About Christopher Sharits and Family


	About Christopher My wife, Cheri, and I have been married for 25 years. We have three boys; 20, 18, and 13. I was born in Indiana, but I grew up in Colorado. When my wife and I married, we moved to San Fransisco. After the sudden death of my father, filmmaker/artist Paul Sharits, we moved to Buffalo, NY and then finally back to Denver, Colorado for grad school. In 2007, I was diagnosed with Leukemia. I remain cancer free, so they prefer to call my condition a blood disorder. After my last hospital admittence in March 2009, I decided to correct my bad habits and lose weight and eat better. On July 4th 2009, I became a vegan, an avid exercise addict, and a bit of a health nut. My primary job is to make myself as healthy as I can today so I can better deal with tomorrow. In my past life, I was a manager. Everything from supervisor to CEO. In this life, I manage my late father's posthumous art and film career as well as write. As the Executor of his Estate, I work with the most prestigious museums, galleries, and higher education institutions around the world. There are usually about four or five major exhibitions running somewhere in the world at any given time. His films are screened somewhere daily; usually universities and galleries. While 2009 was a big year with the Greene Naftali Gallery, MoMa, the Whitney, the Centre Pompidou, the Guggenheim, and the Louvre Paris, this year will mark the beginning of our four projector permanent exhibit of "Shutter Interface" in the Smithsonian's museum of contemporary art, the Hirshhorn. I have several writing projects on my plate right now. I post daily to my blog on obesity and fitness and write related free lance articles on the same. My most ambitious undertaking is the writing of my book "A Boy and his Dad." This fiction novel is loosely based on adventures I had with my dad. It's like therapy without the copays. In addition, I volunteer at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (MCA) in the Idea Box (student and visitor workshop). I help them develop and test out project ideas as well as write curriculum for their summer lecture series. I also work the "box" during special events and openings. However, the most rewarding task is teaching kids.

About Christopher

My wife, Cheri, and I have been married for 25 years. We have three boys; 20, 18, and 13. I was born in Indiana, but I grew up in Colorado. When my wife and I married, we moved to San Fransisco. After the sudden death of my father, filmmaker/artist Paul Sharits, we moved to Buffalo, NY and then finally back to Denver, Colorado for grad school.

In 2007, I was diagnosed with Leukemia. I remain cancer free, so they prefer to call my condition a blood disorder. After my last hospital admittence in March 2009, I decided to correct my bad habits and lose weight and eat better. On July 4th 2009, I became a vegan, an avid exercise addict, and a bit of a health nut. My primary job is to make myself as healthy as I can today so I can better deal with tomorrow.

In my past life, I was a manager. Everything from supervisor to CEO. In this life, I manage my late father's posthumous art and film career as well as write. As the Executor of his Estate, I work with the most prestigious museums, galleries, and higher education institutions around the world. There are usually about four or five major exhibitions running somewhere in the world at any given time. His films are screened somewhere daily; usually universities and galleries. While 2009 was a big year with the Greene Naftali Gallery, MoMa, the Whitney, the Centre Pompidou, the Guggenheim, and the Louvre Paris, this year will mark the beginning of our four projector permanent exhibit of "Shutter Interface" in the Smithsonian's museum of contemporary art, the Hirshhorn.

I have several writing projects on my plate right now. I post daily to my blog on obesity and fitness and write related free lance articles on the same. My most ambitious undertaking is the writing of my book "A Boy and his Dad." This fiction novel is loosely based on adventures I had with my dad. It's like therapy without the copays. In addition, I volunteer at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (MCA) in the Idea Box (student and visitor workshop). I help them develop and test out project ideas as well as write curriculum for their summer lecture series. I also work the "box" during special events and openings. However, the most rewarding task is teaching kids.