Chris studied Fine Art in Hull and when he first got there he built a boat from driftwood to try and escape.
The boat failed but Chris ended up making a whole series of vehicles in a similar vein. The way he makes things has a deliberate “knocked up in the garden shed” aesthetic and each vehicle and escape attempt has its own story attached. Over the years, Chris has retold and refined these stories as both artist and teacher, most recently presenting his lecture How To Not Make A Living As An Artist in various higher institutions across the UK.
Alongside these lectures and kinetic sculptures, Chris also makes performance work including the critically acclaimed works All Roads Lead to Rome and Antarctica. Chris is an Associate Artist of Art Exchange, University of Essex.
Chris’ book about his work ‘Escape’ (Jardine Press, 2014) is available for purchase. For more information please contact Mark Godber on mark@artsadmin.co.uk.
Date | Title | Venue | City |
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10 September 2021 | Antarctica | New Mills Festival Art Trail | Spring Bank |
26–29 September 2019 | Landscape Escape No. 2 | Middlesbrough Art Weekender | Middlesbrough |
1 August 2019 | Antarctica | Let's Talk About the Anthropocene Festival | Brighton |
8 November 2018 | Antarctica | Civic Theatre | Chelmsford |
20 September 2018 | All Roads Lead to Rome | Civic Theatre | Chelmsford |
1–30 September 2018 | Washed Up Car-Go | Home Live Art at Coastal Currents Festival | Hastings |
8 September 2017 | All Roads Lead to Rome | Spring Bank Arts, New Mills Festival | New Mills |
13–15 July 2017 | All Roads Lead to Rome | Culture Station Seoul284 | Seoul |
29 March – 4 June 2017 | Washed Up Car-go | The Deep | Hull |
22 November 2016 | Antarctica | South Street Arts Reading | Reading |
15 November 2016 | Antarctica | Brighton Dome | Brighton |
2 November 2016 | Antarctica | Colchester Arts Centre | Colchester |
29 September 2016 | Antarctica | Folkestone Quarterhouse, SALT Festival | Folkestone |
8 July 2016 | Antarctica | Spital Festival | Chesterfield |
7 July 2016 | Antarctica | Cambridge Junction | Cambridge |
16 June 2016 | Antarctica | The Spring | Havant |
3 June 2016 | Antarctica | Salisbury International Arts Festival | Salisbury |
25 May 2016 | Antarctica | Theatre Delicatessen | Sheffield |
4–6 May 2016 | Antarctica | Shoreditch Town Hall | London |
23 April 2016 | Antarctica | The Old Fire Station | Oxford |
6 April 2016 | All Roads Lead to Rome | Colchester Arts Centre | Colchester |
10 March 2016 | Antarctica | The ShowRoom | Chichester |
20 October 2015 | Antarctica | Wimbledon College of Arts | London |
27 September 2015 | All Roads Lead to Rome | Lion Salt Works | Northwich |
26 September 2015 | All Roads Lead to Rome | Kelsall Community Centre | Kelsall |
10 September 2015 | Antarctica | New Wolsey Theatre | Ipswich |
4 April 2015 | All Roads Lead to Rome | Riverhouse Barn | Walton-on-Thames |
28 March 2015 | All Roads Lead to Rome | Phoenix Theatre | Bordon |
24 March 2015 | All Roads Lead to Rome | ICIA | Bath |
20 March 2015 | All Roads Lead to Rome | The Old Fire Station | Oxford |
19 March 2015 | All Roads Lead to Rome | Arts Centre | King's Lynn |
12 March 2015 | All Roads Lead to Rome | The ShowRoom | Chichester |
20 February 2015 | All Roads Lead to Rome | Arts Centre | Letchworth |
12 February 2015 | All Roads Lead to Rome | The Spring | Havant |
7 February 2015 | All Roads Lead to Rome | Tom Thumb Theatre | Margate |
5 February 2015 | All Roads Lead to Rome | The Theatre | Chipping Norton |
22 January 2015 | All Roads Lead to Rome | South Street Arts Centre | Reading |
22 November 2014 | All Roads Lead to Rome | FLINT Festival | Salisbury |
11 September 2014 | Buy My Bloody Book! | Toynbee Studios | |
13 July 2014 | All Roads Lead to Rome | Hotbed Festival, Cambridge Junction | Cambridge |
20 June 2014 | All Roads Lead to Rome | Spital Arts Festival | Chesterfield |
14 May 2014 | All Roads Lead to Rome | Norwich Arts Centre | Norwich |
8 May 2014 | All Roads Lead to Rome | Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival | Belfast |
23 April 2014 | All Roads Lead to Rome | Marlborough Theatre | Brighton |
10 April 2014 | All Roads Lead to Rome | Oxford Playhouse | Oxford |
7–8 March 2014 | All Roads Lead to Rome | Chelsea Theatre | London |
6 March 2014 | All Roads Lead to Rome | Norden Farm Centre for the Arts | Maidenhead |
26 February 2014 | All Roads Lead to Rome | New Wolsey Theatre | Ipswich |
7 November 2013 | All Roads Lead to Rome | Lakeside Theatre | Essex |
2–25 August 2013 | All Roads Lead to Rome | Pleasance Hunt & Darton Cafe, Edinburgh Fringe Festival | Edinburgh |
21 July 2013 | All Roads Lead to Rome | Hotbed Festival, Colchester Arts Centre | Essex |
14 July 2013 | All Roads Lead to Rome | Hotbed Festival, Cambridge Junction | Cambridge |
6 March 2013 | All Roads Lead to Rome | Toynbee Studios |