Chris Bassett || CV

Chris Bassett

Born 1978 in Houston, TX
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

Education
M.F.A., 2005, Art/Integrated Media, California Institute of the Arts
B.F.A., 2000, Graphic Design, Western Michigan University

Selected Exhibitions/Screenings

2008
Regional Banks: Chris Bassett, A Solo Show, Sea and Space Explorations. Los Angeles, California (solo)
Alternative Places, Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California
Sea and Space Resort, Sea and Space Explorations, Los Angeles, California
Running Time 24:00:00, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California
Conventions and Attitudes, Rudy's on Temple, Los Angeles, California

2007
Minerval Reading Society, Sea and Space Explorations, Los Angeles, California (solo)
Off Hours, UCLA New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, California
The Pyramid Show, Monte Vista, Los Angeles, California
Maximum of Maximums, Me & You Variety Candy los angeles, Los Angeles, California

2006
Video Picnic, Me & You Variety Candy los angeles, Los Angeles, California
GLITCH at LACMA, LACMA West, Los Angeles, California
The Newsstand Project, Los Angeles, California

2005
groupshowboard, Tiroler Künstlerschaft - Kunstpavillon, Innsbruck, Austria
Supersonic: LA Design Center, LA Design Center, Los Angeles, California
Shipping and Receiving: The CalArts Graduate Exhibition, Armory Northwest, Pasadena, California
Ascendancy of the Illuminati Ducatisti, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California (solo)
Sweet Substitute, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
Festa di Cane Bastardo, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

2004
MFA Mid-Residency Exhibition, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California
Ala Carte, Pond, San Francisco, California
Kissing the Mirror, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, California
In Audible Limn, Timbrespace, Los Angeles, California
3 fireplaces and 2 bathtubs, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, California
I wanna be _______, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California (solo)
the lost love project, New Langton Arts Online Gallery, San Francisco, California (solo)

2003
T-10 Video Festival, 21 Grand, Oakland, California
Making Ends Meet or Art Priced to Accommodate the Failing Economy, Lucky Tackle, Oakland, CA
The Great Debate, Budget Gallery, San Francisco, California

2002
no return, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan
liberarti, Liverpool, UK
Free Manifesta at Manifesta 4, Frankfurt, Germany
VideoMixTape Volume One, Pond, San Francisco, California

2001
Net_Working, Watershed Media Centre, Bristol, UK
Art, Wine and Attractive People, Lair of the Minotaur, San Francisco, California
Micromuseum of Mediaterra Festival, Fornous Center, Athens, Greece
The One-Minute Show, Your Local Gallery, Oakland, California
cyborg, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan

2000
_mtn digital/electronic art exhibition, Gertrude Posel Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
New Citizen, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan
B.F.A thesis exhibition, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Bibliography
Kathryn Hargreaves, "Off Hours New Wight Gallery UCLA.", Artillery, Nov./Dec. 2007 p. 39
Patrick Marcoux, "Conspiracy and Economy: Chris Bassett @ Sea and Space Explorations, Los Angeles."
http://whitehotmagazine.com/whitehot_articles.cfm?id=966
Hugh Hart, “Swift to make their mark.” Los Angeles Times, June 25, 2005, p. E22
Reena Jana, “Breakups are the Best Love Stories.” Net Art News, 4 June 2002
Kevin Siu, “_shiftlist.” SHIFT 9.3, September 2001, p. 92
Eryk Salvaggio, “Lost Love: An Interview With Robot138’s Chris Basset.” Rhizome Raw, 13 May 2001,
http://rhizome.org/archive/raw/msg02141.rhiz

Publications
“jasonkristinkeith,” Net Art Guide, Fraunhofer Institute, Stuttgart, 2000, p. 102-103

Exhibitions Curated
VMT Volume Five, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, 2006
Sweet Substitute, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, 2005
Festa di Cane Bastardo, Timbrespace, Los Angeles and Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, 2004
VMT Volume Three, Lucky Tackle, Oakland and Pond, San Francisco, 2003
VMT Volume Two, Lucky Tackle, Oakland and Pond, San Francisco, 2002
VMT Volume One, Pond, San Francisco 2002

Collections
Western Michigan University Permanent Collection
Rhizome ArtBase