Chris Graham

Experience, Professionalism and Creativity

Hello, I’m Chris Graham, graphic designer, photographer and marketing specialist. Working in these fields for over 20 years, I’ve helped many businesses build their brands and reach their customers with visually stunning design and photography.

Before moving to Texas, I attended Cleveland State University and Lakeland College in Ohio where I studied studio art, marketing and photography. In 2001 I moved to Houston to further my training at The Art Institute of Houston, studying video editing, web design and multimedia. 

These skills and a growing portfolio of work landed me a job at Houston Records Inc., where I designed graphics for local and international music groups, and eventually to a new position at Equestrian Vision/HorseTV.

At Equestrian Vision, I edited video, developed websites, and played a role in one of the worlds first video streaming services, HorseTV. When the company relocated to California, I decided to stay in Houston which had become my home. That turned out to be a good decision, as shortly after I was chosen as Senior Designer at a successful Houston marketing agency.

Ventures Marketing Group was the first opportunity I had to work for an agency, and I spent the following 12 years working with dozens of clients. Nonprofit agencies, theaters, oil and gas companies, educational institutions and real estate firms were just a few of the different industries we serviced at there. 

To this day I still work with Ventures on select projects, but it was time for me to begin my own agency, armed with the experience I had gained. SHADE Marketing, Design & Photography was born.

Today Brenham, TX, a small, unique city between Houston and Austin, is my home. I now enjoy working with local Brenham businesses and clients across the state and country from my home office and studio.