Ausbildung
2013 Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT, US
2009 College of Arts + Architecture, University of North Carolina–Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, US
2006 Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Wroclaw, PL
Einzelausstellungen
2023
Love Chant, Bode, Berlin, DE
Frieze Los Angeles, Welancora Gallery, CA, US
2020 When There is No Sun, Monica King Contemporary, New York, NY, US
2017 Blahk on Blahk on Blak, Gallery Twenty Two, Charlotte, NC, US
2012 Chris Watts: New Works, Artspace Visual Art Center, Raleigh, NC, US
American Gods, Genome Gallery, Charlotte, NC, US
2011 I am Chris Watts, Davidson College, Davidson, NC, US
Ausgewählte Gruppenausstellungen
2020 Familiar, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, MI, US
Beautiful Bastards, 1209 Garage, Austin, TX, US
Spring in Action, Monica King Contmeporary, New York, NY, US
A response in uncertain times, Bode Projects, Berlin, DE
Intesect Aspen, Monica King Contemporary, Aspen, CO, US
2019 Young Hours, Galeria Pienkow, Lipinki, PL
Breaching the Margins, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts at Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI, US
Transparency, Elder Gallery of Contemporary Art, Charlotte, NC, US
2018 Not an edge but a hinge, Abrons Arts Center Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY, US
Black Blooded, New Gallery of Modern Art, Charlotte, NC, US
MATERIAL WITNESS WITNESS MATERIAL, Knockdown Center, New York, NY, US
Roderick MacKillop Memorial Alumni Exhibition, University of North Carolina–Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, US
2017 Up All Night, Lump Projects, Raleigh, NC, US
mood: B L A C K, Goodyear Arts, Charlotte, NC, US
Apple Pie: An American Art Show, Goodyear Arts, Charlotte, NC, US
2016 Do You See Me?, Diggs Gallery Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, NC, US
The Willows: If You Build It, Lord & Taylor, New York, NY, US
Art + Dialogue: Responding to Racial Tension in America, High Point University, High Point NC, US
2015 Art + Dialogue: Responding to Racial Tension in America, Greensboro College, Greensboro, NC, US
So Much to She, Flanders Gallery, Aaron Fowler & Chris Watts, Raleigh, NC, US
THATS ON ME, Paris Blues, New York, NY, US
Realities in Contemporary Video Art, Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris, Paris, FR
trashDay, University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, US
2014 #Live, Le Paris Paris Club, Paris, FR
INsideOUT, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL, US
2012 Assorted - Yale MFA 14 Show, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT, US
Interactive Landscapes: New and Collaborative Works, Elizabeth Ross Gallery at Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC, US
North Carolina Artist Exhibition, Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh, NC, US
2010 7 Center, Dialect Gallery, Charlotte, NC, US
Daydreaming with Swimmer’s Ear, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC, US
Residenzen
2021 Jerome Hill Foundation Fellowship Finalist
2019 Artist in Residence, Marek Maria Pienkowski Foundation, Chelm, PL
Artist in Residence, McColl Center for Art + Innovation, Charlotte, NC, US
2018 The Art & Law Program Fellowship, Cornell University Art Architecture Planning, New York, NY, USA
Artist in Residence, Abrons Arts Center at Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY, US
2017 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Workspace Program, New York, NY, US
2014 Artist in Residence, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL, US
2012 Drawing Center Viewing Program, New York, NY, US
2010 Artist in Residence, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC, US