Christopher Wille is an emerging artist based in Bloomington Illinois. He received his bachelors of Art at Eastern Illinois University, and his Master of Fine Art at Illinois State University where he graduated with honors. His work combines new media with traditional metals techniques to form a hybrid. His work has been shown though out the Midwest as well as nationally and internationally including New York, Texas, Arkansas, South Korea, Berlin Germany, and Reykjavík Iceland. Recent recognition includes a Merit Award at the Emerging Illinois Artist exhibition and an Honorable Mention at The 4th Cheongju International Craft Competition, as well as two artist residencies one at I-Park in East Haddam, Connecticut and the other at SÍM in Reykjavík, Iceland.