About Rose Camastro-Pritchett

Rose packs a bag every year to live abroad, to make art, to exhibit, to teach, to write. She has been doing this for over forty years. Sometimes for a month, once for five years.  It’s how she lives: absorbing the culture, learning the language, making friends, living off the economy. Ten years ago, Rose moved to Evanston, IL. She and her husband David live in the upstairs flat of her cousin’s home, two doors away from the house where she grew up.  Some say that she has gone full circle. Rose disagrees. She has received awards, grants and residencies for her work, including a work-in-progress performance for the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.

BFA, Quincy University; MS Ed, Western Illinois University; MFA, Interdisciplinary Book & Paper Arts, Columbia College Chicago

ROSE CAMASTRO-PRITCHETT

Abbreviated Vita

rosecpritchett@gmail.com   http://www.rosecamastropritchett.com/

EDUCATION

2003 MFA Interdisciplinary Book & Paper Arts, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL

1972 MS Ed Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL

1964 BFA Quincy University, Quincy, IL

POSITIONS

1988 – 1999 Educator/Director Camastro-Pritchett Studio Art Classes & Painting Workshops Abroad

2003 - 2014 Adjunct Faculty, Business & Entrepreneurship Department, Columbia College Chicago

2010 - 2011 Lecturer, Fiber and Book Arts, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang China

1987 - Current President, Camastro-Pritchett Art International

SELECTED HONORS

2018 Menlo College, Atherton, CA, artist residency

2007, 2008, 2009 Faculty Development Grants, Columbia College Chicago

2009, 2008   Jiujiang University, Jiujiang, China, artist residencies

2008 Work-in-Progress, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

2007 Lucerne, Switzerland, Sister Cities art residency

2004, 2003, 2001 Ragdale Foundation, art residencies

2002, 2003 Albert P. Weisman Memorial Scholarships, Columbia College Chicago

2000 Graduate Opportunity Award, Columbia College Chicago

1998 Illinois Arts Council Grant Project Grant

1997 Quincy Illinois Society of Fine Arts ACCESS Grant

1995 Elected Signature Member, Watercolor U.S.A. Honor Society

1989 City of Quincy, Individual Artist of the Year Award, Quincy, IL

SELECTED PERFORMANCE ART: Written, Directed, Collaborated, Performed

2022 REFUGE, Collaboration with Claudia Bucher in Switzerland, Annie Holm in Denmark, Stephen Guenther in Evanston, IL. 4th Annual Experimental Video Showcase, Evanston Art center, Evanston, IL

2020 REFUGE, Collaboration with Claudia Bucher in Switzerland, Annie Holm in Denmark, Stephen Guenther in Evanston, IL Platforms Net, Athens, Greece

2019 Cocoon, Terrain Biennial, Suzanne Torrey, Jeanne Hendricks, 1100 Florence Gallery, Evanston, IL

2015 Cocoon, George Caleb Bingham Gallery, U of MO, Columbia, MO, students and faculty

2012 Secret Desires, Harrington Mills Studio, Nottingham, England, Rachel Parry, Alison Whitmore

2009 Fable, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang, China, Jiujiang faculty and art students

2008 Work-in-Progress, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, Gail Adduci, Amanda Harris, Kate Jonesco Cocoon, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang, China, Jiujiang University faculty and art students

2007 Will it make any difference? Sic! Gallery. Lucerne, Switzerland, Collaboration with Claudia Bucher musical accompanists, Christian Bucher, Thomas Myer

        Will it make any difference? Part 2, Waldkirch, Germany, Collaboration with Claudia Bucher, musical accompanist, Christian Bucher

        Will it make any difference? Part 3, Caro d'Offay Gallery, Chicago, IL, Collaboration, Claudia Bucher

2006 "But can we get there from here?" Art on Armitage Gallery, Chicago, IL, Collaboration with Thomas Plum

        Within Reach Expanded, Indiana University Gallery, Gary IN, accompanist, Paul Giallorenzo

2005 Day of the Dead, The Bundling Ceremony. Art on Armitage Window Gallery, Chicago, IL

2004 Within Reach, Art on Armitage Window Gallery, Chicago, IL 

2003 Episode, Berlin, Germany

       The Sewing Room, 12-day performance cycle, Columbia College Chicago, Center for Book & Paper Arts, Chicago, IL MFA thesis

Cut, Baste and Stitch, a.m. Space Gallery, Chicago, IL

2002 Measuring Up, Measuring Against, National Tic Toc Festival, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021 The Comfort Women Project, 1100 Florence Gallery, Evanston, IL

2019 The Comfort Women Project, Menlo College, Atherton, CA

2016 Cocoon, George Caleb Bingham Gallery, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri

2012 Secret Desires, Harrington Mills Studio, Nottingham, England

2009 Cocoon, Art on Armitage Window Gallery, Chicago, IL

2008 Cutting the Histories with her Little Cuts, Art on Armitage Window Gallery, Chicago, IL

2004 Landscape Paintings, Columbia College Chicago Library, Chicago, IL

1998 Paintings from Italy, Keokuk Art Museum, Keokuk, IA

1996 Quincy University Alumni Invitational, Grey Gallery, Quincy, IL

1993 Recent Work, Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, IL  

1989 Recent Work, Inman Gallery, Quincy, IL

1988 Small Works on Paper, John Wood Community College, Quincy, IL

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021 Dreaming Words, collaboration with Linda Smith, Finding Common Ground: Sowing the Seeds of Community & Collaboration, San Francisco Center for the Book.

Dreaming Words, collaboration with Linda Smith, Collaborations, Artist Book House, Evanston, IL

2019 Platforms Project, Athens, Greece

2018 Do the Right Thing: Comfort Women Resist, Reflect Space, Glendale Central Library, Glendale, CA

        Altered State, Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL

2017 Untold, Platforms Project, Athens, Greece, Harrington Mills Studio

2016 Precious Little, Platforms Project, Athens, Greece, Harrington Mills Studio

        Precious Little, Harrington Mills Studio, Nottingham, England.

        Of Materials, Fiber & Book Arts, ZIA Gallery, Winnetka, IL

2015, Supermarket, Art Expo, Stockholm, Sweden, Art on Armitage Gallery

2014 Not Quite Listrata, Platform Projects, Athens, Greece, Art on Armitage Gallery

        85 Years, 85 Artists, Menlo College, Atherton, CA

        Be Mine, Greenleaf Gallery, Chicago, IL

        Social Paper, Center for Book & Paper Arts, Columbia College Chicago

2012 Rights, Radicals, Revolutions, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL

       4th Annual Green Arts Show, Noyes Cultural Center, Evanston, IL

2011 Necessary Fictions, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL

2010 Supermarket, Art Expo, Stockholm, Sweden, Art on Armitage Gallery

2010 Reduplication of the Real, Cardiff, Wales, UK

2009 About Time. Center for the Book & Paper Arts, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL

2008 40 Years of Feminism: Are We There Yet? ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL

        Clay and Fiber, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL

       "I'm Sorry", Refuge Gallery, Skokie, IL

2006 Ragdale Foundation 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL

       Reshaping the Human Form, Indiana University Gallery, Indiana University, Gary IN

2005 The Nature of Paper, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL

2000 Feminist Expo, Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD

       Watermedia 2000, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL

       Portraits, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL

1997 Watercolor Now, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO, Purchase Award

1995 Watercolor U.S.A., Springfield Art Museum, Springfield

       Winter Exhibition, Neville Sargent Gallery, Chicago, IL

1992 103 Annual Exhibition, NAWA, Jacob K. Javits Federal Building, NY, NY Gehner Award  

        Naturally: Earth, Sea & Sky, Adelphi University, Manhattan Center, New York, NY

1990 Gallery Artists Exhibition, Richard Wilson Centre, North Wales, U.K.

        Gallery Artists, Mostyn Art Museum, Llandudno, North Wales, U.K.

1989 100 Years/100 Works: Women Artist of Today Salute their Centennial, Traveling                                  

         Islip Art Museum, Islip. NY; Fine Arts Museum of the South, Mobile, AL; Chattanooga Regional History             Museum, Chattanooga, TN; The Longview Museum and Art Center, Longview, TX; Oklahoma City, OK

         39th Ilmoian Midwest Juried Art Show, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL

1989 100th Annual Exhibition,National Association of Women Artists, Jacob K, Javits, Federal Building, NYC,NY,     

        Mostyn Gallery Artists, Mostyn Art Museum, Llandudno, North Wales, U.

1988 Watercolor U.S.A., Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO

        Inscapes, National Watercolor Society Show, LAARTCORE Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

        38th Annual Tri-State Show, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL Grumbacher Gold Medal Award

        Summer Exhibition, Tegfryn Gallery, Menai, Bridge, North Wales, U.K.

        37th Annual Tri-State Show, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL Merit Award

1987 Three Woman Show, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL

1986 Artists in Arabia, Aramco Exhibition Center, Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia, First Place

1985 Celebration of Fine Arts, Aramco Exhibition Center, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

        Creative Images ‘85, Aramco Exhibition Center, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Best in Show

        Mixed Media Show, Panache Gallery, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia  

        Architectural Elements, Panache Gallery, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

1984 Fall Art Show, Aramco Exhibition Center, Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia, First Place

1983 Summer Exhibition, Village Center, Omodhos, Cyprus

1982 Creative Images,‘82, Aramco Exhibition Center, Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia, Third Place

1981 Body Covering, The Artisan Gallery, Wilmette, IL

1980 30th Annual Tri-State Show, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL          

       Associated Prairie Artists Exhibition, Quincy College, Quincy, IL

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Camastro-Pritchett, Rose, “Picking The Perfect Workshop,” The Artist Magazine, March, 1997,

                 Cincinnati, OH.

Camastro-Pritchett, Rose, “Catching The Muse At Ghost Ranch,” Leisure Painter, Magazine, 1995, Tenterden, Kent, England.

Camastro-Pritchett, Rose, “Pictures On Record,” Leisure Painter Magazine, June, 1992, Kent, England.

SELECTED PRESS

The Daily Northwestern, 10/20/21, Henry, Roach

Menlo Advantage Magazine, Winter 2019, Caroline Casper

The Lisa D Show, Rose Camastro Pritchett Lands in Evanston! https://soundcloud.com/lisa-degliantoni/rose-camastro-pritchett 2019

VoyageChicago Artist Interview, September 4, 2018

The Columbia Chronicle, Jan. 23, 2012, Lisa Scchlutz

Columbia College Chicago, Website, Center for Book & Paper Arts, 2012

Mediatations on Cocoons, Praeteria Blog, Philip Hartigan, 2011

Jiujiang University, Website publication, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang University, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013

Mosaic, Vll/1, 2008

Das Kulturmagazin, Juni/Juli, 2007

Neue Luzerner Zentung, 6/6/2007

Mittwoch, 6, juni, 2007

Waldkircher Anzeiget, 14/06/2007

Chicago Journal, May 1, 2003

SELECTED PUBLIC & COPORATE COLLECTIONS

Smithsonian Museum, Washington, D.C.

Brooklyn Public Library, New You, New York

Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL

Quincy University, Quincy, IL

Quincy Herald Whig, Quincy, IL

Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL

Millennium Collection, National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY

LINKS

Education for Social Justice Foundation: http://www.e4sjf.org/

1100 Florence Gallery: https://www.1100florence.com/

Platforms Project: Platformsproject.com

Awakenings: https://awakeningsart.org/issue-10-intention-for-change/

Dream Idea Machine  FAQ NET: Part VIII: http://www.dreamideamachine.com/en/?p=58545