Greg  Kucera Gallery is pleased to announce our fifth exhibition of  photography by Los Angeles artist, Chris Engman. The artist creates  labor-intensive alterations to interior settings by installing  photographs to the walls, distorting our perceptions of the space.  Recently the artist has introduced his son’s drawing and painting into  the image. In some cases his son makes his marks directly onto the  installed photographs. In other cases Engman uses the 5-year-old’s  drawings as source material, altering and embellishing them as he  applies them to his installations.
“I  study his marks, I study him while he makes them. I watch the way he  holds his paintbrush and sometimes, though not always, I hold mine in  the same ways. Unlike him I step back to think about what I am doing. I  measure and calculate, make landscapes and rooms, compose and prepare. I  consider the meanings and metaphors. When I’m ready to make marks I  push those considerations to a quieter part of my mind. I try to emulate  his weasel-like lack of hesitation, his fanaticism, his joy and  oblivion." –Chris Engman
Other  works are photographs of shelving loaded with art supplies, or a  crumpled sheet of photo paper in a frame. They have a trompe l'oeil  effect and appear to protrude out from the wall.

Biography
Chris  Engman received his MFA from the University of Southern California and  BFA from the University of Washington. His work has been collected by  the City of Seattle; Seattle Art Museum, WA; Henry Art Gallery, WA;  Microsoft Collection, WA; Portland Art Museum, OR; Orange County Art  Museum, CA; and Houston Fine Arts Museum, TX. He lives and works in Los  Angeles.