Imprisoned for murder and then released from a life sentence after forming a master plan of self-improvement, Chris Wilson dreamed of a New York City exhibition, and then made it happen.
Chris Wilson's art is featured in a new exhibition, and on rolling-paper packages.Chris Wilson was sentenced to life in prison for murder when he was 17 years old. On multiple occasions he spent long stretches in solitary confinement, sometimes up to 23 hours a day in a room no bigger than a parking spot. During these days, he'd dream of freedom.
featuring abstract art examining his past and time in solitary confinement. Mounted in collaboration with cannabis branding company House of Puff, Wilson’s first New York City show is on display at Etain Health Medical Cannabis Dispensary through June 10th. “Almost all of us thought about something positive that got us through solitary confinement,” he said. “So I started to describe these feelings through colors of blues and pink and yellow. I put some gold in there, and some black. I researched the meanings and symbolisms behind all the colors. And I put that on the canvas.”
Some of the money from sales of the paintings — as well as from special edition rolling papers made by House of Puff and featuring Wilson’s art imprinted on the box — will go directly to, a national nonprofit watchdog group. Through original reporting, the organization aims to educate the public, law enforcement, policymakers and others on the use and conditions of solitary confinement in prisons across the United States.
“One night he attacked us and sexually assaulted my mom,” Wilson said. “He got arrested and lost his job. But he came home and started stalking our family.” In 1996, at 17 years old, Wilson was sentenced to life in prison. He remembers his first moments in prison — the chaos, the screaming, the strip search — as being the most humiliating time of his life.
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