RESUME

Caitlin McCormack (b. 1988) is a Philadelphia-based artist who utilizes textiles to explore queerness, isolation, loss, and existential dread through an uncanny, occasionally humorous lens. Their sculptures contemplate societal reluctance to view gendered craft as art and regard crochet as a behavioral response to apocalyptic conditions. Drawing inspiration from folklore, medieval botanical imagery, institutional osteological displays, science fiction and cinematic body horror, each object is an artifact of a memory, tethered to a surface and made viewable from a distance.

McCormack has contributed works to solo and group exhibitions at Elijah Wheat Showroom, Hashimoto Contemporary, The Mütter Museum, Museum Rijswijk, The Mesa Contemporary Art Museum, The Taubman Museum of Art, The Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Feinkünst Krüger, Field Projects, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Future Fair, and a site-specific installation with BravinLee Programs in NYC. Their sculptures have appeared in publications including The New York Times, Hyperallergic, Juxtapoz, Whitehot Magazine, Smithsonian, and Bust Magazine. In addition to holding teaching positions at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Hussian College of Art and Design, McCormack has participated in artist residencies at Vermont Studio Center (VT), The Peter Bullough Foundation (VA), The Wassaic Project (NY), Kimmel Harding Nelson (NE), Byrdcliffe Artist Colony (NY), Monson Arts (ME), ChaNorth (NY), and The C-Scape Dune Shack Residency in Provincetown, MA. McCormack was the recipient of a Joseph Robert Foundation grant in 2021 and received the Woodmere Art Museum’s Maurice Freed Memorial Prize in 2023.

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Caitlin T. McCormack B. 1988, Plainfield NJ

EDUCATION

2019  Ceramics Studio Intensive: Marguerita Hagan Studio, Philadelphia PA 

2010  BFA, with honors: The University of the Arts, Philadelphia PA

SELECTED SOLO + DUO EXHIBITIONS

2025

- There You Will Find The Stone: Harman Projects, NYC

- Nosegay: HUB-Robeson Galleries at Penn State University, University Park PA

- Lost and Found (with Fred Stonehouse): Peep Projects, Philadelphia PA

- Conversation Pit: All Street, NYC

2023 

- Souvenirs of the Wasteland (w/Kat Ryals): Elijah Wheat Showroom, Newburgh NY

- Looking Through Cycles (w/Molly Gambardella): The CAMP Gallery, Westport CT 

2022

- Blockbuster: Practice Gallery, Philadelphia PA

2021 

- Dirty Mirror (w/Dance Doyle): Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville VA 

- SPRING/BREAK Art Show: solo booth curated by Jacob Rhodes, NYC

2020 

- Seed Vault (w/Allison Sommers): Talon Gallery, Portland OR

2019 

- Granny: Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco CA

- See You All In There: Paradigm Gallery + Studio, Philadelphia PA 

2018

- Changing Death: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia PA

- Antibeast: Booth Gallery, NYC

2017 

- Tracing the Remains (w/Sabrina Small): The Mütter Museum, Philadelphia PA

- Lazarus Taxa: Paradigm Gallery + Studio, Philadelphia PA 

2016 

- Lostwithall: La Luz de Jesus, Los Angeles CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025

- The Golden Thread 2: BravinLee Programs, South Street Seaport, NYC

- Vanitas: The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington DE

2024 

- VOX XIX Juried Exhibition: Vox Populi, Philadelphia PA

- Plantasia: Commonweal Gallery, Philadelphia PA

- The New Salon: Asheville Museum of Art, Asheville NC

2023 

- Nothing But Trouble: All Street, NYC

- Fleisher Wind Challenge: Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia PA

- Women Pulling at the Threads of Social Discourse: The Jewish Museum of Milwaukee, Milwaukee WI

- The 81st Woodmere Annual Juried Exhibition: Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia PA

- Future Fair: group booth with Paradice Palase, NYC

2022 

- Flora/Fauna/Fiber: Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts Center at Christopher Newport University, Newport News VA

- Grave New World (with support from ABC No Rio): MORUS, NYC

2021 

- Dog Park: Petty Cash, Brooklyn NY 

- Summerhouse: Hot•Bed, Philadelphia PA

2020

- Seasonal Repression: Field Projects, NYC

- Phantom Narrative: Scott Center Gallery at Carroll College, Westminster MD

- Here and Now: Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne IN 

- Room For One: Napoleon, Philadelphia PA

2019 

- No Cure For Mourning: Stockton University Art Gallery, Galloway NJ  

- Saga: Paintguide, Hong Kong

2018 

- Here / Now: Lawrence Alkin Gallery, London UK

- Meet Me At Delancey/Essex: Hashimoto Contemporary, NY

2017 

- AltRealities: Mesa Contemporary Art Museum, Mesa AZ 

- Tangled(Fiber Art Now): Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke VA

- Don't Wake Daddy: Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg, Germany 

2016 

- The Anatomy of Fairy Tales: Everhart Museum, Scranton PA

- A Curious Nature: The Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia PA

- Methods of Collection: Esther Klein Gallery, Philadelphia PA

- Aestheticism: Vanilla Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

- The Thread of Art: Stanek Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2015 

- Opus Hypnagogia: The Morbid Anatomy Museum, Brooklyn NY 

- Into the Wild: Joseph Gross Gallery, NYC

- Rijswijk Textile Biennial: Museum Rijswijk, Rijswijk NL 

- Wild: Cornell Art Museum, Delray Beach FL

- Exquisite Form: Allen's Lane Art Center, Philadelphia PA 

2014 - The Clothesline Muse: Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia PA

2013 - Cell Mates: Seton Hall University, South Orange NJ

2012

- Animal Show: Pterodactyl, Philadelphia PA 

- Hung: Little Berlin, Philadelphia PA

RESIDENCIES

2025

- Upland: Putney, VT. July session

- Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts: Nebraska City, NE. April session

- Vermont Studio Center: Johnson, VT. January session

2024 

- C-Scape Dune Shack Artist Residency: Provincetown, MA. July

- Monson Arts: Monson, ME. May

2023 - Byrdcliffe Artist Colony: Woodstock, NY. September

2022 - The Wassaic Project: Wassaic, NY. March 

2021

- Peter Bullough Foundation: Winchester, VA. November-December

- ChaNorth: Pine Plains, NY. April 

TEACHING AND LECTURES

2024 - Arcadia University, Philadelphia PA, visiting artist

2023

- The Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia PA, lecturer/workshop instructor

- SUNY Purchase, Purchase NY, visiting artist/lecturer

- The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia PA, lecturer 

2021 - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia PA, adjunct professor

2020 - The University of the Arts, Philadelphia PA, alt. media illustration workshop

2018 - Hussian College of Art and Design, Philadelphia PA, adjunct professor

2017

- Ars Moriendi: Visions of Death Made Beautiful, The Mütter Museum, Philadelphia PA, lecturer

- Our Greatest Fear, “Articulate with Jim Cotter” on PBS, interviewee

AWARDS + ACHIEVEMENTS

2023 - Maurice Freed Memorial Prize: Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia PA 

2020-2021 - Recipient of a Joseph Robert Foundation Grant

2018 - William H. Ely Thesis Exhibition juror, UArts, Philadelphia PA 

2010 - Thornton Oakley Medal for Achievement in Creative Art: The University of the Arts, Philadelphia PA

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS + PRESS

2025

- Lesley Finn, “Caitlin McCormack: Intertwining Horror With Comedy.” BOMBmagazine.org, 1/29

2024 

- Caitlin McCormack. Lostwithall (Monograph). VonZos, 2024.

- Friend of the Artist, Vol. 20, juried by Carole Kvassnevski, Leeana Wolfman, and Adrian Zuñiga

- RJ Rushmore, “Expanding the Vocabulary of Crochet.” thephiladelphiacitizen.org, 

- Nina Seidel, “Caitlin McCormack: Amplifying Crochet as an Art Form.” Suboart Magazine Vol. 21, pg. 70-79

2023 

- Kate Mothes, “Caitlin McCormack Crochets a Speculative Future in the Wake of Environmental Catastrophe.” thisiscolossal.com

- Seph Rodney, “What to See in NYC Galleries in August and Early September.” The New York Times

2020 - Dorothé Swinkels, “Werk van Caitlin McCormack: beetje morbide en grillig mooi.” Textielplus

2019 - Lyndsie Fox, “The Delicate Macabre: An Interview With Caitlin McCormack.” Juxtapoz

2018 - Beth Smith, “On the Dark Side.” Fiber Art Now Vol.8, pg. 29-30

2017 - Allison Meier, "Responding to Human Remains with Crocheted Skeletons and Beaded Organs,” Hyperallergic

2016 - Jennifer Billock, "Don't Miss These 11 New Museum Exhibitions This Winter,” Smithsonian

2015

- Peter Yeung, “Creepy Crochets – In Pictures,” The Guardian

- Victoria Mier, “Philadelphia Artist Experiments With the Threads of Memory,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, pg 1

2014

• Marjolein Starreveld. “Gehaakte Leegte.” Textiel Plus Magazine, Netherlands, pg. 26 – 28