Christopher Counts is a Chicago-based artist, designer, and educator who work is concerned with representing, building, and advocating for a renewed focus and commitment to the quality democratic public spaces. He believes that civic places must be more artistically compelling, socially vibrant, and ecologically rich as a means to re-engage the symbiotic intelligence of timeless scocio/ecological systems. Counts has been internationally recognized for both his visual arts and built urban landscapes and gardens. He is a fellow of the American Academy in Rome and has taught at the University of Virginia, The Pennsylvania State University, and Harvard University. Counts has been and invited critic and lecturer at leading universities throughout the world and received his training from the University of Georgia School and Harvard University.
