Christopher Marley was born on 1969 and is an artist, photographer, naturalist, and author who uses natural artifacts as his artistic medium.
13 Facts About Christopher Marley
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Christopher Marley is best known initially for his book Biophilia, and then for the traveling exhibit Exquisite Creatures that features his art.
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From his earliest memories, Christopher Marley was always drawing, and most often his subject was monsters.
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Christopher Marley's father was an aviarist and breeder of rare color mutations of Australian parrots.
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Christopher Marley served as a missionary in the Atacama Desert in Chile for two years at 19 years old.
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Christopher Marley reflected on the benefits he's gained from interacting with the natural world, and chose to share this realization with others.
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In 1998, Christopher Marley started to arrange his bug collection using a design and beauty perspective after visiting a mansion in South Africa with nature integrated throughout it.
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Christopher Marley's fiance convinced him to take early works to boutiques in Beverly Hills, where eight out of initial ten stores he approached wanted to sell his works.
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Christopher Marley has developed a novel freeze-drying method to preserve the animals, which contrasts the typical method of preserving animals in liquid.
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The insects shown in Christopher Marley's works are harvested by indigenous communities and sold to help support the local economies.
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Christopher Marley developed a traveling exhibit of his artwork using preserved animal specimens from places such as Tanzania and Cambodia.
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In September 2017, Christopher Marley established Pheromone Asia Studio in Beijing.
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Christopher Marley has a 10,000-square-foot studio warehouse outside the city of Salem.