Biography

Kiki McGrath constructs temporary installations and performs rituals in public and sacred spaces. Working with cloth, paint, and gesture, her projects explore domestic and spiritual labor.

Selected exhibitions and performances include Swept Away in the Art in Odd Places Festival in New York City, Anchorhold in Washington DC’s National Cathedral, and 8HRS in Elevate Gallery at 21c, Chicago IL. Her work has been featured in Image Journal, The Chicago Reader, and Dove Tail magazine.

She received a Feminist Biennial Award from Woman Made Gallery and a Grünewald Guild Fellowship. Residencies include Mother's Milk, The Poor Farm, and the Henry Luce III Center for Arts & Religion. Her projects have been supported by the Illinois Arts Council and Washington DC's Commission on the Arts & Humanities.

She hosts Coachhouse1, an artist-run project space in Chicago IL.