Charis Ammon

Charis Ammon, Rhythm (pages 1-3), 2018, Artist’s book, ink on paper. Loan courtesy of Scott & Judy Nyquist. Photography courtesy of Erica Lee. Below each drawing, Ammon writes, “BOP, BOP, BOP”.

Charis Ammon paints images she encounters as she moves through her urban landscape, and the scenes she chooses to paint are often defined by flux: construction sites, urban development, and concrete. Ammon has said, "we sculpt the earth and space around us with our hands, machines, and ideas, and in turn, our environment shapes us and our behavior. I recognize myself in this flux." The resultant paintings are fragments of Ammon's lived experience, and they represent a marriage between her urban environment and her own inner mental and emotional landscape.

Charis Ammon graduated from Texas State University with a BFA in Painting, and she completed her MFA in Painting at The University of Houston in May 2018. She is represented by Inman Gallery.

Over the years Ammon has made several artist books on stiff watercolor paper. In 2018, Ammon exhibited several of her artist books, including Rhythm, in the solo show "Rhythm: Works on Paper” at the Project Gallery at The University of Houston.

Rhythm

The artist book Rhythm is a soft narrative that reflects on the backdrop of life’s “rhythm”. Pages turn between quiet ink drawings of every day occurrences. The reader is taken on a casual walk. Repetition plays in chorus with the rhythm.