William Wahlgren

A native of Chicago, Illinois.Lives and works in Austin, Texas.A graduate of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and of Northwestern University, I am a painter, a draftsman, and sometime printmaker.As a painter Ive been more interested in landscape and the world around me than in any other subject. Growing up along Lake Michigan, north of Chicago, I formed there an attachment to places where vast, tranquil expanses of land, water, and sky meet. My experience of these places is the basis of my work. Over time my work has become more atmospheric, tonal, abstract. My recent paintings are larger, minimal, organic, almost monochromatic. No longer naturalistic or specific, this work explores recalled environmental passages, sometimes with humor, and, I hope, in a revealing, compelling way.

WILLIAM WAHLGRENSELECTED EXHIBITIONS2008Pleiades Gallery, New York, 26th Annual Juried Exhibition, Joan Young, juror, group showCaelum Gallery, Summer International Show, New York, juried group showThe Hunting Art Prize Finalists, Houston, Texas, Rene Paul Barilleaux juror, group showFort Worth Community Art Center, Real and Imagined, Fort Worth, Texas, group showArt Modern Gallery, Naples, Florida, group show2007Davis Gallery, Austin, Texas, group show2006Natural Selections, Davis Gallery, Austin, Texas, three-person showHarris Gallery, Houston, Texas, group show2005Austin and Vicinity Artists, Austin City Hall Inauguration, Austin, Texas, juried group show2004Harris Gallery, Houston, Texas, two-person showDavis Gallery, Austin, Texas, group show2003William Wahlgren, Davis Gallery, Austin, Texas, one-person show2002December Open House, The Davis Gallery, Austin, Texas, group show2001December Open House, The Davis Gallery, Austin, Texas, group show2000Noche De Fiesta Navidea, Mexicarte Museum, Austin, Texas, juried group showAustin Visual Arts Association, Austin, Texas, juried group show1999Austin Visual Arts Association, Austin, Texas, juried group show1992Elmhurst Art Association, Chicago, Illinois, juried group show1987William ...