Caitlin Albritton

In my work, I see the gym as a place where everyday antics and behaviors are amplified in a stage-like environment where there is a hyperawareness of our bodies in a public space. Exploring the politics of looking through both male and female gazes, I’m interested in exemplifying the strangeness of the body, and the peculiarity of certain gym exercises and the awkward, compromising, sometimes sexual positions they put people in.

My works hinge on the contradiction that I am an active participant of #gymlife, while also questioning its variables. By telling gym stories through serious yet comically empathetic visual narratives, my work is meant to bring up conversation about gender issues, body politics and trends, competition, the machinic-like work we do, and the propaganda of progress in other spheres of our lives.

2018 MFA, Studio Art, Maryland Institute College of Art
2012 BFA, Painting Major, Ceramic Arts Minor at Savannah College of Art and Design

Solo Shows
-2020 "Beach Bodies," Zabar Project Gallery, The Studios of Key West, Key West, FL
-2019 “Let’s Get Physical,” Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
-2018 “Do you even?,” Thesis Exhibition, Leidy Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
-2017 “Work it out,” Cunsthaus, Tampa, FL
-2017 “Strips,” Gallery 3, Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, FL
-2015 “Hack, Twist, Lift: Cutting the Paint,” Bamboozle, Tampa, FL

Select Group Shows:
-2020 Mighty Fine, Dunedin Fine Arts Center, Dunedin, FL
-2019 “X: A Decade of Tempus Projects,” Tempus Projects, Tampa, FL
-2019 “INTRO: Annual Summer Invitational,” GAZE Modern, Sarasota, FL
-2018 “Touchy Feely,” Mainsite Contemporary Art, Norman, OK
-2018 "Foundations: An Art Exhibition Celebrating HCC's 50th Anniversary," Hillsborough Community College Ybor City Gallery, Tampa, FL
-2018 “Unframed,” Willow Street Gallery, Washington, DC
-2018 “Show #47: Deep Stretch,” Field Projects, New York, NY
-2017 “WTF,” Hall-Barnett Gallery, New Orleans, LA
-2017 “Construct,” Centre Gallery, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
-2017 “Skyway: A Contemporary Collaboration,” Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg, FL
-2017 “Made in Paint,” Sam and Adele Golden Gallery, New ...