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contact name: Chris Walla
phone: (360) 223 2100
fax: (218) 477 5039
email: walla_chris@yahoo.com

mailing address:
3550 8th Ave South #309
Moorhead MN 56560

Pseudonym: Christopher

Education
Master of Fine Arts Degree - Sculpture
University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, May 2003
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree - Sculpture
Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, June 1997
Associate in Arts Degree
Whatcom Community College, Bellingham, Washington, June 1994
Experiance
Associate Professor of Sculpture- August 2004 to present I have been working for Minnesota State University – Moorhead. I teach all levels of Sculpture as well as Three Dimensional Design.
June-July 2006 Lecturer - I taught a four-week section of Sculpture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The class included all levels of undergraduate sculpture students.
June-July 2005 Lecturer – University of Wisconsin – Madison. Taught four-week section of Three Dimensional Design.
June-July 2004 Lecturer - I taught a four-week section of Sculpture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The class included all levels of undergraduate sculpture students.
2003-2004 Instructor of Sculpture- I worked a fixed-term position teaching all levels of Sculpture at Minnesota State University- Moorhead
2000-2003 Teaching Assistant- I was the instructor of record for two sections Three-Dimensional Design per semester in the Foundations Program at the University of Wisconsin – Madison.
April 1999 to August of 2000 Adjunct Faculty- I worked at Western Washington University in the Foundations Program. During this time I taught 3-D Design, Drawing I, and Painting I
1997-1999 Studio Assistant for Actual Size Artworks. I assisted in the fabrication and installation of several large-scale permanent public artworks.
1989-1994 Studio Manager- I managed the ceramics facility for Whatcom Community College. The responsibilities entailed keeping the facility clean, open for student hours, firing the gas and electric kilns, as well as keeping the inventory current.

Awards
2006 2006/2007 McKnight Fellowship Recipiant in Fine Arts Catagory
2005 Faculty Grant 19/A
2003 Lyman S.V. Judson and Ellen MacKencnie Student in the
Creative Arts Award
Albert K. Murray Merit Scholarship
1997 Jurors Award, True Art Exhibit
Tacoma Museum of Art, Tacoma, Washington
Outstanding Graduating Senior Department of Art / Art
History, College of Fine And Performing Arts,
Western Washington University
Jurors Award, Beyond Borders International Art
Competition, Allied Arts of Whatcom County, Bellingham,
Washington
1996 George W. Keagle Art Scholarship
Western Foundation, Western Washington University
1995 Ruth J. Kelsy Merit Scholarship Award
Western Foundation, Western Washington University

Exhibitions


June
2011 Big Country (Curator Colleen Sheehy)


January 2010 Wait & See


Food
+ Art Gallery, Pains Art Museum, Fargo, ND


Plains
Art Museum, Fargo, ND
January
2011 Faculty Exhibition
MSUM
Gallery, Moorhead Minnesota
December
2010 Handmade Meaning: The Value of Craft in
Victorian and Contemporary Culture
James
Watros Gallery, Madison, WI
October 2010 Faculty/Student Exhibition
MSUM
Gallery, Moorhead, MN
June 2010 Unrealized: Conceptual Bushwick
NurtureArt
Non-Profit INC, Brooklyn, NY                                                     
May 2010 MSUM Faculty Exhibition
Hotel
Donaldson, Fargo, ND
Mobile Uploads
 Sloan,
New York, NY
April 2010 Don’t Piss on Me and Tell Me Its Raining
(curated by Bad at Sports)
Apex
Gallery, New York, NY
October 2009 Faculty Exhibit
MSUM
Gallery, Moorhead Minnesota
September
2008 “um… My gallery” (curator Amanda
Browder)
The
Brewery, Los Angeles, CA
August
2008 Visible Means: Observations of Queer Experience (curator Robert RepinskI)
 George
Morrison Gallery, Duluth Arts Institute, Duluth, MN
November 2007 Crafted
 University
of Miami Project Space, Miami, FL
September 2007 Crafted
 Clarion
University Art Gallery, Clarion, PA
September 2007 Faculty Exhibit
 MSUM
Gallery, Moorhead Minnesota
July 2007 Modes of Disclosure
Form
+ Content Gallery, Minneapolis, MN




July 2007 McKnight Fellowship Recipient Exhibition
MCAD Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
January 2007 InWords (juror Lance Winn)
University of Delaware, Newark, DE
October 2006 (solo exhibition) Chris Walla
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
September 2006 Faculty Exhibit
MSUM Gallery, Moorhead Minnesota
September 2006 44/46 (juror Stewart Keeler)
Temporary Public Art Exhibit, Chicago, IL
January 2006 (solo exhibition) Tussle
Northern Missouri State University
October 2005 Faculty Show
MSUM Gallery, Moorhead Minnesota
March 2005 Discourse and Decadence
Studio Aiello, Denver Colorado
February 2005 Come Together
Studio Aiello, Denver Colorado
October 2004 Faculty Show
MSUM Gallery, Moorhead Minnesota
September 2004 Group Show 2 (juror Kathy Andrews)
Studio Aiello, Denver Colorado
June 2004 Queer Identity / Body Comodification
(juror Claire Cornell)
WORKS Art and Performance, San
Jose,California
September 2003 Faculty Show
MSUM Gallery, Moorhead Minnesota
April 2003 solo exhibition …
Seventh Floor Gallery, Madison Wisconsin
January 2003 Best for Last
Seventh Floor Gallery, Madison Wisconsin
September 2002 Noyes White Noise
Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston
Illinois
September 2002 (solo exhibition) Domestica
Seventh Floor Gallery, Madison Wisconsin
January 2002 156 Miles to Madison
Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
March- June 2001 Catapult
Whatcom Museum of History and Art,
Bellingham, Washington
March- April 2001 73rd Annual Juried Student Art Show
(juror Wendy Cooper)
Porter Butts Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
March- April 2001 Full Rotation
HUB Galley, University Park, Pennsylvania
March 2001 Wee
734 Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
March 2001 First Year Graduate Review Show
7th Floor Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
September 2000- 2001 Big Ten Show
Park Ridge, Illinois
June 15- July 2000 Observation/Revelation, Through the Lens
of Art
Prichard Art Gallery, Moscow, Idaho
May- June 2000 Observation/Revelation, Through the Lens
of Art
Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley,
Idaho
January- March 2000 Point of Origin Part II
Western Gallery, Bellingham, Washington
September 1999 Object Makers
Lucia Douglas Gallery, Bellingham,
Washington
June- September 1999 (solo exhibition) Solo
Wall Space, Bellingham, Washington
November 1998 Street Level
Whatcom Center, Bellingham, Washington
July 1998 Northwest Annual Art Competition
Whatcom Museum of History and Art,
Bellingham Washington
November 1997 Boy Oh Boy
Newmark Center Gallery, Seattle,
Washington
July- September 1997 True Art (juror Donald Roller Wilson)
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma Washington
May 1997 (solo exhibition) Post
Omni Room Gallery, Bellingham,
Washington
April 1997 Beyond Borders International Art
Competition
Allied Arts of Whatcom County, Bellingham,
Washington
January- February 1997 (solo exhibition) Chris Walla: Recent Works
Art Connects Gallery, Bellingham,
Washington
June 1996 Department of Art Scholarship Exhibition
Viking Union Gallery, Bellingham,
Washington
May 1996 (solo exhibition) Chris Walla
Omni Room Gallery, Bellingham,
Washington
May 1995 Department of Art Scholarship Exhibition
Viking Union Gallery, Bellingham,
Washington

Bad at Sports archive, Chicago, IL
Kelli Sinner, Moorhead, MN
Joshua Dahl, Fargo, North Dakota
Kristi Rowekamp, Fargo, North Dakota





Pete and Susan Mazzeri, Chicago, Illinois
Serena Wothington, Terri Griffith, Chicago, Illinois
Greg Bell, Associate Curator of the Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington
Aristotle Georgiades and Gail Simpson, Madison, Wisconsin
Amanda Browder, Chicago, Illinois
Monica Hocklander, Seattle, Washington
CA Scot, Susan Bennestrom, Bellingham, Washington
John Butler, Blaine, Washington
Jennifer Nunnally, Mukilteo, Washington
Rolf Nelson, New York, New York
Greg Pulver, Bellingham, Washington
Shane Crowder, Bellingham, Washington
Lance Calloway, Bellingham, Washington
Elizabeth Bagshaw, Seattle, Washington
Tom Day, Bellingham, Washington
Kjell and Veronna Glinning, Malmo, Sweden
Rakefet Richmond, Bellingham Washington
Laura Crary, Bellingham, Washington

Studio Aiello
Denver, CO
WORKS Art and Performance
San Jose, CA
Noyes Culteral Arts Center
Evanston, IL
Wood Street Gallery
Chicago, IL
Whatcom Museum of History and Art
Bellingham, WA
Prichard Art Gallery
Moscow, ID
Sun Valley Center for the Arts
Sun Valley, ID
Western Gallery
Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA
Lucia Douglas Gallery
Bellingham, WA
Newmark Center Gallery
Seattle, WA
Tacoma Art Museum
Tacoma, WA

Bibliography
Sozanski, Edward J., “Art, The Power of Language as Image,” Philadelphia Inquirer, January 21, 2007
Dahnke, Sarah, “Eye Exam, Public Displays of Inflection,” Newcity Chicago, January 28, 2007
Episode 58: 44/46 & Reviews, www.badatsports.com, October 8th 2006
Episode 50: Dan Devening & Chris Walla, www.badatsports.com, August 13th 2006
Michael Paglia, “Art Beat,” www.westworld.com, April 14, 2005
Voles Chandle, On The Edge of Hyper Realism,” Rocky Mountain News, April 14 2005
Michael Paglia, “Home on the Range,” www.westword.com, September 23, 2004
Voles Chandle, “A Biannual Exhibit That Works,” Rocky Mountain News, September 17, 2004

Country of Citizenship:
United States

Birth Place:
Los Angeles, CA

Birth Date:
January 16, 1970

Gender:
Male

Active Place:
Moorhead

Minnesota County:
Clay

Sculptor

 

2006-2007 MCAD/McKnight Foundation Fellowships for Visual Artists
MCAD/McKnight Artists 2006–07: David Bartley, Gladys Beltran, Jan Estep, Chris Walla