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Chris Crites 2000 - 2019 |
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Artist CV
| EDUCATION | |
| San Jose State University, San Jose, CA B.A. Art, General Studio Practice Magna cum laude |
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| College of San Mateo, San Mateo, CA A.A. Technical Arts/Graphics |
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| REPRESENTATION | |
| Jack Fischer Gallery | 311 Potrero Ave, San Francisco, CA 94103, 415.956.1178 |
| PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS | |
| Pratt Fine Art Center | Instructor - Teen drawing 2013 - present |
| Artist Trust | Member, August 2005 - Present. Auction committee 2008 - 2010 |
| Tacoma Art Museum | Workshop Leader, December 2013, July 2014, February 2015 |
| EXPERIENCE, AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES | |
| Artist Trust | 2013 Artist Trust Fellowship |
| Pratt Fine Art Center | 2013 Artist in Residency |
| Artist Trust | The EDGE Program, August 2006 Completion of professional development program. Auction committee 2008 - 2010. |
| PONCHO | 2008 IFA Artistic Merit Award |
| EXHIBITIONS | |
| Museum Shows | HEY! Modern art & pop culture Act III, Collective exhibition. Halle Saint Pierre Museum, September, 2015 – March, 2016, Paris, France |
| Solo Shows | AUSTRALIANS. July - August, 2018, GHOST Gallery, Seattle, WA |
| Terrible Horizons. June, 2016, Guest Shed Gallery, Seattle, WA | |
| Broken Word. September 2014, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA | |
| War. Always War. September 2011, Ampersand, Portland, OR | |
| Cold Comfort (Dual show),February 2011, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA | |
| Yard Waste and Toilet Paper. October 2010, Rock|DeMent Visual Art Space, Seattle, WA | |
| Arrested Moments. March 19 - April 9, 2010, 360SEE, Chicago, IL | |
| America. October 29 - November 30, 2009, Ampersand, Portland, OR | |
| Busted. October 13- November 16, 2009, PULP, Omaha, NE | |
| About: Face. June 22 - July 3, 2009, Roq la Rue, Seattle, WA | |
Pay To Play, February 2009, 360SEE, Chicago, IL |
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| GUN SHOW. June 2008, Roq la Rue, Seattle, WA | |
| BAD TIMES. March 2007, Some Space Gallery, Seattle, WA | |
| San Francisco: 1940 - 1942. October 2006, Bluebottle Gallery, Seattle, WA | |
| I Was Proud of My Crime (Curated by Jess Van Nostrand). June 2006, Joe Bar, Seattle, WA | |
| A Crime For Every Occasion. June 2005, OKOK, Seattle, WA | |
| Count on Getting Caught (Curated by Jess Van Nostrand). September 2004, Joe Bar, Seattle, WA | |
| Selected Group Shows | |
| 2016 | Terrible Horizons., June, 2016, Guest Shed Gallery, Seattle, WA |
| 2015 | Art on Paper (Jack Fischer Gallery), March, 2015, New Your, NY |
| 2013 | Bound Requiem, Last Rights Gallery, December, 2013, New York, NY |
| Affordable Art Fair (G. Gibson Gallery), November, 2013, Seattle, WA | |
| artMRKT Art Fair (with Jack Fischer Gallery), May, 2013, San Francisco, CA | |
| Game Change, April, 2013, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA | |
| Polari, April, 2013, True Love Gallery, Seattle, WA | |
| 2012 | Miami Project (art fair, with Jack Fischer Gallery), December, 2012, Miami, FL |
| PULL, July, 2012, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA | |
| artMRKT Art Fair (with Jack Fischer Gallery), May, 2012, San Francisco, CA | |
| Pulp, January, 2012, Northwinds Art Center, Port Townsend, WA | |
| 2011 | Texas Contemporary Art Fair (with Jack Fischer Gallery), October, 2011, Houston, TX |
| artMRKT Art Fair (with Jack Fischer Gallery), May, 2011, San Francisco, CA | |
| Transformation(s), March, 2011, SAM Gallery (Seattle Art Museum Gallery), Seattle, WA | |
| 2010 | A Morris Graves Centenary Exhibition & Séance (Co-curated with Charles Krafft, Larry Reid & Stephen Rock), Rock|DeMent Visual Art Space, Seattle, WA |
| Secret Drawings, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA | |
| Diverse Chorus (Curated by Kevin Taylor) SCOOP Contemporary, Charleston, SC | |
| San Francisco Fine Art Fair (With Jack Fischer Gallery), San Francisco, CA | |
| Partisan Exhibition (Part of Art Chicago, with Baer Ridgway Exhibitions), Chicago, IL | |
| 2009 | TwoThousandTen, Flatcolor Gallery, Seattle, WA |
| SEAF (Seattle Erotic Art Festival), Seattle Center Exhibition Center, Seattle, WA | |
| Dark Americana, Baer Ridgway Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA | |
| Introductions 2009, SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA | |
| 2008 | AQUA Art Fair, Aqua Hotel (during Art Basel Miami), Miami Beach, FL |
| Brad Benedict’s 20th Anniversary Sideshow “Moods for Moderns”, Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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| Red Dot Fair, (with Jack Fischer Gallery, SF, CA), New York, NY | |
| The Out of Towners, Bogda Gallery, Jacksonville, FL | |
| 2007 | Red Dot Fair, (with Jack Fischer Gallery, SF, CA), Miami Beach, FL |
| What A Fun Guy - the Mushroom Show, Bird and Bear Gallery, Lauderhill, FL | |
| Lowbrow on the High Seas, JEM Gallery, Vancouver, Canada | |
| Sex & Science, Bird and Bear Gallery, Lauderhill, FL | |
| The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, Corridor Gallery, Gallery OK, Mnemonic Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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| 9th and Liberty, Jacksonville, FL | |
| Everything But The Kitschen Sync, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
| 2007 Seattle Erotic Art Festival, The Fenix, Seattle, WA | |
| Big Bully, 20Twenty, Seattle, WA | |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
| HEY! Modern art & pop culture Act III, Museum exhibition catalog (Paris, France), 2015 | |
| the Stranger, weekly paper, cover, September 2014 | |
| Austin, Charlotte and Thompson, Siolo, The Better Bombshell, Wolfram Productions 2012, p. 46-47 | |
| HEY!, magazine, 6 page spread and interview, Paris, France, Winter 2012 | |
| Mugshots, art book, Ampersand Gallery & Fine Books, Fall 2011 | |
| Barrelhouse, journal, front and back cover art, Issue 10, Fall 2011 | |
| ARTWORKS, magazine, 4 pages with interview by Kiera Scholten, Spring 2010 | |
| Redefine magazine, 4 pages with interview by Vivian Hua, January-February 2010 | |
| Saylor, Harry, Edgy Cute From Neo-Pop to Low Brow and Back Again, Mark Batty Publisher 2009, p. 120-123 | |
| Art Access, magazine - cover and article, June 2009 | |
| the Stranger, weekly paper - cover, March 2009 | |
| Seattle, magazine, page 73, February 2009 | |
| the Stranger, weekly paper - cover, November 2008 | |
| COLLECTIONS | |
| Works held in private collections in Canada, The United States, The United Kingdom and Sweden. | |