STATEMENT
My work is about place and time. I layer views of the same place at different points in time – such as areas of Albany heavily changed by the Plaza’s construction.
I combine printmaking, drawing, and sculpture to construct spaces that reference local architecture. I use on-site sketches as well as historical photos to weave time and space, and in some cases I interview former or current residents. By merging printmaking and sculptural processes I am able to explore and mirror the changes of a city – by both carving away and building up. Because experiences of places are seldom simple or linear, I layer imagery in a way that reflects the conflicting feelings we have about places - whether about the past and present impact of the Plaza on Albany, or whether about beautiful antarctic ice and the contrasting global implications. I think about what is lost to time, what survives or has become, and what might yet be.
My work is about place and time. I layer views of the same place at different points in time – such as areas of Albany heavily changed by the Plaza’s construction.
I combine printmaking, drawing, and sculpture to construct spaces that reference local architecture. I use on-site sketches as well as historical photos to weave time and space, and in some cases I interview former or current residents. By merging printmaking and sculptural processes I am able to explore and mirror the changes of a city – by both carving away and building up. Because experiences of places are seldom simple or linear, I layer imagery in a way that reflects the conflicting feelings we have about places - whether about the past and present impact of the Plaza on Albany, or whether about beautiful antarctic ice and the contrasting global implications. I think about what is lost to time, what survives or has become, and what might yet be.
CV
Master of Arts, Studio Art with Concentration in Painting and Drawing, May 2015
The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Dual Concentration in Art Education and Painting, Magna Cum Laude, May 2013
The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY
New York State Professional Certification in Art Education K–12
Grants and Awards
DEC Arts Grant; Individual Artist Commission, 2021
"Smallbany Gallery; A miniature space for working small, thinking BIG"
The Arts Center of the Capital Region
DEC Arts Grant; Individual Artist Commission, 2018
Memory and Observation; A Mixed-Media Study of “Home"
The Arts Center of the Capital Region
Best in Show Runner Up, Fence Show, 2015
The Arts Center of the Capital Region
Graduate Honors in MA in Studio Art, 2015
The College of Saint Rose
Graduate Research Grant, Fall 2014
“Intersections between Painting and Printmaking; An Investigation of Disjointed Spaces”
The College of Saint Rose
Selected Exhibitions
2026 To Build a Home, group show, Headwaters Arts Center, Stamford, NY
2024 Closing Thoughts, group show, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY
2024 Printmakers’ Showcase, group show, CREATE Community Studios, Troy, NY
2021 Frame//Unframe, group show, Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY
2020 Katherine Chwazik, solo show, Lake George Courthouse Gallery, Lake George, NY
2019 House and Home, solo show, Nine Pin, Albany, NY
2018 Algorithms, group show, Scarlet Seven Fine Art Gallery, Troy, NY
2017 Fence Select, juried show, The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY
Impressive, Albany Barn, Albany, NY
2016 Compound Fragments; Chwazik & Fracalossi, two-woman show, Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY
2015 BUILT : Albany’s Architecture through Artists’ Eyes, show and auction, Historic Albany Foundation, Albany, NY
Graduate Show, Esther Massry Gallery, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY
2014 Strung Out, Troy Cloth and Paper, Troy, NY
Your Work Here, Neil Hellman Library, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY
2013 Self and Other, Graduate group show, Picotte Student Gallery, College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY
2012 Next Phase, Collar Works Gallery, Troy, NY
Master of Arts, Studio Art with Concentration in Painting and Drawing, May 2015
The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Dual Concentration in Art Education and Painting, Magna Cum Laude, May 2013
The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY
New York State Professional Certification in Art Education K–12
Grants and Awards
DEC Arts Grant; Individual Artist Commission, 2021
"Smallbany Gallery; A miniature space for working small, thinking BIG"
The Arts Center of the Capital Region
DEC Arts Grant; Individual Artist Commission, 2018
Memory and Observation; A Mixed-Media Study of “Home"
The Arts Center of the Capital Region
Best in Show Runner Up, Fence Show, 2015
The Arts Center of the Capital Region
Graduate Honors in MA in Studio Art, 2015
The College of Saint Rose
Graduate Research Grant, Fall 2014
“Intersections between Painting and Printmaking; An Investigation of Disjointed Spaces”
The College of Saint Rose
Selected Exhibitions
2026 To Build a Home, group show, Headwaters Arts Center, Stamford, NY
2024 Closing Thoughts, group show, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY
2024 Printmakers’ Showcase, group show, CREATE Community Studios, Troy, NY
2021 Frame//Unframe, group show, Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY
2020 Katherine Chwazik, solo show, Lake George Courthouse Gallery, Lake George, NY
2019 House and Home, solo show, Nine Pin, Albany, NY
2018 Algorithms, group show, Scarlet Seven Fine Art Gallery, Troy, NY
2017 Fence Select, juried show, The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY
Impressive, Albany Barn, Albany, NY
2016 Compound Fragments; Chwazik & Fracalossi, two-woman show, Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY
2015 BUILT : Albany’s Architecture through Artists’ Eyes, show and auction, Historic Albany Foundation, Albany, NY
Graduate Show, Esther Massry Gallery, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY
2014 Strung Out, Troy Cloth and Paper, Troy, NY
Your Work Here, Neil Hellman Library, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY
2013 Self and Other, Graduate group show, Picotte Student Gallery, College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY
2012 Next Phase, Collar Works Gallery, Troy, NY