Charles Roderick recently moved to Chicago, IL, where he works as an teacher, artist, photographer and carpenter. He currently holds a position as an art instructor at Harper College. Before this transition he was an Adjunct Lecturer for the Art and Art History Department at the University of Denver, where he taught 2D/3D Approaches, Concepts, Open Media Studio, and Net Art and Design. He received his BFA in Photography from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and an MFA in Photography from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Since 2004 he has been working collaboratively with Josh Ippel on a project called Hideous Beast. He currently resides as a board member for OPENSOURCE Art-an alternative not-for-profit art space. His work crosses disciplines, critically engaged in art discourse with an emphasis on collaborative practices, group work, and participatory cultural production.