EDUCATION
2015    University of Pennsylvania //  Masters of Fine Arts     
2011       School of Art Institute of Chicago  //  Post-baccalaureate in Painting
2005      Towson University  //  BA in Art History (Magna cum Laude)    
                            
SOLO // TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2026    (upcoming) Chiara No / Chenlu Hou, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT 
2025    (upcoming) We Know that We Know, Field Projects, New York, NY
2021    Unbellowed, Spring/Break Art Fair, curated by Kris Racaniello, New York, NY
2020    Hiding in Plain Sight, Red Mill Gallery at Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT 
2018    Her/Tongue, White Couch, Queens, NY  
2017    Chiara No / Frank Castanie,The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of, Bible, New York, NY 
2016    NO, SAMUEL, Chicago, IL 
2015    Crowning, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA 
           The Tenets of Crowning, The American Institute for American Art, Portland, ME 
           Chiara No / Nick Mayer, DRIP DROP DRAG, Current Gallery, Baltimore, MD 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025    Amy Kligman: The Salon for Possible Futures, Nerman MoMA, Overland Park, KS
            (upcoming ) Wassaic Projects, Wassaic, NY
2024    Beginner’s Mind, Friends Artspace, Arlington, VA    
            Ends Well, Mother-in-Laws, Germantown, NY
            Dewdrops in the Garden, Hexum, Montpelier, VT
2023    Women Pulling at The Threads of Social Discourse, Jewish Museum, Milwaukee, WI    
            Lineage, Field Projects, New York, NY 
            Counting the Seconds Between Lightning and Thunder, Wassaic Projects, Wassaic, NY
            Freaks of Nature, SpringBreak, New York, NY     
2022    Women Pulling at The Threads of Social Discourse, MoCA Westport, Westport, CT 
            Beyond Nuclear Family, Jindřich Chalupecký Society, Prague, Czech Republic 
            Beyond Nuclear Family, EFA Project Space, New York, NY
2021    A veil // a gate // a vessel, Field Projects, New York, NY
            A veil // a gate // a vessel, Home Gallery, New York, NY
2020    Instagram's Shadow, 42 Social Club, Lyme, CT
2018    Los Angeles Art Book Fair, Printed Matter, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, LA, CA
2017    Grotto Capital, EXILE, Berlin, Germany
            New York Art Book Fair, Printed Matter, MOMA PS1, LIC, NY
2016    New York Art Book Fair, Printed Matter, MOMA PS1, LIC, NY
2015    Down to Earth/Terre à Terre/Van Nature, Hanger H18, Brussels, Belgium 
2014    Hard to Please, Little Berlin, Philadelphia, PA
            Slow, Comfort Station, Chicago, IL 
            Hard/Soft, MINT, Columbus, OH

PERFORMANCES
2017       Election Therapy, Underdonk, Brooklyn, NY
2016       Boulevard Dreamers, The Poetry Foundation, Chicago, IL
2015       Ghost Light Revival, TransModern Fest, Baltimore, MD

RESIDENCIES and REWARDS
2025    Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
            Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
            Vermont Studio Center, Trout Lily Foundation Fellowship 
2024    Monson Arts, Monson, ME
            Finialist, Erarta Foundation Prize    
2023    Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE
            The Lighthouse Works, Fishers Island, NY
2022    Wassaic Projects, Wassaic, NY
            Haystack, Deer Isle, ME
            Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, Woodstock, NY 
            Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, Pollock-Krasner Fellowship
2016    Ox-Bow Arts Faculty Residency, Saugatuck, MI
2015    Fabric Workshop and Museum Apprenticeship Program, Philadelphia, PA
            UPenn Silverstein Travel Grant
2014    ACRE, Steuben, WI
            Lawrence Shprintz Fine Arts Penn Design Merit Scholarship
2013-15    Penn Design Merit Scholarship Award

RESIDENCIES JURIED
2025    Vermont Studio Center, Vermont Week 2025, Johnson, VT
2024    Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Fall 2025 Residency, Omaha, NE

LECTURES/TALKS    
2023    Visiting Artist Lecture, Illustration Department at Parsons School of Design, NY, NY
2023    Visiting Artist Lecture, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
2022    Visiting Artist Lecture, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY     
2020    Visiting Artist Lecture, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2016    Panel Discussion, A Brief History of Feminist Fashion, Threewalls, Chicago, IL
           Visiting Artist Lecture, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Fashion Dept., Chicago, IL

PRESS/PUBLICATIONS
2021    Hrag Vartanian, “With a Medieval Flair, SpringBreak Art Show Celebrates the Eccentric,” 
            September 10, 2021. https://hyperallergic.com/676145/spring-break-art-show-celebrates-the-eccentric/
2020    Liscia, Valentina Di. “Artists Ask Whitney Museum to ‘Commit to a Year of Action.’”   
            Hyperallergic, 17 Sept. 2020, hyperallergic.com/588978/whitney-museum-collective-actions/.
            Jax Lahav, "Instagram's Shadow: The Story Of How Instagram censors artists, erases the LGBTQ community, and shames women’s bodies," May, 29, 2020. http://www.midnightsociety.org/instagram
            Mary Gow. “Chiara No enjoys her demons.” The Rutland Herald. Saturday, August 15, 2020. pg. D1. 
2017     S. Nicole Lane, “Chiara No: On Being a Metaller and What it Means to “Other.” Slutist. December 4, 2017. http://slutist.com/chiara-no-on-being-a-metaller-and-what-it-means-to-other/
             S. Nicole Lane, “Social Media and the Impact on Practice, Representation, and the Gallery.” Exhibitions on the Cusp. January 17, 2018. http://exhibitionsonthecusp.com/stories/social-media-impact-practice-representation-gallery/
2016     Lisa Haller Bagesen, The Revolution Will Be Mothernized! Part I (3AM Maternal), May 15, 2016 https://lisehallerbaggesen.wordpress.com/2016/05/16/the-revolution-will-be-mothernized-part-i-3am-materna