Chris Minard

Originally from Sedona, Arizona, Chris Minard (b. 1985) now lives in New York City.

Typically working in series by developing on a theme or title, his paintings, drawings, and prints focus on quiet moments or pauses between actions; realization, reflection, cautious voyeurism, allusive intimacy. Inspired by music, literature, queer histories and culture, along with his background in design for theater and film, the young men who populate his work are found amid vivid natural environments and architecture, framing and sometimes countering enigmatic narratives through which he can celebrate and relate to their moments of vulnerable softness.