Chris Avis
BA Fine Art First Class Honours 1994
MA Art in Architecture 1996
  • Selected for Shutter Hub OPEN 2026 19/01/26 - 02/04/26 ARB Cambridge UK 
  • Selected for 'Departures' Natural Endings 10/10/25-13/10/25 Todmorden Yorkshire OL14 7AA
  • Semi Finalist Sept 25 'Raw Edge' Berlin Short Awards
  • Selected for 'Sanctuary' The Old Lock Up Gallery 13/04/25-25/05/25 Cromford Derbyshire DE4 3RF
  • Selected for Buy the Kilo Gallery Wall 01/03/25 – 01/04/25 Tyne and Wear NE30 2TF
  • Selected for ‘Childhood Interrupted’ 01/02/25 – 01/03/25 House of Smalls Edinburgh EH3 5BB​
  • Southwark Park Gallery Open 02/11/24- 14/12/24 'Orange Decay' video London SE16 2UA
  • Semi Finalist October 24 'Fragments' Paris Lady Moviemakers Festival. France.
  • Selected for 'Return To The Sea' Shutter Hub 19/10/24 - 19/10/25  Sea front Gallery Worthing Sussex UK
  • Selected for  'The Beat' Exhibition 09/10/24-18/10/24 Echos Studio, 400 Vila Mariana, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Physical)
  • Selected for  Gemini Finalists Exhibition, 02/09/24-16/09/24 London Lighthouse Gallery, City Island, London E14 0SZ
  • Selected for 'Branches' 13/03/24-17/03/24 Eco Feminism Festival,  Art Pavilion London E3 4QY
  • Solo Exhibition 20/02/24 - 18/03/24 'Time Dream& Reflection', Compassionate Funerals London E11 2AW
  • Selected for 'Between the line's 03/02/24 - 02/03/24 House of Smalls, Chipping Campden GL55 6AT
  • Southwark Park Gallery Open 11/11/23- 09/12/23 'Dark Flight' video London SE16 2UA
  • Selected for ATTIC International Film Festival 13/10/23-15/10/23 Newcastle Emlyn  Carmarthenshire Wales BEST Experimental Film winner
  • Selected for 'To The Sea' Shutter Hub 19/10/23 - 10/10/24 St Gilles Croix de Vie, France
  • Secret Postcard Show 26/08/23- 30/09/23 Capola Contemporary Art,  Sheffield , S6 1TD
  • Selected for 'In Natura' Exhibition 03/07/23-17/07/23 Echos Studio, 400 Vila Mariana, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Physical)
  • Selected for 'Dreams throughout Art' Cista Arts online exhibition 01/05/23- 31/05/23
  • Selected for 'Loudest Whisper' Film Festival 08/04/23 (3 videos to be shown) Kings Cross London NW1 0PE
  • Selected for Bridge Gallery (Buy the Kilo) 01/04/23-01/06/23 Tyne and Wear NE30 2TF
  • Selected for Terrace Gallery to show 'Arch Angels' at the PV on 15/03/23 Patchworks E10 7JQ
  • Selected for 'Women in Photography' Glasgow Gallery of Photography 03/03/23-31/03/23 Glasgow G1 1UG
  • Selected for Society of Scottish Artists /Cutlog Re-imagining Wonderland 17/12/22-10/01/23 Edinburgh EH12 2EL
  • Selected for 'Inside the Cage' 02/12/22-07/12/22 Blue House Yard Gallery London N22 7TB
  • Selected for Artists of the Month WINNERS - October 2022(artfromheart.co.uk)
  • ​Selected for 'Arch Angels' Haus-a-rest Issue 29 exhibition Conscious Environment 
  • Selected for 'Interlude' 30/07/22-13/08/22 Espaco Ira Rebella Sao Paulo, Brazil (Physical)
  • Selected for 'RetRespect' 09/05/22-22/05/22 The Art By Pass Gallery London  EC1V 1AH (10 years of Sweet Art)
  • Selected for 'Trauma and Healing' 27/04/22 - 30/04/22 Espacio Gallery London E2 7DG
  • Selected for  'Chronos' Exhibition 26/03/22-16/04/22 Echos Studio, 400 Vila Mariana, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Physical)
  • Selected for 'Divine Feminine' 12/03/22-31/03/22  exhibition by Heart for Art  (Virtual)
  • Selected for 'Buy the Kilo Gallery' 01/03/22-30/03/22 Tyne and Wear NE30 2TF
  • Video Launch of 'Arch Angels' 14/12/21 Oxford House, London E2 6HG (Covid Cancel)
  • Selected for 'Come as you Art' 09/12/21-12/12/21 103 Murray Grove, London N1 7QP (Physical)
  • Selected for Sonora Exhibition 18/11/21-18/12/21 Echos Studio, 400 Vila Mariana, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Physical)
  • Selected for 'Exhibition X'  20/07/21 - 29/09/21 Chuu Contemporary Los Angeles, USA. (Virtual)
  • Selected for 'Our Changing World' 26/07/21-17/09/21  D31 Art Gallery Doncaster DN1 1EW ( Physical)
  • Selected for 'Voice of Earth' 12/06/21-12/07/21  exhibition by Art from Heart (Virtual)
  • Selected for 'Buy the Kilo Gallery' 01/04/21-30/04/21 Tyne and Wear NE30 2TF
  • Selected for We are Sweet Art 'The Art Hunt' 14/09/20-31/10/20 Shoreditch London
  • Selected for online exhibition 'The Great leveller' 14/05/20 - 07/06/20 ' We are Sweet Art
  • Selected for group exhibition 'Environmental Crisis' 13/02/20-14/03/20 Gerald Moore Gallery London SE9 4RW
  • Selected for group exhibition 'Death of Art' 16/10/19-02/11/19  Stash Gallery London E1 8BB
  • Selected for group exhibition 'Synergic' 11/10/19-18/10/19 The Old Biscuit Factory London SE16 4DG 
  • Performance Art 'Voices in the shadows' 21-22-23/02/2019 Park Theatre, Finsbury Park, London N4 3JP
  • Exhibition 'Voices in the shadows' 19/02/19 - 13/04/19 Park Theatre, Finsbury Park, London N4 3JP
  • Group Exhibition GLOW 08/03/18 - 30/04/18 Park Theatre, Finsbury Park, London N4 3JP
  • Solo exhibition 'SHE' 05/03/18 -11/03/18 York St Gallery, Ramsgate (part of POW Thanet)
  • Selected 'We Are Sweet Art' 19/12/17-23/12/17 Espacio Gallery London E2 7DG
  • Selected 'Schlachten' Contemporary Arts Festival 09/09/17 - 08/10/17 Neue Wunsdorf, Zossen, Germany
  • Curious Unfinished 06/7/17 Barbican Guildhall Festival London EC2Y 8DS
  • Solo exhibition 'SHE' 08/3/17 - 30/4/17 Park Theatre, Finsbury Park, London N4 3JP
  • Talking Heads for POW (Power of Women) Thanet at Turner Contemporary 08/3/16
  • Moving Image Margate, ‘Third Age: a personal response’ screening 08/3/16- 13/3/16. Presentation 08/3/16
  • Group Show 'Un Seul Grain de Riz’ 19/12/15 - 09/01/16 Galerie Metanoia, 56 Rue Quincampoix, 75004 Paris
  • Solo exhibition 'Time Passing' 21/7/15 -20/8/15 Park Theatre, Finsbury Park, London N4 3JP 
  • 'Third Age' 04/0715 screened at the Rich Mix Showcase selected for Barbican Open Lab Festival
  • Selected 'Schlachten' Contemporary Arts Festival June/July 2015 Mendelsohn Hall, Luckenwalde Germany
  • Selected ‘Time Passing' 23/10/14 - 1/11/14 Art Gemini Trispace Gallery, Bermondsey, London SE16 4DF
  • Short listed ‘Time Passing' June 2014 National Open Art Competition
  • Two-person collaboration - 'Labelled for Life' 06/02/14 - 19/02/14 Studio 6. 8 Hornsey St, London N7 8GR
  • Solo exhibition 'Remnants of Reality' 08/05/13- 26/05/13 Centre for the Arts,Altwood Rd, Maidenhead Berks SL6 4PF
  • Short listed - 'Essence of Reality' January 2013 Cork Street Open - Winter Show, 28 Cork St London W1S 3NG.
  • Group Show-Mannequin Installations 13/4/12- 23/4/12 'The Crypt Gallery' St Pancras Parish Church, London NW12AB
  • Group Show- Mannequin  prints 19/07/11- 19/08/11 'Islington Exhibits'  Voluntary Action Islington, London N1 9JP.
  • Group Show-Mannequin photographs 27/04/11-08/05/11 'The Brick Lane Gallery' ‘Wind Up’ Sclater St, London E1 6HR.
  • Group Show- Cycle photographs 18/04/11-02/05/11 'Look Mum No Hands' Old St, London EC1V 9HX.
  • Group Show- Mannequin mixed media prints 25/03/11-03/04/11 Candid Arts, Mixed Media, Angel, London EC1V.
  • Group Show photographs 08/10/10-10/10/10 The Islington Contemporary Art & Design Fair, Angel, London EC1V 1NQ.
  • Group Show- photographs 20/05/10– 12/06/10 & 25/05/11-  16/06/11 ' 'Take 5 Gallery’ Norwich.
  • Solo exhibition - Installation & photographs 25/02/10- 04/03/10 ‘The Outside World Gallery’ ‘Red Lips’ Redchurch St London E2 7DP.