Chris King’s exhibit opens at UAM
“Average Class Size,” an exhibition by Chris King, will be in the Glassblock Gallery in the Fred J. Taylor Library and Technology Center at the University of Arkansas at Monticello through March 11. The exhibition opened Tuesday and is free for the public to attend.
The artworks in this exhibition are mixed media pieces that address issues of the role of an artist and educator in this era of school violence, according to a news release.
King is a multimedia artist and educator based in Louisiana and originally from Massachusetts. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in sculpture and art education degree from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, followed by his Master of Fine Arts from the California Institute of the Arts.
His work explores themes of displacement, injustice, immigration and social ailments through painting, sculpture, printmaking and drawing. King’s artwork has been exhibited in galleries and museums nationally, including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, The Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, and the Acadiana Center for the Arts in Lafayette, La.
In 2010, King was commissioned by the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library in Indianapolis, Ind., to create several large paintings celebrating the author’s life.
In 2021, King collaborated with Nigerian artist Oba Moyosade during a virtual residency program connecting eight American artists with eight artists from around the world.
In 2008, after working in Los Angeles for 15 years, King moved to Natchitoches, La., where he lives today and is the head of the Visual Arts Program and gallery director at the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts.