Bristol, RI, United States
“I dream my-self tiny to see my artworks at a monumental scale, I do this until I can create them la...
About the artist
Joined In 2017
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About the artist
Joined In 2017
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“I dream my-self tiny to see my artworks at a monumental scale, I do this until I can create them larger.”- Christopher H Cox
The mediums I primarily work with are wood and composites due to their cost effectiveness and my boat building background. I am first a sculptor, secondly a painter. I am a maquette maker. Most of my pieces I design to one day build at a much larger scale. For me to consider something I create “art” it has to bring me excitement and cause me uncontrollable joy when I look at it.
It was around the age of 26 that I re-awoke to art. At the time, I was focused on designing inventions in my spare time and was self-employed restoring boats. I was offered a temp job helping a custom fabrication shop move buildings, and there, the art of Lichtenstein, Haring and others in large scale, was thrown in my face and suddenly I remembered “hey this used to be me, I was an artist, what happened to that Chris?”
I was thrown into what I’ll call for my privacy’s sake, a manic love state. When I am in this state I feel a combination of fear of being known and as though I am working towards my destiny, as if my story will be told as long as I create art, and my life will mean something, I’ll live...
International Yacht Restoration School Composite Technologies program
Untrained Artist
Former employee of Amaral Custom Fabrications
Public art installation of monumental scale sculpture entitled POD in Providence RI 2016-current
Public art installation of sculpture entitled Reindeer in Providence, RI 2017/2018 Holiday season
NR Modern 2017
Red Gallery 2017
Mint Gallery 2017/2018
"Shit on a shingle" series at the Alta Luna Gallery 2015
Sculptural Graffiti, Providence RI