Wyatt Pottorff

Artist Statement

Wyatt Pottorff strives for aesthetic beauty while capturing chaos. His works are characterized by metaphorical figures that represent intense emotions and swirling swaths of paint that signify changing perspective. Painting allows him to re-contextualize complex life moments and imbue them with a sense of gratifying simplicity. He hopes these images convey an embracement and adoration for the ever changing and disordered world that we live in.

Bio

Wyatt James Jackson Pottorff grew up in a small town in New Mexico. In Deming, Wyatt spent his early years doodling, painting, climbing on roofs and exploring derelict buildings and the desert with friends. His art often depicts altered worlds, animals and fierce characters. Stylistically his work is most influenced by Surrealist, Abstract Expressionist and Futurist art movements.

In addition to a studio practice, Pottorff also manages a Southwestern clothing brand, Desert Funk. He is a graduate of the University of New Mexico’s studio art program, and has exhibited in several galleries including the Shockboxx Gallery in LA, Site Santa Fe in Santa Fe, NM as well as the Cameron Art Museum in Wilmington, NC. Currently he lives and works in Portland, Oregon.

B.F.A. in Studio Art, University of New Mexico, 2015-2020

Solo Shows

2023- Conjured Image, The Residency At 821, Asheville,
NC, May 10th to June 7th

2021- Interrupted Worlds, Cottonwood Center for the Arts,
Colorado Springs, CO, March 5th to 27th

2018- Belongingness and its Abstract Notions, CFA
Downtown Studio, Albuquerque, NM

Group Shows

2022- MAGIX, : Dream, Fantasy, Illusion, Magic,
Exhibizone, Online Art Exhibit, October 1st to
October 31st

State Of The Art/Art Of The State, Cameron Art
Museum, Wilmington, NC, April 4th to
October 9th, https://www.camstateoftheart.org/gallery

2021- Gallery Representation, Dragonfly Studio, Silver City,
NM

Air, Earth, Wind & Fire, Deming Art Center, Deming,
NM, August 1st to August 31st

Not an Art Fair, Shockboxx Gallery, Los Angeles, CA,
June 12th to July 9th

2020- Young Curators: Kaboom! , Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe,
NM, January 17th to February 9th

Undergrad Juried Show, University of New Mexico,
John Sommers Gallery, Albuquerque,
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