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CHRIS CRITES
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| 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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| 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 |
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| sans Silver Lining: Portraits of mushroom clouds and the men who made them June 2007, Victrola Coffee and Art, Seattle, WA |
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| BAD TIMES March 2007, Some Space Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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| San Francisco: 1940 - 1942 October 2006, Bluebottle Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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| I Was Proud of My Crime (Curated by Jess Van Nostrand) June 2006, Joe Bar, Seattle, WA |
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| Not Again: the 1980’s (the Decade that wouldn’t go away) February-March 2006, 20Twenty, Seattle, WA |
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| Criminally Vulgar September-November 2005, Kuhlman, Seattle, WA |
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| A Crime For Every Occasion June 2005, OKOK, Seattle, WA |
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| Count on Getting Caught (Curated by Jess Van Nostrand) September 2004, Joe Bar, Seattle, WA |
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| 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 |
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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 | |