| Education |

1969 - 1972 Dip. A.D (Fine Art) Gloucestershire College of Art, Cheltenham
1972 - 1975 M.A. (R.C.A.) Royal College of Art, London
1975 - 1976 A.T.C. Cardiff College of Art

| Awards |

1972 Travelling Scholarship Gloc.Col.Art
1975 Anstruther Prize Roy.Col.Art
1997 & 1998 Laing Landscape Competition (National Prize & Regional Prize).
2005 St David's Hall - Welsh Artist of the Year - Highly Commended
2007 St David's Hall - Welsh Artist of the Year - Highly Commended


| Solo Exhibitions |

1997 Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff
1999 Washington Gallery, Penarth
2000 Washington Gallery, Penarth
2000 St. David's Hall, Cardiff
2001 Washington Gallery, Penarth
2002 Rhondda Heritage Park
2002 Washington Gallery, Penarth
2005 Oriel Canfas, Cardiff
2009 Attic Gallery, Swansea
2010 Washington Gallery, Penarth

| Exhibitions (Two Person)|


1996 St David's Hall, Cardiff. (Tessa Waite)
1998 Washington Gallery, Penarth. (Martin Vaughan Jones)
1998 Attic Gallery, Swansea. (James Donovan)
2000 Attic Gallery, Swansea (Mike Jones)
2003 Washington Gallery, Penarth. (Martin Vaughan Jones)
2003 Attic Gallery, Swansea. (Mike Jones)
2004 Washington Gallery, Penarth. (James Beale)
2005 Washington Gallery, Penarth (Brian Smith)
2006 Oriel Canfas, Cardiff. (George Chambers)
2006 Attic Gallery, Swansea. (Mike Jones)
2008 Washington Gallery, Penarth. (Martin Vaughan Jones)

| Exhibitions |

1975 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.
2004 Visions of the Valleys. Attic Gallery.
2004 Moods of the Rhondda. Rhondda Heritage Park
2005 Welsh Painters Past and Present. John Davies Gallery Show.
2009 Viewpoints. RWEA Bristol.
2009 The Welsh Group at Sixty. Touring Exhibition.

| Books |

Robert Macdonald (2002) - 'Chris Griffin - Out of the Dark into Colour', in Chris Griffin, publ. Cristopher John Griffin, Cardiff. C.Griffin & R.Macdonald (2002) - in "Looking Back", publ. Christopher John Griffin, Cardiff.
Dictionary of Artists in Britain since 1945 (1998) - entry on page 513

| Arts Organisations |

1998 Elected Member Watercolour Society of Wales
2002 Elected Member Old Library Artists
2003 Elected President Bargoed and District Art Society
2007 Elected Member Welsh Group