Biography

  Christopher J. Troutman is a painter whose work focuses on the human figure in urban
  and domestic environments viewed from extreme angles and unusual points of view.
  Born in Kansas City, Missouri, and raised in Peoria, Illinois, he graduated from Bradley
  University in 2003 then moved to Japan, where he and his wife opened a conversational
  English School in Kagoshima City. While living in southern Japan, in 2005 Christopher
  was the first foreign resident of Kagoshima to be awarded the Grand Prize at the 52nd
  Kagoshima Prefectural Art Exhibition and received an Award of Excellence at the 60th
  Southern Japan Art Exhibition. In 2006 Christopher began work on an MFA in drawing
  and painting at California State University, Long Beach, and the next year was featured in the
  exhibition Emerging Artists 2007 at the Limner Gallery in Hudson, New York. Now, in
  2008, Christopher will complete his graduate studies, will appear in the California
  State University, Long Beach MFA Exhibition at The Constant Gallery in Culver City,
  California, and plans to draw and paint for the duration of summer '08 before returning to
  Long Beach in the fall.