41 art exhibitions, 33 group/juried; 8 solo, since December 2023
(see exhibition further down)
Water Street Studios 2024 - Present Gallery Manager 2025 - Present
Gallery Coordinator 2025
Resident Artist, 2024 - Present
School of Art Instructor, July 2024 – Present
St. Charles Arts Council, 2025 - Present
Digital Content & Marketing Manager, 2025 - Present
Social Media Coordinator, 2025
Caitlin Palagi Creations, LLC Independent Artist & Instructor, November 2023 – Present
Outdoor Mural Commission, Chicago Gaelic Park, Oak Forest, IL, 2024
Eight-piece Commission Project, McNally’s Pub, St. Charles, IL, 2024-2025
Art Connections, 2025- 2026
Instructor, Greencastle, North Aurora, 2025 – 2026
Art Connections, 2024 - 2026
Instructor, Holmstad Town Center & Park Manor, Batavia IL
CAPE, Chicago Arts Partnership in Education, 2024 - 2025
Visting Artist, Turner Elementary School, West Chicago
Waterstreet Studios, 2024 - Present, School of Art Instructor
St. Charles Arts Council Student Art Show Committee,
Committee Member, 2025 - Present
Waterstreet Studios Community Gallery Committee,
Committee Chair, 2026 - Present
Waterstreet Studios Gallery Committee,
Committee Member, Install Team, 2025 - Present
St. Charles Arts Council Plein Air Committee,
Committee Member, 2024 – Present
Pegasystems, 2016 - 2017
Account Executive, Enterprise
TIBCO Software
2015 - 2016
Account Executive, Enterprise
SAP, 2013 -2015
Account Executive, Enterprise (Life Sciences, Consumer Products, Wholesale Distribution)
Avenue M Group, LLC 2012 - 2013
Senior Market Research Analyst, 2013
Market Research Specialist, 2012-2013
Current Exhibits
17th Anniversary Show, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL
September 11th - October 3rd
Opening September 11th 6-9PM
A Quantum World, Fermilab Art Gallery, Batavia, IL
September 1, – November 30, 2026
Opening September 10th 3:30-5:00PM
Summer Vibes, Fulton Street Collective, Chicago, IL
August 7th - September 25th, 2026
Opening Friday, August 7th 6-10PM
Past Exhibits
In the Park, Pottawatomie Community Center, St. Charles, IL
Summer 2026
St. Charles Arts Council 2026 Member Exhibit, ARC Gallery, St. Charles, IL
April 28th - June 28th, 2026
Upcycled: Repurposed and Reimagined, The Art Center, Johns Creek, GA
April 20th - May 16th, 2026
2026 Members Show, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL
April 10th - May 2nd, 2026
All Things Ocean, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
April 2nd - 30th, 2026
Spring: Color, Movement, Growth, St. Charles Arts Council ARC Gallery, St. Charles, IL
March 13th - April 26th, 2026
Tiny Works, The Fulton Street Collective, Chicago, IL
December 12th, 2025 - January 3rd, 2026
Artists of Water Street, Water Street Studios Dempsey Gallery, Batavia, IL
December 12th, 2025 - January 3rd, 2026
Ten by Ten, Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago, IL
November 4th, 2025 - January 11th, 2026
Rhythm Vibes Exhibition, South Lake Artist Co-op, Crown Point, IN
September 19th – February 15th, 2026
Vicinity Juried Exhibition, Norris Cultural Arts Center, St. Charles, IL
September 13th - November 2nd, 2025
Rhythmic Vibes Juried Exhibition, St. Charles Arts Council ARC, St. Charles, IL
September 11th - November 16th, 2025
16th Anniversary Exhibition, Water Street Studios Dempsey Gallery & KC Magazine Gallery, Batavia, Il
September 12th - October 4th, 2025
SOL - An Art Show All About Our Sun, South Lake Artist Co-op, Highland, IN
August 1st - November 2025
SummerScape's Juried Exhibition, St. Charles Arts Council ARC, St. Charles, IL
July 11th - September 7th, 2025
Kaleidoscope of Color Juried Exhibition, St. Charles Arts Council ARC, St. Charles, IL
May 7th - July 7th, 2025
WSS Membership Show, Water Street Studios Dempsey Gallery, Batavia, IL
May 9th - June 7th, 2025
Tell Your Story, Geneva Public Library, Geneva, IL
January 30 - April 22, 2025
SCAC Member Exhibit, St. Charles Arts Council ARC, St. Charles, IL
February 23 - April 5th, 2025
Artful Antics Juried Exhibition, Norris Cultural Arts Center, St. Charles, IL
January 11- February 16th, 2025
Membership Show, Water Street Studios KC Magazine Gallery, Batavia, IL
December 13th - January 4th, 2024/5
Endeavor, Fox Valley Hands of Hope, Geneva, IL
October 12, 2024
Inspired! Yorkville Library and the Kendall Arts Guild, Yorkville, IL
October 2024
15th Anniversary Show, Water Street Studios Dempsey Gallery, Batavia, IL
September 13th - October 5th, 2024
Poetry of Place: Landscape & Sacred Space Juried Exhibition, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL
July 5th - August 2nd, 2024
Summer Memories, Water Street Studios Community Gallery, Batavia, IL
June 29th - August 25th, 2024
Telling Her Story, Water Street Studios Community Gallery, Batavia, IL
March 15th - June 16th, 2024
Hopes & Dreams, Water Street Studios Community Gallery, Batavia, IL
January 12th - March 2nd, 2024
Rebirth, Batavia Public Art Initiative, Batavia, IL
March 4th - March 31st, 2024
Small Wonders, Batavia Public Art Initiative, Batavia, IL
January - February 2024
Upcoming Exhibits
Loud, Gallery 7, Lockport, IL
September 2nd - 26th 2027
Opening Reception: Sunday, September 5th 1-3PM
Past Exhibits:
Hidden Reflections, Oak Park Library - Maze Branch, Oak Park, IL
August 2026
Rising Tides, Brother Chimp Brewing, North Aurora,
May 20th - July 27th, 2026
Artist Reception: June 22nd, 6p.m.
Spring Eternal, Holmstad Town Center Gallery, Batavia, IL
February - March 2026
Perpetual, Society 57, Aurora, IL
January 2, 2026 - March 2, 2026
Aurora First Fridays: February 6th 5-9P.M.
Dreams Awakened, Yorkville Public Library, Yorkville, IL
April 1, 2025 - May 31, 2025
Artist Talk: April 30th 5:30
Anticipation, A Journey to the Now, St. Charles Public Library, St. Charles, IL
December 29, 2024 - March 1, 2025
Artist Reception: January 12th
Anticipation, A Journey to the Now, Tinley Park Public Library, Tinley Park, IL
October 2 - December 27, 2024
St. Charles Arts Council Artist Coffee Talk, The Anxiety of Creating & Letting Go
Yorkville Public Library, Dreams awakened Exhibit
St. Charles Public Library, Anticipation Exhibit
Fox River Arts Ramble
Art Stop, Caitlin Palagi Creations
June 6, 2026
Christkindl Market, Preservation, Geneva, IL
December 8, 2025
Fox River Arts Ramble, Fox River Arts, Fox River Valley (Geneva, IL)
June 8, 2025
Fox River Arts Ramble, Fox River Arts, Fox River Valley (Geneva, IL)
June 8, 2024
Mindful Creativity, St. Charles Plein Air, 2025
Creator, Facilitator
Color Outside the Lines, Next Generation, 2025
Facilitator
Unmasked, Scarecrow Festival, St. Charles, IL, 2024
Collaboration with Growing Awareness Counseling
Mindful Creativity, St. Charles Plein Air, 2024
Collaboration with Growing Awareness Counseling, Facilitator
Art donations: Hoover Wood Elementary PTO, St. Charles Plein Air, SPSA, Water Street Studios
Boys and Girls Club of American National Art Competition, 2026
Congressional Art Competition, 2025
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