Chris McLean

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About

Chris McLeans' artworks are visual exemplifications of Neuro-diverse experiences. I make paintings, prints, and installations for viewers to witness and connect with the visual aspects of my personal Autism Spectrum experience: An invitation to communicate and affirm what living on the Autism Spectrum is like. By creating this visibility, I aim to bridge comprehensive understandings of variables in human experience and contribution. Both in personal effect and cultural impact. 

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Chris McLean


Awards, Honors, Residencies and Teachings


2022


Watercolor Artist Magazine

Eyes on the Prize - Best of 2022 ( In Watercolor ).


Watercolor USA Honor Society Member


Provincetown Art Association and Museum.

Lillian Orlowsky / William Freed Grant. 

Exhibition in June 2023

Provincetown, MA.


Springfield Art Museum. 

Kenneth M. Shuck Memorial Award

Watercolor USA - National Juried Exhibition. 

Springfield, MO.




2021

Chiaro Award Finalist. 

Headlands Center for the Arts. 

Marin, California.


2020

New Mexico Arts - Art in Public Selection


2016 

Vermont Studio Center Residency. January - February 2016.


2014 

New Mexico Arts State Purchase Finalist


2013 

New Mexico Art Commission / Creative Santa FE Grant.


2012 

Guest Artist. Nor Cal Vocational Octavia Art Gallery. San Francisco.


2011 

Guest Artist. Graphics = Power. SFAI City Outreach Program – Mission Grafica. San Francisco. 


Levi’s Community Printing Workshop. 16th and Mission. San Francisco.


2010

2010 Honors recipient in Teaching Practicum - San Francisco Art Institute.


Robert Howe Fletcher Cup

San Francisco Art Institute


Anne Bremer Memorial Library 27th Annual Bookmaking Contest. 

1st Place. 

San Francisco Art Institute



Exhibitions


2023

Lilian Orlowsky / William Freed Grant  Show. Provincetown Art Association and Museum


2022

Watercolor USA - National Juried Exhibition.  Springfield Art Museum. 


2016 

“ How to Have Fun – The Minimum Wage Edition.” Small Engine Gallery. Albuquerque NM.


2015 

“Carte Blanche” Central Features. Albuquerque NM.


2014 

“Barking Sycamores” Online Arts Publication.


“ Fanta Se - DeVargas Park”. New Mexico Art Commission Grant. Santa Fe, New Mexico.


“ AMoA Biennial 600: Printmaking.” Amarillo Museum of Art. Amarillo, Texas.


“ Bike to Work Week” Santa Fe City Arts Coalition. Santa Fe, New Mexico.


“Lucky 13” Center for Contemporary Art. Santa Fe, New Mexico. 


2012

Tony Eason’s New Belgium Fat Tire AIDS Ride Fund Raiser Benefit. San Francisco


“Mission on Minna” 111 Minna Gallery San Francisco.


Guest Artist – Octavia Art Gallery – Chalk Drawing Installation. San Francisco


“Kitten Chalk Fever” Café Sofie. San Francisco.


2010

“Haiti Relief – Silent Auction.” San Francisco Art Institute.


“Performanization and Actualization.” Swell Gallery. San Francisco Art Institute.


“ Rebel Design..” Diego Rivers Gallery. San Francisco Art Institute.


"Pedals and Prints.” Crewest Gallery. Los Angeles.


“ Vernissage – MFA Exhibition”. Fort Mason – Herbst Pavilion.


2007

“Camera 1. Camera 2.” Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA.


Publications and News


2022

SpringField Art Museum : Santa Fe Artist Chris McLean takes top award in Watercolor USA 2022

https://www.sgfmuseum.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=150


2015 

Barking Sycamores. Online Art Exhibit


2013 

Pasatiempo – Opening for Devargas Skate Park. Santa Fe New Mexico.


2011 

“ In Transit “ Allison Blomerth. MA Thesis Project. San Francisco Art Institute.


2010 

“ Tales of the Modern Day Flaneur.” Ellen Kieth. Callifornia College of the Arts.


“ Behaving Badly.” Instant City Press. San Francisco.


Education

2010

MFA. Printmaking. San Francisco Art Institute.


2008 

Post - Baccalaureate Certificate. San Francisco Art Institute.


1994 

BFA  Painting. Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. 




Contact: chrismcle@gmail.com

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