Education
2015 Rhode Island School of Design, Master of Fine Arts
2014 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
1989 University of Colorado Boulder, Bachelor of Fine Arts
Exhibitions
Solo/Two Person
2012 Chris Papa, Sculpture, Storefronts Seattle, Seattle, WA
2008 Chris Papa: Recent Prints, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
Group
2019 20/92 Video Screening, Icebox, Philadelphia, PA
2018 Jungle, Taipei Artist Village, Taipei City, Taiwan
Fantasy Exile, Spectacle Theater, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Tall Non-Fat Raspberry White Mocha Latte, Investment Projects, New York, NY
Merge Left, Overpass Projects, Providence, RI
New DirectIons 2017, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
2016 Dirty Particles, 18th Street Art Center, Santa Monica, CA
New Traffic Pattern Ahead, Overpass Projects, Providence, RI
2015 Cement All, Flux Factory, Long island City, NY
Boston Young Contemporaries, Boston University, Boston, MA
RISD MFA Exhibition, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Parallels, 60 Orange St, Providence, RI
2014 RISD Sculpture Triennial, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
Matter/s, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI
50/50, Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI
2013 Cloaked and Crashing, Expose Gallery, Providence, RI
LIKE, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
2012 Art Interruptions, Seattle, WA
Print Zero Exchange VII, Print Zero studios, Seattle, WA
2011 Prints by NW Artists, Santa Rosa Jr. College Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA
Shizabura Takeda Biennial Exhibition, Centro Cultural Acatlan, Acatlan , Mexico
Heaven on Earth 3, Carkeek Park, Seattle
2010 Shizaburo Takeda Biennial Exhibition, Oaxaca Museum of Painting, Oaxaca, Mexico
2009 Los Angeles Printmaking Society 20th National Exhibition, LA Municipal Art Gallery, CA
NEW PRINTS: 2009/Winter, International Print Center New York
2008 Print Now! Highlights of Contemporary Printmaking, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
Still Pulling, Traditional Printmaking in the Digital Age, Wayne State University, Detroit,
2007 New Work, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
Printmaking Currents 2007, Pacific Northwest College of Arts, Portland, OR
Los Angeles Printmaking Society 19th National, Riverside Art Museum
Awards and Commissions
2015 Boston Young Contemporaries 1st Place Award
2012 Joan Mitchell Residency Fellowship,Vermont Studio Center
2012 4Culture Individual Artist Grant
2011 Portland/Milwaukie Trolley Trail Sculpture Commission
2010 Works on Paper, King County Public Art Collection
2009 Seattle Public Utilities Emerging Artist Commission
Residencies
2012 Vermont Studio Center