Bio
Education: A.B., The University of Chicago, Cultural Anthropology; MArch, The University of Illinois, Chicago. Selected Professional Experience: Studio Andrew Schachman LLC, Managing Principal, 2015-present; Floating Museum NFP, Co-Founder, Director of Strategy & Design, 2015-present; Fieldwork Collaborative Projects NFP, Co-Founder, Director Operations & Design, 2015-present; Garofalo Architects, Inc, Chicago, Illinois, 2007-11; Ross Barney + Jankowski, Chicago, Illinois, 2003; The Office of Zaha Hadid, London, UK, 1997; Perkins + Will, Chicago, Illinois, 1995. Recent Exhibitions: MCA Chicago, The Long Dream, 2020, upcoming; ‘Ad Lib Vitrine’ for, Turn the Light, group exhibition, Gallery 400, 2020; Memory Palace, Floating Collective, City of Chicago, upcoming; “Not Just Another Pretty Face,” Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, 2019; Cultural Transit Assembly, Floating Museum, 2019; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Direct Message, Partner Programs, Fieldwork Collaborative Projects, Common Compositions (1 through 5), 2019; Graham Foundation, Tatiana Bilboa Estudio: Unraveling Modern Living, group exhibition. Fieldwork Collaborative Projects’ Public Park, 2019; "Park District," MCA Chicago, 2018; Health Club, group show, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, 2018; Echo Location, Floating Museum for the Palais de Tokyo’s, Singing Stones, 2017; River Assembly, Floating Museum, public project on the Chicago River, 2017; Calumet Assembly, Floating Museum, public project in Calumet Park Chicago, 2015. Recent Publications: Bridge Magazine, Editor of Visual Art; "New Primary Materials," 2019 ->; Andrew Schachman and Kevin Koval, “Plumbing Stories,” Soiled Magazine, No. 7, 2017; Small Museum, Floating Museum for MUSE, University of Illinois, Chicago, 2017; Andrew Schachman and Lucrezia Russo, “Drawing Machines” and “Craft Code," 72 Assignments, The Foundation Course in Art and Design Today, Edited by Chloe Briggs, Published by PCA Press, 2013. Recent Press: WGN Radio “Extension 720”—Interview with Faheem Majeed and Andrew Schachman, 2019; WTTW TV “Chicago Tonight”, 2019, feature story on Cultural Transit Assembly, 2019; WBEZ FM—Radio segment and digital story [broadcast/online], 2019; Darcel Rocket, “Wonder what that four-faced object is outside your Green Line 'L' window? The Floating Museum’s latest art initiative,” Chicago Tribune, 2019; Lori Waxman, “Best visual art of 2018, from spaces big and small,” Chicago Tribune, 2018; Lori Waxman, “The Roundhouse is a stunner, and the art show is good too,” Chicago Tribune, Arts & Entertainment, 2017; “A Museum Floats Down the Chicago River,” Lucy Wang, Hyper-allergic, 2017; Chris Reeves, Considering Art’s Relationship to Site and Space, New City, Art In Profile, 10/1-15, 2016. Recent Awards: Chicago’s Visual Vanguard, New City, Art 50, August 2019; Field Foundation Grant to Floating Museum, 2019; Partner Organization, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Fieldwork, 2019; Indiana University, New Frontiers Grant to Floating Museum, 2018; Terra Foundation for American Art Grant to Floating Museum, 2018; Graham Foundation for Art and Architecture, to Fieldwork for "Park District," 2018; Cornell University, Clarence Stein Institute Grant to Fieldwork for "Lathrop," 2018; Distinguished Building, Honor Award, AIA Chicago, Garofalo Architects, for the Hyde Park Art Center, 2007.
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