about:
Casey Callahan is an interdisciplinary artist and designer living and working in Omaha, Nebraska. Her practice is interested in the process of perception. While the exhibitions and projects she creates may vary in medium, her practice is always keenly focused on the intricacies of a viewing subject. Using immersive installations or optically charged objects, she is interested in activating an awareness of the embodied experience of art. Whether drawing from art historical movements such as Impressionism, or more contemporary movements like Op-art or Relational Aesthetics, Callahan seeks to create intimate, multi-sensory experiences.
“By blurring the lines between art and viewer, I endeavor to create a space for wonder and healing.” - Casey Callahan
education
B.F.A., Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE (2014-2018)
professional
Artist Mentor, Kent Bellows Mentoring Program, Omaha, NE (September, 2019-Present)
Visual Arts Teacher, Why Arts, Omaha, NE (January-november, 2022)
Program Assistant, The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE (august, 2018-November, 2021)
selected solo and two-person exhibitions
All that we cannot see, with Marlon kroll, baader-meinhof, Omaha, NE (July-september, 2024)
Elements of change, Studio 62, Omaha, ne (October, 2022)
breeze & bloom, CAR>GO, Omaha, NE (July-august, 2022)
Metronome, Project Project, Omaha, NE (February-March, 2021)
Interference, Baader-Meinhof, Omaha, NE (January, 2020-February, 2021)
Phonological Loop, The Sanctuarium, Omaha, NE (June, 2019)
Selected group exhibitions
2024
Phone, wallet, KEYS, coco Sunday, Tampa, fl (may-july, 2024)
2023
post facade, Maple Street Construct, Omaha, NE (april, 2023)
my whole world, baader-meinhof, Omaha, ne (january-march, 2023)
2022
k.i.s.s., storage space, indianapolis, IN (august, 2022)
Improvise, Maple Street Construct, Omaha, NE (March, 2022)
ARTcetera, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA (February-April, 2022)
BAITBALL (02), Palazzo San Giuseppe, Polignano a Mare, Italy (January-March, 2022)
2021
inside out, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE (Nov- Dec, 2021)
2019
So The Story Goes, Michael Phipps Gallery, Omaha, NE (Sept-Oct, 2019)
2018
Silk, The Omaha Creative Institute, Omaha, NE (September, 2018)
2017
Nebraska 2D Biennial, Gallery 1516, Omaha, NE (November-December, 2017)
Don’t Tap On The Glass, Tu Ames, Chautauqua, NY (July, 2017)
2016
Metropolis and Invisible Cities, Constellation Studios, Lincoln, NE (October-December, 2016)
Episode 1, Carver Bank Art Galleries, Omaha, NE (July, 2016)
Pretty Dirty Things, Elder Gallery, Lincoln, NE (February, 2016)
2015
NICF Annual Juried Art Show, O’Keefe Elevator Company, Omaha, NE (April, 2015)
Fellowships/residencies
artist in residence, kimmel harding nelson center for the arts, nebraska city, NE (may, 2024)
inside/outside Fellowship, union for contemporary arts, Omaha, NE (march-december, 2023)
Artist in Residence, MaMO Gallery, Omaha, NE (August-September, 2022)
Peggy Arenz Art Fellowship, Nebraska Wesleyan Art Department, Lincoln, NE (April, 2017)
Artist in Residence, Chautauqua institute, Chautauqua, NY (Summer, 2017)
curatorial
Cyborg Environmentalism , Sapien Gallery, Kansas City, MO (November, 2021)
visiting artist/ lecture
Visiting Artist & Lecturer, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE (April, 2021)
grants, awards, distinctions
Microgrant Recipient, Nebraska Arts Council, Omaha, NE (2022)
Microgrant Recipient, Amplify Arts, Omaha, NE (2021)
panels/juries
Film selection committee, Benson film festival, Omaha, ne (may, 2023)
Microgrant selection committee , amplify arts, Omaha, ne (march, 2022)
publications
Longing for the beloved, bookmobile, Minneapolis, mn (forthcoming)
bibliography
featured artist: Casey Callahan, https://www.formationart.com/features/casey-callahan, (Formation Art) London, uk (march, 2024)
The necessity of art and experience with Casey Callahan, https://spotify.link/9EF9HDaxoDb, (arts & crafts podcast) Omaha, ne (sept, 2023)
2023 fellow: Casey Callahan, https://www.u-ca.org/fellowship/casey-callahan, (union for contemporary art) Omaha, ne (April, 2023)
visiting omaha artists in their studios, https://glasstire.com/2022/10/03/visiting-omaha-artists-in-their-studios/, article by william sarradet (glasstire), dallas , tx (october, 2022)
Best of Times, Worst of Times, https://thereader.com/culture/arts/best-of-times-worst-of-times, article by Mike Krainak (The Reader), Omaha, NE (December, 2021)
Cyborg Environmentalism at Sapien Gallery, https://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/cyborg-environmentalism-at-sapien-gallery/5241, article by Jonathan Orozco (White Hot Magazine), New York, NY (December, 2021)
‘Metronome’ Opens at Project Project, https://www.kvnonews.com/2021/02/metronome-opens-at-project-project, interview by Corbin Hirschhorn (KVNO News), Omaha, NE (February, 2021)
Positive ‘Interference’, https://thereader.com/visual-art/positive-interference article by Mike Krainak (The Reader), Omaha, NE (January, 2021)
Casey Callahan: Fizz Featured Artist, https://fizz.hastings.edu/web-features/casey-callahan article by Fizz editors (Jackson Dinsdale Art Center Galleries), Hastings, NE (January, 2020)
‘so the stories go’, https://thereader.com/2019/09/05/so-the-stories-go/ article by kent behrens (the reader), omaha, ne (september, 2019)