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Awards & Residencies
GRANT - 3ARTS, Make a Wave Grant, Chicago, IL
GRANT - School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Faculty Enrichment Grant, , IL
FINALIST - Museum of Art and Design, Burke Craft Prize, NY, NY
RESIDENCY - Writing Space, Chicago, IL
FELLOWSHIP - Illinois Arts Council Agency,Visual Artists Award, Chicago, IL
GRANT - Foundation for Contemporary Arts, FCA Emergency Grants COVID-19 Bridge Fund, NY, NY
GRANT- DCASE, Individual Artist Grant, Chicago, IL
RESIDENCY - Fundación Casa Wabi, Oaxaca, MX
GRANT - Nancy Graves Foundation, Nancy Graves Grant for Visual Artists, NY, NY
RESIDENCY - Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha NE
RESIDENCY - Real Time and Space, Oakland, CA
RESIDENCY - OxBow School of Art, Holland, MI
RESIDENCY - ACRE, Boscobel, WI
FELLOWSHIP - Department of Education, Jacob K. Javits Fellowship, Washington DC
RESIDENCY - Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, OR.
Press
2026
Mario Rodriguez, “The Construction of Time: A New Exhibition at Gray Starts Pulling Threads, Unraveling Ideas of Time and Productivity,” NewCity Art, August 4
Lori Waxman, Mid-century Modernism goes rogue in “Chair-ish”, Hyperallergic, March 11
Lori Waxman, Art for Winter 2026: Don't-miss shows at MCA, Art Institute, and in Elmhurst, Chicago Tribune, January 2
2025
Ciera McKissick, Art 50 2025: Chicago’s Artist’s Artists. NewCity Art, August 30
2023
Ally Fouts, Microcosm: A Review of “Dialogues” at Patron, NewCity Art / November 29
Emeline Boehringer, Art 50 2023: Chicago’s Artist’s Artists, NewCity Art / September 5
Robin Dluzen, Alex Chitty, Visual Art Source / January
2022
Aly Fouts, Sculptural Puppeteer: Alex Chitty’s “Figs break open of themselves” at Patron, NewCity Art / December 2
Illinois Arts Council Agency Announces 2022 Artist Felloship Award Recipients,Illinois Arts Council Agency / May 27
2021
Annette LePique, How to View a Solar Eclipse: Both And at Tiger Strikes Asteroid, 60 inches from Center / December 10
2020
Lori Waxman, Alex Chitty, 60 WRD/MIN Art Critic / November 10
Raven Falquez Munsell and Jack Schneider, Becoming The Breeze, The Museum of Contemporary Art / December 2
Anna Searle Jones, Alex Chitty: Things in Motion, Art Papers / July 30
Ben Davis, Arkansas’ Crystal Bridges Museum Just Opened a Sprawling Show about the State of American Art Today. Here’s What It Looks Like, ArtNet News / February 24
2019
Raven Falquez Munsell and Jack Schneider, Becoming The Breeze, The Museum of Contemporary Art / December 2
2018
Elliot Reichert, Art 50 2018: Chicago’s Artist’s Artists, NewCity Art / August 30
2017
Kate Sierzputowski, more than 150 artists counteract a GOP watch list, Triumph Gallery, Chicago Reader / May 24
2016
Jason Foumberg, Critic’s Pick, Artforum / February 19
2016 Best of Chicago/Rising Artist, Chicago Magazine / July 11
Molly Elizade, 10 Artists to Watch from NADA Art Fair, Sweet / May 17
Jongho Lee, Top Picks NADA NY, Eyes Toward the Dove / May 17
Brian Boucher, Booths I Could Hardly Tear Myself Away from at NADA NY, ArtNet / May 6
Kat Herriman, Fairs to Check Out this Weekend, The New York Times / May 6
2015
Kim Morski, Alex Chitty + Unison, inunison blog / January 13
John Preus, Who Sold at EXPO Chicago?, Artsy Editorial / September 22
Ionit Behar, Highlights and Surprises: A First Look at EXPO Chicago 2015,ArtSlant Chicago, / September 18
Paddy Johnson, Robin Dluzen, 10 Highlights from the EXPO Art Fair, Art F City, Art Fair / September 19
Agathe Cancellieri, EXPO Chicago 2015: Emergence of a Major Contemporary Art Fair, L’Oeil de la Photographie / September 29
2014
Kate Sierzputowski, Best of 2014: Our Top Ten Exhibitions Across the United States, Almost Ergonomic, curated by Third Object, at Studio 424 (Chicago), HyperAllergic / December 26
Alex Chitty’s Additive Distortions and Photographic Sculptures, Interview, INSIDE/WITHIN / August 1
2013
Stephanie Cristello, Ella Hatchet: Alex Chitty and Alice Tippit at Roots & Culture, New American Paintings, July 2
Breakout Artists 2013: Chicago’s Next Generation of Image Makers, Alex Chitty, Newcity Art / April 25
Artist of the Week: Alex Chitty, Interview, LVL3 / March 11