Chelsea Pegram creates sculptures and installations that respond to specific architectural spaces - their spatial dynamics, architectural program, and the stories projected onto them. She has recently exhibited at Elephant and Roger’s Office in Los Angeles. Previously, she was an Artist-in-Residence at the Visible Futures Lab, a fabrication lab for the School of Visual Arts, New York. Her work has been exhibited in Los Angeles, New York, Nevada, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Chelsea graduated from Mills College with an MFA in Studio Art in 2011. She lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
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Chelsea Pegram
Education
2011 MFA, Studio Art, Mills College, Oakland, CA
2004 BA, Visual Arts, University of San Francisco, CA
One and Two-Person Exhibitions
2019 Extra Pulp, Home Alone, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Le Poisson est Rouge, Elephant, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Some Extra Pulp Free, Underline Projects, Berkeley, CA
2017 Mani-facture, Artist-in-Residence Exhibition, Visible Futures Lab, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2016 Pocket Ziggurat, Capital City Arts Initiative, Nevada
2015 Custom Built-In, Three30Forty, Oakland, CA
2013 Shawn HibmaCronan + Chelsea Pegram, Studio 5 - 4, Oakland, CA
2012 Lining: A Positive Re-Imagination, Mauve Office of Exhibition, Berkeley, CA
2010 IN FLUX meditations on space and time: Robin Johnston + Chelsea Pegram, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
2007 Summer Solos, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 Mile to the Mile, Roger's Office, Highland Park, Los Angeles
2017 Linchpin, curated by Anna Nearburg & Evan Reiser, Space 151, San Francisco, CA
2016 Art Escapists, 5 Hour Sculpture, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA
2016 Spaces, Collaborative Project with Dana Hemenway & Kelly Lynn Jones, Parking Lot Art Fair, San Francisco, CA
2015 Art Escapists, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA
2015 Art Night SF, San Francisco, CA
2015 Parking Lot Art Fair, San Francisco, CA
2014 ArtComplex, Oakland, CA
2013 Bay Area Currents, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
2013 MFA Selections, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa, CA
2013 10 Year Anniversary Alumni Exhibition, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2011 The Future is Now: New Bay Area MFA Graduates, Sonoma State University Art Gallery, Rohnert Park, CA
2011 Walking Backwards Forward, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA
2010 One Night Stand, Branch Gallery, Oakland, CA
2009 Wrong! 21 Grand, Oakland, CA
2009 Stimulus Package, Blankspace Gallery, Oakland, CA
Projects
2016 Window Installation at Little Paper Planes, San Francisco, CA
2015 Roger Sunday Presents…, Oakland, CA and Los Angeles, CA
2014 Roger Sunday Presents…, Oakland, CA
2006 Sorauer, 30 Sorauer Strasse, Berlin, Germany
2006 ...Jam, Mass, Obstacle, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Lectures / Juries
2017 Artist-in-Residence Lectures, Visible Futures Lab, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2016 Guest Lecturer, 3D Concepts, Mills College, Oakland, CA
2015 Guest Lecturer, Professional Practices, San Francisco State University, CA
2014 Fabricating Art, Public Program for Sarah Oppenheimer, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA
2014 Juror, Art + Architecture Annual Student Exhibition, University of San Francisco, CA
2014 Guest Lecturer, Professional Practices, San Francisco State University, CA
2013 Guest Lecturer, Senior Seminar, Mills College, Oakland, CA
2013 Guest Lecturer, Senior Seminar, Santa Clara University, CA
2013 Juror, Juried Student Exhibition, Sonoma State University, CA
2011 Visiting Artist Lecture, Department of Art & Art History, Sonoma State University, CA
2011 Guest Lecturer, Mold-Making, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
Awards / Nominations / Residencies
2017 Artist-in-Residence, Visible Futures Lab, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2017 Tosa Award Nomination to Apply, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA
2016 Tosa Award Nomination to Apply, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA
2015 2 x 2 Nomination to Apply, Finalist, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
2013 Fleishhacker Foundation Eureka Fellowship Nomination to Apply
2012 SFMOMA SECA Art Award Nomination to Apply
2011 Herringer Family Foundation Award for Excellence in Art
2010 Herringer Family Foundation Award for Excellence in Art
2006 Root Division Residency, San Francisco, CA
Selected Bibliography
2016 Harbour, Aaron. Curiously Direct, “Chelsea Pegram//Pocket Ziggurat @ CCAI Courthouse Gallery”, October 2016
2015 Harbour, Aaron. Curiously Direct, “Chelsea Pegram//Three30Forty”, August 2015
2014 “ArtComplex: A Pop-Up Art Exhibit,” Oakland Art Enthusiast, February 2014
2013 “10 Year Anniversary Publication,” Root Division, Jan 2013
2011 Beltran, J.D. “The Art of Looking – The 2011 MFA Exhibition at Mills College”, City Brights Blog, May 2011
2011 “Walking Backwards Forward,” MFA Exhibition Catalog, Mills College Art Museum, with essay by Stephanie Hanor, May 2011