Chris Wright, Mono Lake, September 5, 2019. Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 7.5 x 25 in. (Courtesy of the artist)
Pratt in Venice painting faculty Chris Wright is opening an exhibition of recent paintings of the Eastern Sierra at the Lake Room Gallery at the Mono Inn in Lee Vining, California. The exhibition will be on view from June 15 – July 15, 2021. The Mono Inn is reopening in June, and was previously owned by the Ansel Adams family.
Chris Wright received his BFA from the Pacific Northwest College of Art and his MFA from Pratt Institute. He has taught painting at Pratt Institute since 1999. Wright has taught with the Pratt in Venice Summer Program, Montserrat College of Art, the New York Academy of Art and the 92nd Street Y among others. He has been awarded a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, a MacDowell Fellowship and a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in painting. He has had one person shows at the George Billis Gallery in New York City and Los Angeles, the Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania and the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens, New York. His work has been included in exhibitions at Cal State Fullerton, and the Hampden Gallery, UMass Amherst. His work has appeared in the following publications: New American Paintings, New York Spaces Magazine and American Art Collector. Wright’s works on paper are included in the Pierogi Flat Files, New York City.
Chris Wright: Eastern Sierra from Hwy 395
June 15 – July 15, 2021
Lake Room Gallery
Mono Inn
55620 Highway 395
Lee Vining, CA 93541
