"Chris Wyrick's first artistic impulse was toward forgery. Beginning with faithfully recreating his parents' signatures on his school work and developing into a pair of trompe l'oeil checkered Vans, Wyrick's approach to his artwork has always been an industrious balance between what he has (technical virtuosity; a thorough background in art history) and what he desires (to stay out of trouble; to checkerboard). Torn between the athlete and the artist, his work balances the physical and the cerebral as he moves between muscular, gestural painting and precise, masterful drawing."
- Sandi Turner


Biography

EDUCATION
2000 MFA, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
1996 New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
1995 BA w/ honors, Davidson College, Davidson, NC
1994 Cortona, Italy (UGA studies abroad)
1992 National Outdoor Leadership School, Tucson, AZ
1991 St. Johns College, Santa Fe, NM

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 Mercury Art Works, Athens, GA
2007 Mercury Art Works, Athens, GA
2005 Mercury Art Works, Athens, GA
2003 Mercury Art Works, Athens, GA
2002 The Grit - Pictures from Africa, Athens, GA
2001 ILRI, Nairobi, Kenya
2001 “drawings + paintings”, Ashford Manor, Watkinsville, GA
2000 Heart’s Eye Gallery, Athens, GA
1999 “Cow Sense”, Empire Exchange, Athens, Ga
1995 “Conventions”, Smith Gallery, Davidson, NC
1994 Chambers Gallery, Davidson, NC

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 Nautical Notes: Mari, Navi e Naufragi, Centotto, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Fascination, Mercury Art Works, Athens, GA
2010 Group Show, Mercury Art Works, Athens, GA
2007 GMOA at table, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
2007 Group Show, Town Center Fine Art, Watkinsville, GA
2006 Group Show, Town Center Fine Art, Watkinsville, GA
2001 Mercury Two: The Small Show, Mercury Art Works, Athens, GA
2001 Mercury One: Grand Opening Group Show, Athens, GA
2000 MFA Exhibition, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
2000 Figure Show, Lowery Gallery, Danielsville, GA