Stuart Wheat

There is joy in discovery. What can come from time, wood, tools, paint and the elements of art? I don't want to create a facsimile of something known; I want to discover something new -- something in and of itself, something possessing the aura of the unique, singular object.

 

While creating these works my thoughts include some of these ideas: systems - natural and imagined, in harmony, in conflict and in compromise; inflexibility in contrast with the fluid and arbitrary; rule and exception; superimposed, juxtaposed systems and randomness; pixilation, resolution, vantage point and zoom; and the collective and the individual.

 

When you bring your experiences to viewing these objects, everything you need to know is right there -- in front of, and inside of you. What do you see and feel? What is your discovery?

 

Stuart is an Omaha native who graduated magna cum laude from the University of Nebraska – Omaha (UNO) with a BFA in Studio Art. He earned a MFA in Painting from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1987.  He received an Award of Merit in 1996 from the Museum of Nebraska Art. His art has been exhibited throughout Nebraska and regionally as well as in Belgium and Germany.

 

Stuart worked for the Sheldon Art Gallery in Lincoln as an art preparator and web developer during the 1990s, and he currently works as a web developer at UNO.  He and wife live in Omaha with their feisty but lovable corgi.