John Wentz
John Wentz is a contemporary painter whose work is an exploration of process and technique. Working within the classical idiom of the human figure, his goal is to reduce and simplify the image to it’s core fundamentals: composition, color, and mark making. Paint application and brush strokes are broad and simplified as a means to connect and convey these ideas to the viewer in a way that only painting can.
Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area John Wentz studied painting at the Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA. After years of working as an instructor in Fine Arts at the Academy Wentz now lives and works in Paris, France.
Among contemporary, deconstructive painters who are challenging and reshaping the tradition of Realism - Wentz can be seen as a visionary in this developing movement and the author of some of the most incisive and relevant paintings being created today.
2006 BFA, Painting; Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA - with distinction
2006-2012 Instructor in Fine Arts, Academy of Art University, San Francisco
2019 Arthouse Holland/Project 1606, Artist Residency Leiden, The Netherlands
2018 Lives and works in Paris, France & San Francisco, CA
Solo Exhibitions:
2019
Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco, CA
The Death of Distance
2017
Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco, CA
Navigation Unknown
2015
Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco, CA
Imprints
2014
111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Passages
2013
Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Spectra
2012
111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Synthesis
2009
D-Structure, San Francisco, CA
Adaptive Radiation
Group Exhibitions:
Thinkspace Projects, Culver City, CA, Kunsthuizen Gallery, Leiden, Netherlands, Pretty Portal Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany, Stanek Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Moniker Art Fair, London, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO, Mesa Arts Center, Phoenix, AZ, Vertical Gallery, Chicago,Alto Gallery, Denver, CO, Arcadia Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA, Spoke Art, New York, NY, Arcadia Contemporary, New York, NY, Good Mother Gallery, Oakland, CA, Gary Francis Fine Art, Alameda, CA, Gauntlet Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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