Chris Schanck
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Christopher Schanck was born in 1975 and raised in Dallas, Texas. He received a B.F.A. from the School of Visual Arts in Sculpture in 1999 and an M.F.A in Design from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2011. After graduating, he opened his studio in Detriot in 2012. He is interested in materials and processes that are not traditionally associated with luxury, mass-production, or standards of perfection. Among his best-known works are those that comprise his 'ALUfoil' series, in which industrial and discarded materials are covered in aluminum foil, and then sealed with resin. His methods characteristically involve both outsider techniques as well as the help in his studio of marginalized members of the Detroit community.
EDUCATION
2011
MFA, 3D Design, Cranbrook Academy of Arts, Bloomfield HIlls, MI
1999
BFA, Sculpture, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
SELECT EXHIBITIONS
2020
Reflectory (forthcoming), Reyes | Finn, Detroit, MI
Kleureyck: Van Eyck’s Colours in Design, Design Museum Gent, Gent, Belgium; Le Tripostal, Lille, France
2019
Landlord Colors: On Art, Economy, and Materiality, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2018-2019
When Attitudes Become Chairs, Pizzuti Collection Columbus, OH
2018
Chris SchanckL: Unhomely, Friedman Benda, New York, N
2017
Cranbrook: A New Domestic Landscape, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
dna10, Friedman Benda, New York, NY
2015
Dans un intérieur, meubles, oeuvres murals & textiles d’artistes, Almine Rech Gallery, Paris, France
Design Miami, Johnson Trading Gallery, Miami, FL
Design Miami/Basel, Johnson Trading Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
2013
Furniture 2013, Johnson Trading Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2012
Raw + Unfiltered, American Design Club, Heller Gallery, New York, NY
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montréal, Cananda
Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI