Celi Glastris
Celi Glastris, (b. 1998) he/they
Glastris was born and raised on the traditional homelands of the Council of Three Fires, the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Odawa as well as the Menominee, Miami and Ho-Chunk nations (Chicago suburbs; Winnetka, Illinois), and currently lives in Berlin, Germany.
EDUCATION:
2022, The Masters of Arts Program in the Humanities, University of Chicago. Concentrations: Art History and Creative Writing
2021, Bachelor of Arts, Tufts University - Art History Major, Film & Media Studies & Cognitive & Brain Science Double Minor
(Interdisciplinary study of the History of Communication and Creative Process), cum laude
2021, Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of the Museum of Fine Arts - Studio Art
2019, University of the Arts London, Central Saint Martins, Fall Term.
SELECTED WRITING:
2022
The Comorbid Symphony Manifesto, Self-published, December 20.
July Show, Sulk Gallery, Chicago, Exhibition Text, July 22-August 20.
Moladietz (A Family Story), University of Chicago MAPH (MA Thesis), June.
a mad genderfuck symphony, performance in person on January 22.
2021
Foreward, "How Have You Been Reckoning with Quarantine Time?", GenderFail Press, May.
Colonialism’s Aftermath: The Art Institute of Chicago’s 3D Storytelling Project Presents an Opportunity for Institutional Accountability and Reconciliation, Newcity Art April 2021 Print Issue.
Breakout Artists 2021: Chicago’s Next Generation of Image Makers- Nereida Patricia, Newcity Art, April 2021 Print Issue.
Bookends To 2020: A Reflection on the Works of Jake Fagundo, Newcity Art, January 2021 Issue, January 18.
2020
Artist's Care Networks in the Time of Pandemic, Tufts University Journalism, December 16.
chalkboard.network, ongoing self-published artist 'blog' investigating how to ethically chronicle history for the future.
22 opportunities to bleed, self published on chalkboard.network
quarantine diary, ongoing self-published artist's website.
The Ethics of Performance: A Call for Educational and Practice Reform, Tufts University Journalism, April 23.
2019 IN CONVERSATION // AN INTERVIEW WITH ANDRÉ FILIPEK-MAGAÑA, THE SEEN EXPO CHICAGO, Issue 52, September 5.
"ROOMMATES" // SHULAMIT NAZARIAN LOS ANGELES, THE SEEN EXPO CHICAGO, Issue 51, August 1.
Make Little Plans: Julius Caesar Miniaturizes the Art Fair with BARELY FAIR, Newcity Art, September 12.
One year: the dematerialization of the artist, self-published manuscript, May 2019.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2020 Second Annual Tufts/SMFA Combined Degree Exhibition, Tisch Library, Tufts University, Medford, MA
2019 deauto, BAG Gallery at SMFA, September, (forthcoming). Boston, MA.
Somerville Open Studios Exhibition, Grüman House, May, Somerville, MA.
And Now This! SMFA Advanced Installation Projects Group Exhibition, Artists for Humanity, March, Boston, MA.,
2018 Fall 2018 Tufts/SMFA Combined Degree Show (participated and curated alongside Isabella Kiser), December, Medford, MA.
2017 Flick Off! New Media Exhibition, SMFA, November, Boston, MA.
2015 21Minus, Museum of Contemporary Art, June, Chicago, IL.
CURATION:
2020 Second Annual Tufts/SMFA Combined Degree Exhibition, co-organizers: Isabella Kiser, Ezri Horne. Tisch Library, Tufts University, Medford, MA
2019 And Now This! SMFA Advanced Installation Projects Group Exhibition, Artists for Humanity, Boston, MA.
2018 Fall 2018 Tufts/SMFA Combined Degree Show, co-curator: Isabella Kiser, December, Medford, MA.
PRESS:
2019 Freeze Frame: Celia Glastris, BFA + BA '21, SMFA website.
AWARDS AND PRESENTATIONS:
2019 Student presentation at the SMFA Board of Advisors on behalf of fellow Combined Degree students, April 9th, Boston, MA.
2018 Museum Council Sculpture Prize, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA.
INTERNSHIPS:
2018 Jim Kempner Fine Art, Chelsea, New York, NY
Black Gotham Experience, New York, NY