Watts

a few thoughts on the new works from my exhibition, Chasing Shadows: Part 1. the show runs until Dec. 2 at @bode.gallery ________ #chriswatts #iamwatts #bodegallery #berlin

i’m happy to share that The Spirits That Lend Strength Are Invisible XXXXI, 2024, will be headed to Kansas City, MO to be part of the museum’s wonderful collection and programs at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. @nelsonatkins thank you, Stephanie, the Museum Trustees, and the @galerielelong team for the diligent care and thoughtfulness in making the placement of this work possible. 🙏🏾 ________ #iamwatts #galerielelong #NelsonAtkinsMuseum ofArt #chriswatts

honoring the legendary André Leon Talley— a barrier-breaker, master storyteller, and critic who shaped fashion’s narrative with wit and wisdom. thank you @tessamaethompson for inviting me to collaborate in celebrating his monumental life and contributions to Black fashion 🙏🏾 “The Memento Series,” created more than a decade ago, is a collection of Church fans that pay tribute to African American icons who once graced the pages of vintage Jet and Ebony magazines. each piece is composed on found paper and employs the lo-fi printmaking and mixed-media techniques that defined my early practice. ________

the moments in-between ________

🙏🏾 📷: @waynefrancis_ ________

i had the honor of designing the cover for this powerful book of poems by my dear friend, the talented, Lolita Stewart-White. the book is now available for Pre-Sale: please follow the link in my bio to order a copy! “The frequencies of day-to-day survival and historical trauma become lyrics of praise for the resilience and vulnerability of Blackness. Lolita Stewart-White makes metaphor of the broken and gives shape to what escapes ordinary forms. Her black frag/ments constitute a vision of recovery, witness and love.” —Terrance Hayes, National Book Award Winner, author of American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin ________ #lolitastewartwhite #chriswatts #hubcitywritersproject

HAVE YOU SEEN IT YET? 'Chasing Shadows: Vol. 1' Experience the impactful solo exhibition by Chris Watts, on view only until December 2nd, 2025! Watts' powerful new body of work explores alchemical healing through the experience and arrangement of color and form. Influenced by sacral architecture, his mixed-media pieces use resin, silk, and global pigments to create ethereal, glass-like 'windows' that prompt dialogues of collective healing, radical visibility, and the reimagining of sacred sites. Don't miss the chance to encounter these layered assemblages of space—they truly transcend the boundary between the visible and the invisible. Last chance to immerse yourself! Send us a DM for available works or detailed exhibition information. Photo: Courtesy of the artists and BODE #ChrisWatts #ChasingShadows #ExhibitionClosing #ContemporaryArt #AlchemicalHealing #ColorTheory #BODE #ArtExhibition

studio days 📸 @waynefrancis_ ________

"Within his practice of arranging form and color in space, as he describes it himself, he follows an ongoing exploration of surface and sensory perception in interaction with architectural elements to create a heightened awareness of our bodies and emotions in relation to spiritual resonance within the works. Watts says: The paintings speak to this lingering ambience just beyond cerebral clarification. A space of liberation for the unseen. Since I’ve begun working with various pigments, both historical and native, I have considered alternative cosmologies within traditional indigenous knowledge to address issues of social justice, healing for historically marginalized communities, and our relationship to space and place within the Black radical imagination.’ Following the question ‚Where are you really from?‘, Watts investigates themes of collective memories that tell tales of resistance and the visibility and invisibility of the marginalized in space and society." - Maren Möhlenkamp Chasing Shadows: Vol 1 30 October - 2 December 2025 Karl-Marx-Allee 82 10243 Berlin ________

thanks for having me Paris 🙏🏾 ________

i’m interested redefining cosmology in my practice. for me, cosmology isn’t just about celestial bodies or science—it’s about the systems of meaning we create to understand our existence. throughout these systems, I draw on diasporic, ancestral, and personal cosmologies to reimagine what’s possible. a collection of these works are currently on view at @bode.gallery until Dec 2. image: Untitled, 2025, Peruvian pigments, indigo, 50.8 × 50.8 cm; 20 × 20 in ________

Untitled, 2025 Indigo, pigment derived from Costa Rican volcanic black sand (composed of magnetite, ilmenite, augite, pyroxene, and basaltic glass), 50.8 × 50.8 cm; 20 × 20 in ________