In 2010 he moved his studio to Chicago, where he now spends much of his time when he is not teaching. Recent shows include solo exhibitions at the Susanne Hilberry Gallery (Ferndale, MI) in Spring 2013 and the University of Michigan’s Residential College Gallery. In 2011, his work was included in Painting Coast-to-Coast, an invitational survey of contemporary painting at Wayne State University. In 2008, he was nominated for a Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant. Chris has been a faculty member at Eastern Michigan University since 2001.