Chris Purdie

CHRIS PURDIE {chrispurdie.com} was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He studied sculpture at Brigham Young University, receiv￾ing his BFA in 2010. Purdie’s fascination with light and sound, and the relationships between them, began at an early age and in￾spired him with a great passion for art, both musical and visual. His love for performance art flourished thoughout his young years while he played for dozens of bands, and eventually in￾formed his belief that art should have the same interactive, experiential qualities found in live music. Although his work is in physi￾cal media such as paint, wood, and metal, he fancies himself more a sculptor of noise, experience, and community. Through this au￾dio-visual exploration, his work examines perception and cognition as they relate to the formation of identity, all the while seek￾ing to capture the energy found in live musical performance.