b. Fall River, MA 1968
Lives and Works in Provincetown, MA
Christopher Sousa has lived and worked in Provincetown, MA since 2003. His curious figures and portraits explore themes of isolation and alienation, longing and desire. He counts Lucien Freud, Paul Cadmus, Jenny Saville and Euan Uglow among his influences. Sousa has studied at the Art Students League in New York, NY and with Larry Collins and Donald Beal in Provincetown.
Sousa has exhibited in group exhibitions at the Provincetown Art Association & Museum and Larry Collins Fine Art in Provincetown, The Leslie/Lohman Museum in New York, NY, Reynolds Fine Art in New Haven, CT and the URI Feinstein Providence Campus Gallery in Providence, RI. Sousa's work has been the subject of articles in Provincetown Arts, the Provincetown Banner, In Newsweekly, Provincetown Magazine, The Art of Man, OCHO and the online publications TOH, Qind, The Portuguese American Journal, Homodesiribus and the Advocate.
Statement
”I am primarily concerned with exploring and documenting the visual complexities of the figure within an environment in which narrative is left intentionally vague. My aim is to capture the strengths and vulnerability of the male figure as well as challenge heteronormative standards of masculinity and beauty.”
-Christopher Sousa
