Chris Wainwright (UK) is an artist, curator and Professor of Fine Art at The University of the Arts London. His practice is based primarily in photography, performance and installation.
His recent exhibitions include: 2015: ‘Displacement’, a curated project for the Nansen Initiative Global Summit on disaster induced displacement of people, Geneva, Switzerland; ‘A small constellation of photographic evidence’, Cheng Art, Beijing, China; ‘Those who go east’, White Conduit Projects, London, UK. 2014: ‘Points of departure’, Fotografins Huis, Stockholm, Sweden. 2013: ‘Troubled waters’, Kuandu Museum of Fine Art, Taipei, Taiwan; ‘A catalogue of errors', Daiwa Foundation, London, UK; ‘Futureland Now’ with John Kippin’, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, UK. 2009-10: ‘Between time and space’, Heijo Palace, Nara, Japan; ’The moons of Higashiyama’, Kodai-ji Temple, Kyoto, Japan. 2008: ‘Between land and sea’, Box 38 Ostende, Belgium; ‘Trauma’, Culturcentrum, Brugge, Belgium. He recently co-curated a major international touring exhibition for Cape Farewell called ‘U-n-f-o-l-d’ that profiled the work of 23 artists addressing aspects of climate change. He is currently a commissioned artist and advisor on a project with the organisation Future Lab Tohoku, to devise and provide cross-disciplinary arts based contributions to the social rebuilding and cultural enhancement in the Kamaishi area, Iwate Prefecture, Tohoku Region, Japan - an area devastated by the tsunami and earthquake in 2011.
His work is held in numerous private and major public collections including: Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Arts Council of England; Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris; Polaroid Corporation, Boston, USA; Unilever, London; Today Art Museum, Beijing.