Chris Boyd

There is infinite potential for art and imagination to completely change the world we live in. The contemplation of how to go about transforming our socially constructed reality along with advocating for social change, are two of the main concepts that fuel my work. It is essential that we become more informed about the true history of America and the layers of white supremacy that blanket it in order to be a part of deconstructing it and bringing about a paradigmatic shift. A shift in the consciousness of white America that not only allows the majority to see the systemic racism embedded in our country’s framework, but a way of being that also promotes empathy, interconnectedness, and the desire to radically transform what most of us have come to know and accept as the American way of life. A way of living that encourages individual achievement and accumulation of material wealth over the health and wellbeing of others. A way of living that provides white Americans with privileges most are not aware of, a false sense of entitlement, and the subconscious belief that people of color are inferior. My work is an attempt to challenge what most of us have come to know and accept as the reality of the world we live in, as well as...

BFA, Painting, Arizona State University
MFA, Sculpture, California State University Long Beach
PhD, Psychology - Specialization in Transformative Social Change, Saybrook University

Wish You Were Here
Tubac Art Center, Tubac, AZ 2016

All Art Arizona 2016
Art Intersection: Phoenix, AZ 2016

Inglorious AZ
1st Gallery: Phoenix, AZ 2016

Surfacing
Brill House: Phoenix, AZ 2016

Portmanteau
Public Image: Phoenix, AZ 2016

17h Annual Exhibition – ArtLink
Oasis on Grand: Phoenix, AZ 2015

Susan G Komen: Race for the Cure – (mural)
Ceasar Chavez Plaza: Phoenix, AZ 2014

16thAnnual Exhibition – ArtLink
Ice House: Phoenix, AZ 2014

Liberty and Justice For Art
{9} the Gallery: Phoenix, AZ 2014

Artel
Clarendon Hotel: Phoenix, AZ 2014

Thinking Things Through
Goings Galleria: Phoenix, AZ 2014

Tempe Transitioning
City of Tempe Public Art Utility Boxes, Mill Ave. (5th St/Ash Ave.)
Tempe, AZ 2014


Mirrors to the Mind: Psychotherapist As Artist
Los Angeles, CA 2013

UrbanIsolation
Phoenix, AZ 2012

Art For Action
Portland, OR 2010

Narcissus’ Nemesis or the Loch Ness Monster
(MFA Thesis Exhibition)
Long Beach, CA 2008

Feed
Long Beach, CA 2008

Pragamana
Long Beach, CA 2008

a priori/a posteriori
Long Beach, CA 2007

A New Perspective
Long Beach, CA 2007

A Brief History of Time
Long Beach, CA 2007

Pancake
Long Beach, CA 2007

BFA Group Show...