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Chris Crites
2000 - 2008
 
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Artist Resume

EDUCATION  
   
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
B.A. Art, General Studio Practice
Magna cum laude
   
College of San Mateo, San Mateo, CA
A.A. Technical Arts/Graphics
   
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
   
Artist Trust Member, August 2005 - Present
   
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND AWARDS
   
PONCHO 2008 IFA Artistic Merit Award
   
Joe Bar Curator, January 2007 - Present
Schedule and plan monthly art shows. Coordinate press releases, promotion, hang artwork and manage show openings.
   
Visualcodec.com Visual Listings Editor, May 2006 - January 2007
Monthly compilation of visual art exhibitions in Vancouver, BC, Seattle, WA and Portland, OR for online publication.
   
Artist Trust The EDGE Program, August 2006
Completion of professional development program.
   
ToST Lounge Curator, September 2005 - June 2006
Plan and present art show ideas to owner, coordinate press releases, hang artwork and manage show openings.
   
The Vera Project VERA Art Space Curator and
Gallery Committee Chairman, March 2005 - March 2006
Conduct monthly meetings, plan and schedule art shows of various media, coordinate press releases, hang artwork and manage show openings.
   
EXHIBITIONS  
   
Solo Shows GUN SHOW
June 2008, Roq la Rue, Seattle, WA
   
  February 2008, Paper Boat Boutique & Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
   
  San Francisco: 1940’s (Curated by Jes Muse)
October-November 2007, The Salon, San Francisco, CA
   
  sans Silver Lining: Portraits of mushroom clouds and the men who made them
June 2007, Victrola Coffee and Art, 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
   
  Not Again: the 1980’s (the Decade that wouldn’t go away)
February-March 2006, 20Twenty, Seattle, WA
   
  Criminally Vulgar
September-November 2005, Kuhlman, 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
   
Group Shows  
2008 Brad Benedict’s 20th Anniversary Sideshow “Moods for Moderns”,
Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
   
  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
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  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
   
  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