Chris Dorosz

Chris Dorosz uses technology as fodder for modifying traditional painting into new forms and functions. His "staple paintings" are an attempt to reconcile digital space or systems with physical space. They are made by placing thousands of loose, industrial-sized staples onto a blank canvas and then pouring paint inside each compartment. The result is an undulating pixel-like field of paint on canvas. In his "California (Part 2) three-dimensional paintings he replaces the threads (of a canvas) with clear, thin, plastic rods and suspends drops of paint on them, thereby creating not only the flesh of the painting but the meat of the form as well. Chris Dorosz was born in Ottawa in 1972. He graduated with an MFA from the Nova Scotia School of Art and Design.

In 1997, has been awarded many grants from the Canada Council and in 2003 he was the winner of the Royal Bank of Canada’s New Painting competition.

He is presently a full-time Instructor at The Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA.