26th ANNUAL NO DEAD ARTISTS
International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Art
August 31 – October 22, 2022
Pull Quote
...the enigmatic narratives of his work both frame and ambiguate the figures’ psychological states, revealing and celebrating their moments of vulnerable softness while also challenging the cultural dichotomy of our familiarity with the human body and the lingering taboo around the male form and homoeroticism.
Biography
Based in New York City, Chris Minard is a studio artist working in oil painting, mixed media drawing, and printmaking as well as an art director for film and television. He is also an adjunct professor at New York University where he teaches a graduate course in production design at the Tisch School of the Arts.
Artist Statement
Typically working in series by developing on a theme or title, Chris Minard’s work focuses on quiet moments or pauses between actions: realization, reflection, cautious voyeurism, allusive intimacy. Inspired by music, literature, queer histories and culture, along with a background in design for theater and film, the young men who populate his work are found amid natural environments and architecture defined by a bold color palette and classically informed composition. With a style fluctuating like memory between the clarity of tightly observed passages and the emotional inference of more lyrical representations, the enigmatic narratives of his work both frame and ambiguate the figures’ psychological states, revealing and celebrating their moments of vulnerable softness while also challenging the cultural dichotomy of our familiarity with the human body and the lingering taboo around the male form and homoeroticism.
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EDUCATION
2008 BFA, Savannah College of Art & Design
EXHIBTIONS
2022 “26th Annual No Dead Artists” group show, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, US, Aug. 31 –
Oct. 15
“Foyer Paintings pt. 2” Superfine! Art Fair, NYC, US, Sept. 15-18
“The Rise of Inside” group show, Eve Liebe Gallery, London, UK, May 24 – June 24
“Foyer Paintings pt. 1” Artexpo New York, NYC, US, April 7-10
2021 “The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea” Superfine! Art Fair, NYC, US, Sept. 16-19
2020 “The Mattachine” Superfine! Art Fair, NYC, US, May 5-9
PUBLICATIONS
2022 Studio Visit Magazine, volume 50
2021 My Gay Eye | Mein schwules Auge, issue #18 “Outdoors”
2021 Create! Magazine, issue #27