theresachromati@gmail.com
Theresa Chromati
Born 1992 in Baltimore, MD
BFA, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Lives and works in Baltimore, MD
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Rehearsal for Joy, CAC Malaga, Malaga, Spain
2023
DOOM BLOOM, Tureen, Dallas, TX
A Living Record ( Her Arrival Was Once Steps Taken ), Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2022
Interlude in Crusted Wounds, Veta Galería, Madrid, Spain
2020
Stepping Out to Step In, The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE
2019
Running in Place and Sometimes Walking: At Times I Feel Loved and Paralyzed, Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York, NY
2017
STRANGE NOISE ON THE ROOP TOP, NEW IMAGE ART, Los Angeles, CA
2016
BBW, Platform Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Group exhibitions
2024
Frieze Sculpture at London’s Regent’s Park, London, UK (forthcoming)
2023
Ugly Paintings, Nahmad Contemporary, New York, NY
2022
I’m Stepping High, I’m Drifting, and There I Go Leaping, The Xiao Museum of Contemporary Art, Rhizhao, China
A-Maze-Zanine-Amaze-Zaning-A-Mezzaning-Meza-9, Performance Space x David Zwirner, New York, NY
Gender Euphoria, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
Eternal Seasons, LGDR, Hong Kong
Not Me, Not That, Not Nothing Either, Leslie-Lohman Museum, New York, NY
2021
No Line in the Horizon, Levy Gorvy, Palm Beach, FL
In Relation to Power: Politically Engaged works from the Collection, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC
How Do We Know the World?, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Now is the Time: Recent Acquisitions to the Contemporary Collection, Baltimore, MD
On the Other Side of Something, We Buy Gold, New York, NY
2020
The International Biennial for Young Art: I Don’t Know Whether the Earth is Spinning or Not…, Museum of Moscow, Moscow, Russia
Polyphonic, Pérez Art Museum, Miami, FL
2019
The Extreme Present, Moore Building: Jeffrey Deitch, Miami / Gagosian, Miami, FL
Mickalene Thomas: A Moment’s Pleasure, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Punch, curated by Nina Chanel Abney, Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Punch, curated by Nina Chanel Abney, Jeffrey Deitch, New York, NY
Harpers Books, East Hampton, NY
As Above, So Below, Outpost Artist Resources, New York, NY
American Beauty, Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York, NY
Muse Muse, The Czech Center, New York, NY
The Joke is On You, Kudos Gallery, Sydney, Australia
A Stone Kissed Pink, curated by Brendan Lynch, Zero Zero Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Baldamor, OkaySpace, Brooklyn, NY
Teatime public installation, Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts, Brooklyn, NY
WPCA Group Show Annual Auction, WPCA, Washington, D.C.
2016
Women / Color, Mosely Gallery: University of Eastern Shore, Eastern Shore, MD
People to People, City Arts Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Rose Arcade, Occhio Pavone, Firenze, Italy
Datenight, Nomadic exhibition, Brooklyn, NY
Earth Seed, Floristree, Baltimore, MD
Bromo Arts District Electrical box installations, public installation, Baltimore, MD
2015
Show Poster, Open Studios, Washington, D.C.
Selected Bibliography
2024
Rabb, Maxwell, “Frieze Sculpture 2024 to feature works from Leonora Carrington and Theaster Gates, among others” Artsy, July 19, 2024
2023
Dexter, Henry, “Meet Theresa Chromati, the artist who uses felt and glitter to construct ‘Testicular Flora’, November 29, 2023
Waddoups, Ryan, “A giant Scrotum Flower whispering words of Encouragement”, Surface Magazine, May 16, 2023
2022
Jansen, Charlotte, “Meet the art world Glitterati”, Financial Times, November 23, 2022
“Theresa Chromati Explores the power of Uncertainty”, August 1, 2022
2021
Bielski, Annie. “On how your work can push you to where you need to be.” The Creative Independent, June 9, 2021
Kubler, Alison. “Vault spoke to New York artist Theresa Chromati about the practice of painting, developing personal iconographies, and placing herself at the center.” Vault Magazine, April 27, 2021
Graham, Peacock. “No Bullshit, No Lies, Everything to the Forefront.” Metal Magazine, February 26, 2021
Machado, Danilo. “Bold Colors and Surreal Compositions Upend the Monotony of Commerical Billboards.” Hyperallergic, February 18, 2021
2020
Budds, Diana. “Murals on 9 City Buildings Will Help You Process Your Pandemic Feelings.” Curbed, February 8, 2020
Ali, Abdu. “Artist Theresa Chromati on Complexity, Intuition, and Public Art.” PIN-UP, 2020
Farr, Stephanie. “With an ‘Art Escape Drive -Thru’ for the pandemic and ‘Response Gallery’ for the protests, The Delaware Contemporary is Reacting to 2020 in real time.” The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 18, 2020
Okhio, Camille. “This Museum Is Finding an Ingenious Way to Open an Exhibition During Lockdown.” Architectural Digest, June 4, 2020
Hileman, Kristen, “Stepping Out to Step In: Theresa Chromati’s Commission at The Delaware Contemporary.” BmoreArt, June 3, 2020
2019
Tsiu, Diana and Sarah Spellings. “The Artist Who Paints Psychedelic Women: Meet Theresa Chromati.” The Cut, October 17, 2019
Cooper, Wilbert L. “An Artist Making a Powerful Statement— by Creative Work About Herself.” T Magazine, August 7, 2019
Glista, Tia. “Theresa Chromati’s technicolor portraits of women being as loud as they want.” Document, June 12, 2019
Scola, Anna. “Theresa Chromati’s Olympia at Kravets Wehby.” Whitehot Magazine, May 2019
Vickery, Morgan. “ | Theresa Chromati.” Flaunt Magazine, May 24, 2019
Nechamkin, Sarah. “Theresa Chromati’s Swirling, Unapologetic Rainbow Women”, Interview Magazine, May 22, 2019
Booker, Eric. “Practice in Print: Theresa Chromati.” Studio Magazine, Spring/Summer issue, 2019
2018
Douze, Khalila. “Theresa Chromati.” Fader, May 25, 2018
Farr, Kristin. “Grace in Her Space.” Juxtapoz Magazine, Spring issue, 2018
2017
Wheeler, Andre. “Theresa Chromati is Creating a World Run by Carefree Black Women.” i-D, January 11, 2017
Russeth, Andrew. “Under the Paving the Stones, the Beach: A Look Around the Untitled Art Fair.” Art News, December 8, 2017
Graver, David. “Miami Art Week 2017: Women Artists Address the Female Body.” Cool Hunting, December 12, 2017
2016
Pangburn, DJ. “Turning BBW into a point of pride, Not a category of Porn.” The Creators Project, December 27, 2016
Mongo, Abdu. “Looking for Black Art in Baltimore.” Art Papers, July 26, 2016
Kalia, Philo. “The Beauty of Black Women: Theresa Chromati’s Oppositional Framework”, Arts. Black, October 4, 2016
Carroll, Angela “Body Language and Black Blissful Worship.” Bmore Art, September 28, 2016
Public Collections
Perez Art Museum Miami, Miami, FL
Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, NC
Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Burger Collection, Hong Kong
The Xiao Museum of Contemporary Art, Rhizhao, China
The Dean Collection, New York, NY
