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| My work is done with watercolor, gouache, and sometimes dry-pigments on paper. The texture of the paper and the pigments react differently to the conditions at the time of the painting. The wet on wet process allows a randomness which when applying layers of paint creates an order… |
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I started in fine arts photography and after working with a series of paper negatives for about 9 years I slowly moved from painting on them to painting on glass and taking color paper negatives of the glass and finally moving into painting after a short stay in France. I first worked with geometrics, mixed media on paper using dry pastel, oil pastel, charcoal, gouache and watercolor. Returned to the States in the mid 80's and by the early 90's returned to Europe and after traveling for 6 months settled in Italy. Here the work moved to softer edges with watercolor and gouache incorporating a wet on wet process and later experimenting with dry pigments. I lived there for 12 years, painting until 2003. I now live and work in the U.S.
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| EDUCATION |
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Fine Arts Photography and Cinema Bachelor of Science
Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Illinois
Ralph Gibson Workshop Atlanta, Georgia
Nexus Contemporary Art Center Atlanta, Georgia
Conservation and Care North Carolina Museum of Art Raleigh, North Carolina (Works on Paper and Photographic Materials by Anne Clapp and Jose Orraca)
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| REPRESENTATION |
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| Crocker Mark Gallery Raleigh, NC |
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| SOLO EXHIBITS |
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2008 Crocker Mark Gallery Raleigh, North Carolina "Paintings from the Edge of a Bed"
2007 Crocker Mark Gallery Raleigh, North Carolina "Paintings from the Edge of a Bed"
2003 Antigua Rome, Italy "Italian Watercolors"
1997 British Embassy Rome, Italy
1997 La Mama Galleria (Spoleto Arts Festival) Spoleto, Italy
1997 Studio A”87`(Chiesa Di S. Carlo) Spoleto, Italy
1995 F.A.O. (United Nations) Rome, Italy
1995 Incontrarte Albano, Italy
1994 Nirvana Porto Rotondo, Sardinia, Italy
1994 Studio Casanova Rome, Italy; "Watercolors - Rome"
1993 Gallery Latino Rome, Italy; “Abstract Colors”
1990 Cornell Fine Arts Museum Winter Park, Florida; "Wayne Riggs Recent Work"
1986 Ersastz Gallery Atlanta, Georgia; "F 90, One Minute"
1983 Healey Building Atlanta, Georgia; "Looking Through Gate Four" Funded by National Endowment for the Arts and the Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs
1983 Davenport City Gallery and Museum Davenport, Iowa
1983 Frog Prince Gallery San Francisco, California
1982 Dancers Collective Gallery Atlanta, Georgia
1981 Olympia Galleries Atlanta, Georgia; "Wayne Riggs, Paper Negatives"
1980 Callanwolde Art Center Atlanta, Georgia; "Negatives on Paper"
1976 Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Illinois
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2008 Visual Arts Exchange (Juried) Raleigh, NC "RE: No Subject"
2005 Artspace (Invitational) Richmond, VA "Radius 250"
(Juried by John Ravenal Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at VMFA)
2003 Second Street Gallery Charlottesville, VA "Artist Among Us"
2002 Sharadin Art Gallery Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA "Reflecting on 9/11"
2001 Sharadin Art Gallery Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA
"A shrine of remembrance" September 11th
2001 XI Biennial International Lisbon, Portugal
2001 Galeriazero Gallery Barcelona, Spain
2000 Shomeido Gallery Tokyo, Japan "Seeds" A UNICEF Charity Show
1999 E1999 Keio University Tokyo, Japan
1992 de Florio Galleria Rome, Italy
1992 Tampa Museum of Art Tampa, Florida: "Works from the Collection"
1991 Tampa Museum of Art Tampa, Florida: "A Passage in Time; Five photographers"
1990 Gallery One Orlando, Florida
1989 Texaanne Ivy Gallery Orlando, Florida
1989 Museum of Arts and Sciences Daytona Beach, Florida: "Five Photographers Invitational
Florida Photography, Themes and Variations"
1988 High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia “Contemporary Artist in Georgia
1988 Decatur Council for the Arts Atlanta, Georgia: "Mardi Gras"
1988 Ersatz Gallery Atlanta, Georgia: Trinity Art Auction
1987 Decatur City Hall Decatur, Georgia: "Decatur Arts Invitational"
1986 Nexus Gallery Atlanta, Georgia: “Nexus Press Art Auction”
1985 Nexus Gallery Atlanta, Georgia: "First Atlanta Biennial"
1983 Floating Foundation of Photography New York, New York; "Interspace, Outerspace"
1982 Judy Cayden Gallery New York, New York
1982 Fay Gold Gallery Atlanta, Georgia: "The Georgia Power Collection"
1982 Nexus Gallery Atlanta, Georgia: "Atlanta Photographers"
1980 Callanwolde Arts Center Atlanta, Georgia: Faculty exhibit
1979 High Museum of Art Atlanta, Georgia: "The Landscape, the Inter-visions"
1979 Nexus Gallery Atlanta, Georgia
1978 High Museum of Art Atlanta, Georgia: "American Landscape Photography"
1977 Piedmont Arts Festival Atlanta, Georgia
1977 Nexus Gallery Atlanta, Georgia
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| ARTICLES |
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Who’s Who in America By Marquis publishing 2008 edition
Fairfield Ledger, By Beth Dalbey "Dances with Color" Fairfield, Iowa February 2000
The Ottumwa Courier, By Jean Greco "Art Imitates 'Light'… '', Ottumwa, Iowa March 2000
No Limits By Frqancesco Lentini "Accindi il tuo Mac Museo" Rome, Italy March 1995
Art Papers, By Katherine Duncan Review Atlanta, Georgia April/May 1991
Tampa Tribune, By Michelle Goodman Review Tampa Bay, Florida March 1991
The Orlando Sentinel, By Chuck Twardy Review Orlando, Florida October 1990
Zelo Magazine, By Laura Stewart "The Zelo Project" Orlando, Florida July/August 1989
Savoir Fair, By Chris Drake "Where the Cosmos Touches the Earth"
Atlanta, Georgia October 1987
La Journal “Un peintre American en pays de Caux” Le Havre, France March 1987
Creative Loafing, By Pam Perry “Mixing all the Media ” Atlanta, Georgia July 1986
Artweek, By Marna C. Graham "Seeing Microcosms" San Francisco, Calif April 1983
Photo M E T R O, By John Bloom Review San Francisco, Calif April 1983
Art Papers, By Dr. Eric Zafran Review Atlanta, Georgia July 1981
Brown’s Guide to Georgia, By Jayne Greenstein "A Snapshot of Photo" Atlanta, Georgia October 1980
Art Papers, By Dr. Eric Zafran Review Atlanta, Georgia June 1980
The Atlanta Journal, By W.C. Burnett Review Atlanta, Georgia May 1980
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| OTHER INFO |
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Collections:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
The High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California
The Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida
The University of Virginia Arts Museum, Charlottesville, Virginia
The Cornell Museum of Art, Winter Park, Florida
The Musee de Beaux Arts in La Havre, France
Sun Trust Headquarters, Orlando, Florida
The Georgia Power Company, Atlanta, Georgia
Rich Industries, Buffalo, New York
and is in private collections though out the U.S., Europe, Japan and South Africa.
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