camillecasemier@gmail.com
MFA, Performance
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2024
BFA, Interarts Performance
University of Michigan, 2020
Workshops & Intensive Study
2023 The Field Center, Presence Practice with Faye Driscoll, Vermont
2021 Kunsthalle Görlitz, Performance Art Studies #73, Görlitz, Germany / Zgorzelec, Poland
2014 The New School, Delicious Movement with Eiko Otake, NYC
2013 The New School, Private Body, Public Space with Eiko Otake, NYC
Upcoming Performances & Exhibitions
2026 Wenzhou–Kean University Library, The Jelly Troupe, Wenzhou, China (remote performance, February)
2026 Stove Works, Friend of a Friend, Chattanooga, Tennessee (group show, February)
2026 CoProsperity Sphere, Here Is Our Hole In The Ground, Chicago, IL (group show, October)
Residency
2025 Hong Art Museum, The Plan of Going Home, Wenzhou, China
Solo Exhibition
2025 Wenzhou–Kean University Library, Imaginaries of the Island, Wenzhou, China (solo exhibition of the Jelly Troupe project)
2024 Trinity College, Almost Heaven, Palos Heights, IL
Group Exhibitions
2025 Hedrich-Blessing Studio, Chicago Cluster Project, Chicago, IL
2024 Cermak Center, By Bye Pilsen, Chicago, IL
2024 Free Port Purgatory, Garage 04, Karlsruhe, Germany
2024 Jardins de l’Abbaye de la Cambre, Bank in World, Belgium
2023 Weatherproof, Weatherproof, Chicago, IL
2023 Granite City Art and Design District, Green Noise, St. Louis, MO
2023 Brass Handle Antiques, Under No Place There Are No In-Betweens, Chicago, IL
2022 Jawir Space, Performative Drawing Forum, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2021 Ste!fen, PAS # 74 SITE-seeing, Görlitz, Germany
Performances
2025 The Hong Museum, Rock Coat 岩衣, The Jelly Theater, Wenzhou, China / remote
2025 Watershed Art & Ecology, Speak to the House Speak to the Object, Mixtape Series
2025 Ypsilanti Independent Film Festival, Untitled Value World, Media Live Ypsi, Michigan
2025 Field Museum, Speak to the House Speak to the Object
private performance for visiting classes (Donato Loia & Christina Friberg) Chicago, IL
2024 Ion Gallery, Speak to the House Speak to the Object, Embodied Archives, Kansas City
2024 Watershed Art and Ecology, Eternity’s Vast Pocket, Picked- Mixtape Series, Chicago
2024 Elastic Arts, Eternity’s Vast Pocket, Picked- Elastro Series, Chicago, IL
2024 PS-One, What do I Owe Ya, Quicker Than A Ray of Light Then Gone, Iowa City, IA
2024 Roots & Culture, Cathy Rigby Aerobics with American Girl Doll Puppet, Unlearning Exercises, Chicago IL
2023 Faro Cosmos, Americana Action Disfigure, Festival Arte Accione, Mexico City
2023 Compound Yellow, America’s Next Top, Fitting Session, Chicago, IL
2023 Black Mountain College: Re-Happening, Dance to Anything, Lake Eden, NC
2023 Comfort Station, How to Play Piano (Sandbags & Headstands), Chicago, IL
2022 Links Hall, Wait, Weight Sit, In/Form Festival, Chicago, IL
2021 Rabryka, Sculpture Garden, Görlitz, Germany
2021 PAS #73, SITE-Seeing, Zgorzelec, Poland
2020 Ox-bow School of Art, Spooky Trail, Saugatuck, Michigan
2019 Ypsilanti Experimental Space, 12 Hour Experiment, Ypsilanti, Michigan
2018 Duderstadt Video Studio, Interarts Showcase, Ann Arbor MI
2017 Keene Theater, Pure Data Showcase, Ann Arbor, MI
2017 Michigan Theater, Dumpty Trumpty (Pat Olezko), Ann Arbor, MI
2016 Carrie Morris Arts Production, Detroit Fringe Festival, Detroit, MI
2015 Art Prize 7, Higher Ground (Kate Gillmore), Grand Rapids, Michigan
Film Festival
2025 Independent Film Festival Ypsilanti, Untitled Value World, Ypsilanti, Michigan
2024 Chroma Art Film Festival, Web Cam, Miami
Curatorial
2025 Mt Sinai Resale Shop, Artist Feature (Kathryn Lehman),Chicago IL
2025 Mt Sinai Resale Shop, Artist Feature (Lennon), Chicago IL
2025 Mt Sinai Resale Shop, Artist Feature (Angie Naron), Chicago IL
2024 Mt Sinai Resale Shop, Parking Lot Stage, Chicago IL
2024 Mt Sinai Resale Shop, Fitting Room Pop Up #5, Chicago, IL
2023 Mt Sinai Resale Shop, Fitting Room Pop Up #4, Chicago, IL
2023 Mt Sinai Resale Shop, Fitting Room Pop Up #3, Chicago, IL
2023 Mt Sinai Resale Shop, Fitting Room Pop Up #2, Chicago, IL
2023 Mt Sinai Resale Shop, Fitting Room Pop Up #1, Chicago, IL
Teaching
2025 Lecturer, Expanded Line, Performance & PTDW Department, SAIC
2024 Lecturer, Expanded Line, Performance & PTDW Department, SAIC
2023 Teaching Assistant, Becoming Imperceptible (Lin Hixson) SAIC
2022 Teaching Assistant, Performance is Not Not Theater (Maire Witt ONeill) SAIC
2020 Art Mentor, U-32 High School, Montpelier, Vermont, remote
2018 Teaching Artist, Generator Makerspace, Burlington, Vermont
Talks
2025 University of Michigan, Live Arts Survey (Prof. Holly Hughes)
2025 Independent Film Festival Ypsilanti, Media Live Ypsi Preview Talk Back
2025 Chicago Cluster Project, Developing Dialogues with Mackenzie Salisbury
2024 University of Illinois Chicago, Alternative Exhibition Practices (Prof. Chris Reeves)
2024 Trinity College, Almost Heaven Artist Talk
2024 PS One Iowa City, Quicker than a Ray of Light Then Gone
2023 University of Illinois Chicago, Alternative Exhibition Practices (Prof. Chris Reeves)
2023 Chicago International Puppet Festival, Ellen Van Volkenberg Symposium
Awards
2023 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Graduate Dean Professional Development Award
2022 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Pritzker Fellowship
2019 University of Michigan, Arts Engine Award
2018 University of Michigan, Creative Work Award
2017 University of Michigan, Guy Palazzola Memorial Award
Press
2024 Sixty Inches from Center“Quicker than a Ray of Light then Gone,”
2023 Chicago Reader “Best Exhibition Pop-Up in a Thrift Store,”
2022 Borobudur Writers & Cultural Festival, Local & Cross, Yogyakarta, Indonesia