Chris Lattanzio (born 1963) is an American artist based in

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. His work, ''Spirit of the Downhill Skier,'' was included in the official

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collection of the

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commemorative art pieces. His 3-D line works, a form of low relief that is the exact opposite of an etching where everything else is taken away and only the lines are carved out and raise from the surface, have also been exhibited at the Supperclub in

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and were included in a fund-raising event by Home Away from Homeless in 2006. Lattanzio's 2007 ''Nobel Portraits for a Noble Building'' features 51 faces of all the

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–winning scientists from the

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(

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and

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), along with the largest wood portrait of

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in the United States, measuring feet tall by feet wide. His work is included in Wareham Development's

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Station East (5885 Hollis Avenue in downtown Emeryville, California), an alternative fuel research center. Beginning in 2008, Lattanzio began painting with light. The lights bleed into the ambient space surrounding the art itself; the

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lights and the space the lights illuminate, create a pictorial wall space. His personalized 3-D line art, combines with light, creating an interplay of colors and shadows. Lattanzio's metal sculpture, ''Yellow rose of Texas'', won second place in the inaugural Henderson Art Project in 2010

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lattanzio, Chris 1963 births American portrait painters American contemporary painters Living people 20th-century American painters American male painters 21st-century American painters 21st-century American male artists Artists from Dallas 20th-century American male artists