Background

Theresa Chromati was born in 1992, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. She grew up with a single parent, her mother, who is also an artist.

Education

In her early years, Chromati attended Baltimore School For the Arts. In 2014, Theresa received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Pratt Institute.

Career

During her career, Theresa participated in many group exhibitions, including "Show Poster", Open Studios, Washington, D.C. (2015), "People to People", City Arts Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland (2016), "Baldamor", Okay Space Gallery, Brooklyn, New York City (2017), "The Joke is On You", Kudos Gallery, Sydney, Australia (2018), "A Stone Kissed Pink", 0-0 LA Gallery, Los Angeles, California (2018) and many others.

Also, Chromati held two solo exhibitions — "BBW", Platform Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland (2016) and "Strange Noise On the Rooftop", New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California (2017).

In addition, Theresa acted as an artist-in-residence at La Fragua Artist Residency, Cordoba, Spain (2015), Open Studios, Washington, D.C. (2015), Hermitage Artist Retreat, Inc., Englewood, Florida (2018) and Stoneleaf Retreat, Catskills, New York (2018).

Moreover, Chromati is also a co-founder of Dwelaa, a creative duo, formed with Janjay Matthews. Its main focus is on curating events, that gather creatives from Baltimore and surrounding cities, that encourage the integration of art forms and philosophies with curated artists talks, workshops and a variety of other creative outlets.

Currently, the artist lives and works in Brooklyn, New York City.

Achievements

• Theresa Chromati is a well-known artist, who became famous for her work, that explores black women as idealized figures, that embrace the empowerment of women and various body conscious topics.

Works

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• drawing

  • Peeing in public

  • Peeing at home

• painting

  • Foreplay

  • Come as You are

  • Not So Fast

  • Ins and Outs of Armor II

  • Ins and Outs of Armor I

  • Life Touched

  • I Take Care of Mine

  • Looking (2 Women With Eating Sunflower Seeds)

  • The Conversation (Two Women Walking)

  • Stoop Rapunzle

  • You Stay Reaching

  • Hooked while walking away

  • Tea time panel one

  • Tea time panel two

  • Tea time panel three

  • BBW (Between a braider's weaving)

Views

Theresa makes work about black women and the things, that happen in their lives. She talks about the beauty of black women by means of her works. Also, with the help of her works, Chromati shows, how they get hurt and how they support, how they laugh and get dressed, literally everyday things, that she finds so special.

Rotating between digital and analogue media, Chromati's environments take place in an alternate universe, often accompanied by layered audio melodic soundscapes. Graphic elements, reminiscent of checkerboard tiles, are placed against grand arches, that create royal backdrops and mysterious doorways, which suggest an escape for women. Chromati emphasizes subtle gestures of intimacy within familial, romantic and congenial relationships.

Theresa often pulls references from her mother’s, aunties and neighbors, that she experienced during her adolescent years in Baltimore City, by focusing on the various nuances of communication within partnerships and black women as a community.

Quotations: "What’s important to me is the partnership, the community and the diversity in black women. I feel like it’s my responsibility to share these nuances in black women."

Personality

When Theresa Chromati was a kid, she had a tendency to get bored. An only child, who grew up in an artistic home on the west side of Baltimore, Chromati would fill the time by solving imaginary problems.