Chris Leathers lives and works in East Hampton, NY. and holds a degree in paiting from the Rhode Island School of Design.
STATEMENT:
His work grapples with two main themes: Contemplation of the mechanisms of matter and thought... and more recently with the emotional polarity of joy and sorrow... redemption and failure. There is this idea represented here of "an infinite boiling dream-scape which lays beneath reality" and from which matter and possibly emotion, arise to become tangible.
"It is conceivable in these paintings that matter emanates from imagination, and imagination echoes out from matter, in a paradox of self realization".
His work is also a struggle with self loathing, and grapples with the concept of failure and redemption. In some work, happiness wins and hope is born. In other works, the outcome is bleak.. Emotions that do not escape the abyss and emotions that do. What is allowed to be felt, in a life that balances failure and regret with the well spring of eternal love.
GROUP SHOWS:
2024 - DAN WELDEN LTV EXHIBIT - SAGAPONAC, NY.
2016 - SARA NIGHTINGALE GALLERY - WATERMILL, NY.
2015 - DAN WELDEN STUDIO EXHIBIT - SAG HARBOR, NY.
2012 - PHILLIPS AUCTION - UNDER THE INFLUENCE - NY. NY.
2011 - EEO FRIENDS OF ELUTHRA & HARBOR ISLAND - MIAMI, FL.
2006 - GOOGLE CORP- NY. NY.
1994 - NEW WORLD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS - 3D MINDS - MIAMI, FL.
1993 - CLEVELAND ART INSTITUTE - GROUPSHOW - LACOSTE', FRANCE.
COLABORATIONS:( LARGE SCALE PROJECTED WORKS ):
2016 - EMILIO PEREZ - MIDNIGHT MOMENTS - NY. NY.
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2011 - AMIR BARADARAN - THE BUZZZ - NY. NY. (Augmented Reality Installation Piece)
2008 - DAN HERMES - MOVING DIGITAL PAINTINGS - BOSTON, MA.
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