EDUCATION:

2022

2019

2013

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL / BFA in Studio Arts with an emphasis in Fiber and Material Studies  

Harold Washington College, City College of Chicago, Chicago, IL / Digital Media Design Courses

Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts, Scottsdale, AZ / Certificate of Culinary Arts

AWARDS & RESIDENCIES:

2025

2024

2022

2020

2019

2018    

Core Studio Resident Artist, Chicago Art Department, Chicago, IL

Core Studio Resident Artist, Chicago Art Department, Chicago, IL

Finalist & Artist, Neighborhood Access Program (NAP), Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), Chicago, IL

Roads Scholarship for Research Travel Scholarship, Department of Historic Preservation, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

PB & J Grant, Student Government, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

On Your Way Out Grant, Student Government, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Nominee, 28th Annual Leadership Celebration, Campus Life, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago ,IL

Merit Scholarship, Ox-Bow School of Art & Artists’ Residency, Saugatauk, MI (Canceled due to COVID-19)

Distinguished Merit Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL  

Chicago Fund Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Albert Soglin Memorial Scholarship, Cook County Teachers Union, Chicago, IL

Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship, Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, Chicago, IL

Blessons Scholarship for Non-Traditional Women Students, Blessons for Women, Chicago, IL

Break the Silence Angel Scholarship, BTSADV, Colorado Springs, CO    

Nancy C. DeSombre Scholarship, City Colleges of Chicago Foundation, Chicago, IL

EXHIBITIONS:

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

13th Annual Bridgeport Art Center’s Art Competition, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL (forthcoming)

MIAR Solo Installation, Chicago Fine Art Salon, Chicago, IL (curated by Reevah Agarwaal)

Shadows, CSI Project Space, Chicago, IL

Two-Person Exhibition, Uncommitted Crimes: Leather & Fur,  Parlour & Ramp, Chicago, IL (with sculptor Samuel Schwindt)

By Degrees lll, CSI Project Space, Chicago, IL

Crystal Ball,  Chicago Art Department, Chicago, IL

Handle with Care, Cherry Knot Curation, Chicago, IL

Material Messengers: Ephemeral Environments, Side Street Studio Arts, Elgin, IL

Featured Artist with Chicago Art Department, The Other Art Fair, Chicago, IL

Fuzz: Textile × Sound, Purple Window Gallery, Chicago, IL

Open Studios 2023, Chicago Art Department, Chicago, IL

Dock6 Art & Design 15, Dock6 Collective, Chicago, IL

Undergraduate Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Crystal Ball, Chicago Art Department, Chicago, IL

Terrain Biennial K.I.T., Terrain Exhibitions, Oak Park, IL

Where We Are, SITE galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Train to My Dreams, Gummies Gallery, Chicago, IL

Art Bash, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Still Blossoming, Flower Shop Collective, Outdoor Virtual Show, Chicago, IL

Still Relevant, Happy Gallery, Chicago, IL (canceled due to COVID-19)

CAP-Xhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

COLLECTIONS:

The Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

BIBLIOGRAPHY:        

2025

2024

2023

Stephanie Graham, “Faux Fur, Circus Stories, Feelings, and Soft Power with Catie Burrill,” Nosey AF and Lumpen Radio, April 12, 2025.

“2025 Artist to Watch,” Comfort Station, (forthcoming).

rachel dukes, “Liberate the Flesh,” Chicago Reader, December 2, 2024.

Visualist Chicago, “TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (11/7-11/13),” Bad at Sports, November 7th, 2024.

Samuel Schwindt, A Curator’s Note for Material Messengers: Ephemeral Environments at Side Street Studio Arts,” Medium, Aug 5, 2024.

Student Employment Guide and Instructions Booklet, Artwork featured on front and back cover, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Scholarship Search Postcard 2024, Artwork featured on postcard, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

EVENTS/PERFORMANCE:

2019

Reflections on Fire: Extinguishing Old Ideas, 606 Trail - Damen Bridge, Cabinet of Curiosity and Blue Rhythm Collective, Chicago, IL

Illumination Halloween Benefit, Revel Fulton Market, Cabinet of Curiosity, Chicago, IL

Arts in the Dark Halloween Parade, State Street, Cabinet of Curiosity, Chicago, IL

SERVING IV: “AS LONG AS WE ARE HERE...” with Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL

The Diagonal Life Circus, Bread & Puppet Theatre Company, Glover, VT

The Normality Rebellion Pageant, Bread & Puppet Theatre Company, Glover, VT

The Honey Let’s Go Home Opera, Bread & Puppet Theatre Company, Glover, VT

The Essential Furthermore Show, Bread & Puppet Theatre Company, Glover, VT

LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS, WORKSHOPS:

2025

2024

Featured Artist, A Very Cherry Crit Group, Cherry Knot Curation, Chicago, IL. (forthcoming)

Artist Talk, Chicago Art Department, Chicago, IL.

Visiting Artist Lecturer, Jay Heisler’s Mad Studies Course, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Canada. (forthcoming)

Presenter, “On Crip Time” Session, College Art Association of America (CAA) 113th Annual Conference, New York City, New York

Artist Talk, Uncommitted Crimes: Leather and Fur Exhibition, Parlour & Ramp, Chicago, IL.

Visiting Artist Lecturer, Stacia Yeapanis Professional Practice Course, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.

Visiting Artist Lecturer, Jay Heisler’s Mad Studies Course, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Canada.

Artist Talk, Chicago Art Department, Chicago, IL.

SELECT EXPERIENCE:

2023

2021

2020

2019

2014

Grant Review Panelist for Full Proposals, Neighborhood Access Program (NAP) Grant Review Panel, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), Chicago, IL.

Proposal Reviewer, Future Projects Proposals, Roman Susan, Chicago, IL.

Grant Review Panelist, Neighborhood Access Program (NAP) Grant Review Panel, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), Chicago, IL.

Office Coordinator, Career and Professional Experience (CAPX) Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Seamstress, Lemonbrat Studios, Chicago, IL

Studio Lab Monitor, Fiber and Material Studies Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Ritual Apprentice focused on Costumes & Objects, Cabinet of Curiosity, Chicago, IL

Chef & Puppeteer Apprentice, Bread & Puppet Theatre Company, Glover, VT

Traveling Private Chef, Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, USA tour