Chris Groves

Artwork submitted for bid 
at our September 5, 2010 auction:

"Winter's Pass"
18"x22", oil
Gallery Price: $3,500

Christopher E . Groves
http://cgroves.com/
chris@cgroves.com

Education;

Florence Academy of Art, Italy

CAA Atelier – Classical Academy from Richard Lack

Colorado University, BFA Environmental Design/Architecture

Teaching

Landscape, Still Life and Cast Drawing classes, Horton Hayes Fine Art, 2008-Present

Lead Landscape Instructor Colorado Academy of Art, 2004-2008

Selected Bib

American Art Collector – November 2009, Issue 49

American Art Collector – Feature Article October 2009, Issue 48

Garden And Gun Magazine – August 2009

American Art Collector - Feature Article –  March 2007, Issue 17

•Article – Post & Courier – July 2007 – “The Nine Portraits – Chris Groves”

•Feature Article – Carolina Arts – “Chris Groves Mountains to Sea” March 2007

•Times Call – Feature Article Feb 2007

Honors and Awards

• International Autumn Painting Challenge and Competition".  First Prize – Oil

• CM Russell Masters in Miniature 2009

• Salmagundi Club Exhibit , New York NY

• Artist in Residence, Balsam Mountain Preserve, SC Sept 2009

• Oil Painters of America Eastern - Winner Top 100 – 2008

• Hilton Head Art League – National Juried Art Exhibit 2008 –

• Arts for the Parks – Top 100 – 2008 – Winner Jurors Award

• Selected Artists to Paint “THE NINE” Portraits. Selected by the City of Charleston,SC

• Selected Artist to paint 9th and 10th Bishops of Colorado

• Rocky Mountain Plein-Air Painters Group – RMPAP - Invited Artist 2007

 • Arts for the Parks – Top 100 Mini50 – 2007

Selections and Exhibits:

2010

Salon International Competition, GreenHouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX

Autumn Competition, Bucks County Gallery, New Hope, PA.

Montgomery Museum of Fine Art, Montgomery, AL

2009

Nomades del Arte – Selected Artist. Southwest Gallery, Dallas, TX

Charleston Fine Art Auction – Invitational Auction - Nov 2009

One Man Show – October 2009 – Horton Hayes

Two Man Show – “The Autumn Show” – Anderson Fine Art Gallery – St Simons, GA

Salmagundi Club – Juried Exhibit New York, NY July 2009

Summer Solstice – Fountainside Gallery – Wilmington, NC

Two Man Show “The Hunt” – CAGallery  Sept 2009

Two man Show - Time and Place  - Horton Hayes – May 2009

One Man Show - Crescent Gallery – Spartanburg, NC, March 2009

Introductions – Anne Irwin Gallery – Atlanta, GA – Feb 2009

CM Russell Museum – Masters in Miniature – July 2009 – Great Falls, Montana

Portrait Alliance of the Rockies – Invitational Show – Denver, Colorado -Jan 2009

2008

Oil Painters of America Eastern – Winner  -Richland Fine Art, Nashville, TN.

Arts for the Parks – National Traveling Exhibit – Kansas City. Mo – Nov 2008

One Man Show – “Tones” Horton Hayes – May 2008

Hilton Head Art League – National Juried Art Exhibit– Hilton Head, SC – June 2008

Two Man Show – “New Works” CA Gallery – Sept 2008

2007

Rocky Mountain Plein-Air Painters – RMPAP - Invited Artist – Winter Park, Colorado

One Man Show – Horton Hayes – Mountains to Sea – March 2007

Two Man Show ‘ Lost and Found” – CA Gallery – Sept 2007

http://cgroves.com/

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