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Christopher Dean "Chris" Myers is an American author and artist, creating cross-cultural works in a variety of mediums. His approach often facilitates connections between artists. Myers has also collaborated on a number of children's picture books with his father, Walter Dean Myers, and is a recipient of the Coretta Scott King award, as well as various honors. Chris Myers now has a book imprint with Random House.

Currently living in New York, Myers graduated from Brown University and the Whitney Museum of Art Independent Studio Program.

Children's Literature
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Fine Art

 * 2000: Chris Myers' All-Negro Freakshow

This project humanized Black American sideshow performers through archived photos and correspondences, displayed at Vassar.


 * 2014: Am I Going Too Fast?

A short documentary film which explores the transformation of Kenya through the impact of technology. Myers co-directed and the film was submitted for the Sundance Short Film Challenge.


 * 2016: Echo in the Bones

Displayed at Cooper Gallery alongside work by Pollock, Warhol and Billie Holiday. This exhibit explored the intersection of Jazz and visual art. Myers created brass instruments reflective of those used in Saigon and New Orleans funeral marches.


 * 2016: Go Forth

Myers designed theatrical set pieces for an adapted from the Egyptian Book of the Dead, directed by Kaneza Schaal and performed at the Coil Festival.


 * 2018: Fire in the Head

Designed imagery from the life and experiences of Vaslav Nijinsky, which were then crafted by Indonesian puppet makers. Displayed at the SCAD Museum.


 * 2018: Every Refugee Boat is a Mayflower

This display used Billboards to highlight refugee crisis around the globe at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art.


 * 2018: Let the Mermaids Flirt With Me

An instillation at Fort Gansevoort that included the pieces I Am Not a Human Being, VXLLRNCGNT, and The Boats

Awards and Honors
1998: Caldecott Honor for Harlem: A Poem, written by Walter Dean Myers

2000: Coretta Scott King Honor for Black Cat, Written by Christopher Myers

2006: Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor for Blues Journey, written by Walter Dean Myers

2008: Coretta Scott King Honor for Jazz, Written by Walter Dean Myers

2012: Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor for H.O.R.S.E: A Game of Basketball and Imagination, written by Christopher Myers.

2015: First National Bank of Omaha Award for Outstanding Service to Public Education

2016: Coretta Scott King Award for Firebird, written by Misty Copeland.

2019: Colene Brown Art Prize Recipient

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