The Second Day, 2005, oil, acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 18 x 24 inches
past and present-selected works of:
CHRISTIAN ANDREW GROOMS
Christian Andrew Grooms was born in Madison Wisconsin in 1971 and currently lives and works in New York City. He received his BFA from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis / St. Paul, and his MFA from Parsons School of Design, New School University, New York, NY.
During the four years between his undergraduate studies and graduate school, Grooms worked as an audio engineer at Minnesota Public Radio and as a freelance engineer / producer for independent record labels. Grooms continues to compose, perform and produce music that impacts his visual art.
Grooms is a painter, illustrator, graphic designer, musician, audio engineer, and audio producer, working primarily with acrylics, oils and digital media. He continues to study traditional printmaking with Andrew Balkin when in Madison, WI and Scott Davidson in New York City.
Grooms’ work, including painting, drawing and audio installation have been exhibited at Full Compass Systems, Middleton WI, in 2006, The Villas at Chasewood, Minnetonka, MN in 2005, Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton’s Chambers in 2005, Bethel Lutheran Church Arts Endowment Exhibition, Madison, WI in 2005, 20 Greene Street Gallery, New York, NY, in 2004, Amcore Bank, Madison, WI, in 2004, Bedroom Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY in 2004, Arnold & Sheila Aronson Galleries, New York, NY in 2002, New School University-Graduate Faculty Building, New York, NY in 2002, Hut Studios Gallery, Minneapolis, MN in 1998, The Artist ‘s Quarter, Stillwater, MN in 1996, Crema Cafe, Minneapolis, MN in 1996, and Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN in 1996