Cristopher Cichocki lives and works in the desert of Southern California’s Coachella Valley. His core of influences spans diverse territories including: Earthworks, Minimalism, Arte Povera, DADA, quantum physics, guerilla art, punk, and experimental music. Encompassing painting, photography, video, sculpture, sound, installation, and performance, Cichocki accents the constant flux and sublime entropy within the everday. Throughout his exploration of sites off the beaten path he inserts his vision onto subjects of decay and abandonment. The scope of Cichocki’s practice amplifies the world around us, illuminating the ephemeral, continually shifting nature of existence.
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CRISTOPHER CICHOCKI
Born 1979 in Death's Door, WI
Lives and works in the Coachella Valley, CA

EDUCATION
2001
BFA California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
- Lew and Edie Wasserman Recipient
- Bank of America Fine Arts Scholar
- La Quinta Arts Foundation Recipient
2000
Yale Summer School of the Arts, Norfolk, CT
- Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship
1995 & 1996
California State Summer School of the Arts, Valencia, CA
- La Quinta Arts Foundation Fellowship
- California Governor's Award Recipient

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS // 2 PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2009
Desert Abyss, Walter N. Marks Center for the Arts, Palm Desert, CA
Cristopher Cichocki, Recent Paintings, MVSVEM, Los Angeles, CA
2007
Minimal Maximal, 333, Palm Springs, CA
2006
Origins of The Desert Abyss, The Villagio, Indian Wells, CA
2005
Ceremony, Bigoudi, Osaka, Japan
2004
Clues Into The Underground, Actionsound, Los Angeles, CA
2003
Elements Could Shift, 2 person show with Seth Kasselman, Blue 7 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2001
Something For Everyone, CalArts Gallery D-301, Valencia, CA
2000
Constant Flux, Yale Stoeckel Gallery, Norfolk, CT
Transportable Transports, collaboration with Beth Knight, CalArts SBD Gallery, Valencia, CA
1999
Conditioning For The New Millenium, CalArts Gallery A-402 Valencia, CA
1998
The Time is Now, Calarts Main Gallery, Valencia, CA
A Reconsideration of Clukky, collaboration with Jesse Lee Stout, CalArts Main Gallery, Valencia, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS // PERFORMANCES // SCREENINGS

2010
NOVA Artscapes, Scion Building, Los Angeles, CA
NOVA Contemporary Culture, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Experimental Video Showcase, Wild Project, New York, NY
Mapping The Context, The Arts at Context, Indio, CA
Joshua Tree Arts and Music Festival, Joshua Tree, CA
2009
Plankton Robots, Fluxco, Los Angeles, CA
Cristopher Cichocki, Recent Paintings, Panorama Towers, Las Vegas, NV
Upset The Rhythm Showcase, The Smell, Los Angeles, CA
2008
Elemental Shifting , Salvage Vanguard Theatre, Austin, TX
Live and Direct, ITDE, Chicago, IL
SXSW Arts and Music Festival, Austin, TX
2007
Optical Projections, Machine Project, Los Angeles, CA
Group Photo Open, Modern Masters, Palm Desert, CA
Group Photo Open, Viceroy Hotel, Palm Springs, CA
Everything Is Shifting, Pehrspace, Los Angeles, CA
Druid Film Festival, Il Corral, Hollywood, CA
2006
Wooster On Spring, The Candle Building, New York, NY
Turn The Screws Festival, Il Coral, Hollywood, CA
Salton Tide (collaboration with Warm Climate), Mr. T's Bowl, Highland Park, CA
2005
Trashed, Coachella Music & Arts Festival, Indio, CA
Word of Mouth, Ivar Theatre, Hollywood, CA
Journal of Aesthetics and Protest Group Show, Machine Project, Los Angeles, CA
Melting Pot, Center Stage, Highland Park, CA
2004
The Golden State Of Being, Bamboo Lane Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Symbiosis, Spring Arts Tower, Los Angeles, CA.
2003
Non-Alphabetical Group Show, Storage Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2002
Day in Day Out, LOCO, Los Angeles, CA
2001
Blind Date With An Exquisite Corpse, CallArts SBD, Valencia, CA
Collections, CalArts SBD Gallery, Valencia, CA
One Night Only, Mulligan's, Valencia, CA
Examaning More Pictures, CalArts SBD Gallery, Valencia, CA
2000
Multiplicity/Acceleration, CalArts SBD Gallery, Valencia, CA
Untitled Group Show, Yale Stoekel Gallery, Norfolk, CT
The Sigourney X Tension Painting Show, CalArts Main Gallery, Valencia, CA
Past Presented Future, CalArts SBD Gallery, Valencia, CA
1999
Divine Intervention, Action Space, Los Angeles, CA
Hybrids and Mutants, CalArts Sub-Level, Valencia, CA