CHRIS YATES IS A PRACTICING ARTIST AND TEACHES 'EMOTIONAL LITERACY' THROUGH THE ARTS , IN A BEHAVIOUR UNIT IN MANCHESTER. THIS IS WHERE HE DEVELOPED HIS QUIRKY AND 'OFF THE WALL SENSE OF HUMOUR. HIS ART IS IN COLLECTIONS ALL OVER THE WORLD. HIS MOST RECENT EXHIBITIONS HAVE BEEN IN LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER , TWO CITIES THAT ADORE HIS WORK. HOWEVER, HIS TWO MOST RECENT COMMISSIONS WENT ABROAD ; ONE TO A PRIVATE COLLECTION IN AMSTERDAM AND ONE TO A HOSPITAL IN THE STATES.NEVERTHELESS , HE IS VERY PROUD OF ANOTHER COMMISION WHICH GRACES THE ENTRANCE OF A 20 MILLION POUND REBUILD SCHOOL, IN THE UK. HE IS A GREAT BELIEVER IN THE POWER OF EDUCATION. HE IS THE FOUNDER MEMBER OF THE BURY STUCKISTS . IT HAS BEEN SAID: BEHIND THE BURY STUCKISTS SENSE OF HUMOUR LIES A VERY SERIOUS AND IMPORTANT MESSAGE. HIS WORK WILL SIT WELL WITH THE FUNISTS............
