| BACKGROUND | |
| 1970 | Born in Newcastle, New Brunswick |
| 1988 | Graduated from Chilliwack Senior Secondary School, Fine Arts Program |
| 1988-90 | Fraser Valley College, Fine Arts Program, Abbotsford, BC |
| Currently lives and works in Chilliwack, British Columbia | |
| SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2007 | The Magic Hour: Part Two, Diane Farris Gallery |
| 2004 | The Magic Hour: Part One, Diane Farris Gallery |
| 2002 | Chris Woods: McTopia — A Ten Year Survey, Clara P. Hatton Gallery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado |
| 2001 | Decade, Diane Farris Gallery |
| 2000 | Dreamland, Diane Farris Gallery |
| 1998 | McTopia, Diane Farris Gallery |
| 1997 | Royal Treats, Diane Farris Gallery |
| Stations of The Cross, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan | |
| 1996 | Stations of The Cross, Diane Farris Gallery |
| 1994 | Product Placement, Diane Farris Gallery |
| 1993 | Freshly Oven Baked, Diane Farris Gallery |
| 1992 | Recent Works, The Chilliwack Arts Centre, Chilliwack, BC |
| 1989 | Eve of Miracles, Elliot-Clark Arts, Chilliwack, BC |
| 1988 | Gravity's Angel, Chilliwack Community Arts Council Gallery, Chilliwack, BC |
| GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2005 | 25 Years - 25 Artists, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond BC |
| 2004 | In the Bag! Diane Farris Gallery |
| Face to Face: Portraits from the Permanent Collection, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC | |
| Celebrating 20, Diane Farris Gallery | |
| 2003 | Portrayal, Diane Farris Gallery |
| Artropolis 2003, CBC Building, Vancouver | |
| 2001 | Artropolis 2001, CBC Building, Vancouver |
| 2000 | The Authentic Eye, Diane Farris Gallery |
| 1999 | Sur La Table, Diane Farris Gallery |
| 1997 | The University College of the Fraser Valley Alumni Show, University College of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, BC |
| Harvest, Diane Farris Gallery | |
| 1995 | Out of the Garden: the British Columbia Landscape, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC |
| 1994 | Art Matters, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, B.C. |
| 1993 | London Life Young Contemporaries, London Regional Gallery, London, ONT (travelling exhibition) |
| Artropolis 93, Vancouver, BC | |
| 1992 | Small Works, Diane Farris Gallery |
| The Big Picture, DianeFarris Gallery | |
| 1991 | Beautiful British Columbia, Diane Farris Gallery |
| The Big Picture, Diane Farris Gallery | |
| And the Brothers Dance, with "Double Exposure" by Virginia Ivanicki. | |
| Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC | |
| This is Not A One Night Stand, Aids Benefit, Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, BC | |
| Gallery Invitational, Diane Farris Gallery | |
| 1990 | Artropolis 90, The Roundhouse, Vancouver, BC |
| COMMISSIONS | |
| 2003 | Barenaked Ladies’ Album Cover - Everything to Everyone |
| 2000 | The Church of Krispy Kreme, The National Post - Saturday Night Magazine, August 2000 (cover) |
| 1995 | Stations of The Cross, private patron commission for St. David's Anglican Church, Vancouver, BC |
| RADIO AND TELEVISION INTERVIEWS | |
| 2007 | CBC Radio One, March 16, ‘Sounds Like Canada’ with Shelagh Rogers |
| 2004 | Studio 4 with Fanny Kiefer. Shaw Television. June 4. ‘The Magic Hour Part 1’ |
| 2003 | Bravo!Canada, March 30, May 5, ‘Chris Woods Billboard’ |
| 2000 | CPAC, March 12, Appearing with Douglas Coupland for “Doubletake” |
| VTV News, June 12, ‘Dreamland’ | |
| CBC Radio, June 10, ‘North by North West with David Grierson’, Dreamland | |
| CBC Radio, June 8, ‘The Early Edition’, Dreamland | |
| 1998 | CBC, November 14, Interviewed by Dave Grierson |
| VTV News, November, ‘McTopia’ | |
| CBC Newsworld, Summer, ‘Big Life with Daniel Richler,’ “Do you want art with that?” | |
| 1997 | May - Profiled on Daniel Richler's "Big Life" on CBC Newsworld |
| BRAVO, June 23, Interviewed by Terry David Mulligan for “Bravo News” | |
| 1995 | CBC, January 16, Interviewed by Cecilia Walters for "Almanac" |
| 1993 | Z95.3 FM, May 30, Interviewed by Gord Eno for "Into the Arts" |
| PUBLICATIONS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| Adbusters 2006 Classic Spoof Ads Calendar, 2006 |
| Adbusters Magazine. Front & Back Cover Illustration. October/November 2000, No. 32. |
| Adbusters. Cover & interior illustrations, Summer 1998, no. 22. |
| Adbusters. Enviro-Mental Calender, 1999 |
| Artichoke. Illustration. Royal Treats (1996). Vol. 9 No. 2 Summer 1997. pp 32-33 |
| Artichoke. Illustration. Employee of the Millenium (1998). Vol. 10 No. 3 Fall/Winter, 1998. p 55 |
| Babineau, Guy. Consumer communion, Azure, May—June 2000 |
| Brayshaw, Christopher. The Spilled and Broken World, Artichoke Magazine, Summer Issue 1994 |
| Brayshaw, Christopher. Fear and Loathing in a Gap and Coke Dreamland, The Vancouver Courier, February 4, 1996, 2000 |
| Brayshaw, Christopher. Christ’s Agony Has Vancouver Face, The Georgia Straight, June 15-21, 2000. |
| “C” Magazine, New Work ’93 Section, Issue 39, Fall 1993 |
| Canadian Art, Fast Forward Section-B.C., Winter issue, 1995 |
| Carlson, Tim. In McTopia: Today, Tomorrow, Forever, artist Chris Woods serves up the spiritual and the secular for a pop parody on the power and glory of the fast-food industry, The Vancouver Sun, November 12, 1998 |
| Edwards, Ian. They're young and they're dazzling: Hot Shots of '93, The Vancouver Sun, May 8, 1993 |
| Event. Cover illustration, 2003,vol. 32-2 |
| Hardy, Eddy. Fast Food, Friends Inspire Chris Woods' New Paintings, Sunny Side Up, June 4, 1993 |
| Fleisher, Pat. ARTPOST 39 - Vancouver Artropolis 90:Lineages and Linkages, Article by Robin Laurence, Winter 1990/91 |
| Gallant, Paul. Pop Star, The Loop Magazine, Volume 3 no. 12 July, 1998 |
| Georgia Straight, Shifting Gears, June 3 – 10, 2004. p 61 |
| Geist Magazine, interior illustrations, Summer Issue, 1998 |
| Geist Magazine, cover illustration, interior illustration, Spring Issue, 1998 |
| Goldberg, Matt. Welcome to McTopia, The Rocky Mountain Collegian, March 28, 2002 |
| Grierson, Bruce. Graphic Agitation, Adbusters Magazine, No. 27, Autumn 1999 |
| Gustafson, Paula. Fine Art of Condoms and Colas, The Georgia Strait, October 25- November 5, 1993 |
| Gustafson, Paula. A Modern Myth-Maker, Xtra West, No. 32, November 3, 1994 |
| Gustafson, Paula. Chris Woods at Diane Farris Gallery, Asian Art News, January/February 1999 |
| Gustafson, Paula. Unlikely Iconographer Sheds Fresh Light on Crucifixion, The Georgia Straight, January 11-18, 1996 |
| Gustafson, Paula. Chris Woods, Artichoke, Fall/Winter, 2001 |
| Harper’s Magazine, Painting feature: Cola Wars: A Tale of Two Sodas, Page 31, December 1997 |
| Hill, Mary Frances. Welcome to Chris Woods’ Dreamland, Westender, June 8-14, 2000 |
| Hill, Mary Frances. Jesus as '90s Rebel, The Vancouver Courier, January 15, 1995 |
| Johnson, Mia. Preview the Gallery Guide, Chris Woods: The Magic Hour – Part One, June/July/August 2004, p 60 |
| Kalaar, Ralaaf. Artist Takes Cue FromPop View, Fort Collins Coloradoan, March 26, 2002 |
| Klien, Naomi. No Logo, 1999 |
| Lasn, Kalle. Culture Jam-the Uncooling of America, 1999 |
| Laurence, Robin. Shared Themes Animate Artropolis 90, The Georgia Straight, October 19-26, 1990 |
| Laurence, Robin. Artropolis ’90 – Lineages and Linkages, Artpost 39 Magazine, Winter 1990-1991 |
| Laurence, Robin. Hand of the Artist Deceives the Eye, The Vancouver Sun, October 29, 1994 |
| Laurence, Robin. Not Necessarily the Best of '94, The Vancouver Sun, December 31, 1994 |
| Laurence, Robin. Worshipping in a Gap Universe, The Georgia Straight, April 20, 2001 issue |
| London Life Young Contemporaries ’93, Exhibition Catalogue, 1993 |
| The Loop Magazine, interior illustration, June issue, 1997 |
| Lord, Barry. Twelve Under Thirty – The New Figurative Direction, Art Focus Magazine, Fall 1994 |
| Mays, John Bentley. The Resurrection of a Liturgical Art Form, The Globe and Mail, Saturday, January 20, 1996 |
| Maclean’s. Faces of the Future. January 17, 2000 |
| Maclean's, 100 Canadians To Watch, July 5, 1993 |
| Mitges, Lynn. It's all in a day's painting: Chilliwack artist gets exposure in pop-culture movie, The Province, Sunday, August 06, 2006 |
| Niedzviecki, Hal. We Want Some Too-Underground Desire and the Reinvention of Mass Culture, Penguin Books, 2000 |
| Olson, Geoff. Where the rubber meets the cultural road, (article and cover image) Common Ground, Issue 146, September 2003 |
| Owen, Gerald. Mainland Mary, National Post, Saturday, April 10, 2004 |
| Rosenberg, Ann. & Ed Varney (Ed.) Artropolis 90: Lineages & Linkages, Exhibition Catalogue, 1990 |
| Rosenberg, Ann. Talented Trio, The Vancouver Sun, January 3, 1991 |
| Rosenberg, Ann. Probing Realms of Fantasy and Illusion, The Vancouver Sun, July 11, 1991 |
| Rosenberg, Ann. North Shore Gains a Gallery, The Vancouver Sun, April 25, 1992 |
| Saturday Night Magazine, Cover illustration for article: Krispy Kreme Vs. Tim Horton: Let Us Compare the Mythologies, August 19, 2000 |
| Scott, Melanie. A New Group of Seven; Their Works are Low-tech, Out of Fashion, and Fiercely Beautiful. Meet Canada’s Best New Figurative Painters, Saturday Night, July/August 1997 |
| Scott, Michael. Chris Woods' Passion, The Vancouver Sun, Saturday, January 13, 1996 |
| Scott, Michael. Wood transfers images of the scared to images of the propane, The Vancouver Sun, May 14, 1997 |
| Scott, Michael. A Painter’s Satirical Take on Advertising Imagery, The Vancouver Sun, June 8, 2000 |
| Scott, Michael. It’s Only Me, The Vancouver Sun, April 14, 2001 |
| Scott, Michael. Twelve years ago…, The Vancouver Sun, April 26, 2001 |
| Skogan, Joan. Once Upon a Tim, Saturday Night Magazine, September, 1999 |
| Skogan, Joan. Mary of Canada, The Banff Centre Press, 2003, p 100 (image).\ |
| Snyder, Jon Bradley. Star Wars Rocks, Star Wars Insider Magazine, Issue 40, 1998 |
| Thomas, Sandra. Woods Opening Selling Success, The Chilliwack Progress, November 15, 1998 |
| Todd, Douglas. Artist’s Quest: To try to grasp the ineffable with human hands, The Vancouver Sun, March 29, 2002 |
| Topic, Stations of the Cross Draw International Attention, May 1996 |
| Trowbridge, Kevin. Profiles from my left shoe: Chris Woods, Cascade, Vol.6 Issue 8, March 3, 1999 |
| Varty, Alexander. Chris Woods – The Magic Hour Part 1, The Georgia Straight, June 10, 2004 |
| Weder, Adele. The Leonardo of Logos, The Globe and Mail, June 9, 2000 |
| Woods, Chris. Chris Woods – The Way of The Cross, exhibition catalogue, 1996 |
| Woods, Chris. Inspirations: Sorrow embodied through the ages, The National Post, November 14, 1998 |
| SELECTED COLLECTIONS |
| Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC |
| Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC |
| Sugar Entertainment, Vancouver, BC |
| Alma Mater Society, University of British Columbia |
| Navigator Limited, Toronto, Ontario |
| BodyWise International Inc., Carlsbad, California |
| Douglas College Foundation, New Westminster, BC |
| Pierce, Van Loon Barristers & Solicitors, Vancouver, BC |
| Polygon Group Ltd., Vancouver, BC |
| The Bread Garden, Vancouver, BC |
| The Prospero Group, Vancouver, BC |
| Waisman, Dewar, Grout, Carter Inc., Vancouver, BC |
| RJ Wholesalers, San Fransico, California |
| Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington |
| Subway, New York, NY |
| West Coast Reduction Ltd., Vancouver, BC |