Chris trueman historian

Chris trueman artist
1999–2003: San Francisco Art Institute, Dual BFA in Painting and Digital Media ; 1999–2003: San Francisco Art Institute Presidential Merit Scholarship ; 2009.
Starting out as a professional musician, Chris Trueman toured the world and has been in recording studios since he was 17.

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Chris Trueman draws on Op Art and Abstract Expressionism for his distinct style that references graffiti and digital art. His compositions, filled with layers of positive and negative space, center the physical act of mark-making and its residual effects. Through a combination of gestural painting and spray-painting, Trueman creates space through inversion, where the absence of a brushstroke holds as much presence as concrete shapes. His latest work is painted on Yupo, a synthetic, non-absorbent paper that pushes this process to its logical extreme. Paint is alternately repelled and attracted to the paper, articulating negative gestures as their own distinct forms. Finished works take on a kaleidoscopic haze, full of complex layering that both breaches through the surface and invites the viewer into a rabbit hole of color and texture.

“The combined effect is a surface that successfully mimics the digital or photographic space without actually being either of these things. This strange physical nature conveys my inte

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CHRIS TRUEMAN

EDUCATION:

2010: Claremont Graduate University, Master of Fine Arts
2003: San Francisco Art Institute, Dual Bachelor of Fine Art Degrees in Painting and Digital Media

SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
2019

"In the Land of Milk and Honey", Curated by Bryan Ricci, Backspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, January

"Paintings from the Interior", Curated by Andi Campognone, UC Riverside, Riverside, CA, January

Edward Cella Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, March

TW Fine Arts, Brisbane, AU, June

2018
"The Color of the Universe Changes Over Time", Adah Rose Gallery, Kensington, MD, March

2017
"Entangled" Dual solo show at TW Fine Art, Brisbane, Australia and Visual Artists Group, Los Angeles, CA July

2016
LAX-->BNE Solo exhibition, TW Fine Art, Brisbane Australia, June
David Hicks and Chris Trueman, "New Works" Edward Cella Art + Architecture, Los Angeles, CA, February

2015
"Inversions: Image vs The Real", at Four Six One Nine, curated by John Wolf, Los Angeles, CA, October
"Closing the Gap", Soltesz Fine Art, Portland, OR, September

2014
"ALCHE

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About the Author

Chris Trueman

Chris Trueman BA (Hons), MBA set up www.historylearningsite.co.uk in 2000. Sadly Chris passed away from an aggressive form of brain cancer in May 2013. He was only 55 years old and had been a teacher for 32 years. As Chris’ family we have taken it upon ourselves to keep his legacy and hard work alive by maintaining and further developing his website. He had a great passion for learning and education and we hope this site is a fitting memorial.

Chris obtained his BA (Hons) in History at Aberystwyth University. He then obtained a PGCE at Loughborough University with History as his primary subject and Physical Education as his secondary subject. Finally Chris achieved an MBA at Sussex University.

Mr T, as he was affectionately known, has been described by his pupils as an inspirational man who affected their lives long after they had left school. He had a deep knowledge of History and Politics and taught both of these at Secondary level in the UK. The work on this site was done by him over a number of years starting in 2000 and it will continue to