Cris A. Schayer
Exhibitions and Public Perfomances
2016 Signifying No^thing, Dfbrl8r Performing Arts Space, Chicago, IL
A Group Thing, Thomas Young Gallery, Boston, MA
Flashbulb, Panoply Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
How to Lose Important Things in the Storm, Outpost 186, Cambridge, MA
Movement 2016, Mobius International Performance Space, Cambridge, MA
Flesh Crisis 2016 Symposium, La Esquina, Kansas City, MO
Trauma Salon (Boston): Brutality and Break Fluid, Outpost 186, Boston, MA
Massachusetts College of Art and Design MFA Thesis Exhibition, Bakalar Gallery, Boston, MA
Movie Trailer, Massart Court Yard, Boston, MA
2015 The Moving Pictures Show, Pozen Center, Boston, MA
Dis/Position, Dfbrl8r Performing Arts Space, Chicago, IL
Massachusetts College of Art and Design MFA Thesis II Exhibition, Bakalar Gallery, Boston, MA
2014 Petrichor Performance Collective and Panoply Performance Laboratory present: Practice, Practicing, and the Perpetual
Becoming of Performance, Panopoly Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
Performance on Paper Series, Mobius International Art Space, Cambridge, MA
Earthing, Petrichor Performance Collective, The Emerald Necklace, Boston, MA
RECLAMATION, The BLAA, The Male Center, Boston, MA
Harbinger, The Aviary Gallery, Boston,
Not Obtuse if You Think Harder, The Piano Gallery, Boston, MA
2013 Talk To - A Salon of Paired Works Arnheim Gallery, Boston, MA
2011 B.A. Thesis Exhibition, SLUCA Gallery, Hammond LA.
Visual Arts Student Exhibition, SLUCA Gallery, Hammond, LA.
2010 Department of Visual Arts Student Exhibition, SLUCA Gallery, Hammond, LA.
2009 Majorie Morrison Sculpture Biennial, Hammond Regional Arts Gallery, Hammond, LA. Honorable Mention
Department of Visual Arts Student Exhibition, SLUCAG, Hammond, LA. Best in Show
2008 CREATE, Guerrilla Gallery, Hammond, Louisiana
NASAD Exhibition, SLUCA Gallery, Hammond LA
Artist Talks:
2016 Flesh Crisis 2016 Symposium, Art Dojo, Kansas City, MO
2015 Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2014 Petrichor Performance Collective and Panoply Performance Laboratory present: Practice, Practicing, and the Perpetual Becoming of Performance, Panopoly Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
Curated Experience:
2016 Curator, Flashbulb, Panopoly Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Co-Curator, Petrichor Performance Collective and Panoply Performance Laboratory present: Practice, Practicing, and the Perpetual
Becoming of Performance, Panopoly Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
Publications
2016 Accordion, Boston,MA
Affiliations:
Petrichor Performance Collective, Boston, MA
Kappa Pi: Etta Nu Chapter, Hammond, LA
Visual Arts Society, Hammond, LA
Education
2015 Masters of Fine Arts, Massachusetts College of Arts and Design, Boston MA
2011 Bachelors of Arts, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA.
Awards and Honors
2015 Dean’s Scholarship Massachusetts College of Arts and Design, Boston, MA
2009 Visual Arts Department Endowment Scholarship, Visual Arts Department Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA
Arrowmont Workshop Scholarship, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Professional Experience
2015 Research Assistant for Elaine Buckholtz, Ben Bigelow, and Dana Moser
2014 Teacher's Assistant for Sandrine Schaeffer, "Performance Fundamentals" Massart, Boston MA
Teacher's Assistant for Elaine Buckholtz "Studio for Interrelated Media: Major Studio" Massart, Boston MA
Teacher's Assistant for Nance Davies, "Studio Foundations: TIME' MassArt, Boston MA
Teacher’s Assistant for Samantha Fields, "Sculptural Knitting", MassArt, Boston MA
Teacher's Assistant for Jane D. Marsching, "Sustainability" Massachusetts College of Art, Boston MA
2013 Teacher’s Assistant for Janet Kawada, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston MA