Christopher Stout | Resume 1994-2010

General Information

• Born: Washington, D.C., June 1970; began studying painting in 1994 (I have 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 my career through establishing my art practice within New York’s Visual Arts Community

Bodies of Work

• Black White Gold Gray 2010
• Momentum 2007
• New Work (Corporation), 2006
• Vigil!, 2005
• I Am Too “___” To Be the Demographic, 2005
• Coma State (Blue, White, Red) 2005
• Unbridled! (Series 1 spring and series 2 fall) 2004
• Sacred Impiety, 2002
• Ecdysis 2001
• Portraits of Narcissism 1999

Summary of Professional Experience

• 30 exhibitions 1998-2010 (7 Solo Exhibitions) 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. I 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
• 74 works sold to private collectors and corporate collections now residing in such varied cities as Austin, Arlington, Berkeley, Bethesda, Boston, Columbus (OH), Los Angeles, New York, Oakland, Jacksonville, Miami, Raleigh, Richmond (VA), Rockville, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, St Augustine, St. Louis, and Washington, D.C.

Selected San Francisco, Oakland, and Los Angeles Group Exhibitions and Career Milestones, 2001-2006

• Remember, Group Art Exhibition: Moulton Studios; San Francisco, CA, February 2001
• Art Exhibition and Charity Auction: 21st Annual Academy of Friends Gala; San Francisco, CA, March 2001
• One-Minute Art Show, Group Art Exhibition: Your Local Gallery; Oakland, CA, August 2001
• Art, Wine, & Attractive People, Group Art Exhibition: Lair of the Minotaur; San Francisco, CA, August 2001
• SF Open Studios Group Art Exhibition, Sunset Studio; San Francisco, CA, October 2001
• SF Open Studios Group Art Exhibition, Hot Lunch Gallery; San Francisco, CA, October 2001
• SF Open Studios Group Art Exhibition, Cataclysmic Studios; San Francisco, CA, October 2001
• Offline, Anniversary Commemorative Group Art Exhibition: Build; San Francisco, CA, December 2001
• Art Exhibition and Charity Auction: 22nd Annual Academy of Friends Gala; San Francisco, CA, March 2002
• Vanity, Three-Person Exhibition: Blue Room Gallery; San Francisco, CA, September 2002
• Represented Artist’s Gallery: Blue Room Gallery; San Francisco, CA, October 2002
• Represented Artist’s Gallery: Blue Room Gallery; San Francisco, CA, November 2002
• Represented Artist’s Gallery: Blue Room Gallery; San Francisco, CA, January 2003
• Ballywood, Art Exhibition and Charity Auction: 24th Annual Academy of Friends Gala; San Francisco, CA, March 2004
•  Cardinal 8, Group Exhibition: premier of new series, Coma State, the Long Unpleasant Dream, Brick House Gallery on Brannan; San Francisco, CA, June 2004
• Precious Things, Group Exhibition: Brick House Gallery on Brannan; San Francisco, CA, December 2004
• Alone Together, Four-Man Exhibition: premier of new body of work, I am not the demographic, Gallery on Brannan; San Francisco, CA, June 2005
• Award: Best of San Francisco, 7x7 Magazine, July 2005
• Rubies & Rhinestones, Art Exhibition and Charity Auction: 26th Annual Academy of Friends Gala; San Francisco, CA, March 2006
• New Beginnings, Group Exhibition: Satsuma Gallery; Los Angeles, CA July 2006
• New Work, Two-Man Art Exhibition with Matthew Pipes: Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Gallery; San Francisco, CA, October 2006
• Decade Retrospective (in correlation with the New Work exhibition), Two-Man Art Exhibition with Matthew Pipes: Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Gallery; San Francisco, CA, October 2006

Solo Exhibitions, San Francisco, 2001-2006

• Ecdysis, Single Man Art Exhibition: Hot Lunch Gallery; San Francisco, CA, September 2001
• Sacred Impiety, Solo Exhibition: Build Gallery; San Francisco, CA, May 2002
• Unbridled!, Solo Exhibition: Brick House Gallery on Brannan; San Francisco, CA, February 2004
• MORE Unbridled!, Solo Exhibition: Brick House Gallery on Brannan; San Francisco, CA, November 2004
• Vigil, A Day with (OUT) Art, World Aids Day 04, Solo Exhibition: Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Gallery; San Francisco, CA, December 2004
• Foundation, Solo Exhibition: Gallery on Brannan; San Francisco, CA, May 2005
• Sacred Impiety, Solo Exhibition: Gallery on Brannan; San Francisco, CA, June 2005

April 2007 – Relocation from San Francisco, CA to the West Village neighborhood of Manhattan to pursue the next stage of my career through establishing my art practice within New York’s Visual Arts Community

Selected New York Group Exhibitions and Career Milestones, 2007-2010

• Spring Art Salon, Bank Street Studio; New York, NY, March, 2009
• Late Summer Emerging Artists Auction, Daniel Cooney Gallery; New York, NY, July 2009
• Fall Art Salon & Artist Lecture Series, Bank Street Studio New York, NY, September, 2009
• OUTAuction, Art Exhibition and Charity Auction: GLAAD New York, NY, November 2009 (submitted by Daneyal Mahmood Gallery)
• E32 Artist Criticism Group, lecture participant, February 2010
• ArtistsFOR: Haiti, Art Exhibition and Charity Auction, Envoy Gallery, New York, February 2010
• Spring Art Salon, Bank Street Studio; New York, NY, April 2010 (upcoming)

New York Volunteer Commitments, 2007-2010

• 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-present
• Member of the Steering Committee at e32 (every third Tuesday) art criticism group that is hosted monthly at 5C Cultural Center, 68 Avenue C, New York, NY 10009, February 2010-present