Group Exhibition

Bio

Christion received his MFA from the University of California, Irvine, and his BFA form the University of Oklahoma. He currently lives and works in Claremont CA. In addition to making art, Christion works in Claremont Graduate University’s Art Department as the Gallery and Collections Manger where he has curated a number of exhibitions including the group show The Banality of Good and Remembering Shapes, Signs, and Bodies with artist Edgar Heap of Birds. Christion has exhibited throughout the US and Europe including California, Oklahoma, Illinois, and Germany and has had his work in the critically acclaimed 2005 feature film Me, You, and Everyone We Know.  In addition to his art he worked for several years as an assistant coordinator of an education and outreach program provided by the UC Irvine Libraries. The program focused on Information Literacy and Visual Literacy instruction for teachers and students in high-risk school districts. The concepts practiced in Visual and Information Literacy have been essential in the development of Christion’s approach to art making and his belief that integration of historical research, visual archiving, technical skill, and community awareness is essential to foster open-minded and informed artworks