User:Kokoann/Chad Person

Chad Person (born 1978) is a conceptual artist living in New Mexico. His dollar bill collages, inflatable sculptures, and other highly visible projects have appeared locally, nationally and internationally. His interests reflect upon the confluence of money and power throughout history, current US attitudes that have resulted from Westward Expansion and notions of Manifest Destiny.

He exhibits with Mark Moore Gallery in Santa Monica, and shows with Garson Fine Art Gallery, and others in New York. His collaboration with Hiroshi Fuji was featured in the last Site Santa Fe Biennial, Lucky #7 curated by Lance Fung in 2008.

Chad Person has instructed photography courses at Anderson Ranch Arts Center and the University of New Mexico. In his role as program manager at Ideum, his photography and design work has been included in a number of recent National Science Foundation sponsored projects, such as the Cosmic Serpent; and the NASA/CalTech Project NuStar.