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Christopher GanzSelf Check-Out - Several Self Portraits in the Chaos of a Big Box Store, Framed2005
2005
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About the Item
-ARTIST STATEMENT-
I depict my person in multiplicity with different selves representing dramatis
personae. My likeness is both implicit and symbolic in the portrayal of my
narrative; the drama involved in creating art and the artist’s role in society. I
use realism to invite the viewer into mysterious inner worlds that are layered
reflections of the outer. Dehumanizing environments are imbued with art
historical references as a critique of power structures. The artist is an
Everyman who is at odds with society and his self.
Visually my work is a celebration of society’s dark undercurrents and its
overlooked absurdities. I use charcoal and printmaking media as their
tenebrous values add a fitting metaphor. The nuances of light and shadow
seduce viewers into a world their better judgment would have them avoid.
This provokes a sense of disquietude that causes viewers to assess our world
through the austerity of a colorless, yet not humorless, light.
-BIO-
Christopher Ganz grew up in Northeast Ohio and from early on had a fertile imagination and an interest in art. Christopher's artistic education truly began at the University of Missouri, where his love of the human form led to many figure drawing classes and his exposure to the wonders of printmaking. Christopher's then went onto graduate school at Indiana University and a summer abroad program in Italy was a dream realized. Christopher then grasped charcoal with a renewed vigor and large, sfumato-laden drawings ensued. Christopher's artistic influences are many; from a seminal exposure to Dore's engravings of the Divine Comedy, to Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Goya, and up to Lucian Freud, Mark Tansey, and Michael Mazur. Christopher is now an associate professor of printmaking and drawing at Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne. Christopher drawings are represented by Ann Nathan Gallery in Chicago, and he shows his prints across the nation.
-CV-
EDUCATION
MFA 2001 Printmaking Indiana University-Bloomington
BFA 1995 Drawing and Printmaking University of Missouri-Columbia
TEACHING/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2002-13 Associate Professor, Printmaking and Drawing
Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW), Fort Wayne, IN
2002 Adjunct Professor: Lithography (instructor of record)
Indiana University-Bloomington
1998-00 Associate Instructor: Beginning Drawing (instructor of record)
Indiana University-Bloomington
1998 Artist’s Assistant, Assisted Distinguished Professor Emeritus Rudy Pozzatti in
the production of an intaglio edition, Bloomington, IN
SOLO OR SMALL GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 Multiplicities: Drawings and Prints by Christopher Ganz, Franklin College, Franklin, IN
Feb. 5 – Feb. 21
2012 Dramatis Personae: Drawings and Prints by Christopher Ganz,
University of South Carolina-Columbia, Jan 16. – Feb. 16, 2012
2011 Christopher Ganz; Prints and Drawing
Hendrix College, Hendrix, Arkansas, March 5 - 18
2009 Fall Season Exhibition, six drawings displayed
Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago. Oct 16 – Nov. 24
South Bend Museum of Art Biennial 25 - regional juried exhibition for artists in all media,
six large drawings displayed; 14 artists selected from over 200 submissions; May 30-Aug. 23
Juror: William Lieberman, Director of Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago
2007 Christopher Ganz: Drawings, The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center
Covington, KY, March 9 - April 6
Alter Egos: Drawings and Prints by Christopher Ganz
Trisolini Gallery, Ohio University, Athens, OH, Jan. 9 - Feb.17
2005 The Two-Way Mirror: Self - Portraits by Christopher Ganz
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN, Aug.20 - Oct. 23
2004 Works on Paper: Christopher Ganz and Paul Schumann
Robert E. Wilson Gallery, Huntington College, Huntington, IN, Sept. 2 - 25
2002 Images by Christopher Ganz - Visual Arts Gallery
Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN, Sept. 3 – Oct. 11
2001 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition - School of Fine Arts Gallery
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, March 27 - April 7
SELECTED ADJUDICATED OR INVITATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012
International Expositions of Sculpture Objects and Functional Art (SOFA) Chicago, Drawing,
“The Initiation” on display in Ann Nathan Gallery space, Nov. 2-4
Reverse Watching, Invitational Print Portfolio
Monoprint, “The Mind’s Eye" displayed at Mid America Print Council’s National
Conference, Southeast Missouri State, Cape Girardeau, MO, Nov. 1 – 3
Contemporary American Realism: Fort Wayne Museum of Art 2012 National
Biennial, Fort Wayne, IN, Aug.11-Oct. 28
32nd Annual National Print Exhibition at Artlink - National Juried Exhibition
Artlink Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN, April 13 – May 23
Juror: Ladislav Hanka, internationally exhibiting printmaker
International Expositions of Sculpture Objects and Functional Art (SOFA) New York, Park
Avenue Armory, Drawing, “The Enigma” on display in Ann Nathan Gallery space, April
20-23
Spring Group Show, drawings, “Checking Out” and “The Enigma” displayed, April – May 2
Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago
2011
Prints U.S.A. 2011 – National Juried Exhibition
Springfield Art Museum, Missouri, Nov. 18 – Jan. 8
Juror: Elizabeth Wyckoff, Curator of Prints, Drawings & Photographs, St. Louis Art Museum
International expositions of Sculpture Objects and Functional Art (SOFA) New York,
Park Avenue Armory, Drawing, Checking Out on display in Ann Nathan Gallery
space, April 14-17
2010
Contemporary American Realism: Fort Wayne Museum of Art 2010 National
Biennial, Fort Wayne, IN, Sept. 3 – Nov. 7; two pieces accepted
Cultural Baggage, Invitational Print Portfolio
Intaglio print, Super-Heroes go to Hell, after Dore’ displayed at Mid America Print
Council’s National Conference, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN, Chicago, Oct.
13-16
Art Chicago: International Fair of Contemporary and Modern Art
Drawing, The Cyclops on display in Ann Nathan Gallery space, April 29 - May 2
30th Annual National Print Exhibition at Artlink - National Juried Exhibition
Artlink Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN, April 16 – May 26
Juror: Claudia Berlinski, Senior Lecturer of Printmaking at Akron University, Akron, OH
2009
Are you looking at me? Invitational Print Portfolio
Color lithograph, Open and Shut, displayed at IMPACT 6: International Print Conference
Centre for Fine Print Research, University of the West of England, Bristol, Sept. 16 – 19
Art Chicago: International Fair of Contemporary and Modern Art
Drawing, Self-Checkout on display in Ann Nathan Gallery space, May 1 – 4
Identification Please, Invitational Print Portfolio
Intaglio print, Good Cop/Bad Cop displayed at Southern Graphics Council National
Conference, Columbia College, Chicago, March 25 – 29
Boston Printmakers 2009 North American Print Biennial – National juried
printmaking exhibition
Juror: Rebecca Waddell, Curator of Prints at the New York Public Library
Boston University’s 808 Gallery, Boston, MA, Feb. 15 – March 30
22nd Parkside National Small Print Exhibition - National Juried Exhibition
University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI, Jan.18 - Feb. 19
Juror: Professor of printmaking at the University of Wisconsin - Parkside
Portraits and Beyond, Ann Nathan Galley, Chicago, IL, Jan. 9 - Feb 19 2008 Contemporary American Realism: Fort Wayne Museum of Art 2008 National
Biennial, Fort Wayne, IN, Sept13 – Nov. 2; two pieces accepted
28th Annual National Print Exhibition at Artlink - National Juried Exhibition
2008
Artlink Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN, April 11 – May 21
Juror: Mark Pascale, Printmaking Faculty, School of the Art Institute of Chicago and
Curator of Prints and Drawing, Art Institute of Chicago
“No Danger” - Invitational Portfolio
Folded paper airplane lithograph, “The Dream of Flight” displayed at Richmond
International Airport as part of the Southern Graphics Council National Conference
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, March 26 – April 26
21st Parkside National Small Print Exhibition - National Juried Exhibition
University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI, Jan.20 - Feb. 21
Juror: Karla Hackenmiller, Printmaking Chair and Associate Professor, School of Fine
Arts, Ohio University
2007
Singularities – Invitational group exhibit
Joan Resnikoff Gallery, Roxbury Community College, Boston, MA
Nov. 2 – Dec. 17
Hong Kong Graphics Art Festival 2007: Crossing Boundaries - Invitational
international printmaking exchange exhibition
School of Design Gallery, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong,
China, Nov. 1 – Nov. 16
27th Annual National Print Exhibition at Artlink - National Juried Exhibition
Artlink Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN, May 26 - July 5; two pieces accepted
Award Selector: Brett Colley, Assistant Professor of Art and Design, Grand Valley
State University
Boston Printmakers 2007 North American Print Biennial – National juried
printmaking exhibition
Boston University’s 808 Gallery, Boston, MA, Feb. 18 - April 1
Juror: Judith B. Hecker, Assistant Curator, Department of Prints and Illustrated Books,
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
2006
The Printed Image: The First Biennial Midwestern Graphics Juried Exhibition
National Juried Printmaking Exhibition
Alice C. Sabatini Gallery, Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, Topeka, KS
Aug. 11 - Sept 15
Juror: Karen Kunc, Professor of Printmaking/Book Arts, University of Nebraska- Lincoln
2006 National Contemporary American Realism: Fort Wayne Museum of Art's 2006
Biennial, Fort Wayne, IN, June 10 - Aug. 20; two pieces accepted
26th Annual National Print Exhibition at Artlink - National Juried Exhibition
Artlink Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN, May 26 - July 5; two pieces accepted
Award Selector: Carolyn Autry, artist and Associate Professor of Art and Art History
at the University of Toledo
19th University of Dallas Print Invitational - Traveling national invitational exhibition
Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving TX, Jan. 28 – March 6 three pieces accepted
Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, TX, Feb. 1 – March 9, 2007
Juror: Juergen Strunck, Professor of Art, University of Dallas
A Mammalian Future? - Invitational Portfolio
Intaglio print Jonas Ark displayed at Southern Graphics Council National Conference
University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Madison, April 5 – 9
Paper in Particular - National Juried works on paper exhibition
Larson Gallery, Columbia College, Columbia, MO, Feb. 5 - March 5; two pieces
accepted. Juror: David Morrison, Professor of Printmaking, Herron School of Art and
Design, Indianapolis, IN
19th Parkside National SmallPrint Exhibition - National Juried Exhibition
University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI, Jan.15 - Feb. 16
Juror: Rudy Pozzatti, Professor Emeritus, Indiana University - Bloomington
2005
18th Parkside National Small Print Exhibition - National Juried Exhibition
University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI, Jan.14 - Feb. 22
Juror: Karen Kunc, Professor of Printmaking/Book Arts, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2004
Exchange! A Survey of International and National Exchange Print Portfolios
Visual and Performing Arts Center, Main Gallery, Purdue University, Feb. 1 - 15
Juror: Kathryn Reeves, P rofessor of Art, Purdue University
2003
23rd Annual National Print Exhibition at Artlink - National Juried Exhibition
Artlink Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN, May 16 - July 2, 2003
Border to Border – National Juried Drawing Exhibition
Trahern Gallery, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN, March 3 - 30
Juror: Jim Cantrell, independent studio artist, Bardstown, KY
On/Of Paper – National Juried Exhibition
Clyde Snook Gallery, Adams State College, Alamosa, CO, March 3 - April 11
Juror: Dale Leys, Professor of Drawing, Murray State University, Murray, KY
Emerging Artists 2003 – National Juried Exhibition
Limner Gallery, New York, NY, Feb.12 – March 1
Jurors: Tim Slowinski, Limner Gallery Director; Richard Pantell, instructor at the
Art Students League, New York City
2001
Delta National Small Print Exhibition – National Juried Exhibition
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR, Oct. 29 - Nov. 30
Juror: Daniel Piersol, The Doris Stone Curator of Prints and Drawings,
The New Orleans Museum of Art
16th Parkside National Small Print Exhibition - National Juried Exhibition
University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI, Jan.14 - Feb. 22; two pieces accepted
Juror: Mark Pascale, Printmaking Faculty, School of the Art Institute of Chicago and
Curator of Prints and Drawing, Art Institute of Chicago
AWARDS/GRANTS
2013 Southern Graphics Council International, Professional Exchange Print Award for the 2013
National Conference, Milwaukee, WI
2010 Grand Prize, Contemporary Realism: Fort Wayne Museum of Art's 2010 National Biennial,
Fort Wayne, IN, Award Selector: Dr. Theresa Leininger-Miller, Associate Professor of Art
History at the University of Cincinnati
2009 Best in Show, South Bend Museum of Art Biennial 25
Patron's Purchase, Boston Printmakers 2009 North American Print Biennial
2008 Grand Prize, Contemporary Realism: Fort Wayne Museum of Art's 2008 National Biennial,
Fort Wayne, IN, Award Selector: Carl Little, art historian, writer and critic
Juror's Award, 28th Annual National Print Exhibition at Artlink, Fort Wayne, IN
2007 Juror's Award, 27th Annual National Print Exhibition at Artlink, Fort Wayne, IN
2006 Faculty Development Grant, Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne
Christopher Ganz - Vitae 5/6
2006 Juror's Award, 26th Annual National Print Exhibition at Artlink, Fort Wayne, IN
Excellence in Teaching Award, School of Visual and Performing Arts, Indiana-Purdue
University Fort Wayne
2005 Faculty Development Grant, Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne
- Creator:Christopher Ganz (1971, American)
- Creation Year:2005
- Dimensions:Height: 11 in (27.94 cm)Width: 15 in (38.1 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Chicago, IL
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Christopher Ganz
Christopher Ganz was born in Illinois in 1971 and has studied at Franklin College, Indiana.
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By David Becker
Located in Chicago, IL
"Descriptions I have heard or read of my work, most of which either delight or offend me, are: allegorical, apocalyptic, provocative, prophetic, dream-like, surreal, fantastic, weird, frightening, disturbing, demanding, despairing, disgusting, irrelevant, inspiring, old, new-old, fascinating, morbid, medieval, bizarre, cathartic, mystery-plays (I like that), and well drawn." - David Becker
David Becker
Day of the Painter
graphite on paper
22h x 34w in
55.88h x 86.36w cm
DB0017
David Becker
Exhibitions
2017 Coming Attractions, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
2012 Eye Teeth Group Show, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI
2011 Art Chicago 2011, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
2010 Art Chicago 2010, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
2009 David Becker Retrospective, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Art Chicago 2009, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
The 184th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, National Academy Museum, NYC
Selections, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008 Art Chicago 2008, Represented by Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
2007 Unruly Muse, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
SOFA NY (Sculptural Objects Functional Art), Ann Nathan Gallery, 7th Regiment Armory, NY, NY
Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 Palm Beach³, Ann Nathan Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
2005 SOFA NY (Sculptural Objects Functional Art), Ann Nathan Gallery, 7th Regiment Armory, NY, NY
Art Chicago in the Park, Butler Field, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Palm Beach³, Ann Nathan Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
2004 Contemporary Prints: National Academy Museum Collection, National Academy of Design, NYC
Art Chicago 2004, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Fantastic & Visionary Art, touring exhibit: Orange, Manning, Riddoch, & Ballart Gallery, Australia
Return of the Men, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2003 Art Chicago 2003, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Fantastic & Visionary Art, touring exhibit: Orange Regional Gallery, New South Wales, Australia
National Academy of Design 178th Annual Exhibition, NY, NY
2002 Art Chicago 2002, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Art of the 20th Century, Ann Nathan Gallery, Park Ave. Armory, NY, NY
Outsider Art Fair, The Puck Building @ Houston & Lafayette Sts., NYC
Self and Other Portraits, Wisconsin Artists, Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Return of the Men, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2001 Beyond the 50's, May 4 - July 1, Exhibit A, A Gallery of Art & Design, Birmingham, Michigan
Outsider Art Fair, January 26-28, The Puck Building @ Houston & Lafayette Sts., NYC
"FANTASTIC ART", April/May, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange NSW, Australia.
David Becker: Etchings and Engravings, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, solo exhibition of prints, February.
2000 Four person exhibition, Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia, Oct. 31 - Nov. 27, 2000.
1999 National Academy 174th Annual Exhibition, NY
University of Wisconsin-Madison Faculty, Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, WI
Treasures Revealed: 19th and 20th Century American Works on Paper, National Academy, NY
1995 Bharat Bhavan International Biennial of Prints, Bhopal, India
Contemporary Prints, Selections from John Szoke Gallery, NYC, Drew University, Madison, NJ
Collection Update, 1994, National Academy of Design Museum, NY
1994 David Becker and Robert Sholties, Peconic Gallery, Suffolk Community College, Riverhead, NY
In Black and White: Works by Four Printmakers, Atrium Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs
Aesthetics of Athletics: Sports, Games, and Exercise, Charles A. Wustum Musem, Racine, WI
GMI IX Award Winners, Art Center Gallery, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg
1993 Take Home a Nude benefit auction, NY Academy of Art Graduate School Of Figurative Art, NY
1993 American Prints: Last Half 20th Century, Jane Haslem Gallery, Washingtion, DC
Outstanding American Prints, Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha,WI
National Academy of Design 168th Annual Exhibition, NY
David Becker: Etchings, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
Portraits, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
1992 The Print Fair, 7th Regiment Armory, NY
1991 166th Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, NY
Alma College Collection, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
Modes of Expression, Potsdam College, SUNY, Potsdam, NY
1990 With Nothing On, Prints and Drawings of the Nude, New Orleans Museum of Art, LA
Prints by Printmakers, Staller Art Center, SUNY-Stonybrook, NY
Publications/Reviews
2007 November 60 Years of North American Prints: 1947-2007, Boston U. Art Gallery, Boston, MA
2003 July 11 Isthmus, Madison, “Welcome to My Nightmare,” by Robert Cozzolino.
2001 March 14 The Wall Street Journal, "Time Off: A Week of Diversions."
Review of Progressive Printmakers (LVM) exhibition.
2001 February Isthmus, Madison, "America's Printland," by Jennifer Smith.
2001 February Capital Times, "The Crowned Prints," by Kevin Lynch.
1999 July Progressive Printmakers: Wisconsin Artists & the Print Renaissance.
1995 – 1999 Who’s Who in America.
1993 Summer The Journal of the Print World, review.
March 14 The New York Times, review.
March 12 The Daily Oklahoman, review.
1990 Dec. 13 The Capital Times, review.
April 28 The Washingtion Post, review.
March 25 The New York Times, review.
Summer The Journal of the Print World, review.
Selected Collections
- additional collections available on request Arkansas Arts Center Foundation, Little Rock, AR
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Brooklyn Museum, NYC
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI
Elvehjem Museum of Art, U of Wisconsin-Madison
Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Metropolitan Museum, Miami, FL
Museo de Arte Moderno, Cali, Columbia
National Academy, NY, NY
National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC
New York Public Library, NY
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, MA
United States Information Agency, Prague, Czech.
Alberta College of Art, Alberta, Canada
Albion College, Albion, MI
Alma College, Alma, MI
Art Center, South Bend, IN
AT&T Corporate HQ, Plainfield, NJ
Boston Printmakers, Boston, MA
Bradley University, Peoria, IL
Columbia Green Community College, Hudson, NY
Columbus State University, Columbus, GA
Davidson College, Davidson, NC
Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA
Georgia State University – Atlanta
Hope College, Holland, MI
Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
Marui Imai Inc., Sapporo, Japan
Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, WI
Minot Art Association, Minot, ND
North Carolina Print/Drawing Society, Charlotte, NC
North Texas State University – Denton
Ohio University – Athens
Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma State University, OK
Quad Graphics, Milwaukee, WI
Silvermine Guild of Arts, New Canaan, CT
Springfield College, Springfield, MA
St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
State University of New York – Fredonia
State University of New York – Potsdam
Trenton State College, Trenton, NJ
University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
University of Colorado-Boulder
University of Dallas, TX
University of Louisville, Louisville, KN
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
University of North Dakota – Grand Forks
University of South Dakota – Vermillion
University of Tennessee – Knoxville
West Chester State College, West Chester, PA
Western Kentucky University – Bowling Green
Private Collections
Carla Leighton, New York, NY
Marc Hauser, Chicago, IL
Michael John Hofer, Chicago, IL
Drs. Mark & Helene Connolly, River Forest, IL
Jamie Kalikow, New York, NY
Dianne & Jim Blanco, Chicago, IL
Denise Roberge, Palm Desert, CA
Tish & Philip Messinger, Creskill, NJ
Brian Wesphal & Michael McVicker, Chicago, IL
Ralph Privoznik, Lafayette, IN
Candice Groot, Evanston, IL
Shoemaker/Ruud Collection, Chicago, IL
Braden Berkey and Robert Bartlett, Chicago, IL
Bill and Karyn Silverstein, Highland Park, IL
Steve Weitz, Lovettsville, VA
Mary Allice Wimmer, Madison, WI
Ann & Robert Avery...
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Materials
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The Enigma - Original Etching - Christopher Ganz
By Christopher Ganz
Located in Chicago, IL
Christopher Ganz
The Enigma
2011
lithograph
15h x 20.50w in
38.10h x 52.07w cm
CG0037
-ARTIST STATEMENT-
I depict my person in multiplicity with different selves representing dram...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...
Materials
Lithograph
Adjust to Fit, Original Charcoal on Archival Paper
By David Becker
Located in Chicago, IL
David Becker
Adjust to Fit
vine charcoal on paper
39.25h x 27.50w in
99.69h x 69.85w cm
DB0025
David Becker
Exhibitions
2017 Coming Attractions, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Cicago, IL
2012 Eye Teeth Group Show, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI
2011 Art Chicago 2011, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
2010 Art Chicago 2010, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
2009 David Becker Retrospective, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Art Chicago 2009, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
The 184th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, National Academy Museum, NYC
Selections, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008 Art Chicago 2008, Represented by Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
2007 Unruly Muse, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
SOFA NY (Sculptural Objects Functional Art), Ann Nathan Gallery, 7th Regiment Armory, NY, NY
Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 Palm Beach³, Ann Nathan Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
2005 SOFA NY (Sculptural Objects Functional Art), Ann Nathan Gallery, 7th Regiment Armory, NY, NY
Art Chicago in the Park, Butler Field, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Palm Beach³, Ann Nathan Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
2004 Contemporary Prints: National Academy Museum Collection, National Academy of Design, NYC
Art Chicago 2004, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Fantastic & Visionary Art, touring exhibit: Orange, Manning, Riddoch, & Ballart Gallery, Australia
Return of the Men, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2003 Art Chicago 2003, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Fantastic & Visionary Art, touring exhibit: Orange Regional Gallery, New South Wales, Australia
National Academy of Design 178th Annual Exhibition, NY, NY
2002 Art Chicago 2002, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Art of the 20th Century, Ann Nathan Gallery, Park Ave. Armory, NY, NY
Outsider Art Fair, The Puck Building @ Houston & Lafayette Sts., NYC
Self and Other Portraits, Wisconsin Artists, Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Return of the Men, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2001 Beyond the 50's, May 4 - July 1, Exhibit A, A Gallery of Art & Design, Birmingham, Michigan
Outsider Art Fair, January 26-28, The Puck Building @ Houston & Lafayette Sts., NYC
"FANTASTIC ART", April/May, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange NSW, Australia.
David Becker: Etchings and Engravings, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, solo exhibition of prints, February.
2000 Four person exhibition, Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia, Oct. 31 - Nov. 27, 2000.
1999 National Academy 174th Annual Exhibition, NY
University of Wisconsin-Madison Faculty, Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, WI
Treasures Revealed: 19th and 20th Century American Works on Paper, National Academy, NY
1995 Bharat Bhavan International Biennial of Prints, Bhopal, India
Contemporary Prints, Selections from John Szoke Gallery, NYC, Drew University, Madison, NJ
Collection Update, 1994, National Academy of Design Museum, NY
1994 David Becker and Robert Sholties, Peconic Gallery, Suffolk Community College, Riverhead, NY
In Black and White: Works by Four Printmakers, Atrium Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs
Aesthetics of Athletics: Sports, Games, and Exercise, Charles A. Wustum Musem, Racine, WI
GMI IX Award Winners, Art Center Gallery, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg
1993 Take Home a Nude benefit auction, NY Academy of Art Graduate School Of Figurative Art, NY
1993 American Prints: Last Half 20th Century, Jane Haslem Gallery, Washingtion, DC
Outstanding American Prints, Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha,WI
National Academy of Design 168th Annual Exhibition, NY
David Becker: Etchings, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
Portraits, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
1992 The Print Fair, 7th Regiment Armory, NY
1991 166th Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, NY
Alma College Collection, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
Modes of Expression, Potsdam College, SUNY, Potsdam, NY
1990 With Nothing On, Prints and Drawings of the Nude, New Orleans Museum of Art, LA
Prints by Printmakers, Staller Art Center, SUNY-Stonybrook, NY
Publications/Reviews
2007 November 60 Years of North American Prints: 1947-2007, Boston U. Art Gallery, Boston, MA
2003 July 11 Isthmus, Madison, “Welcome to My Nightmare,” by Robert Cozzolino.
2001 March 14 The Wall Street Journal, "Time Off: A Week of Diversions."
Review of Progressive Printmakers (LVM) exhibition.
2001 February Isthmus, Madison, "America's Printland," by Jennifer Smith.
2001 February Capital Times, "The Crowned Prints," by Kevin Lynch.
1999 July Progressive Printmakers: Wisconsin Artists & the Print Renaissance.
1995 – 1999 Who’s Who in America.
1993 Summer The Journal of the Print World, review.
March 14 The New York Times, review.
March 12 The Daily Oklahoman, review.
1990 Dec. 13 The Capital Times, review.
April 28 The Washingtion Post, review.
March 25 The New York Times, review.
Summer The Journal of the Print World, review.
Selected Collections
- additional collections available on requestArkansas Arts Center Foundation, Little Rock, AR
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Brooklyn Museum, NYC
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI
Elvehjem Museum of Art, U of Wisconson-Madison
Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Metropolitan Museum, Miami, FL
Museo de Arte Moderno, Cali, Columbia
National Academy, NY, NY
National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC
New York Public Library, NY
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, MA
United States Information Agency, Prague, Czech.
Alberta College of Art, Alberta, Canada
Albion College, Albion, MI
Alma College, Alma, MI
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AT&T Corporate HQ, Plainfield, NJ
Boston Printmakers, Boston, MA
Bradley University, Peoria, IL
Columbia Green Community College, Hudson, NY
Columbus State University, Columbus, GA
Davidson College, Davidson, NC
Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA
Georgia State University – Atlanta
Hope College, Holland, MI
Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
Marui Imai Inc., Sapporo, Japan
Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, WI
Minot Art Association, Minot, ND
North Carolina Print/Drawing Society, Charlotte, NC
North Texas State University – Denton
Ohio University – Athens
Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma State University, OK
Quad Graphics, Milwaukee, WI
Silvermine Guild of Arts, New Canaan, CT
Springfield College, Springfield, MA
St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
State University of New York – Fredonia
State University of New York – Potsdam
Trenton State College, Trenton, NJ
University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
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I depict my person in multiplicity with different selves representing dramatis
personae. My likeness is both implicit and symbolic in the portrayal of my
narrative; the drama involved in creating art and the artist’s role in society. I
use realism to invite the viewer into mysterious inner worlds that are layered
reflections of the outer. Dehumanizing environments are imbued with art
historical references as a critique of power structures. The artist is an
Everyman who is at odds with society and his self.
Visually my work is a celebration of society’s dark undercurrents and its
overlooked absurdities. I use charcoal and printmaking media as their
tenebrous values add a fitting metaphor. The nuances of light and shadow
seduce viewers into a world their better judgment would have them avoid.
This provokes a sense of disquietude that causes viewers to assess our world
through the austerity of a colorless, yet not humorless, light.
-BIO-
Christopher Ganz grew up in Northeast Ohio and from early on had a fertile imagination and an interest in art. Christopher's artistic education truly began at the University of Missouri, where his love of the human form led to many figure drawing classes and his exposure to the wonders of printmaking. Christopher's then went onto graduate school at Indiana University and a summer abroad program in Italy was a dream realized. Christopher then grasped charcoal with a renewed vigor and large, sfumato-laden drawings ensued. Christopher's artistic influences are many; from a seminal exposure to Dore's engravings of the Divine Comedy, to Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Goya, and up to Lucian Freud, Mark Tansey...
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Driver's License Self Portrait - Original Drawing - Christopher Ganz
By Christopher Ganz
Located in Chicago, IL
Christopher Ganz
Driver's License Self Portrait
2005
lithograph
13.50h x 10w in
34.29h x 25.40w cm
CG0041
-ARTIST STATEMENT-
I depict my person in multipli...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Lithograph
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By Christopher Ganz
Located in Chicago, IL
-ARTIST STATEMENT-
I depict my person in multiplicity with different selves representing dramatis
personae. My likeness is both implicit and symbolic in the portrayal of my
narrative; the drama involved in creating art and the artist’s role in society. I
use realism to invite the viewer into mysterious inner worlds that are layered
reflections of the outer. Dehumanizing environments are imbued with art
historical references as a critique of power structures. The artist is an
Everyman who is at odds with society and his self.
Visually my work is a celebration of society’s dark undercurrents and its
overlooked absurdities. I use charcoal and printmaking media as their
tenebrous values add a fitting metaphor. The nuances of light and shadow
seduce viewers into a world their better judgment would have them avoid.
This provokes a sense of disquietude that causes viewers to assess our world
through the austerity of a colorless, yet not humorless, light.
-BIO-
Christopher Ganz grew up in Northeast Ohio and from early on had a fertile imagination and an interest in art. Christopher's artistic education truly began at the University of Missouri, where his love of the human form led to many figure drawing classes and his exposure to the wonders of printmaking. Christopher's then went onto graduate school at Indiana University and a summer abroad program in Italy was a dream realized. Christopher then grasped charcoal with a renewed vigor and large, sfumato-laden drawings ensued. Christopher's artistic influences are many; from a seminal exposure to Dore's engravings of the Divine Comedy, to Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Goya, and up to Lucian Freud, Mark Tansey...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
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