Group Exhibitions:
 
 
2010    “2010 MFA Thesis Exhibition” University of Arizona Art Museum
2009    “Daydreams of Immensity” – FA4 Gallery, Long Beach CA.
         “LOMEA 2008 International Contemporary Art Symposium” Bulgaria
            “On a Roll” Bulgarian National Gallery – Sofia Bulgaria October
         “Days Gone By” WomanKraft Center for the Arts – Tucson Az.
         “Point Roberts Artist Festival” - Point Roberts Washington
            “Lassedra 8th World Art Print Annual - Mini Print” - Sofia Bulgari
    “New / Made” Balchik City Art Gallery, Balchik, Bulgaria - Process Space Festival           
            “Landscape and Industry” Goggle Works Center for the Arts, Reading PA
            “Continuum Art Fair ” Fremont Avenue Research Laboratory, Tucson Arizona
2008    ”Night of 1000 Drawings” Dinnerware Gallery, Tucson AZ
            “Art in Democracy” Union gallery, University of Arizona. Tucson AZ
            “Facing Front” with Prof. Doug Neilsen, Union Gallery, Tucson AZ
      “The Alchemy of Art”  Lark Gallery Online www.larkgalleryonline.com
            “Crossing” Hartford Art Center, Albuquerque NM
            “The Kids are alright” University of Arizona Union Gallery, Tucson AZ
            “First Year Graduate Exhibition” Freedmont House, Tucson AZ.
2007    “Nostalgic Spaces II”  Miltons, Mt. Vernon Baltimore Md.
            “Architectural spaces”: Mill center, Hampden, Baltimore Md.
2006    “Senior Thesis Exhibition”: Kipp Gallery, Indiana University of PA
            “Intercollegiate Juried exhibition”: California University of Pennsylvania
            “Across Time Zones”: Academy gallery, Zagreb Croatia
            “Foundation of the Arts of Bosnia & Croatia”: Zagreb Croatia,
2004-5 “The Italian Landscape”: Student Gallery, Akron Ohio Art University
            “Student Juried exhibition”: Kipp Gallery, Indiana University of PA
 
Solo Exhibitions:
 
2008-9 “Progress & The Great Productive Machine” The 5^th at 6^th Gallery, Tucson AZ
    “Heritage” Lionel Rombach Gallery University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
            “Machine in the Garden” Hub Gallery, Cochise College Sierra Vista, AZ
            “Industry”  Hub Gallery, Cochise College Sierra Vista, AZ
2007    “Abstract Industry” Gallery 17, Baltimore Md
       “Titan”: The Metropolitan, Federal Hill, Baltimore Md.
      “A Study of Nostalgic Space”:  ID8 Gallery, Baltimore MD

Education:

2010   University of Arizona, Master of Fine Art in Painting and Drawing
 
2006   Indiana University of Pennsylvania Bachelors of Fine Art in Painting
2005   Zagreb Academy of Art. Zagreb, Croatia
                         Credit exchange in Painting and Figure Drawing
2004   Study abroad Viterbo, Italy “Painting the Italian Landscape”
 
 
Teaching Experience:
 
   2007-10 

   Graduate Teaching Assistantship University of Arizona, – Figure Drawing,  Drawing 101, 2-D Design
           Adjunct Professor of Drawing – Cochise Community College – Drawing Foundations and Drawing 200
           University Assistant Grader, Department of Fine Arts, Fall – Art 183
 
 
Workshops/ Residencies/ Presentations
 
2010  First Year Experience workshop in alternative print techniques.  University of Arizona.
2009  Contemporary Art Society – Slide Slam presentation Tucson Museum of Art
    Point Roberts Artist Residency 2009 - Alternative PrintTechniques, WA
          Process Space Artist Residency, Balchik Bulgaria June, 2009
          Workshop in Acrylic Painting techniques, Alliance Achademy, Toledo, OH
 
 
Curatorial Assignments:

2010  Professional Juror for the Ann Boyd Wade Fine Art and Photography Show in Wilcox AZ.

Articles/Publicity:
 
2009   Sarah Jacoby, “Lower-class Landscapes” -Tucson Weekly News
   Sarah Jacoby, “Heritage” - Daily Wildcat News
   Lassedra 8th World Art Print Annual Catalog - Mini Print 2009 - Sofia Bulgaria
2008   Studio Visit Magazine, 2009 issue.
   MFA Now Artist Catalog 2009
   Will Holst, “The Habit of Facing Front” - UA News interview
   Margaret Reagan, “Bodies in Motion” Tucson Weekly News
   Lamonica Stevens “Art in 360 Degrees” - UA News
   Dr. Kubilay Akman “Interview with Chris McGinnis” - European Art Online Magazine
2006   IUP Magazine, “Farewell To My Home” Back cover image.
 
 
Collections/Commissions
 
         Bulgarian National Museum - Sofia, Bulgaria, “Under Coney Island”
 Goggleworks Center for the Arts “Defiance Ohio (Grain Silos)”
         Process Space Festival Permanent Collection “Idefinite Transient Status”
         Douglas Nielsen Private Collection Tucson AZ. “Vacant Lot”
         Indiana University of Pennsylvania at Punxitawny, mural commission
 Hippopotamus Bank, Zagreb Croatia, “Smoke Stack”
 
Awards/Grants/Scholarships:
 
         1885 Society Fellowship for the Humanities - $10,000.00
         Medici Scholars Private Foundation Grant Award  
         College of Fine Art Travel Grant award
         Conaway Scholarship for excellence
         Graduate teaching Assistantship University of Arizona
         Graduate Professional Student Council Small Grant
         Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Arizona
         University of Arizona small grant fellowship

 The Ralph Reynolds Memorial Art Emphasis Scholarship