ARTIST STATEMENT
So often we are caught up in our own stories that moments slip by without much recognition.My work creates a quiet solitude for viewers to enter and fill with their stories and experiences. These paintings are minimal, abstract landscapes populated with mysterious structures, empty cave openings, and ruined arches.
For the past year, I have been painting with acrylic on flat canvases. Recently, I have taken my flat paintings into the realm of three-dimensional sculpture. The sculptural pieces are made of carved insulation foam and plaster, which are glued to flat canvases and then painted over with acrylic. This provides a physical space for the final works to inhabit, further enhancing their uncanny presence.
I like to create designs for paintings first by making digital thumbnail sketches. I draw them while sitting on the couch with the TV on in the background. The distraction helps occupy my mind while my eyes and hands do the work. Later, I create sculptural canvases by cutting and carving foam in my garage. I then take them into my home studio to begin painting.
EDUCATION
2008 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
EXHIBITIONS
2023 Slow Vision - EACC Fine Arts Center, Forrest City, Arkansas
2022 Vague Age - Batesville Area Arts Council, Batesville, Arkansas
2022 Dormant Realms - Argenta Library, North Little Rock, Arkansas
2020 Small Works on Paper - Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
2019 ArtWorks - Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Little Rock, Arkansas
2018 Delta des Refuses Exhibition - Butler Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
2017 Holiday Art Sale, Gallery 26, Little Rock, Arkansas
2017 First Thursday - Stage 18, Fayetteville, Arkansas
2016 Holiday Art Sale, Gallery 26, Little Rock, Arkansas
2016 STUFF INDEX - New Paintings by Brian Wolf,
Gallery 360, Little Rock, Arkansas
2015 Ice Box, Gallery 360, Little Rock, Arkansas
2012 Art Works XXV, Arkansas Repertory Theater, Little Rock, Arkansas
2011 Three Months of Mail Art for Hyperallergic HQ,
Going Off Script / Hyperallergic, Brooklyn, New York
2011 Worst Thursday, Uncle Gaylord’s, Fayetteville, Arkansas
ARTIST BIO
Brian Wolf is a painter and graphic designer who lives in North Little Rock. Since graduating from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 2009, Brian has been exploring abstraction through a variety of mediums. His primary paint medium is acrylic, which he uses in his home studio.
During a trip to New Mexico in 2021, Brian was inspired to bring to life a long idea of abstract landscapes to fruition. The distant rolling hills and ruined structures he saw there served as inspiration for two solo shows in 2022, as well as a fully-immersive mural painted at the 21C Museum Hotel in Bentonville, Arkansas.
Brian's latest show, "Slow Vision," is the culmination of a long journey of creating art and cultivating peace of mind and self-acceptance. It is through constant work that Brian ultimately finds the world in perfect balance.
So often we are caught up in our own stories that moments slip by without much recognition.My work creates a quiet solitude for viewers to enter and fill with their stories and experiences. These paintings are minimal, abstract landscapes populated with mysterious structures, empty cave openings, and ruined arches.
For the past year, I have been painting with acrylic on flat canvases. Recently, I have taken my flat paintings into the realm of three-dimensional sculpture. The sculptural pieces are made of carved insulation foam and plaster, which are glued to flat canvases and then painted over with acrylic. This provides a physical space for the final works to inhabit, further enhancing their uncanny presence.
I like to create designs for paintings first by making digital thumbnail sketches. I draw them while sitting on the couch with the TV on in the background. The distraction helps occupy my mind while my eyes and hands do the work. Later, I create sculptural canvases by cutting and carving foam in my garage. I then take them into my home studio to begin painting.
EDUCATION
2008 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
EXHIBITIONS
2023 Slow Vision - EACC Fine Arts Center, Forrest City, Arkansas
2022 Vague Age - Batesville Area Arts Council, Batesville, Arkansas
2022 Dormant Realms - Argenta Library, North Little Rock, Arkansas
2020 Small Works on Paper - Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
2019 ArtWorks - Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Little Rock, Arkansas
2018 Delta des Refuses Exhibition - Butler Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
2017 Holiday Art Sale, Gallery 26, Little Rock, Arkansas
2017 First Thursday - Stage 18, Fayetteville, Arkansas
2016 Holiday Art Sale, Gallery 26, Little Rock, Arkansas
2016 STUFF INDEX - New Paintings by Brian Wolf,
Gallery 360, Little Rock, Arkansas
2015 Ice Box, Gallery 360, Little Rock, Arkansas
2012 Art Works XXV, Arkansas Repertory Theater, Little Rock, Arkansas
2011 Three Months of Mail Art for Hyperallergic HQ,
Going Off Script / Hyperallergic, Brooklyn, New York
2011 Worst Thursday, Uncle Gaylord’s, Fayetteville, Arkansas
ARTIST BIO
Brian Wolf is a painter and graphic designer who lives in North Little Rock. Since graduating from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 2009, Brian has been exploring abstraction through a variety of mediums. His primary paint medium is acrylic, which he uses in his home studio.
During a trip to New Mexico in 2021, Brian was inspired to bring to life a long idea of abstract landscapes to fruition. The distant rolling hills and ruined structures he saw there served as inspiration for two solo shows in 2022, as well as a fully-immersive mural painted at the 21C Museum Hotel in Bentonville, Arkansas.
Brian's latest show, "Slow Vision," is the culmination of a long journey of creating art and cultivating peace of mind and self-acceptance. It is through constant work that Brian ultimately finds the world in perfect balance.