ABOUT CHRISTINE

Christine Gaffney is a transdisciplinary performance artist and sculptor from Dayton, Ohio. She is currently attending California Institute of the Arts. She has studied art at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, Columbus College of Art and Design in Columbus, Ohio, Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio and the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio. She has a master’s degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Pittsburgh. Her practice embraces ideas around body image, body politics, and feminism.

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ARTIST STATEMENT

My work is playful and curious. I experiment with placement and I interact with objects in a way that feels accessible and inviting to the viewer. It is not my intention to provide solutions, but instead I elicit questions and stir emotions. My work often suggests ideas about body image, beauty ideology, and feminism. I discovered my current practice by way of sculpture training, and I think of myself as a sculptor. My performance work emphasizes sculptural objects that I make. I interact with these objects in my videos and performances, or I display these pieces as artifacts of a performance. By utilizing techniques such as stillness, mimicry, and repetition, I am an object in my piece I am working on, performing, or exhibiting. My sculpture is more serious and is often referred to as minimal. In contrast, my performance work is hilarious and is described as maximum. I explore these forms separately or I weave these two bodies of work together to create one. I am the object and the maker. Even when I am performing my art, I consider myself to be sculpting.

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Education

August 2020 - May 2023

MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Art and Technology, Valencia, California

August 2019 - April 2020

University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning, Cincinnati, Ohio

August 2018 - April 2019

Wright State University Humanities Program, Dayton, Ohio

August 2012 - December 2015

MLIS, Masters in Library and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

August 2007 - December 2010

BFA, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio
Time Based Media Studies
minor in Art History

August 2013 - December 2005

Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
Visual Communications

Selected Exhibitions

2021

Performance Art Event, Mathew Adam Ross’s art studio in Echo Park, LA

Fall Thursday Night, California Institute of the Arts, Online Exhibition of Integrated Media student work

MFA2 Art School Show, California Institute of the Arts, In-person exhibition of MFA2 student work

MFA2 Art and Technology Show, California Institute of the Arts, In-person exhibition of student work

Student Expo, California Institute of the Arts, Online School-wide exhibition of student work

Spring Thursday Night, California Institute of the Arts, Online Exhibition of Integrated Media student work

Perform-a-rama, 24-hour performance festival by Pique Gallery, Covington Kentucky

Fall Thursday Night, California Institute of the Arts, Online Student Exhibition of Cluster Tech Class Winter Session Class

2020

Illuminate, Dayton Society of Artists, Dayton, Ohio

Refresh, Refresh, Refresh. Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

Queer Art Summer, Online Exhibition by the Bennett Collective

Performerama, Pique Gallery, Covington, Kentucky. (cancelled due to Covid-19)

Student Performance Art Showcase, Pique Gallery, Covington, Kentucky. (cancelled due to Covid-19)

First Year MFA Review, Reed Gallery, University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning ANNEX, Cincinnati, Ohio. (cancelled due to Covid-19)

Artist in the Time of Coronavirus, a Virtual Exhibition. Art Blog, Philadelphia, PA.

Open Studio, University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning ANNEX, Cincinnati, Ohio

2019

Video Screening, WavePool Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio

Open Studio, Waiting Room Gallery at University of Cincinnati’s Victory Parkway Campus, Cincinnati, Ohio

Dotted Lines, Tabula Rasa Gallery at University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning, Cincinnati, Ohio

Vise Versa 2, The Clean Space at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

Crossing Boundaries, Dayton Society of Artists, Dayton, Ohio

Watch, a time-based experimental art show, The Collaboratory, Dayton, Ohio
(I also organized and curated this exhibition)

Bloom, an abstract/experimental art show, The Collaboratory, Dayton, Ohio

New Kids on the Block, College Student and Recent Graduate Show, Dayton, Ohio

Winterfolk Fest, Old Yellow Cab Building, Dayton, Ohio

2018

Ladyfest, Old Yellow Cab Building, Dayton, Ohio

*Christine Gaffney’s Selected Paintings, Skeleton Dust Records, Dayton, Ohio

Dayton Sideshow 13, Old Yellow Cab Building, Dayton, Ohio

2017

Sideshow 12, Old Yellow Cab Building, Dayton, Ohio

June 2012 - May 2014

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