Born in Chula Vista, California, in 1977
Lives and works in Chicago
Education
2005School of the Art Institute of Chicago; MFA
2002Brigham Young University; BFA
One-Person Exhibitions
2014 Feature Inc. New York
2012Feature Inc., New York
2011 “Angled,” Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
2010 “Evens,” Central Utah Art Center, Ephraim, UT
“Plane Plain, Todd Chilton and Mike Peter Smith,” Slow, Chicago
2009 “For January,” Tony Wight Gallery, Chicago
2007 Wriston Art Gallery, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
“Recent Paintings,” Raw & Co Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2006 The Suburban, Oak Park, IL
Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012“X-Centric,” Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
“Where My Cones At?” Double Bread, San Diego, CA
Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicagto
“Big Youth II,” Bourouina Gallery, Berlin
“New Formalisms 2,” 65GRAND, Chicago; curated by Abraham Ritchie
2011 “Drawing Crazy Patterns on the Sheets, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
“bodybraingame,” Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
“self-referral nonobjective,” Feature Inc., New York
“Works on Paper: Leslie Baum, Todd Chilton, Peter Fagundo and Cary Smith,”
Devening Projects + Editions, Chicago
2010 “Ps & Qs,” Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, curated by Shannon Stratton and Jeff M. Ward
“Paper! Awesome!” Baer Ridgway Exhibitions, San Francisco
2009 “Censor Approved,” Dolphin, Kansas City, MO
“New/Now,” Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA
“Splits,” Bellstreet Projects, Vienna, Austria
“Beautiful Form: New Work by Zachary Buchner, Todd Chilton, Titus Dawson Polo, Steven Husby,
Peter Shear,” 65GRAND, Chicago
2008 “Pattern, Hallway Bathroom Gallery,” San Francisco
“Paper Love,” Devening Projects + Editions, Chicago
2007 “Young Moderns,” Gallery of Contemporary Art, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
(Three-person show with Sarah Braman and John McEnroe)
“Struck,” Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago
2006 “Bentnames,” Fifty50 Gallery, Chicago
“Ps & Qs,” Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; curated by Shannon Stratton and Jeff M. Ward
“Hope,” Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago
2005 Summer group show, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago
“Lookers,” Heaven Gallery, Chicago
“MFA Thesis Exhibition,” Gallery 2, Chicago
Selected Bibliography
2012 Dluzen, Robin. “Todd Chilton: ‘Angled’ at Rhona Hoffman Gallery,” Art LTD, January
Elkin, Tobi. Gallery Goer: What to See This Week, thelodownny.com, 13 June
Laluyan, Oscar A. “Triple Treat at Feature Inc.,” Arte Fuse, 6 June
2011 Schmerler, Sarah. “Self-Referral Nonobjective,” Time Out New York, 21 September
Johnson, Ken. “Self-Referral Nonobjective,” New York Times, 8 September
Viera, Lauren. “Digital Bits With Real Bite,” Chicago Tribune, 9 June
2009 Gunn, Dan. “Scott Fife and Todd Chilton / Tony Wight Gallery,” Newcity Art, 19 January
Ridlen, Tim. “Beautiful Form / 65Grand,” Newcity Art, 19 January
2007 Tranberg, Dan. “Exhibition of Todd Chilton paintings at Raw & Co features geometric works,”
Cleveland Plain Dealer, 21 September
Utter, Douglas Max. “Buying Time,” Cleveland Free Times, 29 August
2006 Davenport, Bill and Michelle White. “A Conversation about Ps and Qs,” GlassTire.com, October