Abstract Art by Christopher Sharits
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Bio: An American Abstract Artist
Christopher Sharits is a Denver, Colorado based abstract artist who explores the boundaries of acrylic paint on canvas, plexiglass, skis, and snowboards. He utilizes paint brushes, blunt sticks, and fingers to blend, splatter, brush, pull, or smoosh vibrant paints. His plexiglass work is unique in that they are painted horizontally in layers foreground to background basically leaving experience as a guide.
He is the only child of the late, Experimental Filmmaker, Artist, and Media Studies Professor Paul J. Sharits. Paul's work can be seen in dozens of museums and galleries around the world including MoMA, The Met, and The Pompidou Paris. Growing Up with an artist for a father/professor meant that every film festival, museum, gallery, and theater was turned into a lesson in culture and art.
Christopher graduated “Summa Cum Laude” from Buffalo State College in Political Science and a Master’s in Education from American Intercontinental University and two years of graduate studies in International Security from The University of Denver’s Graduate School of International Studies. He has held executive positions in import/export logistics, high tech, and web design. He gleefully took off the tie to pursue art.
He grew up in suburban Denver and summered with Paul in Buffalo New York. After high school graduation in 1984 in Denver, he married Cheri and moved to San Francisco and then back to NY and then back to The University of Denver to continue his studies. He has three grown sons and a huge extended Italian and Latino family.