NAPOLEON

Nebula, multiple block woodcut, 96″ x 38″(detail), 2011

http://www.ChristopherHartshorne.com

Background

Christopher Hartshorne received his BFA in Illustration from The Columbus College of Art and Design and his MFA in printmaking from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. Christopher’s woodcuts have been exhibited at The Philadelphia Museum of Art, The William Penn Foundation, The Woodmere Art Museum, The Art Institute of Philadelphia, and The Delaware Art Museum. He has produced a series of prints while in Italy where he also exhibited at The Romanian Academy in Rome. He has been a fellow with the Center For Emerging Visual Artists and also with The New Courtland Artist Program. Christopher has taught in many community art programs throughout Philadelphia and has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design. Christopher currently teaches at Hussian School of Art and with a teaching residency at The Print Center.  He will be exhibiting his work as a Wind Challenge Artist at The Fleisher Art Memorial in April 2012. He currently lives and works in Philadelphia, PA.

Education

Masters of Fine Arts, Printmaking                                                                                                            2009
Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

Bachelors of Fine Arts, Illustration                                                                                                           1996
Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH

Experience

Teaching Artist, Art Futures Program, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (2013)

Teaching Artist, Artist In Schools Program, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA (2012-2013)

Adjunct Professor, Hussian School of Art, Philadelphia, PA, Teaching: Printmaking I, Advanced Printmaking (2011-2013)

Visiting Lecturer, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, Teaching: Relief Printmaking (2010)

Teaching Artist, LIFE Program, New Courtland Fellowship, Philadelphia PA (2010)

Teaching Artist, Pre-College & Art Start Programs, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia PA(2009)

Graduate Teaching Assistanceship, Tyler School of Art, Rome Campus(2008)

Teaching Artist, Lutheran Settlement, Philadelphia PA(2007)

Teaching Artist, Northern Home for Children, Philadelphia PA(2005-2008, 2010)

Teaching Artist, People’s Emergency Center, Philadelphia PA(2005-2007, 2010-2011)

Demonstrating Artist, “The Big Block!”, Sponsored by Philadelphia Print Collaborative, Philadelphia Museum of Art(2005)

Teaching Artist, Big Picture after school/summer program, Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia PA(2002-2004)

Solo Exhibitions

2012                 
Wind Challenge Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

2011                  
Transmutation, The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA                                                                              Stark Matter, NAPOLEON Project Space, Philadelphia, PA

2009                  
SURGE, Temple University Rome, Italy

Group Exhibitions

2011                  
OPENING, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Art is Ageless, New Courtland Fellowship Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
Can We Talk To Each Other?, Art Institute of Philadelphia, PA
An Oasis of Thought, Crane Arts Old Schoolhouse, Philadelphia, PA
Finlandia, SGC Portfolio, St.Louis, MO
Inside And Outside the Clamshell Box, Delaware County Community College, Media, PA

2010                  
A Survey of Contemporary Prints, Eastern Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Philadelphia Mark:Remarque, The Crane Arts Building and The Philadelphia Free Library
Vernacular,  Art Institute of Philadelphia, PA

2009                  
Heroes Exhibition, F.U.E.L gallery, Delaware Valley Legacy Fund, Philadelphia, PA
Recent Prints, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Spazi Aperti, Romanian Academy in Rome, Italy
WiFi Art, Circolo Degli Artisti, Rome, Italy
Total Relief: Prints From Blocks, The Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA

2008                  
You Are A Diamond, Temple University Rome, Italy
Emerging To Established: Twenty-five Years of the Center For Emerging Visual Artists
The Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA
Elevated: East vs. West on the Blue Line, Coral Street Arts House, Philadelphia, PA

2007                  
Rent Party, 40th Street AIRSPACE, Philadelphia, PA
Out Loud and Proud, William Way Center, Philadelphia, PA
Emerging Artist Series, The Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Fever Pitch, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE

2006                  
Philagrafika Print Exhibition, The William Penn Foundation, Philadelphia, PA                                                                    Woodblock, The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA
The Pressed Image, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Hand Pressed, Voices and Visions, Philadelphia, PA
Good Things Small Packages, Morgan, Lewis and Bockius, Philadelphia, PA
What A Relief!, Spector Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2005                 
Collaboration II, Chashama, New York, NY
Fire And Ice, The Icebox, Philadelphia, PA
Baltimore Bound, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Selected Works On Paper, The Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, PA
Northern Exposure, Tower Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Precious Things, Morgan, Lewis and Bockius, Philadelphia, PA
Something New, The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA

2001                 
Hot Off The Press, The Creative Artists Network, Philadelphia, PA

2000                 
Pleasures And Terrors Of The City, University Of The Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Special Collections
Hudson County Community College
Woodmere Museum of Art

Print Portfolios
2010                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Finlandia, Finlandia, SCG Portfolio, St. Louis, MO
Re:Marque, Philadelphia Free Public Library, The Crane Arts Building
2009                                                                                                                                                                                                           Transpose, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

Accolades

Artist Teaching Residency, The Print Center, Philadelphia PA(2012)
Teaching Artist Fellowship, New Courtland Fellowship, Philadelphia PA(2010)
Teaching Assistanceship, Tyler School of Art/Temple Rome(2009)
Merit Scholarship, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia PA(2008)
Artist Residency, 40th Street AIRSPACE, Philadelphia PA(2007)
Artist Fellowship, The Center For Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia PA(2005-2006