EDUCATION
2016
MFA, Ceramics Emphasis, Northern Illinois University (NIU)
Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies, NIU
2012
BA, Fine Arts – Ceramics; Minors in Business Management and Spanish,
Loyola University Chicago (LUC)
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2021-Present
Department Specialist, Department of Modern & Contemporary Art,
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2020
Adjunct Ceramics Instructor, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL
2018-2021
Freelance Art Handler, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Freelance Exhibition Preparator, Wrightwood 659, Chicago, IL
Freelance Exhibition Preparator, Block Museum, Evanston, IL
2016-2021
Gallery Manager, Roots & Culture Contemporary Art Center, Chicago, IL
2016-2018
Gallery Director, Rockford University Art Gallery, Rockford, IL
2016
Collections Intern, Windgate Museum Internship Program,
Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft (KMAC), Louisville, KY
2015
Contemporary Art Department Intern, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2013-2016
Exhibition/Collection Preparator & Curatorial Research Graduate Assistant,
NIU Art Museum, DeKalb, IL
RESIDENCIES
2017
Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2019
Curators Create, Invitational, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL
2018
15th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, Freeport Art Museum, Freeport, IL
SWEET, Golden and Delicious, Invitational, NIU Art Museum, DeKalb, IL
2017
ONE: Juried Emerging Artist Exhibit, Cleve Clarney Art Gallery, Glen Ellyn, IL
Taking Shape, Juried, Studio Oh!, Chicago, IL
SPACE, Juried, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH
Abstract Aesthetic, Juried, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL
2016
Let’s Keep in Touch, Invitational, Gallery X, Hite Art Institute, University of Louisville, KY
The Opposite of SATT, Group collaboration with Barbara Hashimoto and Christine LoFaso,
Gallery UNO, Berlin, Germany
Midwestern Biennial, Juror’s Choice Award, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
Emerging Illinois Artists, Juried, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL
ARS NOVA Annual Juried Blick Exhibition, Jack Olson Gallery, DeKalb, IL
5th Central Time Ceramics Exhibition, Honorable Mention,
Bradley University Galleries, Peoria, IL
Denouement, NIU MFA Group Exhibition, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
Crease, MFA Solo Thesis Exhibition, Gallery 214, DeKalb, IL
2015
DF+2: A Year in the Digital Fabrication Studio, Gallery 214, DeKalb, IL
Norris Cultural Arts Center Vicinity Show, Norris Cultural Arts Center, St. Charles, IL
Inclusion, Group collaboration with Barbara Hashimoto and Christine LoFaso, included in
Embarrassment of Riches, NIU Art Museum, DeKalb, IL
National Student Juried Exhibition, “Lively Experiments,” 49th Annual NCECA Conference,
Providence, RI
2014
Juried Graduate Show, Juror’s Choice Award, Jack Olson Gallery, DeKalb, IL
a la cART, Gallery 215, DeKalb, IL
Nomadic Convergence, Residence of the NIU President, Annual Student Show, DeKalb, IL
Composing Dimension, Solo Show, Gallery 214, DeKalb, IL
ARS NOVA Annual Juried Blick Exhibition, Jack Olson Gallery, DeKalb, IL
Spring Show, Annual Juried Show, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL
Cup Show, Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
A Home for Joe, Invitational, Fawick Gallery, Baldwin Wallace University, Ohio
2013-2014 Outdoor Installation, Algonquin Village’s Annual Public Art Program, IL
2013
slow burn, Juried Graduate Show, Jack Olson Gallery, DeKalb, IL
Prelude, First Year MFA Student Group Exhibition, Gallery 215, DeKalb, IL
Lines, Juried Group Exhibition, 3 Pillars Gallery, Benton Harbor, MI
SELECTED AWARDS
2017
Partial scholarship for a two week residency at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts
2016
Windgate Museum Summer Internship and Grant, KMAC, Louisville, KY
Windgate Foundation partial scholarship to attend Penland School of Crafts, NC
2015
2nd Place Graduate Student Award, 49th Annual NCECA Conference, Providence, RI
Northern Illinois University Fellowship, School of Art & Design Division
1 0f 6 competitive university-wide fellowships awarded with stipend and full tuition waiver
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2018
CrossCurrents: Clay and Culture, 52nd NCECA Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA
2016
International Woodfire Conference, Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove, IL
Volumetric Image Transfer Workshop with Forrest Lesch-Middelton,
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Mount Making Workshop with Ruth E. Norton, Pick Museum of Anthropology, DeKalb, IL
Makers, Mentors, and Milestones, 50th NCECA Annual Conference, Kansas City, MO
2015
Professional Development Workshop with Max Van Balgooy, IAM and the
Ellwood House Museum, DeKalb, IL
2014
Museums Transform Communities, IAM Annual Conference, Rockford, IL
Museums, Collectors, and Cultural Heritage: 21st Century Dilemmas, IAM and the
Ellwood House Museum, Professional Development Workshop, DeKalb, IL
Material World, 48th NCECA Annual Conference, Milwaukee, WI
Wood-fired Train Kiln Building Workshop led by Robert Sanderson & Coll Minogue, hosted by
Doug Jeppesen at Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove, IL
VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION
Art Axis, http://artaxis.org/christina-warzecha/
PUBLICATIONS
“Meaningful Inclusion.” Whitney Mashburn & Carmen Papalia.
cmagazine. Winter 2019, “Institutions,” Issue 140.
“2015 NCECA National Student Juried Exhibition Review.” Heidi McKenzie.
Ceramics Monthly. September 2015, Volume 63, Issue 7.
“The 2015 National Student Juried Exhibition (The NSJE).” Cindy Bracker.
NCECA Blog. http://blog.nceca.net/nsje2015