Caroline Chidester
Education
2021 BFA- School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2016 Cleveland Institute of Art, Department of Photography (Pre-College Program), Cleveland, OH
Group Exhibitions and Events
2026 Story Garden Booth, Columbus Book Festival, Columbus, OH (forthcoming)
Story Garden Booth, Origins Game Fair, Columbus, OH (forthcoming)
2025 Story Garden Booth, Columbus Book Festival, Columbus, OH
Story Garden Booth, Origins Game Fair, Columbus, OH
Story Garden Booth, Imaginarium Book Festival, Washington, DC
2024 Story Garden Booth, Ohio Renaissance Festival, Harveysburg, OH
Story Garden Booth, Columbus Book Festival, Columbus, OH
2023 Realized Utopias (curation assistance), Cube 4 Gallery, Athens, OH
2022 HOME, State Street Gallery, Athens, OH
2021 BFA Show, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2019 Showcase Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2018 ArtBash, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Chicago Art Book Fair, Chicago, IL
2017 YOUTH Exhibition, The Vanderelli Room Gallery, Columbus, OH
Outside the Box Exhibition, Arlington Hall Gallery, Columbus, OH
Wes Blizzard Visual Art Invitational, OPERS Hall, Columbus, OH
Scholastic Regional Exhibition, Acock Gallery, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH
Ohio Governor’s Art Exhibition, James A. Rhodes Tower, Columbus, OH
2016 Art.Write.Now National Exhibition, The New School, New York, NY
Scholastic Regional Exhibition, Acock Gallery, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH
Ohio Governor’s Art Exhibition, James A. Rhodes Tower, Columbus, OH
Pre-College Exhibition, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Publications
2026 Inside a Dreaming Box, Story Garden Publishing. —plotting and editing assistance
2025 The Scales of the Sea, Story Garden Publishing. —plotting and editing assistance
Upon A Winter’s Curse, Story Garden Publishing. —plotting and editing assistance
The Water Beneath, Story Garden Publishing. —plotting and editing assistance
2024 Under an Emerald Spell, Story Garden Publishing. —plotting and editing assistance
A Violet Shade of Red, Story Garden Publishing. —plotting and editing assistance
Into A Wicked World, Story Garden Publishing. —plotting and editing assistance
Modern Myth Middle School, Story Garden Publishing. —plotting, writing, and editing
A Promise of Tides, Story Garden Publishing. —plotting and editing assistance
2023 Through an Emerald Gale, Story Garden Publishing. —plotting and editing assistance
Gold Dragon and the Pauper’s Christmas, Story Garden Publishing. —plotting and editing
assistance
2022 Red King, self-published. —wrote, edited, and published
2020 School of the Art Institute, Photo Catalogue. —photographs featured
2019 Where are you Little Birdie, self-published. —wrote and curated
Road Narrows, self-published. —wrote, photographs featured, and curated
School of the Art Institute, Photo Catalogue. —photographs featured
2018 First Collection. —photographs featured
2017 A Colorless State, self-published. —wrote and curated
Yearbook, Scholastic Art and Writing. —photographs featured
Arlingtonian Magazine. —wrote and edited multiple articles, photographs featured
BARE Literary Arts Magazine. —juror for art and writing submissions and curated
2016 Arlingtonian Magazine. —wrote and edited multiple articles, photographs featured
BARE Literary Arts Magazine. —juror for art and writing submissions and curated
2015 BARE Literary Arts Magazine. —juror for art and writing submissions and curated
Awards/ Honors
2021 SAIC Competitive Excellence Award
2020 SAIC Competitive Excellence Award
2018 National Art Honor Society Sustaining Member
SAIC Competitive Excellence Award
2017 National American Visions Award for Scholastic Art and Writing
Pat Hamilton Memorial Fund recipient
SAIC Competitive Excellence Award
Regional Award, The Ohio Governor's Youth Art Exhibition
State Award, The Ohio Governor's Youth Art Exhibition
2016 Regional Gold Key, Scholastic Art and Writing Award
Regional Award, The Ohio Governor's Youth Art Exhibition
Professional Experience
2023-Pres Executive Assistant / Story Production Director, Story Garden Publishing, Columbus, OH
2019-Pres Freelance Marketing, Chidester Communications, Columbus, OH
2017-Pres Freelance Writer / Photographer, Columbus, OH / Chicago, IL
2016-2017 Intern/Curator, The Vanderelli Room Gallery, Columbus, OH
2015-2017 Design Editor, BARE Literary Arts Magazine, Columbus, OH
2016-2017 Managing Editor / Writer, Arlingtonian Magazine, Columbus OH
2015-2016 Arts Editor, Arlingtonian Magazine, Columbus, OH