WELCOME ABOARD:

//---> I am a Chicago-based artist who creates kaleidoscopic textiles. Welcome to my world. <---\\\

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This website is a labyrinth, barely in order and living (!!). It’s best viewed on a desktop. Keep coming back.

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PINKIE THE FURLUFFALO, 2022.
Faux Fur, Foam, Vinyl.

A WORD ON MY ART PRACTICE:

I practice stitchwork and storytelling. I draw from a broad fiber lineage, combining traditional and experimental techniques—from embroidery and crazy quilting to DIY couture, puppet making, furrier work, and industrial sewing. My latest interest is in cross-stitch and embroidery.

My process is rooted in assemblage, where I collage contemporary and art historical embroidery patterns, piece faux fur abstractly, or collect pebbles along Lake Michigan. I incorporate found trinkets, such as nostalgic ‘90s beads or small dagger and cherub charms.

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Brain Rot Paradise
Embroidery Thread, Pleather, Velvet, Vinyl, Rhinestones
12 x 10 x 1 in
November 2025

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Brain Rot Paradise (details)
Embroidery Thread, Pleather, Velvet, Vinyl, Rhinestones
12 x 10 x 1 in
November 2025

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Brain Rot Paradise (detail)
Embroidery Thread, Pleather, Velvet, Vinyl, Rhinestones
12 x 10 x 1 in
November 2025

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Stones of Folly, 2024.
Series of sculptures inspired by the Renaissance-era “Stone of Madness” painting by Hiernonymous Bosch that depicted the contested belief that mental illness was cured by removal of stones, process similiar to trepanation, from one’s head.

Here I am performing as a “Pink Lady” for Bread & Puppet Theatre Company in Glover, Vermont. 2019.

SAY HI, LET’S COLLABORATE: CATIEBURRILL@GMAIL.COM

My dream car. 64’ El Camino.

Here’s an article about my work at Parlour & Ramp Gallery in Chicago.

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HORSE
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All Salvaged Materials: Bicycle Inner Tubes, Faux Fur, Purse, Frame.
25” x 36” x 4”
2025

Hot Girl Cross Stitch Pattern
January 2025
Stay tuned for pattern book

Monster’s Throne, 2024.

BABY PINKIE, 2023.
Found Materials: Remnants of Faux Fur, Old Mattress, Dead Woman’s Vinyl.

A miniature version of Pinkie, The Furluffalo. She lives in @SugarHighTide’s Tattoo Studio now.

Hot Girl (Cat/Cow) Cross Stitch Pattern
January 2025
Stay tuned for pattern book

PETTING ZOO. Relevant words from a participant’s tattoo, “don’t touch the art.” For this showing, I let viewers touch, pet, brush the artwork. TLDR; Many people felt taboo, soothing and adored sensations when they touched the artwork. The Other Art Fair, 2024.

PETTING ZOO. Viewers petting/brushing my artworks (a.k.a. furworks) at The Other Art Fair, 2024.

Fur Coat I stitched for Gracie Hagen.
I was inspired to make this coat by the Victorian Era Quilt Block known as the “CRAZY QUILT”

Click image for further details of my process and unique diy style of pattern making. 2023.

FLYIN HIGH BANNER.
Materials: Fabric, Fringe, Thread, Sequins, Velvet, 2019.

THE TRAVELING GHOST CAT, 2022.
ALL SALVAGED MATERIALS: FAUX FUR, BEDSHEET, VINYL.

Viewer’s hands (+nails+) with my green furwork, THE TRAVELING GHOST CAT, I loved how her look matched the fur ~~what a vibe~~ 2024.

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Hot Girl Cross Stitch Pattern
January 2025
Stay tuned for pattern book
Brain Rot Paradise (Sky Outline)
Embroidery Thread, Pleather, Velvet, Vinyl, Rhinestones
12 x 10 x 1 in
November 2025

FURGATE: Embrace the Worm

All Salvaged Materials: Faux Fur, Coat Hanger, Fashion Mannequin Prop, Foam Mattress
2024

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WHIRLWIND, 2024.
ALL SALVAGED MATERIALS: FAUX FUR, PLANT HOLDER, MATTRESS, VINYL.

Real Horse, Fake Fur. April fools 2024.

Dolphins & Daggers poppet, 2024.

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Mirror Mirror in My Hands├┬┴┬ W.I.P. of throne seat #1. Vinyl. 2024.

Still image from ‘Chasing That Bubble Essence of Glory on a Greyhound Bus’ short film, 2022.
“Please join me as I regale yee all with a tale from the roads of yesteryear, of a simpler time, about a young lass hightailing it on a greyhound bus somewhere out in the desert.”

Rollin’ Dirty Banner. Materials: Velvet, Fringe, Thread, Sequins, Rope, 2019.

STUDIO REMNANTS! Making a color palate for an ethereal alien puppet for Chicago Puppeteer, Kim Zyn. 2024.

Crazy Quilt Block Sample, 2022.

BULLS EYE: a soft boy gunslinger, 2024.
FOUND MATERIALS: FAUX FUR, MATTRESS, VINYL.

Hot Girl Cross Stitch Pattern
January 2025
Stay tuned for pattern book

A fun project I did with Dennissa Young where I taught her to make giant letters, “HAHA” out of leftover faux fur from the artist Nick Cave.

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Furworks (L to R): Bulls Eye, High Noon, Pinkie The Furluffalo, Furdangles #1-5, Whirlwind, THE TRAVELING GHOST CAT. The Other Art Fair, 2024.

Bird Slayer poppet #3, 2024.
Sometimes I make handheld dolls inspired by lore, animals, and litte guys.

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One of my furworks was in a noise band show at Purple Window Gallery. Chicago, IL. 2023. So sick.

Hot Girl Cross Stitch Pattern
January 2025
Stay tuned for pattern book

A preliminary sketch for the pattern of the fur coat I made for Gracie Hagen. I used a traditional Victorian era technique known as “crazy quilting” to develop my pagtt, 2023.

WHIRLWIIND, 2024.
FOUND MATERIALS: FAUX FUR, PLANT HOLDER, MATTRESS, VINYL.

I used to travel with a traditional three-ring circus. We lived and toured via a mile and a half long vintage post office train. This is a video I took sailing through the Mojave Desert ; my head hung out the windows of our swiftly sailing crazy train. 🕊️ 🌬️ 💨🕊️ 🌬️ 💨

I made a protest banner after Roe vs Wade was overturned in June of 2022 that got recognition on NPR Chicago. The banner’s materials: bedsheet, tyvek constrution sigh, iron on vinyl, machine sewn with thread. One more thing, Kavanaugh--you can still kiss my ass.

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FURGATE: EMBRACE THE WORM. 2024.
FOUND MATERIALS: FAUX FUR, COAT HOOK, MATTRESS.

//above// My work was featured in the School of the Art Institute’s 2023-2024 Student Employment Guide.

Clip Art Paradise, 2022. ༄

// above! // A real cowboy (!!!!!!!) petting Pinkie, The Furllufalo, at The Other Art Fair, 2024.

Come on down to the Petting Zoo. 500-1000 people got to pet the furs that weekend. Wish you coulda been there.

WHIRLWIND
Being brushed by viewer at The Other Art Fair, 2024.

LAKE MICHIGAN WATER MONSTER COSTUME, 2019.
Materials: Fabric, Polyfill, Paper Mache, Magnifying Sheet.

QUARANTINING IN A FURRY FACTORY, 2020.

All Salvaged Materials: Faux Fur, Foam and Vinyl.

SAYHELLO

Email:
CATIEBURRILL@GMAIL.COM
Instagram: @YESCATIE

Let’s send long winded emails and enjoy the computer together.
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(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ *:･ﾟ✧ ME IN MY STUDIO! In my favorite place and new world: Chicago Art Department. 2024.

Hot Girl Cross Stitch Pattern
January 2025
Stay tuned for pattern book

^^^ New finger tat: the sun on the horizon, 2024.

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