Midnight Gardening
2021
Nudge
2022
Budge
2021
Tabled (IV)
2021
Tabled (I)
2021
Tabled (III)
2021
Siblings I
2019
Siblings II
2019
Siblings III
2019
A thing for things
2017
Linnet I
2019
Linnet II
2019
Linnet III
2019
Novice Assist
2016
Fletchling
2016
Both And
Oct 30 – Dec 11, 2021
Tiger Strikes Asteroid
Art Basel Miami Beach
Dec 2–4, 2021
No Soft Edges: Women in Minimalism
Oct 30 – Nov 28, 2021
GAVLAK Palm Beach
Traces on the Surfaces of the World
Mar 13 – Apr 24, 2021
GAVLAK Los Angeles
State of the Art 2020
Feb 22 – May 24, 2020
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Alex Chitty
Becoming The Breeze: Alex Chitty with Alexander Calder
Nov 16, 2019 – Apr 12, 2020
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Felix Art Fair
Feb 13–16, 2020
NADA MIAMI 2019
Dec 5–8, 2019
NADA: Chicago Invitational
Sep 18–21, 2019
In the Hot Seat
Apr 26 – Aug 11, 2019
Chicago
Object Lessons: with Alex Chitty and Jenine Marsh
May 9, 2019
The Renaissance Society
NADA Miami Beach
Dec 6–9, 2018
The Armory Show 2018
Mar 8–11, 2018
Objectifying the Photograph
Aug 29 – Oct 20, 2017
Northern Illinois University Art Museum
In/Situ: EXPO CHICAGO 2017
Sep 13–17, 2017
Summer
Jul 15 – Aug 12, 2017
MECA International Art Fair
Jun 1–4, 2017
Zona Maco, Mexico
Feb 8–12, 2017
NADA Miami Beach
Dec 1–5, 2016
NADA NY
May 5–9, 2016
Condensed Matter Community
Dec 12, 2015 – Jan 12, 2016
Synchrotron Radiation Center: Home of Aladdin
Theory of Forms
Sep 18 – Dec 20, 2015
Chris Bradley & Alex Chitty
Oct 30 – Nov 28, 2015
Shane Campbell Gallery
EXPO CHICAGO 2015
Sep 17–20, 2015
Illinois Arts Council Agency Announces 2022 Artist Fellowship Award Recipients
Illinois Arts Council Agency
May 27, 2022
May 27, 2022
How to View a Solar Eclipse: Both And at Tiger Strikes Asteroid
Sixty Inches from Center
Dec 10, 2021
Dec 10, 2021
60 WRD/MIN ART CRITIC: Alex Chitty
60 WRD/MIN
Nov 6, 2020
Nov 6, 2020
Alex Chitty + Unison
inUnison
Jan 13, 2015
Jan 13, 2015
Alex Chitty: Things in Motion
Art Papers
Jul 30, 2020
Jul 30, 2020
Becoming The Breeze
The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Sep 24, 2020
Sep 24, 2020
Art Incubator
CULTURED Magazine
Sep 22, 2015
Sep 22, 2015
At Triumph Gallery, more than 150 artists counteract a GOP watch list
Chicago Reader
May 24, 2018
May 24, 2018
10 Chicago Artists To Know Now
Alive
Feb 21, 2018
Feb 21, 2018
Stranger Things Exhibit: It May Be Art, But Otherwise What Is It?
DNA Info
Jun 20, 2017
Jun 20, 2017
10 Artists to Watch from NADA Art Fair
Sweet
May 17, 2016
May 17, 2016
New York City's Spring Art Fairs: 10 Artists and Movements You Need To Know
Hollywood Reporter
May 25, 2016
May 25, 2016
13 Must-See Artists at NADA New York
The Creators Project
May 6, 2016
May 6, 2016
Top Picks NADA, NY, 2016
Eyes Toward the Dove
May 17, 2016
May 17, 2016
11 Booths I Could Hardly Tear Myself Away from at NADA New York
artnet news
May 6, 2016
May 6, 2016
Art Fairs to Check Out This Weekend in New York
The New York Times
May 6, 2016
May 6, 2016
Critic's Pick
artforum
Feb 19, 2016
Feb 19, 2016
Artist Profile: Alex Chitty
Art Ltd. Magazine
Jan 8, 2016
Jan 8, 2016
Review: Theory of Forms at Patron Gallery
Hairy Rainbow
Dec 17, 2015
Dec 17, 2015
Where art and science collide
Isthmus
Dec 10, 2015
Dec 10, 2015
Review: Alex Chitty and Chris Bradley/ Shane Campbell Gallery
NewCity Art
Nov 14, 2015
Nov 14, 2015
Chicago's Concept-Based Group Exhibitions Show Strength in Numbers
Art Slant
Oct 20, 2015
Oct 20, 2015
EXPO Chicago 2015: Emergence of Major Art Fair (Alex Chitty)
The Eye of Photography
Sep 29, 2015
Sep 29, 2015
Highlights and Surprises: A First Look at EXPO Chicago 2015
ArtSlant
Sep 19, 2015
Sep 19, 2015
Alex Chitty - Best of 2014: Our Top 10 Exhibitions Across the United States
HyperAllergic
Dec 26, 2014
Dec 26, 2014
Alex Chitty’s Additive Distortions and Photographic Sculptures
INSIDE / WITHIN
Aug 1, 2014
Aug 1, 2014
Breakout Artists 2013: Alex Chitty
Newcity Art
Apr 25, 2013
Apr 25, 2013

Born 1979, Miami, FL
Lives and works in Chicago, IL
EDUCATION
2008
MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2003
The Art Students League, New York, NY
2001
BFA, Smith College, Northampton, MA
1997
New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 - 2020
Becoming The Breeze: Alex Chitty with Alexander Calder, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
2018
pulling flavor from the dirt, PATRON, Chicago, IL
After (the sun-drenched neutral that goes with everything), The Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Living Architecture, 6018 North, Chicago, IL
2017
They will bloom without you, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
2016
Slight Pitch, LUCE, Turin, Italy
the sun-drenched neutral that goes with everything, PATRON, Chicago, IL
Turning Forks into Spoons, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2015
Alex Chitty and Chris Bradley, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL
2014
Orchid, ADDS DONNA, Chicago, IL
2013
The Way They Wanted to Sleep, Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago, IL
Alex Chitty: Recent Work, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL
Platonic Year, Alderman Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
2012
Recent Work, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL Platonic Year, Alderman Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
Both And, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Chicago, IL
No Soft Edges: Women in Minimalism, GAVLAK Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
Traces on the surface of the World, GAVLAK Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020
State of Art II, Crystal Bridges Museum of America Art, Bentoville, AR
2018
Local Comfort, LVL3 Gallery, Chicago IL
2017
Small Sculpture, Corbett Vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL
Stranger Things, DePaul Art Museum, Chicago, IL
Objectifying the Photograph, NIU Art Museum, DeKalb, IL
2015
Theory of Forms, PATRON, Chicago, IL
GYRE,Land and Sea, Oakland, CA
2014
Almost Ergonomic, Studio 424, Chicago, IL
Fragments of an Unknowable Whole, OSU (Urban Arts Space) Columbus, OH
Lateral, The Mission, Houston, TX
Codification, LVL3, Chicago, IL
2013
Ella Hatchet, Roots and Culture, Chicago, IL
No Coast Editions: Volume I, No Coast, Chicago, IL
No Show, West Pilsen Sculpture Garden, Chicago, IL
It’s Not You; It’s Me, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
Grand Opening, Forever & Always, Chicago, IL
Miami Basel, Miami, FL
NADA Fair, Miami FL
ACRE Projects, Chicago, IL
2012
Big Youth II, Bourouri Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Dolphin Days, Alderman Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
The Black Arts, Roxa Boxen Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
2011
Two, XY and Z, Minneapolis, MN
Beach Party, Hills Aesthetic Center, Chicago, IL
Better Favorite, ACRE Projects, Chicago, IL
2010
Incised, Bitten, & Gouged, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL
Bird x Bird, Northrup King Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2009
Embodiment, Eel Space, Chicago, IL
$(Heart), NFO XPO: Version>09
Immodest Proposals, Chicago, IL
Case by Case, Lloyd Dobler Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008
Pluck, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
Book Art, Kyung-In-Museum of Fine Art, Seoul, South Korea
2007
One of One, Spudnik Press, Chicago, IL
2006
Wide and Wooly, Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, MA
The Emerald City, RIDER Project, Chicago, IL
Yeti, World Forestry Center, Portland, OR
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2020
Lori Waxman, 60 WRD/MIN Art Critic: Alex Chitty
Raven Flaquez Munsell and Jack Schneider, Becoming The Breeze, The Museum of Contemporary Art
Anna Searle Jones, Alex Chitty: Things in Motion, Art Papers
Ben Davis, Arkansas’ Crystal Bridges Museum Just Opened a Sprawling Show about the State of American Art Today. Here’s What It Looks Like, ArtNet News
2018
Elliot Reichert,“Art 50 2018: Chicago’s Artist’s Artists,” NewCity Art, August
2017
Kate Sierzputowski,“More than 150 artists counteract a GOP watch list, Triumph Gallery,” Chicago Reader, May
2016
Jason Foumberg,“Critic’s Pick,” Artforum, February
“2016 Best of Chicago/Rising Artist,”Chicago Magazine, July
Molly Elizade, “10 Artists to Watch from NADA Art Fair,” Sweet, May
Jongho Lee, “Top Picks NADA NY,”Eyes Toward the Dove, May
Brian Boucher,“Booths I Could Hardly Tear Myself Away from at NADA NY,” Artnet, May
Kat Herriman,“Fairs to Check Out this Weekend,”The New York Times, May
2015
Manuel Rodriguez,“Manuel Rodriguez Interviews Alex Chitty,”Chicago Contemporary Art Seminar, September
Kim Morski,“Alex Chitty + Unison,” INUNISON blog, January
Jason Foumberg,“Who Sold at EXPO Chicago?,”Artsy Editorial, September
Ionit Behar,“Highlights and Surprises: A First Look at EXPO Chicago 2015,” ArtSlant Chicago, September
Paddy Johnson, Robin Dluzen,“10 Highlights from the EXPO Art Fair,” ArtFCity, Art Fair, September
Agathe Cancellieri,“EXPO Chicago 2015: Emergence of a Major Contemporary Art Fair,”L’Oeil de la Photographie, September
2014
Kate Sierzputowski, ”Best of 2014: Our Top Ten Exhibitions Across the United States,” Almost Ergonomic, curated by Third Object, at Studio 424 (Chicago), Hyperallergic, December
“Alex Chitty’s Additive Distortions and Photographic Sculptures,”INSIDE / WITHIN, August
2013
“Breakout Artists 2013: Chicago’s Next Generation of Image Makers, Alex Chitty,” Newcity Art, April
“Artist of the Week: Alex Chitty,” LVL3, March
RESIDENCIES and AWARDS
2019
Artist Fellowship Award, Illinois Arts Council Agency, Chicago, IL
2018
Artist Residency, Fundación Casa Wabi, Oaxaca, MX
2017
Artists-in-Residence, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Ohama, NE
2015
Artist Residency, Real Time & Space, Oakland, CA Fountainhead Residency, Miami, FL
2014
Artist Residency, Cargo Space, Milwaukee, WS & Chicago, IL 2014 Artist in Residence, Latitude, Chicago, IL
2013 Faculty Enrichment Grant, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2012
CAAP Grant, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL 2011 Artist Residency, ACRE, WI
2011
Artist Residency, Oxbow, MI
2010
Artist Residency, ACRE, WI
2008
MFA Fellowship Award, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2008
Fred A. Hillbruner Artists’ Book Fellowship, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2007
Jacob K. Javits Fellowship, Department of Education, Washington DC
2006
The William T. Colville Foundation Travel Grant, Santa Barbara, CA
Artist Residency, The Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, OR