Artist
Biography
Christie Chew-Wallace
The innovative artist, Christie Chew-Wallace was born in St. Louis, Mo. in 1956.
She met her husband, Robert, in high school and they married in 1981. They moved
to Los Angeles that same year and Christie began her formal art instruction at a
private art school called Mission: Renaissance. Christie has always been
interested in creating and has done so since she was old enough to pick up a
crayon. Her parents were very proud of her talent but did not have the funding
for an art education so they bought her an art course from a T.V. commercial.
Christie passed with flying colors!
Christie’s husband was a tad more generous and agreed to fund her education at
Mission: Renaissance. She received excellent instruction under the guidance of
Mr. Larry Gluck. Along with her private instruction Christie has completed many
college courses in the arts from Fulton College, Glendale College in Los Angeles
and College of DuPage in Illinois. She has complimented her formal training with
a variety of seminars, workshops and panel discussions on every subject from
“How to take slides of your artwork” to “How to sell your art out of a tent”.
During her education her artwork continued to change and grow from reality based
art to abstract.
In the midst of all the art schooling and creating Christie and her husband had
two children; the artwork slowed a little but never stopped. They continued to
raise their children and Christie continued create and participate in shows both
locally in California and nationally. In 1990 Christie and her family moved to
Chicago. She promptly joined the Chicago Artists Coalition and The Arts Alliance
and began to show her work throughout the city and suburbs. She has been in
several gallery stables, Gallery 500, the Blue Mule Gallery and Gallery Atlantis
to name a few.
Christie’s children are now completing their college educations (one in the
arts) and are on their way to becoming self-sufficient adults. She is the proud
owner of three English Bulldogs, two of them are certified therapy dogs, she and
her Bulldogs work all over the city helping 2nd and 3rd grade children improve
their reading skills through SITSTAYREAD and helping the mentally and physically
handicapped children and adults use their minds and their bodies to work with
animals and make their lives a little better. This is accomplished through
Rainbow Animal Assisted Therapy. Christie donates up to four pieces of artwork
each year to her favorite organizations, including Treehouse Animal Foundation,
NOW, Rainbow and a variety of other worthy organizations who might be having a
silent auction to raise money for their cause.
Christie’s family resides in the South Loop of Chicago and Grant Park is her
dogs’ back yard. Her studio is in her living room, spreading throughout the
house. She works with oils and acrylics on canvas and is quite prolific as well
as inquisitive and moves forward with her art by striving to become more
creative and original with each new series. Her paintings fully occupy her time
and she works hard to produce art that speaks about her own acknowledgements on
life.
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Contact info: (312) 542-9395
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