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Timothy Wehrle
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Timothy Wehrle’s (b. 1978; Burlington, IA) obsessive artwork is a patchwork of scenes both real and imagined. In them, the artist’s emotional labor unfolds: an ongoing quest for a sense of self and belonging. Wehrle creates intricate drawings, paintings and sculptures that carefully blend nostalgic yearnings with stark depiction of everyday life and psychological states. Influenced by Persian miniatures, comic books, sacred mandalas, folk art quilting, and the kaleidoscopic drawings of Adolph Wölfli and Augustin Lesage, these complex and layered images explore subjectivity and personal experience, as the artist himself is often positioned as the central figure.
“Tim's paintings and drawings are densely packed with different kinds of narratives that reflect the world we all share. I can see internal dialogues, anxieties, desires, and giddiness, all happening simultaneously within the characters that populate his rich world.” - Jeffrey Gibson, artist
Wehrle held a solo exhibition at the John Michael Kohler Art Center in Sheboygan, WI and has worked with major galleries and institutions including Cavin Morris, New York, NY; Shrine, New York, NY; PPOW, New York, NY; and, Dieu Donne, New York, NY.
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Timothy Wehrle’s (b. 1978; Burlington, IA) obsessive artwork is a patchwork of scenes both real and imagined. In them, the artist’s emotional labor unfolds: an ongoing quest for a sense of self and belonging. Wehrle creates intricate drawings, paintings and sculptures that carefully blend nostalgic yearnings with stark depiction of everyday life and psychological states. Influenced by Persian miniatures, comic books, sacred mandalas, folk art quilting, and the kaleidoscopic drawings of Adolph Wölfli and Augustin Lesage, these complex and layered images explore subjectivity and personal experience, as the artist himself is often positioned as the central figure.
“Tim's paintings and drawings are densely packed with different kinds of narratives that reflect the world we all share. I can see internal dialogues, anxieties, desires, and giddiness, all happening simultaneously within the characters that populate his rich world.” - Jeffrey Gibson, artist
Wehrle held a solo exhibition at the John Michael Kohler Art Center in Sheboygan, WI and has worked with major galleries and institutions including Cavin Morris, New York, NY; Shrine, New York, NY; PPOW, New York, NY; and, Dieu Donne, New York, NY.