Jan Wurm
Berkeley, CA, United States
Born in New York in 1951, I moved to California as a young child, and then again to Europe where I ...
About the artist
Jan Wurm
Joined In 2010
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About the artist
Jan Wurm
Joined In 2010
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ABOUT
EDUCATION
EXHIBITIONS
Born in New York in 1951, I moved to California as a young child, and then again to Europe where I lived four years in Austria with my family. Even my art education was divided: between California and London. This repeated shift in perspective honed an eye for observation and synthesis. Working and teaching in California, I continue to spend time in Europe. Drawing from traditions of social engagement, images reflect culture through body language, gesture, and color. My work flows between painting and drawing just as visual language bridges abstraction and figuration. The search for a vocabulary for the expression of contemporary life reflects my fascination as social observer.
B.A., University of California, Los AngelesM.A.R.C.A., Royal College of ArtSOLO EXHIBITIONS2009Dialogues (two person), California Modern, San Francisco2009Recovered Memory-drawings from jan wurm's closet, Contra Costa College2009The Art of Gaming (two person), Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, CA2008Marking Time: the Sketchbooks of Jan Wurm 1968-2008, Berkeley Public Library2007Amusements, Citigroup Center, San Francisco2007Body Language, Berlitz Gallery, Berlitz Language Center, New York2007Games People Play, San Mateo City Hall Gallery, San Mateo, California2006Domestic Ennui, 50 California, San Francisco2006Boxers and Gamblers, Springer-Croke Fine Art, San Francisco2005Drawn In: The Seduction of Line, Miller-Weitzel Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio2004In the Shadow ( two person), Addison Street Windows Gallery, Berkeley2002 Jan Wurm- Paintings and Drawings, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley2001Drawn Together, Drawn Apart.San Francisco Art Commission, Art in City Hall2000Broken Vows, Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA1997The Mythological in Art, Pence Gallery (two person), Davis, CA1989Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco1987Chabot College (two person), Hayward, California1987Main Street Gallery, Napa Valley College1985Modern A...
Current Exhibition: all that we have had and all that we will lose, SHOH Gallery, Berkeley, California March 4-29, 2020