Chris Jehly was born in Santa Rosa, CA. He received his BA in printmaking at Sonoma State University in 2006 and MFA in printmaking from Columbia University in 2011. Chris has exhibited throughout California, New York, and Asheville as well as internationally in Amsterdam and China. He participated in the Bosch Young Talent Show in Hertogenbosch, Netherlands in 2011 and the Japan Foundation cultural exchange residency in 2015. Chris currently works primarily in watercolor though his practice encompasses acrylic and spray paint as well as mixed media. He takes inspiration from the surrounding landscapes throughout Western North Carolina and his most recent works meditate on the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene.