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Education
Appalachian State University Art, Boone, NC, MAAE, Concentration: Painting
Parsons The New School for Design, New York, NY
Meredith College, Raleigh, NC
Teaching
Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs, NC -Adjunct Faculty, Studio Art
Cleveland Community College, Shelby, NC -Adjunct Faculty, Art History and Studio Art
Isothermal Community College, Spindale, NC -Faculty, Art Department
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC -Art History Media Librarian, Art Department
Grants, residencies, and programs
2020 US Department of State selected artist, Art in Embassies Program, US Embassy in Riga, Latvia
2014 Hambidge Fellow, Artist Residency at Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences, Rabun Gap, GA
2014 Regional Artist Project Grant Recipient, The North Carolina Arts Council and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Arts and Science Council
NC Art Outreach Project, February 2013, GreenHill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC, through the Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation
2011 Regional Artist Project Grant Recipient, The North Carolina Arts Council and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Arts and Science Council
NC Department of Cultural Resources Second Saturday Artist Residency, Mountain Gateway Museum, Old Fort, NC
Panel Moderator, "Teacher as Artist-Artist as Teacher", NC Art Education Association Conference
Visiting Artist, Mitchell Community College, Statesville, NC
Visiting Artist, Limestone College, Gaffney, SC
Instructor/Coordinator, Cleveland Community College Travel Study Program to Paris, Provence, and the French Riviera
Solo Exhibitions
2018 The Enterable Mirror: Water Paintings by Chrys Riviere-Blalock, Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs, NC
2012 Chrys Riviere-Blalock: NC Landscapes, Hearst Tower Plaza, Charlotte, NC
2011 NC Landscapes by Chrys Riviere-Blalock, Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC
2011 From Hounds Ears to Jordan Lake: NC Landscapes by Chrys Riviere-Blalock, Sertoma Arts Center, Raleigh, NC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017 The Winter Show, GreenHill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC
2017 Cleveland County Artists Exhibition, Cleveland County Arts Council, Shelby, NC
2017 Hambidge Fellows Exhibition, Auction, and Gala, Colony Square, Atlanta, GA
2016 Finding Solitude, Cabarrus Arts Council, Concord, NC
2015 Hambidge Fellows Exhibition, Auction, and Gala, Goat Farm Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
2015 Theatre Arts Gallery NC Artists Invitational Exhibition, High Point Bank and Trust, High Point, NC
2014 The Winter Show, GreenHill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC
2014 Mailbox Exhibit, Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences, Rabun Gap, GA
2013 North Carolina Artists Exhibition, Betty Ray McCain Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2012 Granted: Work by NC Regional Artist Project Grant Recipients, Cleveland Co. Arts Council, Shelby, NC
2011 The Winter Show, GreenHill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC
2011 Town and Country, Caldwell Arts Council, Lenoir, NC
2011 The American Still Life, The Bascom, Highlands, NC
2010 The Legends Continue, Cleveland County Arts Council, Shelby, NC
2009 Thirtieth Anniversary Winter Show, GreenHill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC
2009 Susan Fecho, Mark Gordon, and Chrys Riviere-Blalock, Chapel Hill Public Arts Commission, Chapel Hill, NC
2009 Sister Cities Artist Exchange, Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, MS
2009 Traveling Exhibit, Western Art Agencies of NC, Wilkes, Ashe, Burke, Henderson and Watauga County Arts Councils
2009 Art With Heart Artist Competition finalist, Charlotte, NC
2008 Night of 1000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY
2008 CCC Faculty Exhibition, Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs, NC
2008 Irvin Sandler Selects, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
Selected public collections
Carolinas HealthCare System
Cleveland Urologic Surgery, PA
Crosland Periodontics
Fifth Third Bank
Isothermal Community College
Jackson Properties
Works represented in private collections throughout the United States.