EDUCATION

2020–22 MFA, Columbia College Chicago

with a studio emphasis in drawing and painting

2012–16 BFA, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design

Drawing Major and Art History Minor

none degree study

2018–19 Oil Painting Graduate Research, study with Professor

Akira Mori, Kanazawa College of Art, Kanazawa,

Japan

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023 Wishful Thinking, Lillstreet Art Center Annex Gallery,

Chicago, IL

2022 Alumni: Caitlyn Doran, Columbia College Chicago 623

S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL

2021 Caitlyn Rose Doran, Curio I, Columbia College Chicago

1104 S Wabash, Chicago, IL

2019 Facing the Little Things, Art Base Kanazawa, Kanazawa-

shi, Ishikawa-ken, Japan

2016 International Love Letter, ROZZ-TOX Gallery, Rock

Island, IL

GROUP AND COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITION EXPERIENCE

2023 Weisman Award Exhibition, Columbia College Chicago

Hokin Gallery, Chicago, IL

2022 Masters in Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Columbia

College Student Center Gallery, Chicago, IL

2021 Weisman Award Exhibition, Columbia College Chicago

Hokin Gallery, Chicago, IL

Porous Salon, Columbia College Chicago Porous

Gallery, Chicago, IL

Curated by Kelsey Bogdan and Ryan Lucas

2021 The Delta Mini Show, Subspace Gallery, Madison, WI

Curated by Stephen Perkins

Confronting Comfort, Columbia College Porous

Gallery, Chicago, IL

Art Connects: Spring Edition, Online, artconnects.net

Curated by the Art Connects Committee

Art on Lock Down, Quad Cities Art Center, Rock Island,

IL

Curated by Dawn Walford-Mathello

New Horizons Part II, Yoh Gallery, Chuo-ku, Tokyo

2020 New Horizons, Var West Gallery & Studios, Milwaukee,

WI

Silent Strength, Vacant Museum, vacantmuseum.com

2018 旅の始まり(Beginning of a Journey), Setagaya Art

Museum, Setagaya-shi, Tokyo, Japan

RESIDENCIES & AWARDS

2022 Oxbow School of Art, Winter Artist in Residence,

Saugatuck, MI

Lillstreet Art Center, Painting and Drawing Artist in

Residence, Chicago, IL

Albert P. Weisman Award

2021 Columbia College Summer Internship Award,

Chicago, IL

Luminarts Fellowship Award, Chicago, IL

Art Connects: Spring Edition Best in Show,

artconnects.net

Albert P. Weisman Award

2015 Jack’s Open Art Prize Finalist

Paul Delisle Figure Drawing Competition 2nd Place

Frederick Layton Academic Scholarship

2014 Paul Delisle Figure Drawing Competition 1st Place

2012 Figge Art Museum Brand Boeshaar Scholarship

MIAD Dean Recognition Scholarship

COLLECTIONS AND COMISSIONS

Private Collections, Chicago, IL

Public Mural: 1600 S State st. Columbia College Campus, Chicago, IL

Kanazawa College of Art student collection, Kanazawa-shi, Japan

Oomori Community Center Collection, Ota-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Private collection, Toyama-shi, Japan Private collections, Ota-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Private collection, Saitama, Japan

Public collection, Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory, Milwaukee, WI

Private collections, Quad Cities, IL/IA

Private collection, Portland, OR

Private collection, Madison, WI

Private collections, Milwaukee, WI

Private collection, Seattle, WA

PRESENTATIONS AND LECTURES

2023 Wishful Thinking: The Artist Talk with Caitlyn Doran,

Lillstreet Art Center, Rm 104, Chicago, IL

2021 Artist Guest Lecturer, Painting 2, Columbia College

Chicago, Chicago, IL

2017 Artist Guest Lecturer, Drawing 1, Columbia College

Chicago, Chicago, IL

Canvas Tokyo Artist Talk December Edition, Tokyo,

Japan

PRESS AND SELECT PUBLICATIONS

2021 River Cities’ Reader, November Issue, front pg and pg 9

HumankindZine Issue no.3,

https://issuu.com/humankindzine

2020 Create! Magazine August Issue, createmagazine.com

2018 Oume Weekly News Nishi no Kaze

2017 Lucky and Scary by Hannah Hallman (guest artist)

2016 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wednesday, July 22

Wisconsin Gazette, Kat Kneezers’

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Young and Erie Review

Friday, April 16

Generous Zine Issue no.1

Rottonvibez Zine Issue no.2

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2022– Drawing and Painting Instructor, Lillstreet Art Center,

Chicago, IL

2022– Community Schools Teaching Artist, Visual Art, Columbia

College Chicago

2021–22 Graduate Student Instructor of Record, Painting I,

Columbia College Chicago, IL

2018–20 Freelance English Language Tutor, Self-employed, Online

2016–18 Instructor/Clerical, Winbe English School, Ota-ku, Tokyo,

Japan

2015–16 Museum Docent, Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette

University, Milwaukee, WI

2012–13 Assistant Teacher, Creative Arts Academy of the Quad

Cities, Davenport, IA

GALLERY AND MUSEUM TECHNICIAN EXPERIENCE

2015–16 Preparator, Haggerty Museum of Art Marquette University,

Milwaukee, WI

2012 Gallery Assistant, Quad Cities Art Gallery, Davenport, IA

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

2020– College Art Association Membership

SERVICES TO THE FIELD

2021– College Art Association Council of Readers

2019 Interpreter, Osaka Social Services Exchange Committee,

Chicago, IL

LANGUAGES

Fluent in spoken and written Japanese with N2 test certification, elementary knowledge of Mandarin Chinese.