J. C h r i s W i l s o n
chris@jchriswilson.com
3550 Cool Spring Road
Rocky Mount, NC 27801
(252) 442-2203
PERSONAL
Born November 16, 1948, Waycross, GA. Married Kathleen; son Matthew; daughter
Singleton.
EDUCATION
Post-M.F.A., University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 1973-74.
M.F.A., University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 1973.
B.A., Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA, 1970.
Regents Studies Abroad Program, University of Georgia, Cortona, Italy,
Summer, 1970.
Basic design program, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 1967-68.
A.A., Santa Fe Junior College, Gainesville, FL, 1967.
POSITIONS
Barton College, Wilson, NC, Instructor 1974-77, Assistant Professor 1977-83,
Associate Professor 1983-91, Tenure Granted
1986, Professor 1991-continuing, Director of Exhibitions 1995-continuing,
Chair Department of Art 1996-1999.
Visiting Professor, Aichi Shukutoku University, Nagoya, Japan, Sept. 1994-Jan.
1995.
Project Coordinator, Bellemonte, C. 1817, North Carolina Wesleyan College,
Rocky Mount, NC, 1988-1992.
Guest Artist, Savannah Art Association, Savannah, GA, Summer, 1974.
SELECTED AWARDS
Sears-Roebuck Foundation Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership Award,
Barton College, Wilson, NC, 1990.
The Jacqueline Drane Nash Award of Merit for Leadership in Historic Preservation,
Edgecombe County Historical Society, 1987.
Selected for inclusion in the Collection of North Carolina Artists, R.
J. Reynolds Industries, Winston-Salem, NC, 1977.
PUBLICATIONS
Sarah Blakeslee Catalogue, Blount-Bridgers Museum, Tarboro, NC, 1998.
"The Architecture of Eastern North Carolina in the Antebellum Period
- A Primer on Form and Beauty," North Carolina Wesleyan College Press,
1995.
Cover design, Crucible, Barton College, 1984.
Painting reproduced on cover Wilson Historic Buildings Inventory, Published
by The North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, Division of Archives
and History, 1980, reprinted 1982.
GALLERY REPRESENTATION AND SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Gallery Representation: Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC, Featured Exhibitions
1999, 2001; City Art Gallery, Greenville,
NC, Featured Exhibition 2000; erl Originals, Winston-Salem, NC, June 2001-May
2001.
Scheduled Exhibitions, Spartanburg Museum of Art, Spartanburg, SC; Burroughs-Chapin
Museum, Myrtle Beach, SC; Albany
Museum of Art, Albany, GA.
Scheduled 35 year Retrospective Exhibition and Catalogue, 140+ works,
Blount-Bridgers Museum, Tarboro, NC, Rocky Mount
Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC, Arts Council of Wilson and Barton Museum,
Wilson, NC, Sept. 7-Oct. 26, 2003.
Paintings Exhibited, Office of The Honorable Beverly E. Perdue, Lieutenant
Governor, Raleigh, NC, May, 2001-Feb.2002.
Featured Exhibition, Blue Spiral I, Asheville, NC, 2001.
Featured Exhibition, Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC, 2000.
One-man Exhibition, Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, NC, 1998.
One-man Exhibitions, Arts Council of Wilson, Wilson, NC, 1974, 1977, 1988,
1999.
One-man Exhibition, The Dunn Center for the Performing Arts, North Carolina
Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, NC, 1996.
One-man Exhibition, Aichi Shukutoku University, Nagoya, Japan, 1994.
Foreign Artists Exhibition, Nagoya International Center, Nagoya, Japan,
1994.
100 County Art Celebration, North Carolina Museum of History, Raleigh,
NC, 1993.
One-man Exhibition, Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC, 1992.
Blount-Bridgers Museum, Tarboro, NC, 1991.
Farmington Valley Arts Center, Farmington, CT, 1990.
Chowan College, Murfreesboro, NC, 1987, 1993.
Norfolk State College, Norfolk, VA, 1979.
Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA, 1974.
12th Hunter Gallery Annual, Chattanooga, TN, 1972.
One-man Exhibition, Savannah Art Association, Savannah, GA, 1971.
Callaway Gardens Annual, Callaway Gardens, GA, 1970.
Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA, 1970, 1981, 1993.
REPRESENTATIVE COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY
SERVICE
Regional Director for Eastern North Carolina Scholastic Art Awards, Inc.,
Barton College, Fall 1995-continuing.
Chair, Art Curriculum Revision, Barton College, 1991-94, 1996.
Chair, Library Committee, Barton College, 1987-88, 1995-96, 2001-02, member
1988-89, 1990-92.
Co-developer of a course titled, American Material Culture, Barton College,
1983-84.
Curated an exhibition of Decorative Arts, which involved many individuals
in the community, Barton College, 1978.
Chair Campus Beautification Committee, Barton College, 1991-91, member
1977, 1989-90.
Purpose Committee for Southern Association self-study, Barton College,
1975-76.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
President, Edgecombe County Cultural Arts Commission 1998-2000, member,
1988-93, 1997-continuing.
Juror, Rawls Museum of the Arts, Courtland, VA, 2001.
Secretary, Board of Directors, Arts Council of Wilson, 1999-2000, member,
1997-2000.
Guest Lecturer on Architecture, Decorative Arts and Fine Arts, Rocky Mount
Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC, 1996.
Consultant in Fine Arts, City of Rocky Mount and Rocky Mount Arts Center,
Rocky Mount, NC, 1995.
Consultant for Historic Preservation and Project Development, St. John's
Episcopal Church, Fayetteville, NC, 1994.
Presenter, Wesleyan Symposium, Art in the Global Community, North Carolina
Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, NC, 1992.
Presenter, Wesleyan Symposium, Architecture of Eastern North Carolina
in the Antebellum Period, 1989.
Presenter on English Decorative Arts for British Week, Barton College,
1989.
Presenter, Architecture of Antebellum Eastern North Carolina, State Convention,
United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1988.
Presentation to the Greater Greenville Area Preservation Society, Greenville,
NC, 1985.
Board of Advisors, Preservation Foundation of North Carolina, Raleigh,
NC, beginning 1984.
Feature on "Carolina Saturday" Channel 5, Raleigh, Durham, NC,
on the restoration of Old Town Plantation 1785-86, June, 1985, rerun,
August, 1985.
Chairman Historic Properties Commission, Wilson, NC, 1981-82, member 1979-81.
Staff Workshop (for Art Therapy) Wilson-Greene Mental Health Center, Wilson,
NC, 1978.
Judged Art Exhibit, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 1976.
TRAVEL AND CONTINUING STUDY
Travel and self-study in Japan and China for art, architecture, decorative
arts and culture, Fall 1994 and Winter 1995.
Travel and self-study in England for architecture and decorative arts,
Summer, 1990.
Continuing self-study in architecture and decorative arts with special
emphasis on the South.
Extensive travel to museums and historic sites, Eastern United States.
Regents Studies Abroad Program, University of Georgia, residency in Cortona,
Italy, extensive travel in Central Italy, other sites in Southern and
Northern Italy, Paris, France, Summer, 1970.
SELECTED PATRONS
R. J. Reynolds Industries, Winston-Salem, NC
Blount-Bridgers Museum, Tarboro, NC
Preservation Foundation of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC
Rex Hospital Cancer Clinic, Raleigh, NC
RBC Centura Bank, Rocky Mount, NC
Mr. and Mrs. William Thompson Graves, Charlotte, NC
Rocky Mount Medical Park, Rocky Mount, NC
Barton College, Wilson, NC
Dr. and Mrs. David Marshall, Grand Forks, ND
North Carolina Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, NC
Mr. Fitzgerald Hudson, Montgomery, AL
Poyner & Spruill, Charlotte, NC
Mr. Harold Bennett, Valdosta, GA
Mr. and Mrs. Wataru Itoh, Nagoya, Japan
Mr. and Mrs. Jon B. Woods, Summerville, GA
Daisy Thorp, Chapel Hill, NC
Mr. and Mrs. Brian K. Osborne, London, England
Mrs. Doylene Hutto, Washington, DC
Mr. and Mrs. William Heartsock, Cincinnati, OH
Mr. and Mrs. Randy Davis, Tarboro, NC
Mr. and Mrs. James Sommerville, Asheville, NC
Poyner & Spruill, Rocky Mount, NC
Hackney Body Works, Washington, NC
Dr. and Mrs. Lindsey E. deGuehery, Wilson, NC
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Barron, Gardena, CA
Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lord, Savannah, GA
New Hope Hills Country Club, Wilson, NC
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Walston, Wilson, NC
Wake Stone Corporation, Raleigh, NC
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Graves, Raleigh, NC
Mr. and Mrs. Steve McCoy, Raleigh, NC
Dr. and Mrs. Dudley Anderson, Wilson, NC
Mrs. William Blair, Jr., Wilmington, NC
Purdue Pharmaceuticals, Wilson, NC
Carolina Power and Light, Winston-Salem, NC
Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert Boykin, III, Wilson
NC Dr. and Mrs. Leslie Garner, Jr., Mount Vernon, IA
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilkinson, Minneapolis, MN
Mrs. Carl J. Perkinson, Winston-Salem, NC
Professor Mitsue Ohno, Nagoya, Japan
Aichi Shukutoku University, Nagoya, Japan
Mr. and Mrs. Maarouf Arnaout, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia
Over 150 other works in public & private collections