Chris Wright

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  Born 1969, Portland, Oregon
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

Education

1999 
M.F.A., Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York

1995 
B.F.A., Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon

Selected One Person Exhibitions

2010 
George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, California

2009 
George Billis Gallery, New York City

2008 
George Billis Gallery, New York City

2006 
President’s Office Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York

2005 
Chris Wright: New Paintings, Martin Art Gallery, Baker Center for the Arts, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania (Catalogue)

Selected Group Exhibitions

2010 
Sweetness and Light, Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts (Catalogue)

Gallery Artists: Selected Works, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, California

2009 
What’s The Rush? Topics on Convenience, Begovich Gallery, California State University, Fullerton, California (Catalogue)

Take Home A Nude: New York Academy of Art, Sotheby's, New York City

2008 
Neo-Realism, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, California

23rd Annual Gala & Benefit, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, Wyoming

2007 
AAF Contemporary Art Fair, George Billis Gallery, Metropolitan Pavilion & Altman Building, New York City

Baroque Revival, The Gallery at Tacoma Community College, Tacoma, Washington (Catalogue)

2005 
28th Small Works, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, New York City

2003 
Art History’s Heroes: The Masters of Contemporary Realism, Martin Art Gallery, Baker Center for the Arts, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania (Catalogue)

1999 
Miniatures for the Millennium, White Bird Gallery, Cannon Beach, Oregon 

1998 
Panopticon, Swiss Institute-Contemporary Art, New York City (Catalogue)

1997 
New York Area M.F.A. Exhibition, Co-Sponsored by the College Art Association, Hunter College / Times Square Gallery, New York City 

Awards

2009 
Pratt Institute Faculty Development Grant

Teaching

1999-Present 
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York

2010 
Pratt in Venice in collaboration with the Università Internazionale dell' Arte, and the Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy

2009-Present 
Educational Alliance, New York City

2002-04 
Parsons The New School for Design in collaboration with the Dahesh Museum of Art, New York City