Troll Witch Hour: Into the 3 AM Void with Carol Anne & Keturah,Here, San Francisco, CA (a Nightmare City project)
   
Selected Group Exhibitions (including Nightmare City Projects)
2011 ACRE, NEXT Art Fair, Chicago, IL
  NIGHTMARE CITY COPY LAKE THE HORDE, bei roy, Berlin, Germany
2010 All that is Solid Melts Into Air: Nightmare City with Copy Lake, Erin Elder and Sam Green Queen’s Nails Projects, San Francisco, CA
  ATA Film & Video Festival Window Installation, ATA, San Francisco, CA
 
VOX VI Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
 
T-10 21Grand, Oakland, CA
 
A Light at the End of the Tunnel Scope Basel Cinema, Basel, Switzerland
2009 Mash-Up Noma Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 D.U.I. MANIAC, Oakland, CA
  Disembody Fringe Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
  Thirty Under Thirty Varnish Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2007 S.W.A.N. Ghetto Gloss, Silverlake, CA
  Turn to Stone Right Window, San Francisco, CA
2006 OpenDraw OpenSource Art, Champaign, IL
  Community Virology LoBot, Oakland, CA
  Graduate Thesis Exhibition
California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
  Material World Alliance Francaise, San Francisco, CA
  Snap, Crackle, Pop PLAySPACE, San Francisco, CA
  Friends of the Arts el 222, San Francisco, CA
2005 Blackmarket Hayes Valley Market,San Francisco, CA
  Entangled Orbits: You Could Be Me PLAySPACE, San Francisco, CA
  Preciousonian Economy PLAySPACE, San Francisco, CA
2004 Under the Gun, A21 Gallery, Oakland, CA
  Art Show Here: a BFA Exhibition Champaign, IL
2003 One Place after Another Illini Union Gallery, Urbana, IL
  Sculpture (and all that that entails...) Link Gallery, Champaign, IL
  IUB Juried Photography Exhibition llini Union Gallery, Urbana, IL
  Plan B Arts Coalition Gallery,Champaign, IL
2002 Duh!! Link Gallery Champaign, L
  Sculpture Link Gallery, Champaign, IL
 
Honors & Awards
2004-2006 Graduate Sculpture Department Scholarship, California College of the Arts
2004-2006 CCA Merit Scholarship, California College of the Arts
2004 Outstanding Senior Award , University of Illinois
2003 School of Art + Design Merit Scholarship, University of Illinois
  Merit Scholarship for Academic Excellence, University of Illinois
2002 School of Art + Design Merit Scholarship, University of Illinois
 
Bibliography
An, Susie: "Astroturf Art Takes Over Union Gallery," Daily Illini, December 11, 2003 p.7
Calloway, Bob: “CCA Playspace ("Snap, Crackle, Pop"),” artfever, March 30, 2006.
Bamberger, Allan: “California College of the Arts: Graduate Exhibiton: Carved styrofoam sandwich board art,” Art Businiess, May 11, 2006.
Gannon, Victoria: "Going to California: Nightmare City," Art:21 Blog, 3 December 2010.
Taleporos, Zoe: "Snap, Crackle, Pop," exhibition catalogue. San Francisco, CA, March 2006.
weed-dawg.com: "*top*ten* *4*17*06*," www.weed-dawg.com, May 17, 2006 .
Ritchie, Andy: "A Breathalyzer of Fresh Air," ArtSlant, January 12, 2009.
 
Publications
Afterglow in Divided Space: Renee Gertler at Eleanor Harwood, Art Practical, 2010.
Bell, Book and Candle: Michael Guidetti at Jancar Jones, Art Practical Shot-gun Review, 2010.
From Chicago: Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy, Art Practical, 2010
From Portland with Love: Sean Joseph Patrick Carney, Nicole Marie Milchak & Stephen Slappe at LiVEWORK, Art Practical, 2010.
The Immortal: Facundo Arganaraz & Chris Hood at Queens Nails, Art Practical 2011.
in a world where you are possible: Christine Kesler at NOMA, Art Practical, 2010.
Justin Beal, Lena Daly, Kate Owens at Jancar Jones, Art Practical, 2009
KYO FORTUNE (6000) TELLER LIVE W/ 6000 NEW APPS AND LIVE CDMA DRUG LAB, Art Practical, 2010.
New World Boredom: James Bradley + Erin Allen at MANIAC, Shotgun Review, www.shotgun-review.com, 2009
Self Expression Night: Complicity, Resistance, and the Touchy-Feely in Bay Area Performance Art, Art Practical Performance Issue, 2011.
The Secret Welcome of Space and it’s Prehistoric Future, Art Practical, 2010.
Sssux to be Usss, Nightmare City Publications, 2011
Bigtime: Nightmare City Thinks You Suck, Nightmare City Publications, 2009
HEX POX RUT ROT Series, Nightmare City Publications, 2009
Cliffs Notes on Art School Rhetoric, Nightmare City Publications, 2006
You Have No Power, You Have No Power, Nightmare City Publications 2006
 
Guest Lectures, Resdidencies & Other Experience
2012 Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT forthcoming
2011 Residency, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
2010 Residency (Nightmare City), ACRE, Steuben, WI
2009 Curatorial Assistant "Mash-Up," Noma Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 Production Design "Disembody," Museum of Viral Memory, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Prop Designer for Matt Boyko Studio, "SF Bay Guardian's Best of the Bay 2006 Celebration," Club 6, San Francisco, CA
  Guest Lecturer, Undergraduate Senior Sculpture, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2005 MFA Debate Team, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
  Teaching Assistant, Sculpture Senior Projects, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
2004 Guest Lecturer, Undergraduate Sculpture Dept, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA