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CHRIS MARIN
Website: www.thechrismarin.com
Email: thechrismarin@gmail.com
Instagram: @thechrismarin
Education:
2018
Master of Fine Arts - Fine Arts, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2016
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Painting + Drawing, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Teaching and Professional Experience:
2021
Instructor, Drawing III Life Drawing, School of Art, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Art Teacher, Lubbock Arts Alliance, Guadalupe-Parkway Sommerville Center, Lubbock, TX
2020
Instructor, Drawing III Life Drawing, School of Art, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Art Teacher, Lubbock Arts Alliance, Parkway Sommerville Center, Lubbock, TX
Visiting Artist, Washington & Jefferson College, Drawing I, Washington, PA | invited by Visiting Assistant Professor, Carolina Alamilla
Art Instructor, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts Summer Camp, Lubbock, TX
Create art lessons for ages 6-11, including projects of various mediums: painting, drawing, and 3D
Camp Leader, Church of Christ Summer Excitement, Lubbock, TX
Organize campers in groups, facilitate discussions, coordinate activities for leader and campers
Artist Mentor, Talkington School for Young Women Leaders / Cavazos Middle School, Lubbock, TX
Confirmed class field trips to galleries, established weekly critiques and initiated senior art projects.
Gallery Assistant, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX
Install artworks of various sizes (2D/3D), repair walls, build hanging devices for complex works
2019
Visiting Artist, Lubbock Christian University, Lubbock, TX
Led drawing demonstration, held individual critiques, collaborated with students on their artwork
Art Instructor, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts Summer Camp, Lubbock, TX
Create art lessons for ages 6-11, including projects of various medium: painting, 3D, drawing
Drawing Instructor, Charles Adams Studio Project Lubbock, TX
Conducted private drawing lessons for art teachers. Implemented valuable techniques for finished artwork such as shading, perspective, and contour.
Camp Leader, Church of Christ Summer Excitement, Lubbock, TX
Organize campers in groups, facilitate discussions, coordinate activities for leader and campers
2018
Art Instructor, ScreenPrinting Workshop- Charles Adams Studio Project, Lubbock, TX
Set-up materials for printmaking workshop, including screens prep and demonstration
Visiting Artist, Cardboard Construction Workshop Clamp Light Gallery San Antonio, TX
Set-up materials for, demonstration, and for attendees
Art Instructor, 4-H Fashion and Design Workshop, Print Shop, Charles Adams Studio Project, Lubbock, TX
Prepared materials and demonstrated processes in cyanotype and printmaking.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
Course Instructed: Measured Drawing | Margo Majewska
2017
Graduate Teaching Assistant, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
Course Instructed: The Contemporary Landscape (Life Drawings as Landscape)| Karla Wozniak
Residencies:
2018 - 2020
Artist-in-Residence, Charles Adams Studio Project, Charles Adams Gallery, Lubbock, TX, July 2018 - June 2020
2018
Artist-in-Residence, California College of the Arts, Hubbell Street Gallery Project Space
Takeover, San Francisco, CA. Focused on painting and performance art including stand up comedy
Selected Solo and Two-Person* Exhibitions:
2021
Paintings on Walls, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX
2019
Honor the Clouds and the Rain* (w/ Carolina Alamilla), Diana Ling Center for the Academic Achievement Gallery, Lubbock Christian University, Lubbock, TX
FabricRumbles, Studio 2, Charles Adams Studio Project, Lubbock, Texas in conjunction with August First Friday Art Trail
Sweatshirt, Studio 2, Charles Adams Studio Project, Lubbock, Texas in conjunction with July First Friday Art Trail
Inside, Studio 2, Charles Adams Studio Project, Lubbock, Texas in conjunction with June First Friday Art Trail
My Dad’s Skin Dark, Studio 2, Charles Adams Studio Project, Lubbock, Texas in conjunction with September 2019 First Friday Art Trail
A Mac Miller Celebration, Studio 2, Charles Adams Studio Project, Lubbock, Texas in conjunction with April 2019 First Friday Art Trail
2018
The Sycamore Tree* (w/ Nate Collins), 5&J Gallery, Lubbock, TX
Daydreaming in the Projects, Clamp Light Artist Studios & Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Lift Me Up at MIDNIGHT, Studio 2, Charles Adams Studio Project, Lubbock, TX July 2018 First Friday Art Trail
Karaokart* (w/ Fa He), Hubbell Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016
Out of the Loop 289: A Mixtape by Chris Marin, BFA Senior Show, Satellite Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2013
Life Drawings, Landmark Arts South Gallery, School of Art, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2021
Panhandle Protest, East Lubbock Art House, Lubbock, TX
2020
La Virgin, Grey Edges Studio & Art Gallery, Lubbock, TX
2019
CASPFEST, 5&J Gallery, Charles Adams Studio Project, Lubbock, TX, Curated by Christina Reese
2019 Small Works Exhibit, TSKW, Sanger Gallery, Key West, FL
EvE: Empowerment vs. Exploitation, Tea Roots, Warehouse 416 Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
Curated by Mk Chavez and juried by Aishwarya Vardhana, Cassandra Rockwood-Rice, and Rosa De Anda
College Expo 2019, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX Curated by Giovanni Valderas.
Post-Colonial Revenge, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco, CA
Curated by Gilda Posada and Dara Katrina Del Rosario
Desert Sounds, Studio 2, Charles Adams Studio Project, Lubbock, Texas in conjunction with February 2019 First Friday Art Trail and curated by BLNKA LBK
$#*% I Made Today, 5&J Gallery, Charles Adams Studio Project, Lubbock, TX
Curated by Hannah Dean and Jon Whitfill
2018
Culture and Colors, BLNKA Exhibit, Ice House Gallery, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the
Arts, Lubbock, Texas
Urban x Indigenous IV: Unite the Tribe, Urban x Indigenous, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center with the support of California Arts Council and SOMArts Cultural Center, 21st Annual United States of Asian America Festival: Regenerative Community, SOMArts, San Francisco, California
2018 CCA Graduation Exhibition, Main Gallery, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California
SuperSet, Fused, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018 CCA MFA Thesis Exhibition, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA
Even Keel: Embark Arts 3 Year Anniversary Party, Embark Arts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Hooper Performance Night 2, The Orange Box, Graduate Center Building, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California, Curated by “Useless Initiatives + The Orange Box”
2017
Hooper Performance Night, The Orange Box, Graduate Center Building, California
College of the Arts, San Francisco, California, Curated by “Useless Initiatives + The Orange Box”
MEND, The Trapezoid, Graduate Center Building, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California, Curated by 5/5 Collective
Neighbors, Embark Arts Gallery, Embark Arts, San Francisco, California
The Annual Murphy and Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards Exhibition, SOMArts, The San Francisco Foundation, San Francisco, California, Curated by Kevin Chen
3:1 Peer Critique, The Trapezoid, Graduate Center Building, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California
Feb-Ru-Ar-Y, The Orange Box, Graduate Center Building, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California
2016
LPA House Show, Large Panel Abstract, Lubbock, Texas
Senior Studio Art BFA Group Show, Landmark Arts, Studio Gallery, School of Art, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
29th Annual Juried Art Student Exhibition, Landmark Arts, Landmark Gallery, School of Art, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
2016
Harbinger Art Exhibition, Landmark Arts, Studio Gallery, School of Art, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Project Alley, BLNKA, Lubbock, Texas
Diversity of the Arts, Cross-Cultural Academic Advancement Center, SUB Matador Room, Mentor Tech, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
2015
More than Paint, Large Panel Abstract, Lubbock, Texas
BLNKA, ULabs Texas Gallery, Lubbock, Texas
One-Foot Square, Satellite Gallery, Lubbock, Texas, associated with First Friday Art Trail and TASA Conference
Whispers, Ice House Gallery, Lubbock, Texas, associated with First Friday Art Trail
June First Friday Art Trail, Tornado Gallery, Lubbock, Texas, associated with First Friday Art Trail
2014
27th Annual Juried Art Student Exhibition, Landmark Arts, Studio Gallery, School ofArt, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Curatorial Projects:
2020
When Does the Individual Stop, and the Collective Begin?, Studio 2, Charles Adams Studio Project, February First Friday Art Trail, Lubbock, TX
Sueño en Tela, Studio 2, Charles Adams Studio Project, January First Friday Art Trail, Lubbock, TX
2019
Spilling the Tea, Studio 2, Charles Adams Studio Project, December First Friday Art Trail Curated w/ Carolina Alamilla
Publications, and Juror Work:
2019
Junior / Senior Juried Art Exhibition, Juror: Chris Marin, University of Texas at Permian Basin, School of Art, Nancy Fyfe Cardozier Gallery, Odessa, TX
2018
Color and Culture, f.o.a.m. zine, issue 1, vol. 1-50, November 2018, and online version
https://www.thechrismarin.com/f-o-a-m-zine
Strumming the Pain, Comedy Album independently released by Chris Marin, June 2018
Honors and Awards:
2020
Seminole City Mural, Seminole, TX
2019
Drainage Mural for the City of Lubbock, Lubbock, TX
Mac Miller Mural, Charles Adams Studio Project, Lubbock, TX
2017
Cadogan Scholarship – The Annual Murphy and Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards Exhibition, SOMArts, The San Francisco Foundation, San Francisco, CA
2016
1st Place - 29th Annual Juried Art Student Exhibition, Landmark Arts, Landmark Gallery, School of Art, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2015
3rd Place - One-Foot Square, Satellite Gallery, Lubbock, TX, First Friday Art Trail
2012 – 2016
H.Y. Price Scholarship, Painting & Drawing, School of the Art, Texas Tech University,
Lubbock, TX
Selected Publications, Blogs, Reviews, and Online Publications:
2021
Panhandle Protest Video Works by East Lubbock Art House.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP90YSib5Qk
2019
Glasstire Publication. https://glasstire.com/events/2019/09/25/spilling-the-tea/
Storm Drain Art Project 2019, by City of Lubbock, TX. https://ci.lubbock.tx.us/departments/stormwater-compliance/storm-drain-art-project-2020/storm-drain-art-project
Mission Local, by Lydia Chavez. https://missionlocal.org/2019/02/at-the-mission-cultural-center-producing-art-may-be-the-best-revenge/
Lubbock Avalanche Journal. https://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20181221/visitors-invited-to-make-dozen-stops-at-januarys-first-friday-art-trail
2018
Glasstire Publication.
http://glasstire.com/events/2018/07/30/chris-marin-daydreaming-in-the-projects/
Embark Arts Gallery Online Blog. http://www.embarkgallery.com/blog/
Fort Mason Online Publication.https://fortmason.org/event/even-keel-embark-gallery-party/
2017
Embark Arts Gallery Online Publication.
http://www.embarkgallery.com/blog/2017/9/13/embark-gallery-presents-neighbors
“Murphy & Cadogan Equity in Arts Education Summit” SOMArts Cultural Center Artist Talk.
Emerging Art Space Review. https://emergentartspace.org/forum/49991/
SF Gate “The Annual Murphy and Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards Exhibition” Review. https://www.sfgate.com/art/article/Identity-and-history-on-display-at-SOMArts-show-12215258.php
“The Annual Murphy and Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards Exhibition” Catalog. http://www.somarts.org/wp-content/uploads/MC-Info-Packet.pdf
2016
Art Business Blog. http://www.artbusiness.com/1open/090717a.html2016
TechAnnouce. http://www.techannounce.ttu.edu/Client/ViewMessage.aspx?MsgId=197050
“Out of the Loop 289: A Mixtape by Chris Marin” Review. http://kfmx.com/out-of-the-loop-289-art-exhibition/
Student Interview. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm_Fzb-jh4I
Harbinger Student Journal of Art and Literature, Student Organization, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
2014
Student Work. https://www.adenle.com/copy-of-past-works
Skills:
Woodshop Monitor for California College of the Arts First Year Shop, Oakland, CA and Wood Shop, San Francisco, CA (table saw, radial arm, band saw, drills press, sanders and routers)