Chris Arnold (A*)

Chris Arnold was born in Columbia, Missouri in 1977. He earned a B.F.A. in Studio Art from the University of Missouri, Columbia in 2002, and an M.F.A. in Illustration from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2007. Currently, Chris Arnold is an award winning Chicago based artist who is represented worldwide and is a distinguished faculty member at both the Illinois Institute of Art – Chicago (2009 Teacher of the Year) and the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). Over the last decade of Arnold’s professional art and illustration career, he has had work featured in nine one-man exhibitions and included in over fifty group shows worldwide. Recent exhibitions featuring his works have been held at Rotofugi Gallery, Chicago, IL 2013; 567 Gallery, New York, New York 2012; Pottery Barn, Chicago, Illinois 2011; Moot Gallery, Hong Kong, China 2011; Gallery 350, Chicago, Illinois, 2010; Karen Solem Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 2010; Hubner Bokform Gallery, Halmstad, Sweden, 2010; The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, California, 2009; and at the Third Floor Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, 2008. Arnold’s artwork and illustrations have also been featured in these selected publications and advertising campaigns: St. Louis Magazine, Powder Magazine, ReDivider, Los Angeles Journal, Vox Magazine, Charleston Magazine, Sauce Magazine, Savannah Magazine; Powerade, Banana Republic, Walgreens, Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Special Olympics, and the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Read Less