Carrie Gundersdorf
Solo Exhibitions
2026 Junonia, 4th Ward Project Space, Chicago, IL
2024 Sea Form, La Loma Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2023 Artist Series- Carrie Gundersdorf, Ox-Bow House, Ox-Bow School of Art, Douglas, MI
2022 Rare Finds, Korn Gallery, Drew University, Madison, NJ
2020 False Colour, 4th Ward Projects, NADA Chicago, Chicago, IL
2010 12 x 12, New Artists-New Work, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
2010 The bottom of photos that look up at the sky and other observations, Julius Caesar, Chicago, IL
2007 Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007 New Work, Illinois State University, Bloomington, IL
2007 A new drawing for Philip's Living Room, VONZWECK, Chicago, IL
2005 New Work, Shane Campbell Gallery, Oak Park, IL
2003 Skywatching, Gahlberg Gallery, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL (catalog)
Two + Three-Person Exhibitions
2014 Cosmic Eye, with Rosanna Bruno and J.J. Garfinkel, 106 Green, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Streaking, with Melissa Oresky, Proof Gallery, Boston, MA
2006 Eric Bene, Carrie Gundersdorf, Noah Rorem, Shane Campbell Gallery, Oak Park, IL
2002 12x12, New Artists, Danielle Gustafson-Sundell with Carrie Gundersdorf, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 Littoral Zone, Margins of Light, Working Loose and La Loma, Blue Hill, ME
2026 Solace, DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY
2024 Proximity and Distance, curated by Shona Macdonald, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT
2022 Faculty Show, Korn Gallery, Drew University, Madison, NJ
2021 Realizing a Compassionate Planet, curated by Alex Peyton-Levine and Alex Stark, Center for Compassion and Altruism Research Education, Stanford University and University of Edinburgh
2020 A Year of Making Meaning: Additions to the Collection 2020, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
2020 An Infinite and Omnivorous Sky, Illinois State University Galleries, Normal, IL (catalog)
2020 Paint vs. Colour, curated by Christoph Dahlhausen and Michael Graeve, Five Walls, Melbourne, Australia
2019 With a Capital P, curated by Leslie Baum, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
2019 Small Frequencies, Selections from the Booth Art Collection, McGiffert House, University of Chicago, IL
2018 Art and Work, Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
2017 Everything You've Ever Wanted, Agency, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Articulating Time and Space, curated by Paola Cabal and Kathryn Schaffer, Sullivan Galleries, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2016 Structural Underpinnings, Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
2016 Six, Regina Rex, New York, NY
2016 The Split between the Eye and the Gaze, curated by Meta Meta, LLC, Kunstraum Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Cosmosis, curated by Steven L. Bridges, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL (catalog)
2014 Quiet, Please, curated by Matthew F. Fischer, Rare Gallery, NY, NY
2014 Inside Space, curated by Anne Harris, Riverside Arts Center, Riverside, IL
2014 Blurring the Line, works from the Niles/Pereira Collection, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA (catalog)
2014 Ghost Nature, curated by Caroline Picard, Gallery 400, UIC, Chicago, IL (catalog)
2014 Le fantôme de la nature, curated by Caroline Picard, La Box, Bourges, France (catalog)
2013 a long line, Peregrine Program, Chicago, IL
2013 The Power of Ten, curated by Dan Devening, Three Walls, Chicago, IL
2013 Shit is Real, Devening Projects and Editions, Chicago, IL
2012 Project 0012, curated by Edra Soto, Journey's End, Cape Elizabeth, ME
2012 Field Static, curated by Devin King and Caroline Picard, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL
2011 Pulp, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
2010 Ah, Wilderness! Ebersmoore, Chicago, IL
2010 Hand's Tide, Regina Rex, Brooklyn, NY
2010 New Icon, curated by Britton Bertran, Loyola Museum of Art, Chicago, IL (catalog)
2010 P's & Q's, curated by Shannon Stratton and Jeff Ward, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL (catalog)
2010 Quarterly Site #2: Over and Again, Twelve Galleries Project, Next Fair, Chicago, IL
2009 Pop Sizzle Hum, Tony Wight Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009 Better to light a candle than curse in the dark, Gallery 400, Next Fair, Chicago, IL
2009 "of or relating to the sky or visible heavens," Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
2008 Give Up, Guertin's Graphics, Chicago, IL
2008 Not Titled (exchange/ book) #2, created by Philip von Zweck
2007 Fifths, SWINGR, Vienna, Austria
2007 If that was all I needed, I'd be fine, curated by Danielle Gustafson-Sundell, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 Slowness, curated by James Kao and Jason Karolak, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL (catalog)
2006 Figures in the Field, curated by Francesco Bonami and Julie Rodrigues, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
2006 MixArt, James Hotel, Chicago, IL, curated by Lisa Dorin, Dominic Molon, Stephanie Smith, Lorelei Stewart
2005 Richard Aldrich, Olivia Booth, Brian Fahlstrom, Carrie Gundersdorf, Daniel Hesidence, Candace Nycz, Sterling Ruby, Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Slow Down, curated by Howard Fonda and Matt Rich, University of Texas, Tyler, TX (catalog)
2005 Drawn Out, curated by Lorelei Stewart, Gallery 400, UIC, Chicago, IL
2005 Into the Midst, curated by Scott Wolniak, Mixture Contemporary Art, Houston, TX
2004 8 Artists, Acuna Hanson Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Good & Bad Things Come from Explosions, curated by Heather Hubbs, Lorelei Stewart, Anthenium, Chicago, IL
2003 Catching Up with the Sun, curated by David Coyle and Howard Fonda, Klein Artworks, Chicago, IL
2002 Painting, Lawton Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, WI
2002 Artadia Grant Recipients - Chicago, Gallery 312, Chicago, IL
2002 Paper Products, curated by Dan Devening, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
2001 Look; Paint, SPACES, Cleveland, OH
2001 Carry on Drawing, curated by Avantika Bawa, Aqua Space, Savannah, GA
2001 Serendipity, curated by Leslie Baum and Anna Kunz, Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000 Look; Paint, Beacon Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000 Deluxe, Cermac River Building, Chicago, IL
2000 Oil, Standard Gallery, Chicago, IL
Awards, Grants, Residencies
2025 Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Individual Support Grant, New York, NY
2025 Monson Art Residency, Monson, ME
2023 White Columns Registry, New York, NY
2023 Drew University Faculty Research Grant, Madison, NJ
2022 Blackball Microgrant Finalist, New York, NY
2021 Willapa Bay A.I.R., Oysterville, WA
2014 Rema Hort Mann Award Nominee, New York, NY
2013 Cora Bliss Taylor Fellowship for Distinguished Painters, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
2011 Rome Prize Nominee, American Academy of Art, New York, NY
2008 Richard H. Driehaus Award Nominee, Chicago, IL
2002 Artadia Grant, Chicago, IL
2000 Bingham Fellowship, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Madison, ME
2000 CAAPS Grant, Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL
Selected Bibliography
2022 Paitz, Kendra, "An Infinite and Omnivorous Sky," An Infinite and Omnivorous Sky catalog, University Galleries of Illinois State University, Normal
2020 December Magazine, volume 31.1, "Collages," edited by Buzz Spector
2019 Rodrigues-Widholm, Julie, "Bound by Spectrum: Measuring Color, Light, and Time at 1614 North Hermitage," Julia Fish: Bound by Spectrum catalog, DePaul Art Museum
2018 Wood, Christina, "Ten Chicago Artists to Know Now," http://alivemag.com
2015 Bridges, Steven L, "The work of art in an expanding universe," Cosmosis catalog, Hyde Park Art Center
2015 Picard, Caroline, "We are stardust." Cosmosis catalog, Hyde Park Art Center
2014 Colten, Cassandra, "Lines and the stories behind them," Blurring the Line catalog, Mills College Art Museum
2014 Picard, Caroline, Ghost Nature catalog, Green Lantern Press
2012 Biles, Jeremy, "Field Static," New City, June
2012 King, Devin and Picard, Caroline, "Field Static," Field Static catalog, published by Green Lantern Press
2012 Bawa, Avantika, "Interview with Carrie Gundersdorf," Supernature, www.drainmag.com
2011 "Carrie Gundersdorf: On Our Chicago Watchlist." Artslant, December
2011 Velez, Pedro, "Chicago 2010," Artnet.com, January
2010 Picard, Caroline, "Carrie Gundersdorf's 12x12," Bad at Sports, October
2010 Cahill, Zachary, "Critic's Pick: Hand's Tide, Regina Rex," Artforum.com, September
2010 Wenzel, Eric, "A Hardcore Commitment to Abstraction," Artslant, August
2010 Viera, Lauren, "Carrie Gundersdorf at Julius Caesar and MCA," Chicago Tribune, August
2010 Westin, Monica, "12x12, MCA," Flavorpill.com, August
2010 Grabner, Michelle, "Critic's Pick: New Icon," Artforum.com, July
2010 Dew, Spencer, "New Icon," New City, June
2010 Weinberg, Lauren, "New Icon," Time Out Chicago, June
2010 Fox, Laura, "New Icon," Flavorpill.com, June
2010 Bertran, Britton, "Show me your Icon," New Icon catalog, Loyola Museum of Art
2010 Gunn, Dan, "Frustrating and Metaphorical Relationships," Artslant, March
2010 Nichols, Thea Liberty, "P's and Q's, HPAC," New City, March
2010 Stratton, Shannon and Ward, Jeff, "Surprisingly Friendly Formalism," P's and Q's catalog essay
2009 Waxman, Lori, "Summer beckons, so do group shows," Chicago Tribune, July
2009 Weber, Candice, "Pop Sizzle Hum and Single Channels," Time Out Chicago, July
2009 Lund, Karsten, "Pop Sizzle Hum" Flavorpill.com, July
2007 Wenzel, Eric, "Any sufficiently advanced technology…" Time Out Chicago, May
2007 Myers, Terry R., Save the Last Dance for Me – One Work: Mary Heilmann, Afterall Press
2006 Nance, Kevin, "'Figures' a welcome glance of MCA Collection," Chicago Sun-Times, February
2006 Myers, Terry R., Slowness catalog essay
2005 Hixson, Kathryn, " Drawn Out, Gallery 400," Art on Paper, September
2005 Ferrera, Annette, " Drawn Out, Gallery 400," Time Out Chicago, June
2005 Myers, Terry R., "Carrie Gundersdorf - New Work at Shane Campbell," Art Review, April
2004 Hannum, Terence, Critic's Pick Slide Talk, Art Chicago, May
2003 Hannum, Terence, "Skywatching," Bridge Magazine, October
2002 Artner, Alan, "Paper exhibit breaks out into new dimension," Chicago Tribune, March
2001 Grabner, Michelle, "Serendipity Group Show," New Art Examiner, November
1998 Grabner, Michelle, "Lake Breeze-Referential Abstraction in Chicago," New Art Examiner, September
Selected Visiting Artist + Speaking Appearances
2025 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, Professional Practices, Artist Talk and Studio Visits
2023 Ox-Bow House, In the House Lectures, Douglas, MI, Artist Talk
2022 Drew University, Madison, NJ, Artist Talk + Senior Studio Visits
2016 NY Arts Program, Ohio Wesleyan University, New York, NY, Studio Visit
2014 Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, Post-Baccalaureate Program, Artist Talk + Studio Visits
2014 Inside Space Panel Discussion, Riverside Arts Center, Riverside, IL, Panelist
2013 Illinois State University, Bloomington, IL, Studio Visit
2013 Gallery 400, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, Observer Effect Panel Moderator
2012 McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, IL, Artist Talk
2012 Northern Illinois University, School of Art, DeKalb, IL, Artist Talk + Studio Visits
2011 Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR, Artist Talk
2011 Washington State University, Vancouver, WA, Artist Talk
2010 Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, 12 x 12, Gallery Talk
2010 Museum of Contemporary Art, Summer Teacher Institute, Chicago, IL, Gallery Talk
2009 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, Artist Talk + Studio Visits
2009 Gallery 400, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, Panelist
2009 Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, Works in Progress Artist
2009 Three Walls Gallery, Chicago, IL, Artist Talk
2008 Columbia College, Chicago, IL, Studio Visit
2008 Savannah College of Art and Design, Group Discussion
2007 DePaul University, Artist Talk
2007 Illinois State University Gallery, Bloomington, IL,Artist Talk
2005 Gallery 400, UIC, Chicago, IL, Painting Roundtable, Panelist
2005 Interlink, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, Artist Talk + Studio Visits
2001 University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, Advanced Painting, Artist Talk + Studio Visits
Collections
Booth School of Business Art Collection, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Cleve Carney Museum of Art, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL
DePaul Art Museum, Chicago, IL
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
Fort Wayne Art Museum, Fort Wayne, IN
Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital, New York, NY
Mercer Corporation, Chicago, IL
Niles/Pereira Collection, San Francisco, CA
Curatorial Projects
2013 Observer Effect, co-curated with Lorelei Stewart, Gallery 400, University of Illinois, Chicago
2013 Drawer's Drawing, co-curated with Eric Lebofsky, Julius Caesar + Peregrine Program, Chicago, IL
2000 - 2004 deluxe projects, created and directed by Carrie Gundersdorf, Danielle Gustafson-Sundell, Adam Scott, and Andrew Moore.
Teaching + Academic Appointments
2013 - present Instructor, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
2021 - present Assistant Adjunct Professor, Visiting Assistant Professor (2023-24), Drew University, Madison, NJ
2013 - 2021 Director of Academic Administration, Assistant Adjunct Professor, Visual Arts, Columbia University, New York, NY
2001 - 2013 Instructor, Painting and Drawing Department, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2007 - 2011 Administrative Director, Graduate Division, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2003 - 2007 Administrative Director, Painting and Drawing Department and MFA Studios, SAIC, Chicago, IL
Education
2000 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
BA, Connecticut College, New London, CT