Chris Lattanzio

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Chris Lattanzio (b. 1963) is an artist in Dallas, Texas whose work Spirit of the Downhill Skier was included in the official United States Olympic Committee collection of 2006 Winter Olympics commemorative art pieces. [1][2][3] Also, his unique wood-cut relief style works, known as Low Relief, have also been exhibited at the Supperclub in San Francisco[4] and were included in a fund-raising event by Home Away from Homeless[5]. Lattanzio, known for his intimate, spirited and subtle three dimensional line sculptures (of depth and shadow basked in white) continues on his light provoking journey with his latest creation, "Nobel Portraits for a Noble Building" -- featuring the faces of all female Nobel Prize recipients of the USA and Nobel winning scientists from the Bay Area (Stanford, UC Berkeley and UCSF).

Commissioned to accentuate the life (& light) of the beautiful and immense halls of the Wareham Development's Emeryville Station East (5885 Hollis Ave. in downtown Emeryville), the laboratory building now boasts a veritable gallery vibe, housing Lattanzio's life affirming line sculptures that honor the Nobel recipients.

Chris' signature 3-D white-on-white line portraits are an extension of the artist's own minimalist perspective and exemplify an economy of material. Capturing the subject in his viewfinder, he reduces the image to simple lines, sketching in ink, and then applying the image to surfaces or planes carved and assembled on a flat base. Ultimately, the depths of the lines inform the exchange of shadow and light. The art works are finally painted white to enhance this light play -- a perfect backdrop for Emory Station East.