BIO

Chris Chandler works in modes of deconstruction and reconstruction with modular type and letterpress printmaking. Primarily utilizing the Alpha-Blox and Future Schmuck fonts – enlarged into large custom woodblocks for use on his Vandercook 232P proofing press – Chandler transposes letters, words, and shapes into abstracted assemblies of wheat-pasted prints. His practice of rearranging, layering and tearing his prints reflects his appeal to the analog and endless combinations possible through printmaking processes. Chris’s printworks communicate an admiration for the Bauhaus and Constructivist movements with nods to the origins of graphic design and typography. Often large in scale the works display qualities of immersion, movement and sound, harkening back to his 30 year career of tour management and sound engineering. Chris is a self-taught artist who fell into a passion of art and printmaking after acquiring his first Vandercook Press in 1996 and has exhibited his works across the Pacific Northwest and in New York City, Los Angeles and Oklahoma. In 2021 he was the recipient for both the Mohawk Paper’s Maker’s Grant and Stumptown Coffee’s Artist Fellowship. He lives in Portland, OR with his wife and two children and manages his personal studio, long-time named Neu Haus Press which houses his personal practice, collaborations and letterpress workshops.