Selected Shows

2011
  • NINE, group show, Offerings Gallery, Katonah, NY
  • Fall Juried Show, Putnam Arts Council, Mahopac, NY, juror, Randy Williams
  • Katonah Museum Artists Association Show, Village Library, Katonah, NY
  • Live Art, Fortune Ridge, Brewster, NY

  • 2010
  • Fall Juried Show, Putnam Arts Council, Mahopac, NY, juror, Ed Smith
  • StudioMates, 2-man show, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT
  • Evolution Juried Show, Putnam Arts Council, Mahopac, NY
  • Play, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT

  • 2009
  • BAU 60, Beacon Artist Union, Beacon, NY
  • Bedlam, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT
  • Tributaries, Collaborative Concepts at Maxwell Fine Arts, Peekskill, NY
  • 32nd Annual Juried Show, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT
  • The Collaborative Show, Arts on the Lake, Lake Carmel, NY

  • 2008
  • Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Juried by Benjamin Genocchio, Award of Excellence
  • Collaborative Concepts at Saunders Farm, Garrison, NY
  • WaterWorks, The Lilac, Pier 40, NYC
  • The Forest group show, Wachovia Securities, Rhinebeck, NY
  • Featured Artist, AG Edwards, Rhinebeck, NY
  • 2-man show, DISH, Lake Mahopac, NY
  • Collaborative Concepts at the Hat Factory, Peekskill, NY

  • 2007
  • Featured Artist, AG Edwards, Rhinebeck, NY
  • Mud/Bone Holiday Print Show, Mud/Bone, Bronx, NY
  • Buone Feste, Holiday Group Show, RiverWinds Gallery, Beacon NY
  • Fine Arts Show, Putnam Arts Council, Tilly Foster Farm, Brewster, NY
  • “30 Days in the Life of Women Artists” Invitational, RiverWinds Gallery, Beacon, NY
  • bau 30: Fresh Ink: A Printmaking Event, beacon artist union, Beacon, NY
  • bau 29: solo show, beacon artist union, Beacon, NY
  • Synthesis, 5-man show, Putnam National Golf Course, Mahopac, NY
  • “bau NOW” group show, beacon artist union, Beacon, NY

  • 2006
  • ArtsWalk, Pocketbook Factory Invitational Show, Hudson, NY
  • “Beacon/Bronx 4+4”, group show, beacon artist union, Beacon, NY
  • “Crossing Boundaries”, Juried Mixed Media Show, PAC, Mahopac, NY
  • “Beyond Me” Solo Show with collaborations, beacon artist union, Beacon, NY
  • 5-man show at Muddy Cup, Beacon, NY
  • More than One Way, 5-man show, Mahopac Library, Mahopac, NY
  • Mother/Daughter, 2-man show, Pleasantville Library, Pleasantville, NY
  • Members Show, Putnam Arts Council, Mahopac, NY

  • 2005
  • bau 12: transition, beacon artist union, Beacon, NY
  • “Span” Fifth Anniversary Group Show, Collaborative Concepts, Beacon, NY
  • “Red” Juried Show, Putnam Arts Council, Mahopac, NY
  • Fine Arts Juried Show, Putnam Arts Council, Mahopac, NY

  • 2004
  • Mother/Daughter 2-man Show, Somers, NY
  • “Conversations” Juried Show, Putnam Arts Council, Mahopac, NY
  • Alumni/ae Art Show, Grace Church School, New York, NY
  • Fine Arts Juried Show, Putnam Arts Council, Mahopac, NY
  • Members Show, Putnam Arts Council, Mahopac, NY

  • 2003
  • “Viewpoints” Juried Show, No. Westchester Center for the Arts, Mt. Kisco, NY
  • Members Show, Putnam Arts Council, Mahopac, NY
  • Curatorial Experience

    2007
  • “Curators as Artists” beacon artist union, Beacon, NY
  • Panel Moderator “The Shifting Center” beacon artist union, Beacon, NY

  • 2006
  • The Battle Against Extinction, Muddy Cup, Beacon NY
  • Video portion and Video Showcase for “Beacon/Bronx 4+4” bau, Beacon, NY
  • Awards

  • Award of Excellence, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Juror: Benjamin Genocchio, NY Times
  • First Prize, “Conversations” Juried Show, Putnam Arts Council, Mahopac, NY
  • Third Prize, Members Show, Putnam Arts Council, Mahopac, NY
  • Over 2 dozen graphics/design excellence awards
  • First Prize, Photography, Ossining Women’s Club, Ossining, NY
  • Anna Ball Pierce Scholarship Award, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT
  • Education

  • BFA, Magna Cum Laude, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT
  • I mix a spectrum of different media-painting, printmaking, collage and drawing in order to juxtapose and layer pattern, texture, color, text and symbols. To me this speaks about the visceral and perceptual experience of a seeing self.

    Visit my journey on my blog: christopherstaples.wordpress.com