Chris Rosati Yoos

Artist, Photographer, and Instructor in Columbus, Ohio

Chris Rosati Yoos is a Columbus-based Fine Artist whose drawings and paintings explore “all creatures great and small” and their place in an often fragile world.

While Chris has studied art since the age of 5, she didn’t start working as a full-time artist until about 2017. She was discovered by a curator out of LA in 2019 called RAW and she was invited to participate in their showcase event that year called “IMPACT” at the Bluestone in Columbus, Ohio. RAW Natural Born Artists showcases the independent creative community across the globe. Chris was also recently featured in Art and Color 365’s 2023 Fall Magazine as a finalist in their Drawing Competition. She was also recently accepted as an Associate Member of Artists for Conservation (AFC), the world’s leading artist group supporting the environment. This prestigious group is by submission and then invitation-only. Chris was recently invited to do a solo exhibition at Sean Christopher Gallery (11/23). This body of work showcased many of her drawings/paintings of some of Africa’s most revered yet fragile animals.

Chris creates in response to the many places she has traveled in this world. She cites her two visits to Africa were unparalleled with stunning beauty of the animals they call their own. She takes hundreds and hundreds of her own wildlife photography to assist in capturing the life, colors, emotions, movement, and harmony within their own natural spaces. Deeply devoted to conservation, Chris provides education about each of the creatures she creates to invoke a deeper connection between the viewer of her work and the uniqueness of each animal she creates.

Chris previously spent over 30 years in a lucrative marketing career devoted to thought leadership, agency management and developing and leading mini-ad agencies for sales teams. Chris then underwent numerous joint surgeries starting in 2011 forcing her to leave her marketing career. She says her art “saved her” in many ways after a decade of surgeries, rehabilitation and struggles to regain her strength.

Chris spends her days as teacher within her studio offering a wide variety of art lessons starting at ages 4 through adults. She works daily researching and creating wildlife art using primarily colored pencil, watercolor, ink and some mixed media.

Her goal is to continue showing her work in galleries to heighten the awareness of animals all over the world and taking a proceed of her earnings to donate toward selected wildlife conservation efforts.

  • Work
    • Visual Artist
  • Education
    • The Ohio State University, BA Jnlsm./Conc-Ind. Des
    • The Columbus College of Art & Design (cont. edu.)
    • The Art League of Alexandria, VA (cont. edu.)
    • New Master’s Academy (cont. edu.)
    • MoMA - NYC, Studying Modern Art & Ideas, for cert.