Bio
I’m an abstract impressionist and metal fabrication artist based in Southeast Houston, Texas,
drawing inspiration from this city’s vibrant culture and diverse communities. I grew up in the Bay
Area SF and attended Texas Southern University while studying Graphic Communications. I
 moved back to Houston in 2007.
My parents are from Sunnyside and 5th Ward French Town,
with deep roots to these communities and I have spent the majority of my life on a journey of
creativity which has been deeply shaped by Houston.

I’ve embraced a self-taught approach to my craft through independent study, experimentation,
and a deep passion for self-expression. Over the years, I’ve honed my skills by exploring the
intersections of emotion, movement, and form—translating inner experiences into visual
language.

My work primarily focuses on abstract impressionism where I explore the interplay between
color, gesture, and emotion. Through spontaneous mark-making and expressive brushwork, I
create compositions that invite viewers to step into my imagination and connect with the energy
behind each piece.

In addition to painting, I also incorporate welding and metalwork into my practice, creating
furniture, sculptures, lighting and installations that expand upon the ideas expressed in my
canvases.

Themes of color identity, community, and social change are central to my work. I see art as a
catalyst for conversation and connection—an opportunity to challenge perceptions and inspire
empathy.

Looking ahead, I’m committed to continuing my growth as an artist, sharing my work with a
wider audience, and using my platform to advocate for creativity, inclusion, and positive change.
Ultimately, my goal is to create art that sparks dialogue, bridges differences, and connects
people through shared human experience.
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Artist Statement
American artist Chris Joubert (b. 1976) is an established, internationally collected abstract painter known for his bold use of color, complex layering, rich texture, and balanced compositional weight. His large-scale works explore the imperfections of life—pain, inner-city struggle, and the emotional complexity of human experience through distressed, patina-rich surfaces and weathered layers that suggest the passage of time.
Working and living in Houston, Texas, Joubert has developed a distinctive and continually evolving practice rooted in experimentation and intuition. His work is created on raw canvas, drop cloths, wood, and steel, stretched over handmade frames or left intentionally distressed. Influenced by Abstract Expressionism and Neo-Expressionism, his approach incorporates elements of textural and material abstraction, with surfaces that feel eroded, time-worn, and archaeological in nature.
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Using brushes, sponges, and an array of unconventional tools—including drywall knives, margin trowels, concrete floats, saw blades, and handmade knives—Joubert builds heavily textured, multi-layered compositions. His process begins with preparing surfaces using acrylics, gesso primer and elastomeric paint, allowing for flexibility and depth as layers accumulate. The resulting patinated finishes echo ideas of wabi-sabi, embracing imperfection, impermanence, and raw beauty.
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Joubert works with a diverse range of materials, including acrylics, oils, watercolors, oil sticks, wax, crayons, chalk, pastel sticks, wood filler, joint compound, and metal shavings. Drawing inspiration from Arte Povera–influenced practices, he favors humble, industrial, and nontraditional materials, allowing history to become embedded in the surface of each work.
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Creating without a fixed plan, Joubert allows the materials and process to guide the composition. This intuitive approach results in complex, immersive paintings defined by eroded color fields, movement, and physical depth works that reflect the rawness of lived experience.
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His abstract impressionist style invites viewers to engage with the work emotionally and viscerally through color, mark-making, and texture. The paintings function as visual environments, encouraging personal interpretation and emotional resonance. Influenced by the realities of inner-city life, Joubert’s work seeks to shift perception—emotionally and intellectually—offering each viewer a uniquely personal experience shaped by memory, feeling, and time.
