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Christopher Breedlove

Christopher Breedlove is a designer, strategist, and community builder working at the intersection of impact, storytelling, and systems thinking. He currently serves as Director of Civic Activation at Burning Man Project, where he leads Burners Without Borders (BWB) and the global Regional Network. He also contributes to the organization’s long-term cultural strategies, including the Sustainability Roadmap and Fly Ranch.

A trusted facilitator and producer, he has developed civic art programs, mutual aid projects, and international response efforts—from Standing Rock to the Calais refugee camp. His work leverages the arts as a catalyst for social change, emphasizing collaboration, creativity, and collective well-being. Under his leadership, BWB launched the Civic Ignition Grant Program, the Mobile Resource Unit (MRU), and a network of toolkits, summits, and decentralized systems designed to scale grassroots resilience.

As an educator and speaker, Christopher creates spaces for dialogue and skill-building around culture, systems thinking, and participatory design. He leads workshops on democratic grantmaking, human-centered design, and collaborative effigy building.

Earlier in his creative life, Christopher worked as an independent filmmaker producing story-driven content for nonprofits, artists, and small businesses. His art practice later evolved into immersive and participatory installations—ranging from bamboo sculpture in Taiwan, bike-powered parade floats, digital experiments like the Human Avatar Project and a screenprinting studio called Remixed Ink.

He has held leadership roles on various boards and collectives, including Burners Without Borders (prior to its integration with Burning Man Project), Bold Urban Renaissance Network (BURN), and FIGMENT Detroit. He currently advises projects focused on regeneration, ecological stewardship, and conscious community building including Replant the Forest, Ecozoic Resources, and Meta-Relating.

Artist Statement:
My work explores what it means to be human in the digital age. I seek a synthesis between the organic and the digital forms—between wood grain and circuit boards. I use mathematics and science as tools to manifest the magic embedded in our collective dreams. I believe it is our mystical nature that propels us to explain the phenomena of the universe we do not yet understand.

As technology accelerates, I see the artist’s role as a guide—introducing emerging tools to the public through curiosity and play. By blending interactive platforms, mixed media, and experimental techniques, I aim to create works that are both collaborative and evocative— that teach as much as they delight.

Ultimately, my creative practice is an invitation to reimagine the systems we live within—toward futures that are more meaningful and radically human.