Chris Enos
Chris Enos | |
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| Born | Christine Enos August 21, 1944 Burbank, California, U.S. |
| Education | Foothill College (AA), San Francisco State University (BA), San Francisco Art Institute (MFA), Universidad de las Américas, A.C. |
| Occupations | Photographer, educator |
| Website | www |
Chris Enos (née Christine Enos; born 1944) is an American photographer and educator. She is known for her photography of still life and nudes. Enos has lived in California, Massachusetts, and New Mexico.
Life and career
Chris Enos was born in August 21, 1944, in Burbank, California.[1][2][3] She attended Foothill College (AA degree, 1965) in Los Altos Hills, California; San Francisco State University (BA degree in sculpture, 1969); the Universidad de las Américas, A.C. (1967) in Mexico City; and the San Francisco Art Institute (MFA degree, 1971).[2][3][4][5]
Her earliest photographs were of the nudes, and her first camera was a borrowed Nikon.[5] She later shifted her focus to still life and documentary photography. By 1971, she was using a Graflex camera.[5] In 1976, Enos co-founded of the Photographic Resource Center (PRC), a nonprofit organization in Boston, Massachusetts.[6] She served as the director of PRC from 1976 to 1981.[6] Enos is an associate professor emeritus at University of New Hampshire.
Her photography work is in museum collections, including at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta;[7] the Philadelphia Museum of Art;[8] the University of Texas at Austin;[9] and the Harvard Art Museums in Massachusetts.[10]
Exhibitions
- 1985, The Big Picture, University Art Gallery, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio; including artists Chris Enos, Sandi Fellman, Jerry Burchard, Patrick Nagatani, Barbara Kasten, Rosamond Purcell, Lucas Samaras, William Wegman, Robert Heinecken, Marsha Burns, Jack Welpott, Suda House, Luciano Franchi de Alfaro III, Frank Gillette, Olivia Parker, Vicki Lee Ragan, John Reuter, John Gutkowski, and Judith Golden[11]
References
- ^ Camera, Issue 7–12. C. J. Bucher. 1979. p. 16.
- ^ a b San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (1980). 20 American Artists: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, July 24-September 7, 1980. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. p. 18.
- ^ a b Channing, Susan R. (1982). The Leather District and the Fort Point Channel: The Boston Photo-Documentary Project. Artists Foundation. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-932246-02-8.
- ^ Browne, Turner; Partnow, Elaine (1983). Macmillan Biographical Encyclopedia of Photographic Artists & Innovators. Macmillan. p. 178. ISBN 978-0-02-517500-6.
- ^ a b c Gaeddert, Beth (May 11, 1971). "Young Photographer: Framing Eros With A Big Eye". Daily Independent Journal. p. 12. Retrieved March 8, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Channing, Susan R. (1978). Art of the State: Massachusetts Photographers, 1975-1977. Massachusetts Arts and Humanities Foundation. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-89169-034-4.
- ^ "Horse and Nude, Chris Enos (American, born 1944)". High Museum of Art. Retrieved March 8, 2026.
- ^ "Chris Enos, Untitled (Nude on Horseback), 1972". Philadelphia Museum of Art.
- ^ "Photography Collections Database: Chris Enos Photography Collection". Harry Ransom Center's Photography Collection. University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved March 8, 2026.
- ^ "Chris Enos, California born 1944". Harvard Art Museums. Retrieved March 8, 2026.
- ^ Cullinan, Helen (February 22, 1985). "Polaroid instant art on view". The Plain Dealer. p. 74 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
- Official website
- Profile at the University of New Hampshire
- Photographic Resource Center (PRC) website