Chris Lux
born 1980, San Francisco, CA
lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
Education
San Francisco Art Institute, 2002
Solo Exhibitions
The Mask Store, Red Zone, Los Angeles, 2018
Garfield Park, Clear Editions Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 2017
Absinthe, Sade, Los Angeles, 2016
With Nude Spoons, Et al, San Francisco, 2015
Postcards…. from the Museum of Gas Interstate Projects, Brooklyn, 2015
Sometimes I say, Hey, Hey Mark Jupiter Moon, London, England 2014
Museum of Gas, Stussy Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 2014
Paintings and Drawings, Muddguts, New York, 2014
Eating Out Of The Drain, The Popular Workshop, San Francisco, 2012
Find Out Why They Call Them Pigs, Jancar Jones Gallery, Los Angeles, 2011
Give Me Some Peppermint Freedom, Jancar Jones Gallery, San Francisco, 2009
Faux Modernist Posters of Four Letter L Word Nouns, Jancar Jones Gallery, San Francisco, 2008
Group Exhibitions
Ways To Kill The Night, Soma Project Space, San Francisco, 2018
The Slim-Waisted Gate, C. Grimaldis Projects, Baltimore, 2018
Lamp Show, 99 Cent Gallery, Brooklyn, 2016
Let’s Get Figurative, Nicelle Beauchene, NYC, 2015
Scapes, Auto Body, Bellport, 2015
Children, (w. Greg Ito), Mission Comics, San Francisco, 2015
Fertile Ground: Art and Community in California, Oakland Museum, Oakland, 2014
They’re, There, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angles, 2014
1717 Contemporary Art Center, Gallery Paula Anglim, San Francisco, 2012
LGBT, Gallery V1, Copenhagen, Netherlands, 2011
Bullet Train, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, 2011
How About Now, Sabina Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, 2010
Dream Summer, Ever Gold Gallery, San Francisco, 2010
Muddguts Meets Homebase, M.A.M.A, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2010
Murals
Legacy Records Mural, New York City, 2018
The Drake Hotel, Toronto, 2017
The Starline Social Club, Oakland, 2017
Google Office, San Francisco, 2016
Facebook MPK 20, Menlo Park, 2015
The Bloc, Los Angeles, 2014
Alphabet Energy Mural, Hayward, 2012
RVCA window display, San Francisco, 2011
John Avalos Campaign Headquarters, San Francisco, 2009
Pacific Primary Pre-School, San Francisco, 2009
Le Mur Billboard, Paris, France, 2008
Clarion Ally Mural Project, San Francisco, 2007
Grey Area Gallery, San Francisco, 2007
Press
HyperAllergic, “Best of 2015: Our Top 10 Brooklyn Art Shows”, Hyperallergic 2015
SFAQ, “The Melancholy Decadence of Chris Lux’s With Nude Spoons”, Leora Lutz, 2015
San Francisco Chronicle, “Chris Lux re imagines Ming Dynasty sexcapades”, Kimberly Chun, 2015
SFAQ, “Eating Out of The Drain”, Kendall George, 2012
San Francisco Bay Guardian “Chris Lux: “Give Me Some Peppermint Freedom”, Johnny Ray Huston, 2009
Fertile ground, Oakland Museum, 2014, Oakland CA, installation view