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Chris Garko

1286 West Adams Road, Pentwater, MI 49449 • garko@chrisgarko.com • 231-869-5452


Born: Detroit, Michigan 1970
Lives and Works in Michigan

Museums
2005, 8th Annual Coral Springs Museum of Art Juried Exhibition, Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, Florida
2005, Great Art Affair Exhibition, Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, Florida

Selected Group Exhibitions
2007 Christopher Micheal's Fine Art, Christopher Micheal Fine Art Gallery, Catania, Italy
2006 International Juried Art Exhibition, Saatchi Gallery, London, England
2005 5th Annual Realism International Juried Art Exhibition, Upstream People Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska
2005 Now That’s Funny, The Empty Space Gallery, Bakersfield, California
2005 Unlimited Visions, North Water Gallery and Emerging Artists Group , Canal Fulton, Ohio
2005 After Hiroshima : Nuclear Imaginaries , Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, United Kingdom
2004 Four New Painters, New Arts Gallery, Bantam, Connecticut Group Show
2004 Bright Sights, Electrifying Nights, Palm Beach County, Art in Public Places Exhibitions, West Palm Beach International Airport, Florida
2003 Showtel, Hotel Biba, West Palm Beach, Florida
2003 Biennial, International Juried Exhibition, Brad Cooper Gallery, Tampa, Florida
2003 Group Show, Arts on Douglas, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
2002 National Exhibition of Contemporary American Paintings and Photography, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL
1999 Metro Dade Cultural Resource Center, Miami, Florida
1999 City Hall Art in Public Places, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
1999 Vague Mysteries, West End Fine Arts , West Palm Beach, Florida
1998 MFA Graduation Exhibition, Hunter College, CUNY, New York City, NY
1993 Graduation Exhibition, Florida State University Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
1989 Student Exhibition, Oak Park High School, Kansas City, Missouri

Bibliographic Reviews
2004 Palm Beach Post, “Conceptual Landscape”, August 10th 2004, p.11
1989 Kansas City Star, Scholastic Review.

Awards and Special Recognition
1989 Four Year Scholarship to Savannah School of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia
1989 Senior Class Gift, School Mural, Oak Park High School, Kansas City, Missouri
1989 Scholastic Awards, Gold Key Award, Kansas City, Missouri
1989 Scholastic Awards, Honorable Mention, Kansas City, Missouri
1988 Summer Scholarship, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri

Education
1998 M.F.A., Hunter College, City University of New York, NY, NY
1993 B.F.A., Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
1989 Summer Scholarship, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri

Related Employment Activities
1997 Archival Assistant of Japanese Prints, Ronin Gallery, New York City, New York
1996 MFA Gallery Assistant, Hunter College, New York City, New York
1990 Assistant to the Director, East Bourne Clark Gallery, West Palm Beach, Florida

Private Collections
Mrs. Mary Kathryn Bizjak, Apopka, Florida
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Corson, St. Augustine, Florida
Donald S. Kieffer, Dearborn, Michigan
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Walter Garko, Jupiter, Florida

Commissions
1994 Utiltec Corporation, West Palm Beach, Florida
1990 Palm Beach Community College, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida