Chris Gentile

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Born: 1973 in Rhode Island
Lives: and works in New York City

Education
1998 Master of Fine Arts, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
1995 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ringling School of Art and Design


Solo Exhibitions
2006 Penchant to Drift, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 Thinking About Not Thinking, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York
2004 Anatomy of Melancholy, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
2002 Staking Out Expansion, John and June Allcott Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
First Efforts, Second Efforts, Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
Works on Paper, Mainart Gallery, Richmond, VA
2000 Here�s My Disguise, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
Digest 26, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC
1997 Fateful With Handle, John and June Allcott Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC


Group Exhibitions
2006 Slow Revolution, curated by Patrick Grenier, The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2005 Two for the Seesaw, curated by Bill Thelen, Branch Gallery, Durham, NC
2004 Fake Plastic Trees, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
On A Wave, Jessica Murray Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2002 Beyond the VanItas, Juror: Deborah McLoed, Glen Allen Arts Center, Glen Allen, VA
2001 Snapshot, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD
2000 Artist as Critic, Juror: Gary Stephen, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
1998 The Home Front, Coincidence Gallery, Richmond, VA
New Currents in Contemporary Art, MFA Exhibition, Ackland Museum, Chapel Hill, NC


Grants/Awards
2000 Professional Artist Fellowship, Virginia Museum of Art
1998 Smith Grant, College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Carolina