EDUCATION
BFA, University of Washington, Seattle, 2003
MFA, University of Southern California Roski School of Fine Arts, 2013
AFFILIATIONS
Luis De Jesus Los Angeles
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017- Equivalence, Greg Kucera Gallery
2016- Prospect and Refuge, Luis de Jesus Los Angeles
2015- Landscapes, 68 Projects, Berlin
2014- Ink on Paper, concurrent exhibition, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle & Luis De Jesus Los Angeles
2013- MFA Thesis Show, Gayle & Ed Roski Gallery, Los Angeles
2012- The Artist as an Explorer, solo show, Clair Gallerie, Munich
The Claim, High Desert Test Sites, Joshua Tree
2010- Dust to Dust, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle
2006- The Artist as an Explorer, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015- When I Die, 68 Projects, Berlin
Second Sight: New Representations in Photography, Torrance Art Museum
The Promise of Something and Nothing, Sonce Alexander Gallery, Los Angeles
2013- Next New CA, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California
Staking Claim: A California Invitational, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, California
2012- Uncommon Ground, Flowers Gallery, London
Dualities, Omissions, Loops, & Ruptures, Luis De Jesus Los Angeles
Ristruturra, Project B, Milan
2011- Les Rencontres d'Arles, with FOAM Magazine, Arles, France
2009- Hyrenes Festival International Photography Competition, Hyrenes, France
2008- Fathom, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas
2007- A Forest for the Trees, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle
Circle Triangle Square, Archer Gallery, Portland
2005- SOIL: A Ten Year Retrospective, SOIL Gallery, Seattle
2004- Induction, a SOIL New Members Show, SOIL Gallery, Seattle
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Professor, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, 2013-14, 2016-present
Fine Art 280: Introduction to the Darkroom
Fine Art 398: Imagining Los Angeles
Adjunct Professor, Pasadena City College, 2016
Teaching Assistant, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 2011-2013
Fine Art 209: Introduction to Photography with Robbert Flick
Fine Art 409: Topics in Advanced Photography with Shannon Ebner
Fine Art 106: Sculpture I with Caroline Thomas
Critical Studies 350: Art Theory and Criticism with Maura Brewer
Curator, Facade, SOIL Gallery, Seattle
Guest Artist, Claremont College (2017), Pasadena City College (2015), Otis College of the Arts (2015), UCLA (2014),
USC (2014), University of California Long Beach (2014), Gage Academy (2010), Cornish College of the Arts (2010),
University of Washington (2010, 2007)
Guest Speaker, Medium Festival of Photography, 2014
Guest Speaker, Restore: Constructed Moments in Photography, curated by Fionn Meade, Consolidated Works, Seattle
AWARDS
Assistantship, University of Southern California, 2011 - 2013
FOAM Talent, 2010
Hyeres Festival Finalist, 2009
GAP Grant, 2004, 2007, 2010
4 Culture Project Grant, 2009
Seattle City Artist Award, 2009
Artist Trust Fellowship, 2004
COLLECTIONS
Orange County Art Museum, California
Seattle Art Museum
Portland Art Museum
The Henry Art Gallery, Seattle
Houston Fine Arts Museum, Houston
Microsoft Collection, Seattle
4Culture, Seattle
King County Portable Works, Seattle
Covington Library, Seattle
Sir Elton John Collection, London
PRESS
Das Ich – posthum, by Lucas Elmenhorst, Handelsblatt, June 2015
Im Angesicht des Todos, Monopol, June 2015
Chris Engman, by Matthew Kangas, Visual Art Source, April 2014
Chris Engman Plays Eye Games at Luis De Jesus, by Sharon Mizota, The Los Angeles Times, April 2014
Creation and Comment, by Rachel Spence, Financial Times, July 2012
Chris Engman: Exploring the Angles of Reality, Installation Magazine, June 2012
Freedom, Possibility and a Desire for Purity, interview with Marc Fuestel, FOAM magazine, Fall 2010
Chris Engman: Tracking Time, Space, and Cinder Blocks, by Brian Miller, The Seattle Weekly, September 2010
The Zen Master and the German Engineer, by Jen Graves, The Stranger, November 2010
Seattle photographer Chris Engman tricks the eye and the mind in 'Dust to Dust,' by Michael Upchurch, The Seattle Times, November 2010
Say Hello to Chris Engman, interview with Joey Veltkamp, Best Of, November 2010
Art That Makes You Question Your Perceptions, conversation with Gary Faigin, KUOW Presents, December 2010
Seduced: The Lying, Cheating Heart of Photography, by Jen Graves, The Stranger, January 2007
Circle Triangle Square, by John Motley, The Portland Mercury, January 2007
Elton John Has A Feeding Frenzy at Greg Kucera, by Jen Graves, The Stranger, September 2006
Artist Constructs, Then Photographs His Own Bleak Scenarios In The Desert, by Regina Hackett, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 2006
The Desert King, by Clare Baker, The Big Picture, December 2006
There's Not A Single Weed In Soil's Group Show, by Regina Hackett, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 2006
Local Artists Crash The Basel/Miami Art Fair And Come Out Purring, by Regina Hackett, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, December 2005
It's Been Real: Two Photographers' Parallel Universes, by Nate Lippens, The Stranger, November 2004