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Roger WeikPlaying Possum1979
1979
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Artist Statement
Since Roger Weik was early in college in the 70's, he has always held an affinity for thickness and texture. There was something very organic about his work, a sense of having been created by some natural process rather than by an act of will. But no position, no school, no formula … there are no rules of how it should be.
He's always surprised by the unexpected, but does one actually know what one's doing? In his case, when he's finished with a painting, often he doesn't know why it's finished. He knows that it affects and moves him, that it has a life of its own, that it exists.
The essential part of being an artist comes through when one doesn't become too protective of what he thinks is his way of working. What you think you can't do is exactly what you already should be doing, rather than just putting it off, simply because you're afraid to lose yourself. But when you lose yourself that's when the Art happens.
Education:
Southern Illinois University
School Of Fine Arts and Communications
B.S. Fine Arts and Art Education 1971
K-14 Teaching Credential-Lifetime
Master of Fine Arts in Painting 197
Scholarships:
Awarded: K-14 Teaching Scholarship to Southern Illinois University
Grants:
Awarded Creative Research Assistantship in Painting: Southern Illinois University in the Graduate School of Fine Arts
He is a member of the Laguna Art Museum, and the Crocker Art Museum
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
1979 Six St. Louis Artists, Musee De Arte Moderne, Lyon, France
2005 Fifteen Year Survey, Solo Exhibition, Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum
San Bernardino, California 2005
2005 MOCA: Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
2005 California Visions Art Auction XI, Long Beach Museum of Art
Curator: Ron Nelson: Long Beach, California 2005
2005 Art Auction 2005, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
2005 Big Names/Small Art, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
2005 Sales and Rental Gallery, Laguna Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, California
2005 Fresh, MOCA: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Calif.
2005 Permanent Collection Exhibition, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art
2005 Three Ring Circus, CSUF Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, California
2006 Sales and Rental Gallery, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California
2006 Permanent Collection Exhibition, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California
2006 Permanent Collection Exhibition, Mitchell Art Museum, Mt. Vernon, Illinois
2006 Surface, Guggenheim Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Chapman University,
Orange, California
2006 Permanent Collection Exhibition, Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum
San Bernardino, California
2006 Art Auction 2006, Crocker Art Museum Sacramento, California 2006
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS:
ARKANSAS ARTS FOUNDATION, Little Rock, Arkansas
GUGGENHEIM GALLERY, Chapman University, Orange, California
UNIVERSITY CITY LIBRARY, Saint Louis, Missouri
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, Edwardsville, Illinois
ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY, Saint Louis, Missouri
MISSOURI STATE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Saint Louis, Missouri
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, Edwardsville
CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY, GUGGENHEIM GALLERY
PACE UNIVERSITY, New York (Night Jewel, 2008)
PERIODICAL REFERENCES
"Big Names, Small Art", CROCKER ART MUSEUM, Sacramento News & Review, May 2006
Chang, Richard, "OC Group Shows", The Orange County Register, February 5, 2006
COAST Magazine, "All California-Juried Exhibition" LAGUNA ART MUSEUM, October 2005
"Fifteen Years Survey", ROBERT V. FULLERTON ART MUSEUM, The Californian, July 2005
Romero,Sam, "Weik Exhibits at RVF", Cal State San Bernardino News, May 27 2005
"Fifteen Years Survey", ROBERT V. FULLERTON ART MUSEUM, Fontana Herald News, May 2005
"Big Names, Small Art", CROCKER ART MUSEUM, Sacramento News & Review, May 2005
"Inventive Artists", ROBERT V. FULLERTON ART MUSEUM, Redlands Daily Facts, June 10, 2005
Muckenfuss, Mark, " Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum", The Press-Enterprise, Page C12, May 23, 2005
SIU-E Alumni Association, "Paintings throughout California", Page 14, October 2004
Lancaster, Christina Marie "Tied to Nature", ISM ART Magazine, April 2004
Harrison, Suzie, "Interview with Roger Weik", Coastline Pilot, January 2004
Zuliani, Margie, "Issues in Art and Architecture", ARTFORUM, January 2004
Lasarow, Bill, "Continuing and Recommended", ARTSCENE, Page 23, January 2003
Harrison, Suzie, "Eye on Arts and Entertainment", Coastline Pilot, December 20, 2002, Page B1
Walsh, Daniella, "Art For Many Preferences", Orange County Register, December 15, 2002, Page 28
DESIGNERS WEST Magazine, "The Quest for Quality", Page 54-61, February 1983
Nora Lehman, "Visions", ORANGE COUNTY Magazine, Page 40-44, May, 1981
Menzies, Neal, "Overcoming Limitations", ARTWEEK, Page 5, Vol. 11, No. 42. 1980
McFadden, Sarah, "Detroit, Minneapolis, Kansas City, St. Louis", ART IN AMERICA, Page 65, No. 4. July-August 1979
Woodward, Bruce, "Interview with Roger Weik", The Literary Magazine For The Arts, Page 2 ,1978
King, Mary, "Paintings/ Photos", St. Louis Post Dispatch, September, 1976
Rice, Nancy Newman, "Area Artists Find Support", New Art Examiner, December, 1976
Note added February, 2010:
My artwork donation of Cry of Solitude was published in the Museum Magazine of the Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri-Columbia, Winter 2010.
Note added January 2016:
The Director of the Laguna Art Museum has selected my work as one of his five "Executive Director Picks" in the California Cool Art Auction of February 6, 2016 which benefits the Museum's education and art exhibition programs.
- Creator:Roger Weik
- Creation Year:1979
- Dimensions:Height: 19 in (48.26 cm)Width: 64 in (162.56 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Missouri, MO
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU74739449752
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