Images:
Title: Amalgamation Dimensions: 24 x 12 inches Medium: Oil on canvas
| Title: Begrudgingly Compliant Dimensions: 30 x 18 inches Medium: Oil on canvas
| Title: Ein Schlaues Ruse Dimensions: 36 x 14 inches Medium: Oil on canvas
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| Title: Thus Are Our Souls Constructed Dimensions: 8.5 x 32 inches Medium: Oil on maple skateboard deck
| Title: Round About Dusk Dimensions: 8.5 x 32 inches Medium: Oil on maple skateboard deck
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| Title: Persistence of Vision, a Parable Dimensions: 48 x 12 inches Medium: Oil on canvas
| Title: Vindictive Wish, a Curse in Disguise Dimensions: 36 x 10 inches Medium: Oil on canvas
| Title: Still Dimensions: 32 x 8.5 inches Medium: Oil on maple skateboard deck
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| ** Additional Works Available, please contact the gallery |
| Artist Statement: Amalgamation: A concoction of visual allegories inspired by Aesop’s Fables, Grimm’s Fairytales, and mythology. I am an incessant reader, forever searching out the connections between the histories and the people that I surround myself with. Recently introduced to the archetypes, I’ve found a bastion of inspiration in the likes of Aesop, the Brother’s Grimm and Homer. This idea of drawing connections from the past to my peers has appeared and reappeared arbitrarily throughout my painting career, but only recently have I dedicated an entire body of work to it. It’s sometimes macabre and mysterious, at other times light hearted or satirical, and my use of mark making and color acts as a binder for this allegorical and rather fluid collection of paintings. |
Biography:
Education
2001-2003 Master of Fine Arts degree in Painting from Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
1995-1999 Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Illustration from Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
1996 Apprenticeship in sign and street painting from Dowler Graphics, Cape Cod, MA
Selected Exhibitions
2009 Amalgamation, La Familia, Seattle, WA
2009 Gems presents: Chris Sheridan, Gems, Seattle, WA
2009 Color Theory # 1, Color Theory Collective, Fremont, WA
2008 Group Exhibition, Canvas Gallery; Seattle, WA
2008 One way of looking at it, a preview show at La Familia Gallery; Seattle, WA
2007 Tasting Room, Angle Gallery; Seattle, WA
2007 Collective Works, ArtEast, Up Front Gallery; Issaquah, WA
2007 Group Exhibition, Ace Studios gallery; Seattle, WA
2007 The Round, Freemont Abbey Arts Center; Seattle, WA
2007 Artifakt, The F-Stop; Seattle, WA
2007 Through the Looking Glass, ArtReach; Seattle, WA
2006 Consider This, See Sound Lounge, Seattle, WA
2006 Way Back When, Ace Studios Gallery, Seattle, WA
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