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Wendel Heers

Statement

Making use of materials both natural and man-made have been essential in the form and expression of my work. My studio reflects this in the collection of the materials that are visible, surround me and direct much of the work. I like to let the material speak for itself, and to combine naturally and dynamically...one set of media
enhancing the other. In my work content follows form...at least I like to think it does.

 

Biography

EDUCATION
Undergraduate and graduate degrees (B.B. - M. ED) University of Minnesota
Studied at Minneapolis College of Art
Student of Oskar Kokoschka- School of Vision, Salzburg, Austria

PROFESSIONAL
Art Instructor and Director of Art, St. Louis Park Schools, St. Louis Park, Minnesota
Professor of Art- University of Michigan
Associate Dean- University of Michigan
Interim Dean- University of Michigan
Guest Professor of Art- Kunst Akademie, Karlsruhe, Germany

EXHIBITIONS
My work has been exhibited primarily in the Midwest in museums and galleries, group shows- both invitational and competitively, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Slusser Gallery Art School- University of Michigan. One man shows in Minnesota and Ann Arbor, Forsythe Gallery in Ann Arbor and Degraaf Galleries in Chicago and Saugatuck, Michigan.

COMMISSIONS
Stone sculpture- for Meditation Center, Assarian Cancer Clinic, Providence Hospital, Novi, Michigan
Mary Eagen Garden, Deaconess/Walthan Hospital, Cancer Clinic, Waltham, Massachusetts

COLLECTIONS
My work is represented in private collections in this country and in Europe.

AT PRESENT
I maintain a studio in Ann Arbor where I work primarily in stone and metals. As a Professor Emeritus of the University of Michigan, I now devote full time to my work as an artist, sculpture and design consultant.