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BIOGRAPHY
Currently lives in the West Village and maintains his art studio in Bushwick.
Born: Washington, D.C., June 1970; began studying painting in 1994 (also studied classical piano for 13 years and voice for four.)
Relocated west to San Francisco, California in the fall of 1999 and enjoyed a prolific exhibition schedule in San Francisco, Berkeley, Los Angeles, and Oakland 2000-2006.
Relocated from San Francisco, CA to the West Village neighborhood of Manhattan April 2007 to pursue the next stage of his career through establishing his art practice within New York’s Visual Arts Community.
BODIES OF WORK // 1994-2012
Linear Anagram, 2011
New Work (Corporation), 2006
Vigil (A Day Without Art), 2005
I Am Too___To Be The Demographic, 2005
Coma State (The Long Unpleasant Dream), 2005
Unbridled!, 2004
Sacred Impiety, 2002
Ecdysis, 2001
Portraits Of Narcissism, 2000
Primer (Early Studio Work), 1994-1997
IDEA LAB // NEW WORK IN DEVELOPMENT
Power Symbols (BWGG+R), Est 2012-2013
SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Christopher Stout has participated in 57 gallery, studio, and museum performance/exhibitions, with 9 solos (All in Northern California) and 10 completed bodies of work,in San Francisco, Oakland, and Los Angeles, California and New York, New York.
Founding member and Lead Staff Writer for San Francisco Art Magazine, 2001-2002 with 30 published articles documenting emerging artists in San Francisco and 2 academic reprints by Brown Reference Group. He also served on the Creative Board of SFAM from 2004-2008.
Program Director of the Visual Arts Program at a large not for profit gallery in San Francisco, 2002-2003.
Christopher holds collectors and work in 23 of the continental 48 states.
NEW YORK VOLUNTEER COMMITMENTS, 2007-2011
Special events volunteer at Chelsea Art Museum, 556 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011, 2007
Gallery Volunteer and Administrator of Special Projects at Daneyal Mahmood Gallery, 511 West 25th Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10001, June 2009-January2010.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I deconstruct my work with the same criteria that I utilize to evaluate most contemporary art… its standing based on a relation to the record of art history, its currency, and its intent.
In terms of lineage, my work certainly crosses different visual disciplines, and can attribute mentorship from the textured and sculptural qualities inherent in the paintings of Jean Dubuffet. Its abstract minimalism can be traced to other modern masters such as Frank Stella, Robert Ryman, and the reductive paintings of Ad Reinhardt, and its construct can claim roots in the Italian artists of the Arte Povera movement.
In terms of the works currency and intent, it is my intent and hope that my work be perceived as being about the truth. I would gauge my art to be most successful when it influences people to think, reflect, and meditate about the truth, about themselves, and their lives, and how to evolve themselves as human beings.
Christopher Stout, Abstract Artist, New York |
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