Cris Pulos Biography

Cris Pulos

Photography

Biography
    Born: 1945
  • Son of Arthur J. Pulos
  • Chairman Design Department, Syracuse University 1954-1985
  • Industrial Design Educator, Author, Lecturer and Master Silversmith
  • Owner of Pulos Design Associates - Private Design Firm
    Education
  • Syracuse University 1968; Major: Political Science and Advertising
  • New England School of Photography 1969; Major: Photography
  • School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 1969-1971; Major: Photography and Printmaking
  • MIT Creative Photography with Minor White 1971
  • Colorado State University, Boulder 1975; Master Classes - Printmaking
    Exhibitions
  • North Conway Art Guild , Jackson, NH, group exhibit 1970
  • Boston Community Art, MA, group exhibit 1971
  • MIT Creative Photo Gallery, individual exhibit 1971
  • School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, group exhibit 1972
  • Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, individual exhibit 1975
  • Phantom Canyon, Colorado Springs, CO, group exhibit 1986
  • Ritz Grill,Colorado Springs, CO, group exhibit 1987
  • Business of Arts Center, Manitou Springs, CO, group exhibit 1995
  • Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, group exhibit 1996
  • Smokebrush Theater for Performing Arts, individual exhibit 1997
  • University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, group exhibit 1998
  • Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, group Exhibit 1998
  • University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, group exhibit 1999
  • Fountain Valley School, Colorado Springs, CO, individual exhibit 2000
  • Artesia, BAC, Outstanding Artists Show, group exhibit, 2001
  • Commonwheel, Individual Exhibit, 2001
  • Plantera Group, Three Man Show, Spring 2002
  • Phototroph Gallery, Two Man Show with Nikos Pulos 2003
  • Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Juried Show 2004 (Photogravure print titled “Three Sisters: Garden of the Gods” purchased by Colorado Springs Fine Art Center for Permanent Collection)
  • Plantera Group, Three Person Show, Spring 2005
  • Chapel of Art, Smokebrush Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO, individual exhibit 'Cyclades' 2007
  • Business of Art Center, "Journey's Retrospective" 70 prints spanning 35 years, Silver, Photogravure and Digital, Spring 2007
  • Wilder Nightingale's Fine Art Three Person Show 2009 "Correspondences" Taos, New Mexico
  • Wilder Nightingale's Fine Art Three Person Show 2010 “Photographers of Nightingale's" Taos, New Mexico
  • Taos Community Auditorium "Sacred Places", Group Show 2010
  • Two Graces Gallery 2010 "Enjarre, San Francisco de Asis Church" Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico
  • Taos Fall Arts Festival - Juried Show: "Fajida Butte At Chaco Canyon" 2011
  • Taos Fall Arts Festival - Juried Show: “San Lorenzo Church, Picuris Pueblo” 2012/li>
  • Taos Fall Arts Festival - Juried Show: “Passages” and “Conveyance” 2013
  • Taos Fall Arts Festival - Juried Show: “Journey to Picuris” 2014
  • Taos Fall Arts Festival - Juried Show: “Headwaters of the Rio Grande” 2015
  • "Eye of the Photographer: Four Guys, Two Galleries" David Anthony Fine Art (DAFA) and Wilder Nightingale Fine Art, 2016
  • Currently represented by Wilder Nightingale Fine Art, Taos, New Mexico
    Teaching and Professional Experience
  • Private students in Darkroom Technique, North Conway, N.H. 1968-69
  • Manager of Boston Museum School of Fine Arts Darkroom Facilities in exchange for Scholarship - 1970 - 1972
  • Taught Class in Black + White Slide Presentation MIT, Boston, MA - 1971
  • Taught Private Class in Photogravure - 1982, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, Colorado
  • Taught Private students in Darkroom Technique, Colorado Springs, Colorado 1985-1989
  • Reprinting of Edward Curtis Photogravure Plates, 2001, Santa Fe, NM
  • Limited Edition Photogravure Portfolio for Japanese Sculptor Emi Fukuzawa 2004
  • Managed Art Gallery at Craftwood Inn 1995-2003
  • Volunteer at Harwood Museum of Art Archive Department scanning 4x5 negatives of founder Burritt Harwood 2011-2013
  • Contract Photographer at Harwood Museum of Art to photograph artwork of Taos Painters and Sculptors
  • Photographic Archivist at the Harwood Museum of Art under an IMLS Grant photographing the art museum collection 2014
  • 800 sq. ft. Studio at my home for production of 4x5 and 35mm printing, photogravure production and matting and framing
    Career
  • Chef 1975 - 2000
  • Woodmoor Country Club - 1978-80
  • Finn's Restaurant 1980-85
  • Cheyenne Mountain Conference Resort 1986-88
  • Owner Chef Craftwood Inn 1988-2003
  • Currently retired, working as a Photographic Artist in Taos, New Mexico