CHAZ GUEST

Artist specializing in figurative painting with concentration on portraiture and cultural narratives.

EDUCATION

B.S. - University of Southern Connecticut State University - Connecticut, CT
Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) – Fashion Design/Fashion Illustration Program, 9 months - New York City, NY

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017 Buffalo Warrior - Patrick Painter Gallery - Santa Monica, CA
2017 The Xenomorph's Egg - Patrick Painter Gallery - Santa Monica, CA
2016 GRK Gallery - Paris, France
2016 Visual Artist Group, Justin Gilanyi - Los Angeles, CA
2015 Le Cabinet de Curiosities de Thomas Erber - Les Moliere Palais Royal, Paris France
2010-2015 Le Cabinet de Curiosities de Thomas Erber – Les Moliere – Palais Royal, Paris, France
2009 Decoding Identity: I Do It For My People - Museum of the African Diaspora (MOAD) - San Francisco, CA
2006 Left Coast Galleries - Studio City, CA
2003 Kretchner Gallery - West Hollywood, CA
2002 ALP Gallery - Chelsea, New York, NY
2001 Muriel K Boris Gallery - West Hollywood, CA
2000 Alitash Kebede Gallery - Los Angeles, CA
1999 Bejamin Horowitz/Heritage Gallery - Los Angeles, CA
1997 Blue Note Gallery - Tokyo, Japan
1993-1995 Lumina Art Gallery - SOHO, New York City, NY

SELECTED PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AND COLLECTORS

2017 Commissioned to Paint Ashanti Osei Tutu – Accra, Ghana
2015 Work displayed on set of Fox Network show Empire
2008 Painting installed in President Barak Obama’s Oval Office – Washington DC

ARTIST RESIDENCIES

2015 Balthus Fondation Artist Residency at the Grande Chalet – Lausanne, Switzerland
2014 Mexican Consulate General IPSUM