Chrissy Baucom

My approach to painting can be compared to that of an archaeologist surveying a site. It is this aspect of my practice that I am most devoted to.
My recent work is focused on found and photographed pieces of organic matter. These are images of deceased creatures or debris that have evolved over time---things that were once living and breathing or part of another entity altogether. I am interested in this altered state of things, placing the subject in suspended animation and attempting to reference a place between knowledge and wonder. In making repeated renderings and by concentrating on specific details, it is my goal to understand my own personal connection and fascination with these life-forms and how they relate to my memories and experiences with the natural world.

State University of New York at Purchase- BFA
Virginia Commonwealth University

RESIDENCIES

2017, Aland Artist Residency, Aland Archipelago Finland
2016 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Bethea Scott Owen Fellow
2012 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
2011 NES, Skagastrond, Iceland
1992 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
1992 William King Regional Art Center, Abingdon, VA

AWARDS

2014 South Atlantic Juried Exhibition, 2nd Place
2003 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Professional Fellowship

EXHIBITIONS

2016 "Vestiges and Relics" Second Street Gallery Charlottesville, VA
2014 “Wish You Were Here 13” A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 South Atlantic Juried Exhibtion Montpelier Center for the Arts, Montpelier, VA
2013 “Thor’s Harbour” Paintings from Iceland New City Arts Initiative, WVTF Studios, Charlottesville,VA
2011 “Icelandic Musings and Avian Portraits” Bar Olivino, Brooklyn, NY 2011
2010“Whales and Peacocks” Mud House, Charlottesville, VA
2007 “The Big Show” Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
2007 The HIV Law Project, —to benefit HIV — New York, NY
2006 Jess Frost / Gregory Johnston Present “the SCOPE Alternative” Transient Art Space, Bridgehampton, NY
2006 “The Spaces in Between” Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
2004 “Winte...