Christopher Myers

Christopher Myers
Born1974 (age 49–50)
Queens, NY, US
EducationBrown University
Known forTapestries, sculpture, stained-glass works, illustration, theater
AwardsBRIC Arts Media, ALA Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Award
Websitewww.kalyban.com

Christopher Myers (born 1974) is an American interdisciplinary artist, author and illustrator of children's books, and playwright.[1][2][3] His wide-ranging practice—including tapestries, sculpture, stained glass lightboxes, theater and writing—is rooted in storytelling and artmaking as modes of transformation and cultural exchange.[4][5] He explores contemporary hybrid cultures and identities resulting from histories of migration (chosen and forced), globalization and colonization.[1][6][7] Critics have noted his work's fluid movement between disciplines, image and language, sociopolitical research and mythology, and diverse materials.[8][9] Shana Nys Dambrot of LA Weekly wrote, "Ideas about authorship, collaboration, cross-cultural pollination, intergenerational storytelling, mythology, literature and the oral histories of displaced communities all converge in his literal and metaphorical patchwork tableaux … [his] sharp, emotional and sometimes dark parables express it all in bright, jubilant patterns and saturated colors."[10]

  1. ^ a b Rhodes-Pitts, Sharifa. "Christopher Myers," BOMB, March 15, 2022. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
  2. ^ Collins-Hughes, Laura. "A Show Reminds Young Audiences: We All Got Here From Somewhere," The New York Times, January 9, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
  3. ^ Colón, Raúl. "'Ben Draws Trouble,' 'How to Draw a Dragon' and 'My Pen,'" The New York Times, May 8, 2015. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
  4. ^ Hirsch, Liz, "Christopher Myers," Artforum, January 10, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
  5. ^ Bowie, Summer. "Hybrid Forms: An Interview Of Artist & Storyteller Christopher Myers," Autre, January 19, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  6. ^ Calero. Fernanda. "Christopher Myers' 'of all creatures that can feel and think' is a Picturesque Cartography of History," Glasstire, Retrieved July 3, 2023.
  7. ^ Art 21. Christopher Myers, Artists. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
  8. ^ Ollman, Leah. "How artist Christopher Myers stitched messages of freedom from everyday fabrics," Los Angeles Times, January 29, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
  9. ^ Martin, Hannah. "Textile Artist Christopher Myers Debuts New Set of Figurative Quilts at Fort Gansevoort," Architectural Digest, November 14, 2019.
  10. ^ Dambrot, Shana Nys. "The World in Pieces: Christopher Myers at Fort Gansevoort," LA Weekly, January 16, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2023.