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Education:
2023 Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture
Master of Fine Arts in Painting, Ohio State University, Columbus
2012 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art, University of Texas at Austin
Residencies:
2019 Bread & Salt, 3-Month Studio Residency, San Diego, CA
2018/19 San Diego Art Institute, 3-Month Matthew J. Mahoney Residency Program, San Diego, CA
2018 ACRE, 2-Week Interdisciplinary Residency, Steuben, WI
2016/17 1805 Gallery, 3-Month Studio/Gallery Residency, San Diego, CA
Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions:
2023 Walking and Falling at the Same Time, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2022 Ahead and Above Water, Stop-Gap Projects, Columbia, MO
2019 A Beach for Me (and maybe you), Ignition Projects, Chicago, IL
I Dreamt of a Perfect Ocean, I Dreamt of Stepping in a Hole, Best Practice, San Diego, CA
Another Sunburn, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
2017 First to Blush (w/ Vabianna Santos), Helmuth Projects, San Diego, CA
Hanging Out, Hanging On, 1805 Gallery, San Diego, CA
2016 All-Nighter, Best Practice at University of San Diego, CA
Less Than a Whole Story (w/Joe Yorty), Edgewood, La Mesa, CA
No Green Sunsets, Bijou Gallery, San Diego, CA
2014 Salton Sea: Recent Work by Chantal Wnuk, Marfa, TX
2012 Recent Paintings by Chantal Mika Wnuk, Bass Concert Hall, Austin, TX
2010 Recent Paintings and Drawings by Chantal Wnuk, Lee College, Baytown, TX
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2023 Tender Edge, Dream Clinic Project Space, Columbus, OH
ROY Presents, ROYGBIV, Columbus, OH
Big Cloud, Urban Arts Space, Columbus, OH
2022 Memory Traces, curated by Elizabeth Rooklidge, The La Jolla Historical Society, La Jolla, CA
2021 8 Layer Casserole, Hopkins Gallery at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
SD Practice, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
Rise, False Cast Gallery, San Diego, CA
In Cahoots, Hopkins Gallery at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2020 29th Annual Juried Exhibition, Athenaeum, La Jolla, CA
2019 Small Gestures, Boehm Gallery, San Marcos, CA
A Show About Touching, Bread & Salt, San Diego, CA
Summertime Sadness, POSTLA Kamikaze at MiM Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
28th Annual Juried Exhibition, Athenaeum, La Jolla, CA
Subterranean, Mesa College Gallery, San Diego, CA
Boy's Home, Project R.A.T., Desert Hot Springs, CA
Body Language, Hyde Art Gallery, El Cajon, CA
2018 Being Here with You/ Estando aquí contigo, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
Juried Biennial, Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, CA
Figurative Expression, City College Art Gallery, San Diego, CA
2017 Nevine Mahmoud, John Zane Zappas & Chantal Wnuk, SPF 15 Exhibitions, La Jolla, CA
Scene of the Shipwreck, UCSD Main Gallery, San Diego, CA
2016 The First Horizons of Juno, Mass Gallery, Austin, TX
Not Quite Nothing, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
Wouldn’t It Be Nice, H Gallery at Eastfield College, Mesquite, TX
2014 Having a Coke With You, Helmuth Projects, San Diego, CA
Just a Little Bit Longer Pt. 2, Disclosed Unlocation, San Diego, CA
Girls Gone West, Center Space Gallery at the Visual Arts Center, Austin, TX
2013 Ready-Made Exotic, Museum of Human Achievement, Austin, TX
The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
2012 Something to Lean On, a response to An (Extra) Ordinary Life, Salvage Vanguard, Austin, TX
A Show Lightly Based on Abstraction, ABB, Austin, TX
Finale: Senior Art Exhibition, UT Visual Arts Center, Austin, TX
2011 The Prettiest and the Pinkest, Forus Gallery, Austin, TX
Open Door Series: Summer, The Arts Alliance Center, Houston, TX
Car Show: Drive-In/Thru/By/ performance art event, Co-Lab Art Space, Austin, TX
2010 Field Day: An Evening of Performance Art, The University of Texas, Austin, TX
Summer School, Salvage Vanguard, Austin, TX
Open Door Series: Winter, The Arts Alliance Center, Houston, TX
2009 Piecing Together, The FAB Gallery at the University of Texas, Austin, TX
Flotsam and Jetsam, The Arts Alliance Center, Houston, TX
Awards and Grants:
2022 Support for Professional Artists Grant, Greater Columbus Arts Council
Alumni Grants for Graduate Research and Scholarship, The Ohio State University
Coca Cola Critical Difference Grant for Research on Women, The Women’s Place at The Ohio State University
Fergus Scholarship Award, The Ohio State University
2020 Graduate Fellowship, The Ohio State University
Second Place at the Athenaeum Juried Exhibition curated by Elizabeth Rooklidge and Joe Yorty
2018 Jurors Choice at the 2019 Juried Biennial, Cannon Art Gallery
2016 The First Horizons of Juno voted Best Group Gallery Exhibition, Austin Critic’s Table
2014 Girls Gone West nominated for Best Work of Art: Independent or Public Project, Austin Critic’s Table
2012 Undergraduate Professional Development Travel Grant for Girls Gone West, University of Texas at Austin
The Kay Pearson Harrison Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Art, University of Texas at Austin
2011 Best of Show at the Open Door Series, The Arts Alliance Center Clear Lake
Bibliography:
2022 Memory Traces: Artists Transform the Archive, exhibition catalog by Elizabeth Rooklidge, The La Jolla Historical Society
2020 Clinton Tolley on Chantal Wnuk, HereIn Journal
2019 A Perfect Ocean (for Chantal), exhibition essay by Angella d'Avignon
2018 A Vibrant Arts Community Bridges Two Cities Separated by a Contentious Border, exhibition review by Rachel Heidenry, Hyperallergic
Being Here with You / Estando aquí contigo: 42 Artists from San Diego and Tijuana, exhibition catalogue, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
Art & Life with Chantal Wnuk, interview, SDVoyager
2014 Having a Coke With You, exhibition catalog, Helmuth Projects
Girls Gone West, review, The Austin Chronicle
Go West: Girls Gone West, Alcalde Magazine
Collections:
The City of San Diego