About

Caroline Kuchta is a New York-based arts professional and artist. She graduated from the NYU Institute of Fine Arts in 2023 with an MA in the History of Art and the University of Pennsylvania in 2019 with a double major in Fine Art and Urban Studies, where she concentrated in public art and social practice.

Education

MA in History of Art & Archaeology, NYU Institute of Fine Arts (2023).

BA in Fine Art and Urban Studies, University of Pennsylvania (2019).

Solo Exhibitions

In Exchange For An Image. Philomathean Society Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (2019).

Group Exhibitions

Opening Pop Up Show. Bodega Philly. Philadelphia, PA (2019).

Please, Continue. Senior Thesis Exhibition. Charles Addams Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (2019).

Betrothal Social. Postcript, Crane Arts Building, Philadelphia, PA (2019).

Then/Now/When: Senior Thesis Preview Exhibition. Charles Addams Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (2018).

Publications

Portrait of the Editors. Mugshot Magazine (2019).

Breaking Bread: Painting the Dinner Hour. The Pennsylvania Gazette (2019).

Projects

Honors Thesis on Public Art in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Philadelphia, PA (2018-19).

Monument Lab, Philadelphia, PA. Participated in site facilitation, data collection, and analysis for Monument Lab (2017).

Slought, Philadelphia, PA. Collaborated on the execution and discussion of a reinterpretation of Dennis Oppenheim’s “Guarded Land Mass” with the Slought Foundation and the Dennis Oppenheim Estate (2016).

Grants & Awards

Magna Cum Laude ­­­– University of Pennsylvania College of Arts and Sciences, 2019.

Dean’s List – University of Pennsylvania College of Arts and Sciences, 2018-19.

Honors in Urban Studies – University of Pennsylvania Urban Studies Program, 2019.

Hassenfeld Grant – University of Pennsylvania Urban Studies Program, 2018.

The Lawrence Shprintz Award for Travel – University of Pennsylvania Department of Fine Arts, 2017.

Work Experience

Sotheby’s - Cataloguer, Deputy Head of Sale in 20th Century Design (2024).

Christie’s - Cataloguer/Coordinator in Decorative Arts and Private & Iconic Sales (2023-2024).

Ruth Catone Goulding - Graduate art advisory intern (2022).

Gagosian Gallery - Summer intern across three gallery spaces in Paris (2022).

Stacy McLaughlin Communications – Account Associate at boutique design and lifestyle public relations firm (2019-2022).

Gagosian Gallery – Summer intern at the 980 Madison Avenue gallery, New York, NY (2017).

Mural Arts Philadelphia – (Philadelphia, PA) Semester-long internship in the Porch Light program, Philadelphia, PA (2017).