Christopher Schulz

Sculpture is inherently difficult to write about, because successful sculpture is – by definition -communicating something that goes beyond words. Christopher Schulz is a sculptor who understands that his work must stand alone, comprised of two strands of meaning that are inextricably bound together. On one hand there is the meaning that emerges from his exploration of his material, his experimentation with form, and the inexplicable filtering of his own emotional and intellectual experiences: and on the other, there is the meaning that springs from the viewer’s own interaction with the work – as individual and as infinitely varied as the viewer themselves. Both are valid, both are vital and neither one should be necessarily colored or influenced by the other.

Christopher Schulz is an artist who wants his audience to trust their ,own instinctive response, to understand that their response is as much a part of what the work is about as any thought that motivated him during its creation. This is the essential magic of art, and like magic, it is elusive, understood in an intuitive way, but rarely surviving any intellectualized dissection. Allow yourself the freedom to experience this sculpture in your own unique way.

Just as a poet can distill a complex idea, and reduce volumes of meanings to just a few richly laden words, so Christopher can take the abstract and complex, and refine it until it exists as pure form. He is drawn to the endless mystery, beauty and challenge of the human form, but increasing1y, he is incorporating other elements, hoping to surprise himself. An artist who takes risks, who acts on impulse, without a clearly defined image in his mind of the finished piece, will inevitably make new discoveries. It is beyond the boundaries of the known and familiar that art takes on the role of intrepid explorer, and makes its contribution to our collective history.

Biography
Born in Laguna Beach, California February 21, 1974
Currently resides in Los Angeles, Ca and Austin, TX

Education
Art Institute of Southern California
Laguna College of Art and Design

Residencies
Seven-Degrees- Laguna Beach 2001-03

Selected Exhibitions
2005 Soho Gallery- Los Angeles (Studio City)
2005 West End Gallery- Solo exhibition
2005 Laguna Fine Art -Solo show
2005 Karen Lynne Gallery-Los Angeles
2005 Stricoff Fine Art – New York
2005 AAFNYC – Contemporary Show NY
2004 Laguna Fine Art- Salvador Dali (argilet period) two-artist show
2003 West End Gallery-Solo exhibition
2002-2003 Festival of Arts-Pageant of the Masters
2002 Seven-degrees- Solo exhibition
2001 Sculpture in the Park – Loveland Colorado
2000 Alumni Show-AISC

Commissions
Isuzu Motors
Laguna Playhouse
Advanced Pharmaceuticals
Kawasaki Motor Corp.
Seven-Degrees

Collections
John Lynch
Bob and Annette McKnight (Quicksilver int’l) Harrison Ford
Dianne Anderson
John Hooten