Catie Rutledge

Catie Rutledge (b. 1992, Alexandria, VA), is an interdisciplinary artist and organizer currently living and working between Berlin, Germany and the American Midwest. Her sprawling, collage-like works combine personal confession with pop performative tropes, exploring themes of shame, loss, and obsession through performance, painting, video, and installation.

Rutledge was a 2023-24 Fulbright grantee to Germany, researching and creating collaborative works on the transformative potential of Berlin’s queer BDSM scene. She was a 2019 artist in residence at Joya in Vélez-Blanco, Spain, and has performed and exhibited her work nationally and internationally, including at Grace Exhibition Space (NYC), RUSCHMAN (Chicago), Projet Pangée (Montreal), and Kobo Chika (Tokyo). She holds a BFA with honors from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2015), and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2018).

2023-24: Universität der Künste, Berlin, Germany (sculpture and performance courses)
2018: MFA, Performance, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2015: BFA magna cum laude, Drawing/Painting and Video/Performance, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2026 (upcoming) Solo Exhibition, Scope BLN, Berlin, Germany
2024 La Part Maudite (The Accursed Share), Instinct.Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Nachtmeerfahrt, Rundgang, Universität der Künste, Berlin, Germany
A Love Song to Collective Power, The Palace Showcase, Gorzanów, Poland
The Lovers, Room to Expand, Universität der Künste, Berlin, Germany (in collaboration with Ash Spit)
2022 8--------8, MdW Fair at Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL (in collaboration with Mack Baker, Grace Devies, Ben Herbert, melon sprout and Clark Woods)
A Beautiful Morning Has Come, Kobo Chika, Tokyo, Japan
2021 The Red Wedding, Ruschman, Chicago, IL (curated by Matt Morris)
2020 Imminent Collapse, OATHS, Patient Info, Chicago, IL (in collaboration with Jasper Goodrich)
OATHS, Patient Info, Chicago, IL
Ossuary, Milwaukee Institute for Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
2019 Lucky Star, Oklahomo, Chicago, IL
Assistant Director, Exhuming Johnny, in collaboration with Robert Walton & Company, commissioned by goat island archive-we have discovered the performance by making it and Year of Chicago Theatre, Yates Gallery, Chicago Cultural Center, April 19-21
2018 The Living Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (in collaboration with Kevin Demer...