Chris Lael Larson

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Chris Lael Larson blends photography, painting, and installation to create colorful, confounding viewing experiences. His work is about creating a deeper experience of the subject matter by combining multiple views and renderings along with its material elements. In his work, he constructs temporary altar-like installations using photographs, paint, found objects, and natural elements that he documents using a hyperreal lighting style. The resulting images are then painted upon and integrated into installations that reincorporate the original source materials. His work has been described as a contemporary kind of Fauvist-inspired Cubism with its emphasis on depth, layered perspective, and color.

Chris has shown work in over 30 cities across the US, with notable exhibitions at the Berkeley Museum of Art, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Nationale, Redcat, and Spring/Break Art Show. He is a member of Carnation Contemporary and Wave Contemporary in Portland, OR, and is a recipient of the Regional Arts and Culture Council Make | Learn | Build Grant. He received his BA in Art from the University of California at Santa Cruz, where he was awarded the Irwin Scholarship for the Visual Arts.

Photo credit Mario Gallucci