RAiR | 1988-89
Celia Chetham
Celia M. Chetham (1963) was born in Northhampton, Massachusetts, where her father was the director of the Smith College Museum of Art. In 1985 Celia graduated with a BA from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She studied animation and filming and made theater props which influenced her artistic pieces in the 1980s. After her residency in Roswell, Celia went to the Yaddo artist retreat in Saratoga Springs, New York.
About her work, Chetham explained: “The logic behind my work cannot really be articulated. Simply put, I make pictures when I find something funny, when I am angry or upset, or when I think I am madly in love. My work is about memories and fantasies, dreams and nightmares.”
AMoCA Collection | Don and Sally Entertain, 1989, Wood box, cutout cardboard, wool, fabric, 9.5” x 15.75” x 6.25”
Roswell Museum and Art Center
Rair exhibition • Celia Chetham “vile bodies” • march 12 - april 16, 1989
