Vf Wolf

My name is V.F. Wolf and I am a mixed media painter who currently maintains a studio in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. I am employed as a night watchman at the Rhode Island School of Design Museum located in Providence, Rhode Island. I was an officer in the Army Reserve from 2000-2007 and have traveled extensively throughout the United States and lived in Egypt for a brief time.

ARTIST STATEMENT
I paint highly textured/ impasto mixed media abstracted grotesque mask-like faces and figures. My works are often a combination of both painting and sculpture. Through my art I wish to analyze the shadow/darkness present in every society. I feel in many ways my work addresses the absurd and random nature of life itself. I use my early adult life in the military to speak on this issue.
I may start out with a specific memory; but it is ultimately shaped through the process of moving paint and materials around the support. I will often throw, slash, squeegee, and splatter various types of paint directly onto the wood panel or canvas. As a result of this physicality in the making of the images, I feel that I am going into battle with it. I often want to beat the image into the very fiber of the canvas, burlap, or panel.

I received my Bachelors degrees in Art History (2007) and my Bachelors of Fine Art in painting (2011) from Rhode Island College. In 2013 I received my Masters of Fine Art from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, Massachusetts. In 2018 I received a Certificate in Painting (2 year) program from Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, R.I.

(From Most recent by year at top to those received in the past)

2019: Participated in The Other Art Fair Chicago, May 16-19, Chicago.

2019: Participated in Sketch Book Project at The Other Art Fair Greenpoint May 2-5, Brooklyn.

2019: Participated in Warwick Center for the Art’s show “Abstracts” spring juried exhibit, April 3rd-May 19th, Warwick, R.I.

2018: Participated in ArtProv Gallery show entitled “Head Space”, June6th-July 21st,
Providence, R.I.

2017: Participated in ArtProv gallery group show entitled “It’s the Small Things”, Nov 15th-Jan 13th, Providence, R.I.

2017: Participated in a show at AS220 Main Gallery entitled “Martial Memories”, Sept 2-30th, Providence, R.I.


2017: Participated in Bristol Community College Show “Figuratively Speaking”, March 9- April 7,
Fall River, Massachusetts

2016: Participated in ArtProv Gallery show “Face Off”, 6 of October-17 of November, Providence, R.I.

2016: Participated in Warwick Museum of Art show "Remember When", 6 of July - 29 of July. Warwick, R.I.

2016: Participated in Art League of R.I. Show at Vets Gallery “Opposites”, Jan 28th- March 19. Providence, R.I.


2015: Participated in RISD "Annual Staff Art & Craft Exhibition", 17th and 18th of...