he/him/his cselleck@mcad.edu http://www.christopherselleck.com BIO Christopher Selleck was born in Augusta, GA. He has spent the last 20+ years working in and around the arts in Minneapolis area. He received his BFA in Photography from the University of MN-Twin Cities in 2013 and his MFA in Visual Studies and Photography from the Minneapolis College of Art & Design in 2016. Using sports and masculinity as a lens to view identity, his various projects of the last few years have focused on this area of identity construction. His current projects address issues of hyper-masculinity, sexuality and the male body. His work has always had an affinity for traditional forms of photography but with a more conceptual approach. Photographic prints and books have been central in his practice, but his work has also incorporated video, sound, installation, printmaking and sculpture. He has been exhibited and published both Nationally and Regionally. TEACHING PHILOSOPHY & MENTORSHIP As someone who has been involved with the Minneapolis arts community for a number of years I am all about connecting the dots for and with people. Introductions to artist and/or their work has been a major facet of my own development. You learn a tremendous amount being a great colleague and classmate, and many of those folks will be with you forever. Fort me connecting and developing relationships (outside of the MFA and MCAD community) to get a better sense of how other artists are making work, getting exhibits, getting funded, staying busy. was critical in my success after the MFA program ended.