CHRIS SAINT MARTIN

Chris Saint Martin (He/Him) is an interdisciplinary artist and edu- cator working in film, music and mixed-media on Chicago’s South and West Sides. His work has been exhibited at The International Human Rights Film Festival in Vienna, Austria and The Video Art Festival in Turku, Finland. He has performed with members of Art of Culture at the Chicago Blues Festival. Chris is the recipient of a 2020 Individual Artist Grant from the City of Chicago/DCASE. He is currently working with members of the Chatham and Roseland communities as an Artist in Residence with the Chicago Park Dis- trict. Chris received his MFA in Independent Film and Digital Imaging from Governors State and recently completed his decades long, genre bending, feature length film entitled, Black Women In Blonde Wigs, which examines intersections between identity politics, and decolonization.