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Current and Upcoming

AVAILABLE NOW
7:42pm: The Art of Chris Mars

Hardcover, 280 pages
Forward by Evan Mauer, Julius Marcia, Carrie Ann Baade, Kellie Rae Theiss and Jamie Sharp.
Purchase from Rare Bird Books

MAY 10, 2025, 5 TO 7PM
7:42 and The Average Album
In-Person Signing Event (A Benefit for Mutt Mutt Engine)
Verbena Vinyl
Northfield, MN 55057
(507)301-3444

MAY 2025 (DETAILS PENDING)
Symiosis (Solo Exhibition)
Copro Gallery
2525 Michigan Avenue T5
Santa Monica, CA 90404
(310)829-2156
copronason.com
MAY/JUNE 2025 (DETAILS PENDING)
Solo Exhibition
Haven Gallery
50 Main Street
Northport, NY 11768
havengallery.com

LATE 2026 (DETAILS PENDING)
Retrospective Exhibition
Phipps Center for the Arts
109 Locust Street
Hudson, WI 54016
thephipps.org
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Public Collections

Minnesota Museum Of American Art, St. Paul, MN
Museum of Fine Art, Florida State University
Fredrick R Weisman Art Museum (MN)
Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MN)
Longview Museum of Fine Arts (TX)
Minnesota History Center
​Tweed Museum of Art (MN)
Erie Art Museum (PA)
American Visionary Art Museum (MD)
​Mesa Contemporary Arts (AZ)
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Previous Exhibitions

Museum Exhibitions, Solo

2024: Centre d'Art, Le Carmel de Pamiers, France
2021: Musee de la Bande Dessinee d'Angouleme, Angouleme, France

2010: Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, AZ
2010: Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
2010: Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
2010: Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
2010: Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
2009: The Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, TX

2009: The Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, TX
2005: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2004: Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
2000: Steensland Art Museum, Northfield, MN
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Museum Exhibitions, Group

2025 Torrence Art Museum, Torrence, CA
2018 Musee Halle St. Pierre, Paris, France
2017: Dedo Maranville Fine Arts, Valdosta, GA
2017: Fort Wayne Museum Of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
2017: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN

2016: Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, AZ
2015: Longview Museum of Fine Art, Longview, TX
2015: Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, AZ
2015: Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
2015: Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014: Museum of the City of Los Angeles, CA
2014: Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, MN
2013: Spacejunk Art Centers, France
2013: Casa dell'Architettura/Acquario, Rome, Italy
2013: Musee Halle St. Pierre, Paris, France
2013: Louisville Visual Arts Association, Louisville, KY

2011: Musee Halle St. Pierre, Paris, France
​2011: Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
​2011: Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
2011: Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, AZ
2010: Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA
2008: Ruby Green Contemporary Art Space, Nashville, TN
2008: Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, AZ
2008: Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
2007: Haas Fine Arts Center, Eau Claire, WI
2006: Art Center South Florida, Miami Beach, FL
2006: Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, TX
2002: American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
2001: Frederick Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
2000: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN

Other Solo Exhibitions (Abridged)

2024: Haven Art Gallery, Northport, NY
2023: Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2020: Taxie Gallery, Paris, France
2017: Haven Art Gallery, Northport, NY
​2017: Copro Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014: Galerie d'Art Yve Laroche, Montreal, QC
2014: Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2014: Brumfield's Gallery, Boise, ID
2014: Alexi Era Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2009: Billy Shire Fine Arts, Culver City, CA
2009: Perihelion Arts, Phoenix, AZ
2008: Billy Shire Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2007: Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York, NY
2006: Billy Shire Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2006: Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York, NY
2005: Copro Nason Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004: Kelly Rae Theiss Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2003: Fuse Gallery, New York, NY

2003: Tin Man Alley, Philadelphia, PA
2003: Copro/Nason Gallery, Culver City, CA

​2002: Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2002: Kellie Rae Theiss Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2001: Coker Bell College, Hartsville, SC
2001: Adambomb Gallerie, Milwaukee, WI
2001: Dead Horse Gallery, Lakewood, OH
2001: Swizzle Gallery, Toronto, CA
2000: Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
2000: St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN
2000: University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2000: Gallery 212, Ann Arbor, MI
1999: Café Montmartre, Madison, WI
1996: Burning City Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1995: La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1991: College of St. Catherine, St Paul, MN

Other Group Exhibitions (Abridged)

2025: Los Angeles Art Show (with Copro Gallery), Los Angeles, CA
2024: Copro Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2024: Los Angeles Art Show (with Copro Gallery), Los Angeles, CA
2023: Outsider Art Fair (with HEY!), Paris, France
2023: Brassworks Gallery, Portland, OR
2023: Los Angeles Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
2022: Haven Gallery, Northport NY
2022: Outsider Art Fair, Paris, France
2022: LA Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
2022: Copro Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021: Taxie Gallery, Paris France
2021: Haven Gallery, Northport NY
2021: Copro Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021: LA Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
2020: Copro Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020: Los Angeles Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
2020: Haven Gallery, Newport, NY
2020: Taxie Gallery, Paris, France
2019: Hotel Drouot 9, Paris, France
2019: Beinart Gallery, Melbourne, Australia 
2019: Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2019: Nucleus Gallery, Portland, OR 97214
2018: Haven Gallery, Northport, NY
2018: Vanilla Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2018: LA Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
2017: Haven Gallery, Northport, NY
​2017: Copro Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017: Haven Gallery, Northport, NY
2017: LA Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
​2016: Revolution Fine Art, Buffalo, NY
2016: Haven Gallery, Northport, NY
2016: Arch Enemys, Philadelphia, PA
2016: M Modern Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2016: Gallery Abyss, Montreal, Canada
2016: Haven Gallery, Northport, NY
2015: beinArt Gallery, Brunswick, Australia
2015: Last Rites Gallery, New York, NY
2015: Copro Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015: Haven Gallery, Northport, NY
2015: Alexi Era Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2015: Scope, Miami, FL
2014: LA Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA
2013: Alexi Era Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2013: The Century Guild, Culver City, CA
2013: Harold Golen Gallery, Miami, FL
2013: Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2013: 423 West Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2013: MondoPOP International Gallery, Rome, Italy
2013: Vanish Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2013: Last Rites Gallery, New York, NY
2013: Distinction Gallery, Escondido, CA
2013: Context Art, Miami, FL
2013: ISPO, Munich, Germany
2012: Copro Nason Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012: Last Rites Gallery, New York, NY
2012: Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2012: Bold Hype Gallery, New York, NY
2012: Sacred Machine, Tucson, AZ
2012: Last Rites Gallery, New York, NY

2011: Copro Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011: La Luz de Jesus, Los Angeles, CA
2011: Last Rites Gallery, New York, NY
2011: Varnish Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2011: C.A.V.E. Gallery, Venice, CA
2011: Strychnin Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2011: MondoPOP International Gallery, Rome, Italy
2011: Sacred Machine, Tucson, AZ
2011: Copro Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011: Twin Peaks Anniversary Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
2010: Sacred Machine, Tucson, AZ
2010: Last Rites Gallery, New York, NY
2010: Staatenhaus am Rheinpark, Cologne, Germany
2010: Century Guild Decorative Arts, Chicago, IL
2010: La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010: Sacred Machine Museum, Tucson, AZ
2010: Last Rites Gallery, New York, NY
2010: Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York, NY
2010: Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
​2010: 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009: Comicon, San Diego, CA
2008: Varnish Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2008: DvA Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008: Mondo Bizarro Gallery, Rome, Italy
2008: Limited Addiction Gallery, Denver, CO
2008: Henry Boxer Gallery, New York, NY
2007: Limited Addiction Gallery, Denver, CO
2007: Hemphill Fine Arts, Washington, DC
2006: Outsider Art Fair, New York, NY
2006: Varnish Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2006: OX-OP, Minneapolis, MN
2006: M Modern Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
2006: Lineage Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2006: Bridge Art Fair, Miami, FL
2006: Lineage Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2002: Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2002: Roq la Rue Gallery, Seattle, WA
2002: La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2001: Tin Man Alley, New Hope, PA
2001: Watkins Gallery at University of Winona, Winona, MN
2001: Minnesota State Fair, Saint Paul, MN
2001: La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2000: Minnesota State Fair, Saint Paul, MN
2000: Galley 212, Ann Arbor, MI
2000: Forbidden Gallery, Dallas, TX
2000: Roq la Rue Gallery, Seattle, WA
2000: College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN
2000: La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2000: Limner Gallery, New York, NY
2000: Forbidden Gallery, Dallas, TX
1999: Roq la Rue Gallery, Seattle, WA
1999: La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1998: The Lounge, Minneapolis, MN
1997: Gallery B-12, Los Angeles, CA
1996: Grace House Benefit, Minneapolis, MN
1995: DIFFA Benefit, Minneapolis, MN
1995: Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1994: Patricia Correia Gallery, Venice, CA
1993: The Rogue, Minneapolis, MN
1990: Flander’s Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN

Screenings

2016: Louisville International Fesival Of Films
2016: Galerie Arts Factory (Paris)
2015: Film Festival Collective Awards
2014: Atlanta Film Festival
2013: Sundance Film Festival
2013: SXSW
2013: Montreal International Documentary Film Festival
2013: Philadelphia Film Festival
2013: Musee Halle St. Pierre
2013: Jerusalem Film Festival
2013: San Francisco Green Film Festival
2013: Maryland Film Festival
2013: Stanley Film Festival
2013: Nashville Film Festival
2013: Sarasota Film Festival

2013: Florida Film Festival
2013: Cinequest Film Festival
2013: Mauvais Genre International Film Festival
2012: Canal Plus, France
2012: Starz Denver International Film Festival
2012: Chicago International Film Festival
2012: Florida International Film Festival
2013: Museum Of Modern Art (NYC)
2011: Musee Halle St. Pierre
2011: Chicago International Film Festival
2011: Palm Springs International ShortFest
2011: Athens International Film Festival
2010: Mesa Contemporary Art
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