C.V.

Kathryn Born
homepage:
diamondlifecafe.com

e: kathryn - at - diamondlifecafe.com


EDUCATION:

Indiana University 1994

Double Major:
Individualized Major Program: Creative Writing
BA English

AWARDS:
Ruth Hall Scholarship
Nomination for the Individualized Major Program’s “Top Final Project” Award
Honor’s Division Grant

RADIO:

Chicago Public Radio Segments - Producer and On-air Contributor:
Outsider Art and the Cult of Authenticity   ­- “848” and “Morning Edition,” April 24, 2008
When Dance and Architecture Collide   - “Hello Beautiful,”  “848,” and “Morning Edition,” January 10, 2008
Skokie Art Façade - “Hello Beautiful,” “848,” and “All Things Considered, ” September 4, 2007 

On-air Fiction:
The Beauty Game –   Hello Beautiful,  Chicago Public Radio,  April 2, 2008
The Woman Inside the Tree, Vocalo, Aired seven times from August 2008-present

Interview:
Hello Beautiful, Chicago Public Radio – April 6, 2oo8

BOOKS:
Poetry:
The Lovers, the Death, and the Crimes: Visual Poetry by Kathryn Born, Step Sister Press, November, 2009

Novel:
 Something Blue - under contract for representation, 2008

Non-fiction (in progress):

“Best of the New Art Examiner” (anthology)

ARTICLES:
Reviews:

Time Out Chicago:
Carrie Schneider- November 14, 2008
This Shadow is a Bit of Ideology, Gallery 400 – January 1, 2009
Ulf Puder – January 8 or 15, 2009
William Conger Paintings 1958-2008 – March 2009
Art Institute Vs. MCA (feature) - May 14, 2009
The Modern Wing’s a Tonic for the Rest of the Art Institute - May 14, 2009

ArtSlant.com
Weekly art reviews from February 2009- April 2009
http://www.artslant.com/global/artists/show/55886-kathryn-born

Articles:
Chicago Artist Coalition Newsletter:
Book Review: Making Modernism: Picasso and the Creation of the Market for Twentieth-Century Art – April 2009
No Art Until You Finish the Laundry (Op Ed) – July 2007

PODCASTS:
 Bad at Sports Podcast Interviews and Features:
Jason Foumberg and Olga Stefan:  Maybe Everything is Fine – January 2009
Kathryn on Publishing: Eight Interviews with Chicago Publishers – December 2009
Auction Predictions – November 2008
Artropolis: Paul Morris and Tony Karman – April 2008
Sabrina Raaf – January 2008
Natalie van Straatan:  The History of the Chicago Gallery Scene Since 1969 – January 2007
Pat Swanson:  Another Story  at Hyde Park Art Center   - September 2007
Tom Blackman:  The Day After Art Chicago was Purchased by the Merchandise Mart – April 2006
Discussion with Brian Shannon: How to insure Damien Hirst's Shark and Other Ephemeral Art – September 2006
DJ Spooky – April 2006
Edible Book Show – March 2006

PERFORMANCE:
Blue Rider Theatre - performer - September 1998- March 1999

FILM:
He's a Bust Out -- writer/director - Bolex Camera, 3 minute
The Real Reason Monique Became a Vegetarian -- writer/director -- digital, 35 minutes

POSITIONS: 
Board of Directors Member – Refuge Gallery, Skokie, IL – 2008- present

CURATOR:
One Line Collective – Flat Iron Building, 2004
Communication is Overrated – Refuge Gallery, Skokie, IL May 2009

ART EXHIBITS:
Refuge Gallery - Communication is Overrated – group show, Skokie, IL 2009
Eidolon Gallery  – Chicago, IL 2007
Perfect Cup – Chicago, IL 2006
Flat Iron Building - One Line Collective- group show, Chicago 2004
Marshall Arts Gallery – group show, Memphis, TN 2001