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Christian Fagerlund, 1973 | Realist Figurative painter


Christian Fagerlund was born in Ann Arbor, MI. He received his BA from the University of California - Santa Barbara in 1994 and his MFA from the New York Academy of Art in 2004, where he received the NYAA Postgraduate Fellowship.
In 2009, 2010, and 2011 he was artist-in-residence at Eden Rock Gallery on the island of St. Barths, French West Indies. Since 2004 his work has been shown both nationally and internationally in several solo and group exhibitions. He currently shows work with Arcadia Contemporary in Los Angeles and Winfield Gallery in Carmel, California.
Prior to his appointment at UNT, he served as adjunct instructor of Drawing and Painting at University of California - Berkeley Extension, Ohlone College in Fremont, CA, and The School of Classical Realism in Oakland, CA from 2007-2014. During this period he taught courses in: figure drawing/painting, anatomy for artists, still life, perspective, plein air landscape painting, and digital painting.










  • 2009, 2010, 2011 Artist's residency: Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barths;
  • 2004 Post-Graduate Fellowship: New York Academy of Art;
  • 2004 Travel grant to Normandy, France at the Château de Balleroy: HRH the Prince of Wales, Forbes Foundation;
  • 2003 Academic Scholarship Award: New York Academy of Art;
  • 2001 Best in Show: Juried Exhibition, Santa Barbara City College.