Colt Seager

Colt is a multidisciplinary artist who grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, where he currently lives, works, and creates. He graduated with a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from Wheaton College where he integrated the disciplines of Art & Theology—primarily exploring the relationship between abstract art and faith.

His art strives to invite others into a holy space, encouraging them to explore their identity, faith, passions, and all that make them human.

An old friend of his once told him about an old Irish teaching that there are places on earth where the atmosphere collapses and heaven falls to earth. They are called “thin places,” a place charged with sacredness, a place close to God. Whether a mountaintop or seaside cliff, a monastery or cityscape, a piece of music or fine art, thin places are wherever you have a sense of the divine, a sense beyond. Furthermore, a thin place is where the veil that separates heaven and earth is lifted and one is able to receive a glimpse of the glory of God. These thin places are all about connection with God and the divine—ports in the storm of life, where one leaves that which is familiar and journeys into the Divine Presence. They are stopping places where we are given pause to wond...

Interdisciplinary Studies in Art and Theology, BA | Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL | 2014-2016

Theological Studies | Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, IL | 2012-2014

September 2019—October 2019 | Solo Show | Calia Stone Boutique | River North Design District Annual Fall Gallery Walk

October 2018—November 18 | Through the Crack, the Light comes In | Juried Exhibition at the Oak Park Art League, Chicago, IL

April 2016—May 2016 | Embodied Transcendence | Solo Exhibition at Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL