There is more than one artist with this name, including:
1) Chris Newman (born 1958 in London, lives in Berlin) is a contemporary composer, painter, author and performance artist.
2) Chris Newman (born 30 October 1952) is a British acoustic guitarist and mandolinist, noted for his work as a soloist and as the partner of the Irish harper Máire Ní Chathasaigh.
3) Chris Newman (born Christopher Lynn Newman in Longview, Washington, on July 11, 1953; died May 9, 2021) was an American musician known for bands such as Napalm Beach, Snow Bud and the Flower People, Divining Rods, Lost Acolytes, Boo Frog.
1) Chris Newman (born 1958 in London, lives in Berlin) is a contemporary composer, painter, author and performance artist using the mediums of music, painting, video, drawing and literature. From 1976 to 1979 he studied music at King’s College London, taking a Bachelor of Music. During this time he met the Russian poet Eugene Dubnov and started to translate Russian poets (Osip Mandelstam, Velimir Khlebnikov), this process of translating proving important for his later work (e.g. from one medium to another / from life to art). Started writing own poems in 1979. Moved to Cologne, Germany, in 1980 to study with Mauricio Kagel (New Music, Theatre / Video) at the Hochschule für Musik Köln. First public performance singing own songs in 1982. Founded chamber-punk rock band Janet Smith in 1983; met Morton Feldman in 1984. First concerts and video showings: Institute of Contemporary Arts, London; Theater am Turm, Frankfurt; Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne; Cooper Union, New York. Started to paint in 1989, which led (from 1994) to the two medium installations; in recent vears presented paintings in a more sculptural and installed manner, cutting the canvas and rearranging the parts to form a new relationship within the painting. These installations have been presented at (among other places): Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, (1994); Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, (1999); Diözesan Museum, Cologne, Donaueschinger Musiktage; Limelight Kortrjk; Musée d'Art Moderne, Strasbourg, Arp Museum Rolandseck, Goethe-Institut Budapest. His paintings and drawings are represented in the Diözesan Museum, Cologne, Neue Museum, Nuremberg, as well as in the Neue Museum Weserburg, Bremen, and Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin. Since the beginning of the 80's Newman's music pieces have been performed at concerts and festivals and recorded for radio productions (also orchestral commissions). These include songs, piano pieces and two piano concertos, the most recent of which Piano concerto No. 2 - Part 2, was premiered at the Donaueschinger Musiktage in 2006. He has published books of poetry and prose and issued a number of CDs. After the first phase in Cologne, he lived in Paris, London, again in Cologne and now in Berlin. From 2001 to 2002 he was professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart.
2) Chris Newman (born in Stevenage on 30 October 1952) is a British acoustic guitarist and mandolinist, noted for his work as a soloist, as the partner of the Irish harper Máire Ní Chathasaigh, as a member of the Irish-English band, Heartstring Sessions, and with his own band, The Chris Newman Trio.
In the 1970s and 1980s, he worked as musical director and record producer for the singers Fred Wedlock and Brenda Wootton, at the same time establishing his identity as a soloist with his eponymous 1981 album. He has subsequently worked with the Scottish-Irish Celtic music band, The Boys of the Lough and as Máire Ní Chathasaigh & Chris Newman. He continues production work and has produced albums for many noted artists in the sphere of traditional and acoustic music, including Irish fiddler Nollaig Casey and acoustic guitarist Clive Carroll.
3) Chris Newman (born Christopher Lynn Newman in Longview, Washington, on July 11, 1953; died May 9, 2021) was an American musician. He spent most of his musical career in Portland leading bands such as Napalm Beach, Snow Bud and the Flower People, and Divining Rods, Boo Frog In 2007 he was among the first group of honorees inducted into Oregon's Music Hall of Fame.
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