Chris Dahlquist is a visual artist and creative strategist based in Kansas City, MO, with a national practice spanning more than three decades. Known for her quiet, layered photographic objects and large-scale public installations, she exhibits in a variety of settings, allowing viewers to encounter stillness in unexpected places.

Believing that artists belong at every table, Dahlquist is also a passionate advocate, working across sectors to shape strategies, programs, and policies that empower individual artists and expand their capacity to create change. With pragmatism and creativity, she disrupts conventional models and reimagines how artists might engage with communities, institutions, and the built environment.