Christopher Russell

“… I identify as a photographer, however, I explore the medium through fictional texts, drawings and photographs. I mess up the clean reproducibility of the mechanically reproduced image with an X-acto blade, scratching elaborate patterns into the surface of my photographs. The razor-drawings appear delicate from a distance, but upon closer inspection become textured marks of controlled yet violent motions.”

Christopher holds an MFA from Art Center College of Design and BFA from California College of Arts and Crafts. He has exhibited his work in galleries and museums worldwide and is featured in notable institutional collections including The Brooklyn Museum, Berkeley Art Museum, Denver Art Museum, Hammer Museum, Henry Art Gallery .J. P. Getty Museum, Department of Photography, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Los Angeles, San Diego and Antwerp among many others. His work has been reviewed in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, White Hot Magazine, Artillery, Chicago Sun Times, and Flaunt Magazine. Christopher is based in Spokane, WA. You can see his CV here.