Chistopher Russell received his BFA from The California College of Arts and Crafts, and his MFA from the Art Center College of Design. He has presented a solo exhibition at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. He has been featured in group exhibitions at the Tokyo Institute of Photography, The Norton Museum, Armory Center for the Arts, White Columns, De Appel Arts Center (Netherlands,) Berkeley Art Museum Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the J.P. Getty Museum, among others. He has published numerous critical articles in Artillery Magazine and Art US, in addition to being a featured subject of positive review by the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Huffington Post, Artillery, Frieze, and ArtForum, among others. Russell also produces his own unique books in addition to his 'zine Bedwetter. His first novel is Sniper, and other books include Budget Decadence (2nd Cannons Publications), Pattern Book (Insert Blanc Press) and Landscape (Kolapsomal Press) which was included in Phaidon's The Photobook: A History Vol 3 edited by Martin Parr. His work is included in over two dozen museum collections including the Brooklyn Museum, J.P. Getty Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, Los Angeles County Museum, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Hammer Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography.