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Christopher Adam Lessley (born 1981) is an American contemporary figurative painter from the central San Joaquin Valley. His main medium is oil painting in the classical realist style. He currently lives and works in Fresno, CA. His first one-person exhibition is tentatively scheduled on February 10, 2010 at the Conley Arts Gallery at Fresno State. According to the artist, the show, "Through representation of the human figure in oil, seeks to underscore the psychological tension between self-interest and humility resulting from self-indulgent behavior. Often, such meekness follows a self-centered, emotionally traumatic event. By privileging formal physical beauty while stripping the figures of traditional symbolic props, clothes, or literary settings, I hope to emphasize the complexity of emotion as depicted in simple human action. Including male and female subjects in my project stresses self-interest as an equal-opportunity human adversary, regardless of gender."

His sister is the creative writer and poet, Shara Lessley, who in turn, currently lives in North Carolina.

Publications

Flies, Cockroaches and Poets, Spring 2004, Volume XII

Group Show Exhibition Record

2004 Réveiller Exhibit of Regional Artists at the Quady Winery

2003 Réveiller Exhibit of Regional Artists at the Quady Winery

2002 Réveiller Exhibit of Regional Artists at the Quady Winery

2004 Out of Context California State University, Fresno

2003 Diversity California State University, Fresno

2003 Art in Motion California State University, Fresno

2002 Fluidity California State University, Fresno

2001 College of the Sequoias Annual Student Show

 External Content

Christopher Lessley's Official Website