The Faculty
Chris Irick
Associate Professor
Jewelry and Metal Arts
Image gallery of Chris's work

Education
- B.F.A., Texas Tech University
- M.F.A., University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Museum Collections
- SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Museum of American Art, Washington D.C.
- MUNSON-WILLIAMS- PROCTOR MUSEUM OF ART, Utica, New York.
Selected Exhibitions
- MULTIPLES, Heidi Lowe Gallery, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
- THE ART OF FINE CRAFT, Elder Gallery, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, Nebraska.
- THE PENDANT SHOW, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, California.
- THE OBJECT & BEYOND: 2008 EVERSON BIENNIAL, Everson Museum, Syracuse, New York.
- 61ST EXHIBITION OF CENTRAL NEW YORK ARTISTS, Munson-Williams-Proctor Museum of Art, Utica, New York.
- POLISHED: THREE DECADES OF METAL, UNT artspace FW, Fort Worth, Texas.
- INVESTIGATING SPACE: POSITIVE NEGATIVE / ILLUSION AND TROMPE L=OEIL, Aaron Faber Gallery, New York, New York.
- MADE IN AMERICA: METALS ARTS INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION, Bevier Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York.
- SAUL BELL DESIGN AWARD EXHIBITION, JCK Show, Las Vegas, Nevada. Finalist, silver category.
- MATERIALS: HARD & SOFT EXHIBITION, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, Texas.
- 100 BROOCHES, Traveling exhibition: Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, California; East Carolina University School of Art and Design; Bellagio Gallery, Ashville, North Carolina; Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, Washington.
- SOLO EXHIBITION, Pribble Room, Munson-William-Proctor Institute Museum of Art, Utica, New York.
- JEWELS & GEMS, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
- CHARMED LIVES: NARRATIVES OF PERSONAL WISDOM, curated by Gail Brown, Facere Art Jewelry Gallery, Seattle, Washington.
- CRAFTS TRANSFORMED, curated by Gail Brown, U Mass Dartmouth Gallery, New Bedford, Massachusetts.
- bigLITTLE: JEWELERS & SCULPTORS MAKING IT IN METAL, Crafts Cultural Arts Gallery, Oakland, California.
- THE BRACELET, Sofa NYC and Yaw Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan.
- MODERN MEDIUM: CONTEMPORARY ART IN NEW YORK STATE, Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, New York.
- MATERIALS: HARD & SOFT EXHIBITION, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, Texas.
- 25th ANNUAL CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa. Arizona.
- LA PETITE X - Alder Gallery, Coburg, Oregon.
- TALISMANS FOR THE COMING MILLENNIUM, Emerson Art Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri.
- TOYS & GADGETS, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, Massachusetts.
- TRANSFIGURATIONS: NINE CONTEMPORARY METALSMITHS, Emily Davis Gallery, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio. 1997
- INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION, Pritam & Eames, East Hampton, New York.
- PUT A LID ON IT! BOXES, RECEPTACLES AND CONTAINERS, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, Massachusetts.
Selected Publications
- 500 PENDANTS & LOCKETS, editor, Marthe Le Van.
- THE ART AND CRAFT OF MAKING JEWELRY, Joanna Gollberg.
- THE PENLAND BOOK OF JEWELRY, editor, Marthe Le Van.
- 500 BROOCHES, editor, Marthe Le Van.
- 500 BRACELETS, editor, Marthe Le Van.
- THE METALSMITH'S BOOK OF BOXES AND LOCKETS, Tim McCreight.

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