(b. 1988, Portsmouth, VA)
Christopher is a Dubai-based artist, music journalist, and advertising creative director working across photography, film, and installation art. His practice explores the narratives of black and brown people, through its interface with labor and the hypnotic power of the mediated image. Past work has been presented at Jameel Arts Centre, the Fikra Graphic Design Biennial, Alserkal Avenue, and the Dubai Design District.
He holds a degree in English literature from The University of Georgia. He recently completed the Rhode Island School of Design Salama Bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation fellowship.
Education
2011
The University of Georgia
BA, English Literature, Franklin College of Arts & Sciences
2011
University of Oxford
Benjamin A. Gilman International Fellow, Keble College
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020
SIKKA Art Fair, Dubai, UAE
2019
Practice & Critique, Warehouse 421, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2019
Localities, Satellite Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2019
001, The Cave DXB, Dubai, UAE
2018
Department of Non-Binaries, Fikra Graphic Design Biennial, Sharjah, UAE
2018
SIKKA Art Fair, Dubai, UAE
2018
Edition 1, Blue Cave Urban Art Festival, Dubai, UAE
2017
SIKKA Art Fair, Dubai, UAE
Fellowships
2019
Rhode Island School of Design Salama Bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation Emerging Artist Fellowship
Commisions
2019
“Who Gets Paid for Digital Labor?” Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai
2018
“LLC (Beware Illegal Recruiter),” Project Warehouse, Warehouse 421, Abu Dhabi
2016
“Execute Trajectory,” Al Quoz Arts Festival, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, UAE
Awards, Speakerships & Workshops
2019
“Art Not Art,” American University of Dubai, Lecture
2019
“Lost and Unfound: Art-making and the Tentative Sculpture,” Warehouse 421, Workshop
2019
“Why Who Gets to Say What Where,” Warehouse 421, Moderator & Organizer, Workshop
2018
“#ArtSELFIE: Interactive Art for the Digital Age,” World Art Dubai, 20 April 2018, DWTC, Lecture
2017
Top 30 Creatives Under 30. Campaign Magazine