CURRICULUM VITAE
Chris Lael Larson is an multi-disciplinary artist, musician and graphic designer who lives and works in Portland, Oregon, USA. His current motion work coalesces hand-sequenced digital stills, stop-motion, hand-drawn animation, motion graphics and sound collage -- flowing layers of color, shape and texture together into surreal meditations on physical and emotional landscapes. Stylistically, this work draws from abstract painting, collage and contemporary photography traditions. Chris is the founding member of DEELAY CEELAY, a collaborative video/music performance duo (with percussionist Delaney Kelly) who will be releasing Thank You, their debut CD/DVD, in June, 2008 and the Movement Remix DVD (remixing the movement work of four regional choreographers) in Winter, 2008. Having toured extensively from 2003-2007, Chris has screen/performed works in over 30 cities across the US. An accomplished graphic designer, he has created projects for such notable clients as Nike, Electronic Arts, Coke, Starbucks, Independent Film Channel, Old Spice, Columbia Sportswear and Intel. Chris received his BA in Photography from the University of California at Santa Cruz where he was awarded the Irwin Scholarship for the Visual Arts.
chris prefers to have the work speak for itself.
when not experiementing with motion/color/sound, chris takes many many photographs.
2008 - "TO REMEMBER THAT OUR SKIES ARE THE SAME
SKIES " - camera, direction, ANIMATION, effects, edit
2007 - "you and the world" - camera, direction, effects, edit
2006 - "ISI" - camera, direction, effects, edit
2006 - "15 seconds" - camera, direction, effects, edit
2006 - "portlandtown" - camera, direction, effects, edit
2006 - "yellow spring" - camera, direction, effects, edit
2006 - "orange lit spaces" - camera, direction, effects, edit
2005 - "best not sleep through it all" - camera, direction,
effects, edit, music
2005 - "i love you like forgetting" - camera, direction, effects,
edit, music
2004 - "now it's a year"
2004 - "far too clean"
2003 - "brighters rays"
2003 - "verdict swings"
2003 - "rows of unbending lines"
1999 - B.s. photography - recipient of the irwin scholarship for the arts - university of california at santa cruz, ca - usa
1998 - B.A. Earth science - graduated in top 5% of major - university of california at santa cruz, ca - usa
2008 - berkeley art museum, berkley, ca - video installation
in collaboration with andrew kudless
2008 - portland documentary and experimental film festival - "to
remember that our skies are the same skies"
2007 - portland institute of contemporarty art -
2007 - vision and hearing - "portlandtown", "yellow spring"
2007 - PACIFIC NORTHWEST COLLEGE OF ART - ENDLESS OCEAN ENDLESS SKY -
COLLABORATION WITH TAHNI HOLT & ANDREW KUDLESS
2007 - audio cinema, portland - pass out heart game - collaboration with
tahni hold and emily bulfin
2007 - reed college arts week, portland - pass out heart game - collaboration
with tahni hold and emily bulfin
2007 - portland
documentray and experimental film festival - "isi"
2007 - perpetual art machine, scope art fair, new york
2006 - us western fall tour - screenings and performance - seattle, wa | spokane, wa | billings, mt | denver, co | albuquerque, nm
el paso, tx | tucson, az | phoenix, az | hollywood, ca | san luis obispo, ca | san francisco, ca | davis, ca
2006 - collaboration with brede rorstad for the "XV" project - "15"
2006 - portland documentary and experimental film festival - "best not sleep through it all"
2006 - Collaboration with musician Christopher Willits - "yellow spring " and "orange lit spaces" videos
2006 - us western spring tour - screening and performance - redding, ca | davis, ca | reno, nv | san francisco, ca | oakland, ca
san diego, ca | los angeles, ca | phoenix, az | tucson, az | albuquerque, nm | denver, co | provo, ut | logan, ut | seattle, wa
2005 - portland institue of contemporary art T.B.A. Festival - performance & screening
2005 - portland documentary and experimental film festival - "now it's a year"
2005 - n.w. film center - super 8 prima opera screening - "i love you like forgetting"
2005 - ving contemporary dance series, bellingham - collaboration with tahni holt and marty schnapf - "island desk"
2005 - ego partk gallery, oakland - performance & screening
2005 - us national tour - screening and performance - seatlle, wa | eugene, or | redding, ca | san francisco, ca | reno, nv
stocton, ca | los angeles, ca | phoenix, az | albuquereque, nm | denver, co | kansas city, mo | st. lous, mo | nashville, tn
atlanta, ga | brooklyn, ny | ithaca, ny | columbus, oh | hishawaka, in | manchester, in | st. paul, nm | rapid city, sd
bozeman, mt | misoula, mt
2005 - us west coast tour - screening and performance - seattle, wa | eugene, or | reno, nv | san louis obispo, ca | los angeles, ca
orange county, ca | san diego, ca
2004 - u.s. west coast tour - redding, ca | reno, nv | san francisco, ca | visalia, ca | san louis obispo, ca | orange county, ca
san diego, ca | santa cruz, ca | seattle, wa
2003 - u.s. west coast tour - san francisco, ca | redding, ca | arcata, ca | chico, ca
2003 - red 76 screening - portland - "trappings, vol: 1 / sex sexy people sell selling"
2003 - collaboration with tahni holt - maryhill museum - goldendale, wa
2002 - hall gallery - portland, or - group exhibition - video / mixed media instalation
2001 - powell's - portland, or - group exhibition - chromogenic prints
2000 - seaplane - portland, or - chromogenic prints
1999 - eloise picard smith gallery - santa cruz, ca - eliot irwin scholarship group exhibition - chromogenic prints
1999 - baskin art center - santa cruz, ca - senior thesis show - chromogenic prints
