Roger Weik
Playing Possum
1979

About the Item

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)
Medium:
Emulsion,Polymer
Movement & Style:
American Modern
Period:
1970-1979
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Missouri, MO
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU74739449752
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