About Kriss
Kriss Sullivan has been creating art since he was 5yrs old, at first for friends and relatives. At age 5 he used to draw pictures of pop culture comics. He soon turned to the environment and began drawing in a realistic manner. At age 19 he started getting paid to create portraits.
After showing his works at various locations and exhibits throughout New York and New England, he ventured to open Artistic License Art Gallery in Waterbury, Connecticut (USA). This gallery featured artists working in a myriad of mediums and styles. Local artists were represented alongside known artists from around the globe. During these years, he facilitated a program called Oil Drum Art; which focused on installing colorful trash receptacles throughout the city of Waterbury. Kriss has always been passionate about bringing art into public spaces.
Kriss began to focus on 3D paintings which could only be viewed with Chromadepth glasses. His pieces were featured at Timexpo Museum as well as the Mattatuck Museum. The show, called ‘Second Site’, at first seemed mundane until visitors donned the glasses and found themselves in a 3D world which seemed like one could reach out and touch it.
After breaking away from art rooted in extreme realism, Kriss now welcomes new and more abstract forms of art in which he creates whole new worlds. He works with different mediums in colorful, vibrant, and abstract styles. This change has gained him recognition in the European Market, as well as Australia, Japan and Southern California. He will be exhibiting with PAKS Gallery in Castle Hubertendorf in Austria and at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris, France.
Not all of Kriss’s paintings reside in the USA; he has collectors hanging his portraits in Naples, Italy, Canada and as far away as Japan. Over the years he has been pushing to dedicate himself to art more completely and has finally begun to create a realm of his own within the art world. He likes to think of his work as somewhere between abstract, realism, and surrealism.
2015 Sal E Pepe Restaurant, Newtown, CT - Pop Up Gallery Carrousel d Louvre in Paris France Castle Hubertendorf in Austria
2014
Carlito's Restaurant, Woodbury, CT - Permanent Exhibition
Woodbury Ski Area, Woodbury, CT - Permanent Exhibition
2013
Timexpo Museum, Permanent Exhibition 3D Paintings
Mattatuck Museum, Jazz Nights, Waterbury, CT
Greater Waterbury Arts Show, Waterbury, CT
The Gathering, Waterbury, CT
2012
Laguna Art Group
www.Lagunaart.com/KrissSullivan
2011
"Color Every Day" Cheshire Public Spaces, Cheshire, CT USA
2009
"Drawing You" Hampton Inn, Middlebury, CT USA2008
"Drawing You" Hampton Inn, Middlebury, CT USA
"Ocean Daze" The Court Yard Marriott, Waterbury, CT USA
2007
"Black and White" Artistic License Gallery, Waterbury, CT USA
"Drawing You" 4 Points Sheraton, Waterbury, CT USA
2006
"Wow, What a Pencil" Artistic License Gallery, Waterbury, CT USA
"Drawing You" 4 Points Sheraton, Waterbury, CT USA
"Our Soldiers Who Serve" Terryville Town Hall, Plymouth, CT USA2005
"The World's Children" Artistic License Gallery, Waterbury, CT USA
"Our Soldiers Who Serve" Terryville Town Hall, Plymouth, CT USA
2004
"Faces" Artistic License Gallery , Waterbury, CT USA
"Our Soldiers Who Serve" Terryville Town Hall, Plymouth, CT USA1993
"Portrait Art" Lasting Likeness, Waterbury, CT USA
1992
"Portrait Art" Lasting Likeness, Waterbury, CT USA
1991
"Portrait Art" Lasting Likeness, Waterbury, CT USA
1990
"Portrait Art" Lasting Likeness, Waterbury, CT USA
1984
"Kriss Sullivan" Silas Bronson Library, Waterbury, CT USA
Group Exhibitions
2013
"The Gathering" Waterbury, CT
2012
"Salon Show" Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2007
"Permanent Exhibit" Artistic License Gallery, Waterbury, CT2006
"Waterbury's 1st Annual Art Show" Waterbury, CT USA
"Art for a Cause" 4 Points Sheraton, Waterbury, CT USA
"Permanent Exhibit" Artistic License Gallery, Waterbury, CT2005
"Permanent Exhibit" Artistic License Gallery, Waterbury, CT2004
"Permanent Exhibit" Artistic License Gallery, Waterbury, CT
1997
"Kent Art Contest" Kent, CT USA
1993
"Nutmeg Artists Permanent Exhibition" Plymouth, CT USA
1992
"Watertown Street Festival" Watertown, CT USA
1988
"We The Artists" Saint Agnes Church, Waterbury, CT USA
1986
RE\ADS Graphic Designer
1985
RE\ADS Graphic Designer
1984
RE\ADS Graphic Designer
Public Art Projects
2001
The Immaculate Conception Plymouth, CT
2007
The Exchange Place Waterbury, CT
2012
Waterbury Youth Services E-Program
2012
Boys and Girls Club of America Waterbury, CT
2012
Brazas Restaurant, Waterbury, CT
2013
Mural - The Olive Oil Factory, Waterbury, CT
Mural - Settaro Motors, Waterbury, CT
Private Collectors
Edi Fallon, New Preston, CT USA
Achille Donadeo, Napoli, Italy
Unknown, Plymouth, CT USA
Kenneth Padula, Wolcott, CT USA
Naohisa Honda, Japan