Chris Ironside is a London, Ontario born and Toronto-based artist. He grew up dreaming of acting on daytime television classics All My Children and One Life to Live, becoming a celebrity and winning an Emmy. He became an artist instead. Working in photography and drawing, Ironside is interested in representations of masculine ideals and identity through performance, documentation and the staged image. Chris is a recipient of an OAAG Award for Education for his work with Gallery 44's Outreach Program. He currently teaches photography in the School of Fine Art and Music (SOFAM) at the University of Guelph.