Christopher Mear (b.1990) is a photographer, born and bred in the National Forest (UK). In 2010 he was the recipient of the Free Range Art Award at the annual Free Range Art and Design Show (London, UK). Mear's first solo exhibition was organised by Snibston Discovery Museum (Leicestershire, UK) in 2013, who also published his first book a year later (2014). Since 2015 Mear has facilitated creative workshops for vulnerable adults in South Derbyshire (UK).
2010 awarded a Free Range Art Award at the Free Range arts show in London, the largest student art show in Europe
2011 selected as an East West Art Award winner by photographer Michael Freeman
2012 self-published first book Photography For The Preservation Of Disintegrating Histories
2013 first solo exhibition organised by Snibston Discovery Museum (Leicestershire) with support from Arts Council England
2013 self-published second book Life is Life, Hakuna Matata in support of women in rural communities in Northern Tanzania
2014 Snibston Discovery Museum published my book Just Passing By with support from Arts Council England
2018 second solo exhibition organised by People Express and Melbourne Arts Festival with support from Arts Council England
2018 invited to exhibit at UK Young Artists in Nottingham
2020 lead first virtual photography workshop in collaboration with People Express