Chelsea Culprit (b. 1984; Paducah, KY)
Inhabiting the world of emotion as as much as description, Culprit’s work entangles representations of the body’s capacity for play, expression, work, the performed authenticity of identity, and the intractability of freedom and personal bondage.
Recent solo exhibitions include Pole on Break, Queer Thoughts, New York, NY (2022); Malas Madres, Lulu, Mexico City, Mexico (2019); Fear of Seduction, Queer Thoughts at Maureen Paley, London, UK (2019); DMing Purgatory, Queer Thoughts, New York, NY (2018); Fishnets, Uma Certa Falta de Coerencia, Porto, Portugal (2017); Right to Remain Elegant, Galeria La Esperanza at Barba Azul, Mexico City, Mexico (2017); and Miss Universe, Yautepec, Mexico City, Mexico (2016). Culprit’s work featured in recent group exhibitions at TANK Shanghai, Shanghai, China (2020); Museo Arte de Zapopan, Guadalajara, Mexico (2020); Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (2019); Museum of Modern Art Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland (2019); Revolver Gallery, Lima, Peru (2019); Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Australia (2018); and Museo de Arte Carillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico (2018).
Culprit lives and works between Mexico City and New York City.
Wheel Turning at Worlds End, 2024
Spinning wheel, drop cloth, acrylic and enamel paint, cardboard, packaging tape
68 x 131 x 42.50 in (172.72 x 332.74 x 107.95 cm)
Listen, 2024
Acrylic and oil on canvas
52 x 78 in (132.08 x 198.12 cm)
Scrim 5; white and red tablecloth, green stars, 2024
Latex paint on canvas
91 x 84 in (231.14 x 213.36 cm)
Installation view at OSMOS Station