CHRIS SOLLARS Exhibitions & Installations

Exhibitions & Installations

San Francisco based artist and director of 667Shotwell, Chris Sollars work revolves around the reclamation and subversion of public space through urban interventions, the results of which are integrated into mixed media video installations. Recent Awards include 2007 Eureka Fellowship Award, a 2007 San Francisco Bay Area Artadia Grant, and 2009 Headlands Center for the Arts residency. Sollars in 2008 completed C RED BLUE J which screened at SFMOMA on Election Day and Dec 2 and was included in CREATIVE TIME’s Democracy in America show that took place at the Park Armory. DOWNLOAD a pdf CV& Bio


2010
	2929 A Double Take A New Museum Jan 1-10 2010 2929 is an exhibition using A NEW MUSEUM's address as a double take. Using his series of Public Sculptures made with ready-made-trash and debris on streets and sidewalks around San Francisco Mission, Sollars will be installing some of these recent creations in the Museum over the course of the two weeks.

	Other Possibilitiess: Alison Pebworth Michael Rosenthal Gallery April 10 - May 8, 2010 Video in conjunction with Alison Pebworth's solo exhibition Other Possibilities of drawings.

	Decalogue: Films You Can Count on Two Hands organized by Eve Sussman Winkleman Gallery March 27 - May 1, 2010 Opening: Saturday, March 27, 6-8 PM Line Up includes: Johan Grimonprez, Leslie Thornton, Julian Rosefeldt, Simon Lee + Algis Antanas Kizys, Christine Rebet, Erin Cosgrove, Jim Finn, Matt Stokes, Marcus Coates, & Chris Sollars.

	GLOBAL/NATIONAL - The Order of Chaos Exit Art March 13 - May 1, 2010 Opening March 13, 7-10 PM An exhibition that “addresses the anxieties of economics, environmental tragedies, and societies of control that define the chaos of globalization. It explores these social issues in an aesthetic way to demystify the notion of art only as an ornamental production.

	PAPER! AWESOME! Baer Ridgeway Exhibitions Feb 20 - March 27 2010 PAPER!AWESOME!, a group exhibition of new works on paper by over 100 artists. Curated by gallery artist Brion Nuda Rosch, this exhibition contains over 300 8.5 x 11 inch brand new works on paper by an incredibly varied group of artists.


2009
	ARTHUR ALLAN HALLWAY PROJECTS & 667SHOTWELL NOV/DEC 2009 Together Hallway Projects (Arthur) and 667 Shotwell (Allan) investigate the domestic nature of each venue through new works within each other's space and in the neighborhood between each residence to create a series of collaborative works in varying media. Art Practical Review by Zachary Scholz

	Brautigan Headlands Center for the Arts, CA Sculpture & Video Installation Featuring 7 sculptures for 7 books by SF Bay Area art organizer, former Digger, and poet Richard Brautigan. Videos based on each book interrupt the live video feed in the space.

	Cartographic Imagination: Mapping in Contemporary California Art Exhibition: September 19 - October 15, 2009 SF STATE University Gallery

	OPENfuture: Spinning Marinetti's WheelsChris Sollars Jerome Waag Matt Volla Event: October 17, 2009 SFMOMA Sanfrancisco, CA video projections


2008
	C RED BLUE J in Creative Time's Democracy in America: The National Campaign Opening: September 21 - 27, 2008 Opening Reception: Sept 21, 2 TO 10 PM Park Avenue Armory; New York, NY

	(EDIT) THE UNCERTAIN STATES OF AMERICA June 20 - July 20 @ Maniac Gallery, Oakland, CA


2007
	The Innocent Gaze @ Jack Hanley Gallery August 3 - August 26

	Locked Bike: A Still Life in Motion Keys that Fit: Oakland, CA April 6- May 25

2006
	Accumulative Dissipation at SOEX SF, CA January 16, 2006 - February 6, 2006

	Accumulative Rubbings at SOEX On-Site Education Program (OSEP) January 16, 2006 - February 6, 2006

	Malleable Marion Ohio February 1 - 24 2006 Curated by Sanford Biggers at Kuhn Fine Arts Gallery The Ohio State University at Marion

	Bard College Install June 2006

	Jar / Drain Bard MFA Show July 8,2006 - July 20, 2006

	Tokyo-San Francisco Art Festival'06 Tokyo Japan July 29th to August 5th 2006

	Haunted curated by Pat Rock at Disjecta Portland, OR September 5 - October 4 2006

	Flavour of Democracy in collaboration with Jerome Waag October 20, 2006 - November 11, 2006 Detourned Menu curated by Brianna Toth Installation at The Lab

	Kimono News Install December 2006 Listening: Living Art from Japan and San Francisco The Lab - San Francisco, CA

2005
	SUV RUB & Double Tether Bard College

	The Shirt That Gets Around December 2005 Artist Space New York, NY

2004
	Bjorn Again January 24 - March 7, 2004 Multiplex curated by Eve Sussman Smackmellon Brooklyn, NY

	Come Walk With Me March 12 - April 10, 2004 Suite 106 Gallery, New York, NY

	Soap Boxes Bard College

2003
	Bjorn Again December 2003 NADA ART FAIR, Miami, FL

	Paper Ball Mill College Museum Install


2002
	Urban Evidence APRIL 2 - MAY 4, 2002 Seson Gallery UCSantaCruz Santa Cruz, CA

2001
	We're Waiting with Mads Lynnerup September 20, 2001 New Langton Arts San Francisco, CA

1998
	MY BANK August 1998 Bank Show Skowhegan, ME

	Donation Boxes January 1998 RISD MUSEUM Providence, RI

	Finding Providence June 1998 Providence, RI

	World Cup Bar Install August 1998 Skowhegan, ME


1996
	Bridge November - December 1996 Providence, RI