Christopher T. Terry

Clockwork Tableau

12×12” oil on panel
$2,000.00

Mantel clock on draped table

Silent Ceremony

36 x 46” oil on canvas
$6,000.00

Painting depicts a white teapot on a draped table

Shrouded Bust

36 x 48” oil on canvas
$6000.

An interior space with two tables, an object covered in fabric, and a window looking on to a landscape.

Sprudel

48 x36” oil on canvas

$6000.

A green bottle standing on a draped table.

Atemporal Objects

30×30” oil on canvas
$3,600.00

teapot an other objects on a draped table

Radiant Disk

48 x36” oil on canvas
$6000.

A circular space heater stands on a table, framed by a black door and transom window.

Bananakürbis

28 x 38” oil on canvas

$4500.

A large banana squash sits on a table draped with a damask cloth.

Melon Half

24 x32” il on canvas
$3,200.

Half of a melon sits on a marble top washstand.

Vanes

32 x 40” oil on canvas
$5,000.00

A polished steel fan blade hangs on a wall over a green pumpkin.

Black Bag

22 x30” oil on canvas

$3,200.

Still life objects including black paper bag.

Green Cabinet

22 x28” oil on canvas

$3,200.00

Still life objects including a heavy, white, diner mug.

Artist Bio

Christopher T. Terry was born in Stamford, Connecticut in 1956. He attended Rhode Island College in Providence, RI where he earned a BA in Studio Art in 1978. He continued his education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he earned his Master of Fine Arts degree in 1981. After moving back to Connecticut, he began exhibiting his paintings in and around the New York area in 1982. Accepting a teaching position at California State University, Long Beach in 1984 brought him to the west coast where he exhibited his work at galleries in both Los Angeles and San Francisco. In 1988 he accepted a position at Utah State University and began teaching painting and drawing there.

Professor Terry is the recipient of numerous awards as a painter including the Utah Visual Artist Fellowship, and a WESTAF/NEA Fellowship in Painting. He has twice been the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship for Teaching and Research in Germany and in 2000 was a Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome.

Recently, Terry left a position as Associate Dean of the Caine College of the Arts at Utah State University, Terry now lives in Rhode Island, where he has a studio on North Road in Jamestown.

Artist CV

GRANTS AND AWARDS

DAAD Study Grant for Travel in Germany 2016, 2018

Fulbright Scholar Award for Teaching and Research in Germany 1995, 2002

Visiting Artist, American Academy in Rome 2000

Participant in Art in Embassies Program, U.S. Dept. of State 1997-2002

WESTAF/NEA Regional Fellowship in Painting 1994-95

Reader's Digest Fellowship, Millay Colony for the Arts 1990

Visual Artist Fellowship, Utah Arts Council 1990

Residency, Millay Colony for the Arts, Inc. 1990

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Pivot, Jamestown Art Center Jamestown, RI 2024

Look Harder, See More, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI 2024

The Unbearable Lightness, Viridian Gallery, NY, New York 2024

50th Anniversary Gala, Millay Arts, Steepletop, NY 2023

Solo Exhibition; New Work, Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC 2023

The Gifts We Don’t Know, Viridian Gallery, NY, New York 2022

Expressions, Viridian Gallery, NY, New York 2022

25th Anniversary Exhibition, Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC 2023

More than an Object: The Contemporary Still Life Burlington City Arts, Burlington, VT 2022

Chris Terry on Sabbatical Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan UT 2020

Portals, Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC 2020

Silent Form Yates Gallery, Siena College, Loudonville, NY 2018

Sabbatical Landscape Projects Gallery, Chase Fine Arts Center, Logan, UT 2018

Recent Work McKillop Gallery, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI 2017

Shady Lea Artists Artist’s Coop of Westerly Gallery, Westerly, RI 2017

Henry’s Kids Group Show, ArtProv Gallery, Providence, RI 2017

Illuminations Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC 2013

Group Show Swaner Center, Park City, UT 2013

That Thing You Hate Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT 2012

January Salon Pryor Fine Art, Atlanta, GA 2011

Secular Altars Convergence Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2010

Paintings from Germany Studio 102, Utah State University 2010

Solo Exhibition Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC 2009

Two Person Show Youngers Gallery at Northeast Junior College in Sterling, CO. 2008

Recent Acquisitions State Capitol Rotunda, Salt Lake City, UT 2008

Group Show Convergence Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2007

Stillleben Galerie Aviva, Essen, Germany 2007

New Paintings Julie Nester Gallery, Park City, UT 2006

Christopher T. Terry Gail Museum of Art, Gyeonggi-Do, Republic of Korea 2006

Artifacts & Interiors Hidell/Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC 2005

Group Show George Billis Gallery, New York, NY 2005

Sensation Jule's Gallery, Boston, MA 2005

Drawings Julie Nestor Gallery, Park City, UT 2005 5th Anniversary Group Show Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC 2003

Interior/Exterior Marshall Arts Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 2003

Remembered Interiors Hidell/Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC 2003

Group Exhibition Morehead State University, Morehead, KY 2002 Group Exhibition Galerie Aviva, Essen, Germany 2002

Solo Exhibition Marshall Arts Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 2001

Enigmatic Ritual Nicolaysen Museum, Casper, WY 2000

Paintings Plains Museum of American Art, Fargo, ND 2000

Recent Paintings Hackett/Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2000

New Paintings Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, UT 1999

Paintings Pittsburg State University Art Gallery, Pittsburg, KA 1999

Still Lifes Diane Nelson Fine Arts, Laguna Beach, CA 1999

Art States ArtWest Gallery, Jackson, WY 1999

Recent Work Curfman Gallery, Fort Collins, CO 1998

Recent Paintings Hackett/Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1993

New Paintings Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, UT 1991

New Still Lifes Contemporary Realist Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1989

Paintings Hurlbutt Gallery, Greenwich, CT 1984

SERVICE

Council for International Education of Scholars, Fulbright National Screening Committee 2019-

Fulbright Kommission, Berlin, Germany, Selection Interview Committee 2008

Council for International Education of Scholars, Fulbright Specialist Review Panel in Painting 2003-08

Fulbright Kommission, Berlin, Germany, Selection Interview Committee 2002

Visual Arts Panel, Utah Arts Council 1996-2000

Artists in Education Panel, Utah Arts Council 1999-2000

Fulbright Kommission, Bonn, Germany, Selection Interview Committee 1994

EDUCATION

M.F.A., Painting, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 1981

B.A., Studio Art, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI 1978

ACADEMIC

Professor Emeritus Utah State University, Logan, UT 2020-

Associate Dean, Caine College of the Arts, Utah State University 2010-2020

Professor, Utah State University, Logan, UT 1988 -2020

Guest Professor, Universität Essen, Nordrhein Westfalen, GERMANY 1994-95, 2001-02

Lecturer, California State University, Long Beach 1984-88