Daniel Wagner

I have been an artist for as long as I can remember, somewhat of a nativist, I have always exceeded in the visual arts. I supposed the soul follows it's particular muse.
Art to me is about exploration and discovery, whether it be of materials and methods, the external physical world or the internal world of subjective emotion. I consider myself a Formalist/Neo-Modernist still clinging to the idea of an autonomous intrinsic aethetic of a work creating a instantaneous allure as a result of composition, interplay of color and texture. All the better should it have content. I am fasinated by lingustic and anthropological Structuralism, believing that all peoples share a common language and/or mythology, the exceptions to the rule being of even more interest. Some art speaks to some, some art speaks to all.

Edinboro State University, Edinboro, Pa. Fine Arts, 1977-1978

University of Houston, Houston, Texas. Fine Arts, Architecture, Construction Management 1982-1987

East Carolina University, BFA in Painting and Drawing, 2003-2005

WVAA 7th annual competition wake visual arts gallery, Raleigh, NC April 30-June 1 1991

Center Gallery 6th annual juried show . The Arts Center, Carrboro. NC Sept.15-Oct. 11, 1991 Corporate purchase award

The Greensboro Artists League 21st annual Traveling Exhibit- Ward-Nasse Gallery 178 Prince St. New York, New york Sept.10-15, 1991
Greensboro Artist League Gallery, Greensboro, NC Sept 22-Oct11 1991. Honorable Mention Award

NC State Fair Annual Art Competition 1991 State Fair Grounds, Raleigh, NC Oct 14-21, 1991. Honorable Mention Award.

Community council for the Arts 1991 competitive exhibition. The Arts Center. Kinston, NC Oct. 20-Dec. 19 1991

April and Georges Wine Bar and Gallery Raleigh NC. Representatio Feb.-May 2003

Gray Gallery East Carolina University Campus 2004 Spring student exhibit Feb. 2004 Honorable Mention Award

Wake Visual Arts 15th annual New Show Raleigh, NC Sept 3-25, 2004

The Rebel Reject Manifesto, Mendelson Hall Gallery, ECU School of Art Building April 3-9 2005

Senior Solo Show, Borroughs-Wellcome Gallery ECU School of Art Building April 3-9 2005

April and George's Wine Bar and Gallery Raleigh, NC Solo Show, June 1-July 1 2005

Capital Fitness Raleigh, NC Solo Show/ Represent...