Chris Irick

Jewelry and Metal Arts

Chris received her bachelor's degree in jewelry and metalsmithing from Texas Tech University and her masters degree in metals from University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Her work has been exhibited widely throughout the U.S. for which she has won many awards and scholarships. Chris has been a juror for several craft exhibitions in Texas and New York and has also been featured in Metalsmith Magazine, American Craft Magazine and Tim McCreights The Metalsmths Book of Boxes and Lockets. Her work is in public collections including the Smithsonian Institutions Renwick Gallery of American Crafts, as well as private collections throughout the U.S.

Education

• B.F.A., Texas Tech University
• M.F.A., University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Recent Exhibitions

• Charmed Lives - Facere Art Jewelry Gallery, Seattle, Wash.
• Talismans for the Coming Millenium, - Emerson Gallery, St. Louis, Mo.
• Toys and Gadgets, - Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, Mass.
• Two Faculty Exhibit - School of Art Gallery, Pratt at MWPAI, Utica, N.Y.
• Faculty Exhibition - School of Art Gallery, Pratt at MWPAI, Utica, N. Y.