Résumé

Select Solo Shows

• 2017, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, WA
• 2017, 2016: Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
• 2016, 2014: IFC Mall Gallery, Shanghai, China
• 2015: Lieutenant Governor’s Art Council, Washington State Capitol, Olympia, WA
• 2013: Washington Center for the Performing Arts Gallery, Olympia, WA
• 2012: Evergreen Hospital, Kirkland, WA (63 pieces) 
• 2011: Washington Department of Ecology, Olympia, WA

Select Group Shows

2017

• Birds in Art, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
•  Southeast Wildlife Expo, Charleston, SC
• Coors Western Art Show, Golden, CO

2016

• Plantation Wildlife Arts Festival, Thomasville, GA
• Art and the Animal, Society of Animal Artists' 56th Annual Exhibition, Houston Museum of Natural Science, TX; Canton Art Museum, Canton, OH, Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Oradell, NJ, and Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ
• Birds in Art, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
• Western Visions, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, WY
• Bodies + Beings, Abmeyer & Wood, Seattle, WA
• Art Aspen, CO
• Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon Island, WA
• Southeast Wildlife Expo, Charleston, SC
• Coors Western Art Show, Golden, CO (People’s Choice Award)

2015

• Art Miami, NOW Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
• Birds in Art, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wassau, WI
• Art and the Animal, Society of Animal Artists' 55th Annual Exhibition, Roger Tory Peterson Institute, Jamestown, NY (Merit Award)
• Adaptations, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA
• Of a Feather: Artists, Birds and the Northwest, White River Valley Museum, Auburn, WA
• Artists for Conservation, Annual Exhibit, Grouse Mountain Resort, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
• Compositions, Radius Gallery, Missoula, MT

2014

• Artists for Conservation, Annual Exhibit, Grouse Mountain Resort, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
• Animals in Art, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA (Honorable Mention)
• Birds in Art, Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
• Crow/Raven: Magic and Mystery, artEAST Art Center, Issaquah, WA

2013

• Garden, Arts West, Seattle, WA

2012

• Birds in Art, Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI

2011

• Washington State Department of Ecology

Commissions

• 2017: Zhejiang Museum of Natural History, Hangzhou, china
• 2017: Philips Arena, Atlanta Hawks Team Owler's Lounge
• 2013–2016: White Bird Dance Awards, Portland OR
• 2013: City of Olympia, WA
• Private commissions throughout the USA, Canada, and Europe; Japan, China, New Zealand; Australia

Awards

• 2017: finalist, Art Olympia, Tokyo, Japan
• 2016: People’s Choice Award, Coors Western Art Show, Denver, CO
• 2015: Merit Award, Society of Animal Artists, NY
• 2015: Conservation Artist Award, Artists for Conservation, Vancouver, BC, Canada
• 2014: Honorable Mention, Animals in Art, Baton Rouge, LA

Appearances

• “The World in a Feather,” TEDx Talk, Washington Center for Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, 2015
• "Olympia man transforms feathers into art," New Day Northwest, KING-5 TV, December 8, 2015
• Talk, Tacoma Art Museum, 2014
• Keynote, Audubon Annual, 2013
• REI, Adventure & Conservation Speaker Series, 2013

Select Publications

• Chris Maynard, Feathers, Form and Function: what feathers are, how they work, and why we find them alluring. Art and text by Chris Maynard. Aviva Publishing, NY, November 2014
• Professional Artist, Cover and article, December-January 2017-2018
• Sandu Cultural Media, Alchemy—The Art and Craft of Illustration, Gingko Press, 2016 (featured artist)
• Western Art and Architecture: On a Wing, February-March, 2017
• Covey Rise: Rendering Feathers, February-March, 2017

Select Collections

• Zhejiang Museum of Natural History, Hangzhou, China
• Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Winslow, WA
• Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
• Group Health Orthopedics, Olympia, WA
• Marriott Park Lane Hotel, London
• Park Hyatt hotel, Mallorca, Spain
• City of Olympia, University of Washington Medical Center
• Private collections in the North America, Europe; Australia, China, Costa Rica; Japan; New Zealand

Select Press

• "The Man Who Reincarnates Feathers," Audubon, July 29, 2016
• "Bohemian Rhapsody: Olympia, Washington," American Craft, July 15, 2016
• "Olympia artist finds inspiration in a light-as-air material," Seattle Times, December 20, 2015
• "A Comforting Gentleness–Interview with Feather Artist Chris Maynard!" Seattle Post-Intelligencer, December 11, 2015 
• "Plume Perfection: Chris Maynard’s Feather Art," American Lifestyle, November 2014
• "Beautiful Artwork Cut Out of Feathers," Smithsonian, January 10, 2013
• "Chris Maynard’s Feather Art On Reddit Is Having Us Question Our Crafting Skills," Huffington Post, December 21, 2012

Education

• 2012, EDGE Professional Development Program, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
• 1987, B.A., The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA