Bonnets
CAITLIN MACBRIDE (b. 1983)
Born: Connecticut, USA.
Based: NY, NY.
Based: NY, NY.
Caitlin MacBride is an artist currently residing in Hudson, New York she is a lecturer at Rutgers University and a member of the BARD MFA faculty.
In 2020 she was shown in a traveling exhibition entitled, Lost in America at Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.) curated by artist John Miller. Her panel discussion on Design & Ideology alongside Alexander Alberro (Virginia Bloedel Wright ‘51 Professor for Art History, Barnard College / Columbia University, New York), Dan Graham (artist and writer, New York) and, Cameron Rowland (artist, New York) explored the politics inherent in 20th century American design.
In this body of work she contemplates the rich history of American regionalism by associating 19th century bonnets from the Metroplitan Museum, New York with the four quadrants of the United States. In one piece affirming this regional system by using Tennessee red clay mixed in pigment of the painting entitled, SOUTH which she Completed while on residency at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2020.
MacBride is drawn to the subject of American Material culture, and her works consider both the tradition of hand craft especially with recurring references to the American Shakers and the modernist history of Bauhaus. Her work has been written about in Modern Painters, Art Forum, New York Magazine, The New York Times, Dazed Magazine and Vogue.
In 2020 she was shown in a traveling exhibition entitled, Lost in America at Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.) curated by artist John Miller. Her panel discussion on Design & Ideology alongside Alexander Alberro (Virginia Bloedel Wright ‘51 Professor for Art History, Barnard College / Columbia University, New York), Dan Graham (artist and writer, New York) and, Cameron Rowland (artist, New York) explored the politics inherent in 20th century American design.
In this body of work she contemplates the rich history of American regionalism by associating 19th century bonnets from the Metroplitan Museum, New York with the four quadrants of the United States. In one piece affirming this regional system by using Tennessee red clay mixed in pigment of the painting entitled, SOUTH which she Completed while on residency at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2020.
MacBride is drawn to the subject of American Material culture, and her works consider both the tradition of hand craft especially with recurring references to the American Shakers and the modernist history of Bauhaus. Her work has been written about in Modern Painters, Art Forum, New York Magazine, The New York Times, Dazed Magazine and Vogue.
Select Exhibitions & Publications
Solo
2020 Useless Flowers, Fisher Parrish Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Ramping At The Bit, Chapter NY, New York, NY
2009 Private Practice, Real Fine Arts, New York, NY
Group
2021 Lost In America, Museum im Bellpark, Kreins,CH
2021 Remnant, Artifact, Flow, Thierry Goldberg, New York, NY
2020 Lost In America,Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin,DE
2019 Daddy's Books, Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT
2018 Different Registers, Atlanta, GA
2018 In Congruence, Alyssa Davis Gallery, New York NY
2017 Everything You've Ever Wanted, Agency, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Freak Out, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Concrete Escort Performance, Guggenheim, NY, NY
2012 Curated by Matt Keegan, Michele Didier Gallery, Paris, FR
Press Literature
The New York Times. (2021, August 25). Art gallery shows to see right now. The New York Times.
NEW YORK TIMES, 2021.
Design and Ideology Panel Discussion, "Lost in America", Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.), Berlin Germany
LOST IN AMERICA, 2020.
Editor, T. (2020, April 6). Washing rituals. Title Magazine.
TITLE MAGAZINE
Borrelli-Persson, L. (2016, October 12). An art crawl through the spring 2017 collections. Vogue.
VOGUE, 2017
Bradley, P. K. (2015, April 24). Chapter NY. The online edition of Artforum International Magazine.
ARTFORUM, 2015
Caitlin MacBride. Maake Magazine. (n.d.)
MAAKE MAGAZINE
Solo
2020 Useless Flowers, Fisher Parrish Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Ramping At The Bit, Chapter NY, New York, NY
2009 Private Practice, Real Fine Arts, New York, NY
Group
2021 Lost In America, Museum im Bellpark, Kreins,CH
2021 Remnant, Artifact, Flow, Thierry Goldberg, New York, NY
2020 Lost In America,Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin,DE
2019 Daddy's Books, Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT
2018 Different Registers, Atlanta, GA
2018 In Congruence, Alyssa Davis Gallery, New York NY
2017 Everything You've Ever Wanted, Agency, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Freak Out, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Concrete Escort Performance, Guggenheim, NY, NY
2012 Curated by Matt Keegan, Michele Didier Gallery, Paris, FR
Press Literature
The New York Times. (2021, August 25). Art gallery shows to see right now. The New York Times.
NEW YORK TIMES, 2021.
Design and Ideology Panel Discussion, "Lost in America", Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.), Berlin Germany
LOST IN AMERICA, 2020.
Editor, T. (2020, April 6). Washing rituals. Title Magazine.
TITLE MAGAZINE
Borrelli-Persson, L. (2016, October 12). An art crawl through the spring 2017 collections. Vogue.
VOGUE, 2017
Bradley, P. K. (2015, April 24). Chapter NY. The online edition of Artforum International Magazine.
ARTFORUM, 2015
Caitlin MacBride. Maake Magazine. (n.d.)
MAAKE MAGAZINE