Christopher Scardino

1974, Orange, CA. I am classically-trained painter, with a background in Anthropology as well. After a journey into the world of abstraction I returned to naturalism for a spell and now abstraction has reared it's beautiful head again. My main motivation is to uncover the hidden realms that dwell within me and express them right when they enter into my consciousness. My present work is like a puzzle that is never to have all of its pieces. We are inundated with a reality that isn't so pretty, isn't so nice, and we process this so-called "reality" as a book full of passages that we might read one day. For now, we perceive the world in ways that make it easier for us to live. There are dualities that intrigue me so, like creation and destruction, barriers and freedom, the sense of being insulated within a bubble of security and being completely vulnerable to this life that speeds by. I am inspired by my wife, unique textures, Beethoven, infinite space, Einstein, the possibilities inherent in the everyday.

1994-1997, UCSB, CA, BA-Anthropology1999-2002, AISC, CA, BFA-Drawing & Painting2007-Capturing The Force of Stillness, Fairhaven MausoleumHive Gallery, Los Angeles, CAAltered Esthetics Gallery,Minneapolis, MN2006-Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA, Group ShowBoundless Gallery-OnlineMarion Meyer Contemporary Art, Laguna Beach, CA2005-Marion Meyer Contemporary Art-Laguna Beach, CALaguna Art Museum, "All California Exhibition", Laguan Beach, CAGallery Eleven/Seven-Long Beach, CAMajor Circle Studio Gallery- Costa Mesa, CA, "Elements"Scene-Newport Coast, CA, "Juxtapositions I",

Virga Gallery, Laguna Beach April 15th opening!
Group Show @ Bella Vista Art - Asheville, NC