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Born in 1983 in Illinois, Chad is a multi-media visual artist and writer who lives and works in the United States.

  

EDUCATION

Master of Arts, Illinois State University in Normal, IL (2011)

Bachelor of Arts, Bradley University in Peoria, IL (2007)

  

RECENT GROUP & SOLO EXHIBITIONS

(e)merge, Capitol Skyline Hotel in Washington, DC (2011)

Houston Fine Art Fair, George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, TX (2011)

Our Short Eternity, Rachel Cooper Hall (Illinois State University) in Normal, IL (2010)

STATE Your Art, Illinois State University in Normal, IL (2010)

Student Annual 2010, University Galleries at Illinois State University in Normal, IL (2010)

  

RECENT COMISSIONS

Bavarian State Opera: artwork licensed for the 2011-12 season posters (Munich, Germany).

Adbusters Magazine: cover photograph for issue #98, November/December 2011 (United Kingdom).

Kiblind Magazine: three artworks licensed for three different covers of issue #37, September-November 2011 (Lyon, France).

Nicotine Magazine (nicotinemag.com): 15 newly commissioned artworks featured in the July 2011 digital issue; edited by Mark Kim (New York, NY).

  

SELECTED PRESS & MEDIA

Holland Herald, forthcoming 2011 issue: art feature; edited by Annemarie Hoeve (Amsterdam, Netherlands).

Talk Mag, September/October 2011, issue #16: art feature and essay by Sébastien Varveris; edited by Yves Reynaert (Liege, Belgium).

Guernica Magazine (guernicamag.com), September 2011: art feature; edited by Jamie Goldenberg (United States).

Need Supply Co. (http://blog.needsupply.com), September 2011: art feature (Richmond, Virginia).

Fast Company Magazine (fastcompany.com), August 2011: art feature, "Artist Defaces Old Paintings, Turns Them Into Eerie Frightfests"; edited by Suzanne LaBarre (New York, NY).

The Creators Project (thecreatorsproject.com), August 2011: art feature and editor's pick; edited by Kevin Holmes (London, UK).

It's Nice That (itsnicethat.com), August 2011: art feature, interview, and guest curatorship; edited by Bryony Quinn (London, UK).

The World's Best Ever (theworldsbestever.com), August 2011: art feature; edited by David Wilfert (United States).

Complex Magazine (complex.com), August 2011: art feature, "Coolest Art We've Seen All Day: 'Nocturne'... by Chad Wys"; edited by Brianne Garcia (New York, NY).

Artist A Day (artistaday.com), August 2011: art feature (United States).

Flavorwire by Flavorpill (flavorwire.com), July 2011: art feature, "Chad Wys' Phenomenal Deconstructed Portraits".

But Does it Float (butdoesitfloat.com), July 2011: art feature, "The Nocturne series by Chad Wys".

Base Magazine (basemagazine.co), July 2011: art feature and interview, edited by Georgia Harris (United Kingdom).

Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine (juxtapoz.com), July 2011: art feature, "The Art of Chad Wys"; edited by Evan Pricco (San Francisco, CA).

Hi-Fructose Magazine (hifructose.com), June 2011: art feature, "The Art of Chad Wys"; edited by J. L. Schnabel (Richmond, CA).

Beware Mag (bewaremag.com), May 2011: art feature; edited by Erwan Manchec (Paris, France).

Bloginity (bloginity.com), May 2011: art feature; edited by Daniel Haim (New York, NY).

Modern Family [television show], 2010-2011: artwork acquired by set decorator Amber Haley; filmed by 20th Century Fox Television, and aired domestically through ABC Television (Los Angeles, CA).

Vogue Australia, December 2010: part of the "Editors' top choice..." cover story; editor-in-chief Kirstie Clements (Sydney, Australia).

Serial Optimist (serialoptimist.com), September 2010: "Interview: Meet Artist Chad Wys, A Serial Optimist Favorite"; edited by David Dean (Dallas, TX).

CarneMag (carnemag.com), August 2010: art feature; edited by Carlo Michelangelo Luetto (Buenos Aires, Argentina).

Fubiz (fubiz.net), August 2010: art feature (Roubaix, France).

Behance Network (behance.net), 2009-2011: five-time editor's portfolio pick (New York, NY).

  

SELECTED WRITING & RESEARCH

The Seller's Aura: Recent Art as a Commodity in the Auction Market (Master's thesis and forthcoming book, 2011)

"No `Green' Deed Goes Unpunished: The Visuality of Corporate Greenwashing" (essay, 2010; presented at (Human)Nature: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Ecotheory & Justice at Illinois State University)

"Glimpses of Culture and Critique: A Brief Theoretical Analysis of the Light, Psychology, and Style of Rembrandt's Etchings" (essay, 2010)

"Postmodern Interface: The Sea Change of Reception in Recent Art History" (essay, 2009)

 
         
     

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