REST TERM

Chris Bristow

Lane Meyer Projects is pleased to present Rest Term, a solo exhibition by Chris Bristow.

January 30, 2026 - March 29, 2026

Opening Reception: Friday, January 30, 8pm - late

Lane Meyer Project is proud to present Rest Term, a solo exhibition featuring artworks by Chris Bristow.

My practice moves between drawing, hand sewing, and painting, with process functioning as a structural and conceptual driver rather than an illustrative one.  Drawing is foundational to how I think through form and space, while hand sewing introduces duration, repetition, and resistance into the work.  I often begin with embroidery as a preliminary layer that is later partially obscured through paint.  What remains visible is shaped by accumulation and pressure rather than clarity.  I am interested in how meaning persists when it is not fully accessible.

For three years, I have worked as a tailor in a public safety uniform supply shop, altering and repairing garments for firefighters, EMTs, police officers, and security personnel.  This work has shaped how I understand surface, durability, and authority, and has sharpened my attention to systems that demand uniformity, visibility, and productivity.  I began incorporating hand sewing directly into my paintings upon the advice of a friend, who helped me recognize that the repetitive, disciplined exertion of my work life was inseparable from my broader concerns about power, control, and time.  Embroidery allows me to embed labor into the work without turning it into spectacle.  Its role is durational rather than decorative.

Over the past year, my practice has shifted toward integrating hand sewing as an armature beneath painted surfaces.  Text and imagery are stitched into the canvas and then partially buried beneath layers of paint, remaining legible only through sustained viewing or shifting light.  This process mirrors the experience of living within an overstimulated informational environment, where meaning is present but continually disrupted by excess, distraction, and accumulation.  Architectural motifs; floors, containers, ground, and symbols recur as sites where order begins to fail under pressure.

Written by Chris Bristow

Chris Bristow Living in Denver, grew up in Denver, went to school in Brooklyn, NY. Studied Painting, I make art that disregards the photo, and is created from life, and memory. I work full time as a tailor, and last year, taking the advice of a close friend, started applying principles of sewing to create new art, as it became very easy to hand sew new works while watching tv with my boyfriend.

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