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Christopher Beck Hutson


Employment and Professional Experience:

2006:   
Instructor, Drawing workshop, Converse College Summer Visual Arts Program,                              Spartanburg, SC.

Full-time Temporary Instructor of Art, Bradley University: All levels of printmaking (3
        courses),  one section of 2-D Design Fundamentals, co-taught Portfolio Design.

2005:       

Adjunct Instructor, Louisiana State University: Basic intaglio, fall 2005.

Graduate assistant, Louisiana State University Print Workshop: Basic intaglio, spring                      2005 (instructor of record); Book arts and papermaking tech.

2004:        

Graduate assistant, Louisiana State University Print Workshop: Basic intaglio, fall 2004                 (instructor of record); Book arts, fall 2004 (teaching assistant); Basic intaglio, spring             2004 (teaching assistant); Book arts, papermaking, and lithography tech.

2003:        

Graduate assistant, Louisiana State University Print Workshop: Book arts, fall 2003 (instructor         of record); Basic intaglio, spring 2003 (teaching assistant); Book arts, spring 2003                  (teaching assistant); Book arts and papermaking tech.

2002:        

Graduate assistant, Louisiana State University Print Workshop: Book arts, fall 2002                          (teaching assistant); Basic intaglio, fall 2002 (teaching assistant)

2000-2002:    

Cullom-Davis Library, Bradley University, Peoria, IL; Special Collections, Student book repair             technician 2000 - 2002.

Education:
MFA in printmaking, 2005. Louisiana StateUniversity, Baton Rouge, LA.
BFA in printmaking, 2002 at Bradley University, Peoria, IL.

Solo Exhibitions:
2005:
"In the Garden." LSU Foster Hall Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2003:
Newz Bee, Baton Rouge, LA
2002:
"Atavision." Bradley University Heuser Gallery, Peoria, IL

Group Exhibitions:

2006:
Bradley University/Marshall University Faculty Exchange Exhibition. Marshall University,                 Huntington, WV.

2005:
"The Open Show" - The Backyard Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA.
Hurricane benefit art show - Manship Theater, Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA.

2004:
"Three Years in Review" - Chicago's Restaurant, Baton Rouge, LA.
"Art in the Dark" - Baton Rouge Arts Council exhibition.
"LSU Graduate Student Exhibition: Recent Work" - LSU Foster Hall Gallery.
"ReFresh Print Biennial I" - Lawton Gallery, University of Wisconsin at Green Bay.
        Tours through 2006.
International Juried Online Symbolist Art Show: "The Artist As Shaman:"
        http://www.dracoblu.com/symbolistshow.html
"All Animals Great and Small" - Kelleher Gallery, Ballybrit, Galway, Ireland.
"Faculty Plus" - Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA.
Printmaking exhibition - Chicago's Restaurant, Baton Rouge, LA.

2003:
"LSU Graduate Student Exhibition: Recent Work" - LSU Foster Hall Gallery.
"Printmaking: Personal Impressions" - Makeready Press and Gallery 214 Artspace,
        Montclair, NJ.
"LSU Lagniappe Portfolio 2003" - Louisiana State University Foster Hall Gallery.
"Symbolic Animal" - Christopher Hutson, Kelly Guidry, and Joshua Noble. Architects and                 Artists, Lafayette, LA.
Local artists exhibition - Refinery Salon, Baton Rouge, LA
"International Exhibition on Animals In Art 2003" - LSU Veterinary Medicine Library. March 22         - April 20, 2003.
"National Printmaking 2003" - The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ.
"Three Aces" - University of Texas, Austin, TX, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA,             University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.

2002:
Association for the Study of Dreams online art exhibition:
        http://www.asdreams.org/gallery2002/
"Fifteenth Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, 2002" -University of Wisconsin at Parkside,         Kenosha, WI

Portfolios:
"Lousyanna," 2006
"LSU Lagniappe V," 2003

Writings:
In the garden - Master's Thesis, Louisiana State University, 2005        


Bibliography:
Newpages, February 2005: Online review of Redivider                                             
LSU Reveille, February 21, 2005: "'Ink and Sparks' features prints, sculptures,"
        by Justin Fritscher                          
Baton Rouge Advocate, December 26, 2004: "Chicago's spotlights 3 years of art"
Redivider: a Journal of New Literature, Fall 2004: published artwork
Cozytone online magazine: published artwork
Tiger Weekly, March 3, 2004:
        "The Mind of a Compulsive Artist," by Samantha Morgan.
Southeastern Louisiana University Bylion, January 26, 2004:
        "Faculty+ -- faculty and guest exhibit -- opens Jan. 29".

Skills:
Proficient in intaglio, lithography, relief processes, and bookmaking techniques. .
Good knowledge of screenprinting, letterpress, and papermaking.
Capable of using Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark, Solidworks, as well as of basic web design and general computing skills.
Completed seminar at LSU on teaching art foundations.
Good knowledge of life sciences.
Has operated tractors and front-end loaders.

Professional Affiliations:
College Art Association
Southern Graphics Council

Collections:
Amity Art Foundation, Inc. , Woodbridge, CT
Bradley University Cullom-Davis Library, Peoria, IL

References:
Available upon request.