Chris Orr RA
Born
1943
Chris Orr was born 1943 in Islington, London. After Ravensbourne and Hornsey Schools of Art he graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1967 with a MA in printmaking, and began his career as an Artist, publishing prints,exhibiting his work and teaching part-time at many Art Schools.
He showed for the first time in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 1987.
In 1995 Chris Orr was elected a Royal Academician and in 1998 was appointed professor of printmaking at the Royal College of Art. He is a fellow of the Royal college of Art and of the Royal Society of Printmakers.
















