Christopher Sims

About

Christopher Sims has an undergraduate degree in history from Duke University, a master's degree in visual communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and an MFA in studio art from the Maryland Institute College of Art. He is the undergraduate education director and a lecturing fellow at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. His exhibitions include shows at the Houston Center for Photography, the Light Factory, the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, and the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art. He was selected as the recipient of the Baum Award for Emerging American Photographers in 2010, named one of the “New Superstars of Southern Art” by the Oxford American in 2012, and was awarded the Arte Laguna Prize for Photographic Art in 2015. Most recently, he received a 2017 Graham Foundation Publication Grant. For more information about Christopher Sims, visit his website.